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Vera Bradley
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117 hedge funds and large institutions have $269M invested in Vera Bradley in 2021 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 54 increasing their positions, 33 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

366% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $4.94M | Put options by funds: $1.06M

64% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 54 | Existing positions reduced: 33

32% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $204M → $269M (+$65.5M)

3.62% more ownership

Funds ownership: 60.35% → 63.97% (+3.6%)

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 118 → 117 (-1)

7% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 15

Holders
117
Holders Change
-1
Holders Change %
-0.85%
% of All Funds
2.04%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
14
Increased
54
Reduced
33
Closed
15
Calls
$4.94M
Puts
$1.06M
Net Calls
+$3.88M
Net Calls Change
+$1.24M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PPA
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
+$6.15M
2
SM
Senvest Management
New York
+$3.49M
3
NC
Nokomis Capital
Texas
+$3.29M
4
Victory Capital Management
Victory Capital Management
Texas
+$2.79M
5
Arrowstreet Capital
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
+$2.17M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$2.26M
2
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
New Jersey
-$2.15M
3
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$2.12M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$1.63M
5
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
-$1.26M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
MOACM
101
Mutual of America Capital Management
New York
$39K +$2.39K +209 +7%
PNC Financial Services Group
102
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$37K -$171 -15 -0.5%
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
103
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
Ohio
$23K -$338K -29,561 -94%
QT
104
Quantbot Technologies
New York
$23K -$45.5K -3,984 -68%
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
105
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
$22K -$389 -34 -2%
AIP
106
Ameritas Investment Partners
Nebraska
$22K – – –
TRCT
107
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$22K +$6.66K +583 +49%
PAM
108
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$8K +$7.13K +624 New
HI
109
Harbour Investments
Wisconsin
$7K -$1.55K -136 -20%
Osaic Holdings
110
Osaic Holdings
Arizona
$7K +$1.18K +103 +24%
EVM
111
Eaton Vance Management
Massachusetts
$5K +$2.75K +241 +163%
VCM
112
Versant Capital Management
Arizona
$1K -$274 -24 -25%
EI
113
Ellevest Inc
New York
$1K – – –
PFBT
114
Parkside Financial Bank & Trust
Missouri
$1K +$114 +10 +12%
ST
115
Sageworth Trust
Pennsylvania
$1K +$1.03K +90 New
AIG
116
American International Group
New York
$203 +$29.9K +2,614 +19%
DGHMC
117
Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co
New York
– -$584K -57,859 Closed
Balyasny Asset Management
118
Balyasny Asset Management
Illinois
– -$523K -51,772 Closed
California Public Employees Retirement System
119
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
– -$430K -42,525 Closed
Susquehanna International Group
120
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
– -$367K -32,121 Closed
Citadel Advisors
121
Citadel Advisors
Florida
– -$343K -29,982 Closed
EGM
122
Engineers Gate Manager
New York
– -$229K -22,698 Closed
CSS
123
Cubist Systematic Strategies
Connecticut
– -$182K -18,050 Closed
QC
124
Quadrature Capital
United Kingdom
– -$181K -17,873 Closed
American Century Companies
125
American Century Companies
Missouri
– -$173K -17,125 Closed
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VRA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2021 in Review

117 of the 5,745 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vera Bradley (VRA) for Q2 2021, worth a combined $269M — up 32% from $204M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 15 funds closed out of VRA and 14 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 33 trimmed existing stakes and 54 added.

The largest buyer was Parametric Portfolio Associates, adding an estimated $6.15M. The largest seller was Renaissance Technologies, cutting an estimated $2.26M.

  • 117 institutional investors held Vera Bradley (VRA) as of Q2 2021, down from 118 in Q1 2021.
  • Funds reported $269M of Vera Bradley stock for Q2 2021, up 32% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 14 funds opened new Vera Bradley positions in Q2 2021 and 15 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest Vera Bradley buyer in Q2 2021 was Parametric Portfolio Associates, an estimated $6.15M added.
  • The largest Vera Bradley seller in Q2 2021 was Renaissance Technologies, an estimated $2.26M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2021.