Viacom Inc. Class A
VIA
VIA was delisted on the 4th of December, 2019.
75 hedge funds and large institutions have $562M invested in Viacom Inc. Class A in 2015 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 16 funds opening new positions, 17 increasing their positions, 24 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.
129% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 16 | Existing positions closed: 7
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 68 → 75 (+7)
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $622M → $562M (-$59.8M)
29% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 17 | Existing positions reduced: 24
100% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $8K | Put options by funds: $2.77M
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 0 (-2)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$3.09M |
| 2 |
BRAM
Black River Asset Management
Hopkins,
Minnesota
|
+$3.01M |
| 3 |
SMC
S. Muoio & Co
New York
|
+$2.21M |
| 4 |
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
|
+$2.08M |
| 5 |
LCS
Levin Capital Strategies
New York
|
+$1.65M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
WRBC
W.R. Berkley Corp
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
-$11.8M |
| 2 |
Neuberger Berman Group
New York
|
-$2.92M |
| 3 |
GI
GAMCO Investors
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
-$2.61M |
| 4 |
ICM
Ionic Capital Management
New York
|
-$1.64M |
| 5 |
Renaissance Technologies
New York
|
-$1.57M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BRWA
76
B. Riley Wealth Advisors
Boca Raton,
Florida
| – | -$62 | -825 | Closed |
|
|
BIT
77
BlackRock Institutional Trust
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$22K | -297 | Closed |
|
|
NPC
78
National Planning Corporation
El Segundo,
California
| – | -$15.5K | -217 | Closed |
|
79
BlackRock
New York
| – | -$11K | -144 | Closed |
|
|
ONB
80
Old National Bancorp
Evansville,
Indiana
| – | +$277 | +4 | New |
|
|
IWMPD
81
Integrated Wealth Management (Palm Desert)
Palm Desert,
California
| – | +$346 | +5 | New |
|
VIA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2015 in Review
75 of the 3,753 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Viacom Inc. Class A (VIA) for Q1 2015, worth a combined $562M — down 9.6% from $622M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 16 funds opened new VIA positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 9 holders — while 17 added to existing stakes and 24 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $3.09M. The largest seller was W.R. Berkley Corp, cutting an estimated $11.8M.
- 75 institutional investors held Viacom Inc. Class A (VIA) as of Q1 2015, up from 68 in Q4 2014.
- Funds reported $562M of Viacom Inc. Class A stock for Q1 2015, down 9.6% quarter-over-quarter.
- 16 funds opened new Viacom Inc. Class A positions in Q1 2015 and 7 closed out, a net change of +9 holders.
- The largest Viacom Inc. Class A buyer in Q1 2015 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $3.09M added.
- The largest Viacom Inc. Class A seller in Q1 2015 was W.R. Berkley Corp, an estimated $11.8M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2015.