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Waste Connections
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260 hedge funds and large institutions have $5.09B invested in Waste Connections in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 36 funds opening new positions, 100 increasing their positions, 87 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

125% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 16

15% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 100 | Existing positions reduced: 87

14% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 8 (+1)

8% more funds holding

Funds holding: 241 → 260 (+19)

0.44% more ownership

Funds ownership: 141.45% → 141.89% (+0.44%)

3% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.24B → $5.09B (-$151M)

Holders
260
Holders Change
+19
Holders Change %
+7.88%
% of All Funds
7.55%
Holding in Top 10
8
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+14.29%
% of All Funds
0.23%
New
36
Increased
100
Reduced
87
Closed
16
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

1
Artisan Partners
Artisan Partners
Wisconsin
+$88.2M
2
BC
Brookfield Corp
Ontario, Canada
+$78.5M
3
O
OppenheimerFunds
New York
+$66.9M
4
N
Nuveen
North Carolina
+$22.3M
5
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$15.3M

Top Sellers

1
T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
-$208M
2
EIP
Epoch Investment Partners
New York
-$75.2M
3
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$66.7M
4
Westfield Capital Management
Westfield Capital Management
Massachusetts
-$26.5M
5
Norges Bank
Norges Bank
Norway
-$15.2M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
T. Rowe Price Associates
1
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$420M -$208M -7,113,658 -33%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$302M +$11.7M +400,349 +4%
Wellington Management Group
3
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$206M -$1.03M -35,227 -0.5%
Artisan Partners
4
Artisan Partners
Wisconsin
$197M +$88.2M +3,021,218 +81%
O
5
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$171M +$66.9M +2,290,993 +64%
EAM
6
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
$169M +$2.99M +102,550 +2%
VOYA Investment Management
7
VOYA Investment Management
Georgia
$163M -$3.65M -124,905 -2%
Norges Bank
8
Norges Bank
Norway
$156M -$15.2M -521,319 -9%
BFA
9
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$148M +$14.8M +506,376 +11%
BIT
10
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$145M +$5.31M +181,723 +4%
JP Morgan Chase
11
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$141M +$15.1M +517,904 +12%
State Street
12
State Street
Massachusetts
$137M -$5.47M -187,347 -4%
BAMCO Inc
13
BAMCO Inc
New York
$109M – – –
Invesco
14
Invesco
Georgia
$99.1M +$4.97M +170,047 +5%
DDC
15
DF Dent & Co
Maryland
$97.6M +$6.39M +218,770 +7%
WA
16
Wasatch Advisors
Utah
$92M -$1.38M -47,289 -1%
PAMU
17
Pictet Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
$90.1M -$4.59M -157,172 -5%
SCM
18
Snyder Capital Management
California
$88.7M +$828K +28,362 +0.9%
Goldman Sachs
19
Goldman Sachs
New York
$83.2M -$66.7M -2,282,866 -44%
BC
20
Brookfield Corp
Ontario, Canada
$78.2M +$78.5M +2,687,400 New
CWAM
21
Columbia Wanger Asset Management
Illinois
$71.7M – – –
Fidelity Investments
22
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$70.6M -$7.04M -241,200 -9%
CGT
23
Capital Guardian Trust
California
$68.9M -$3.55M -121,575 -5%
ORI
24
Oak Ridge Investments
Illinois
$68.2M -$385K -13,185 -0.6%
Schroder Investment Management Group
25
Schroder Investment Management Group
United Kingdom
$67.4M +$15M +514,950 +29%
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WCN Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2013 in Review

260 of the 3,445 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Waste Connections (WCN) for Q4 2013, worth a combined $5.09B — down 2.9% from $5.24B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 36 funds opened new WCN positions and 16 closed out — a net gain of 20 holders — while 100 added to existing stakes and 87 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Artisan Partners, adding an estimated $88.2M. The largest seller was T. Rowe Price Associates, cutting an estimated $208M.

  • 260 institutional investors held Waste Connections (WCN) as of Q4 2013, up from 241 in Q3 2013.
  • Funds reported $5.09B of Waste Connections stock for Q4 2013, down 2.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 36 funds opened new Waste Connections positions in Q4 2013 and 16 closed out, a net change of +20 holders.
  • The largest Waste Connections buyer in Q4 2013 was Artisan Partners, an estimated $88.2M added.
  • The largest Waste Connections seller in Q4 2013 was T. Rowe Price Associates, an estimated $208M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2013.