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Williams Companies

615 hedge funds and large institutions have $13.8B invested in Williams Companies in 2016 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 85 funds opening new positions, 191 increasing their positions, 245 reducing their positions, and 68 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

72% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $185M | Put options by funds: $108M

69% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1627 (+11)

37% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $10B → $13.8B (+$3.71B)

25% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 85 | Existing positions closed: 68

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 605615 (+10)

0.26% more ownership

Funds ownership: 84.52%84.78% (+0.26%)

22% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 191 | Existing positions reduced: 245

Holders
615
Holders Change
+10
Holders Change %
+1.65%
% of All Funds
16.41%
Holding in Top 10
27
Holding in Top 10 Change
+11
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+68.75%
% of All Funds
0.72%
New
85
Increased
191
Reduced
245
Closed
68
Calls
$185M
Puts
$108M
Net Calls
+$77.2M
Net Calls Change
+$18.9M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Fidelity Investments
1
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$1.35B +$370M +18,424,792 +42%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$985M +$23.6M +1,175,167 +3%
CM
3
Corvex Management
New York
$902M
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$775M -$2.83M -140,739 -0.4%
SCP
5
Soroban Capital Partners
New York
$454M
HCM
6
Highfields Capital Management
Massachusetts
$431M +$20.3M +1,011,080 +5%
BIT
7
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$386M -$8.32M -414,394 -2%
CS
8
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$355M -$90.4M -4,502,054 -22%
TCA
9
Tortoise Capital Advisors
Kansas
$314M +$59.5M +2,965,439 +26%
BFA
10
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$270M +$57.4M +2,859,815 +30%
Morgan Stanley
11
Morgan Stanley
New York
$263M -$174M -8,652,165 -42%
SCM
12
Steadfast Capital Management
New York
$259M +$240M +11,970,611 New
SCA
13
Salient Capital Advisors
Texas
$239M +$112M +5,565,888 +102%
Goldman Sachs
14
Goldman Sachs
New York
$222M -$94.4M -4,701,646 -31%
BG
15
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$191M -$25M -1,245,392 -12%
Bank of New York Mellon
16
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$171M -$1.21M -60,260 -0.8%
Franklin Resources
17
Franklin Resources
California
$162M -$26.2M -1,306,670 -15%
Millennium Management
18
Millennium Management
New York
$162M +$150M +7,494,834 New
Northern Trust
19
Northern Trust
Illinois
$161M -$1.72M -85,720 -1%
GCM
20
Glenview Capital Management
New York
$154M +$143M +7,132,682 New
O
21
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$152M -$3.15M -156,835 -2%
CCM
22
Chickasaw Capital Management
Tennessee
$146M +$2.13M +106,022 +2%
Macquarie Group
23
Macquarie Group
Australia
$132M +$69M +3,438,709 +129%
Geode Capital Management
24
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$121M +$7.28M +362,467 +7%
BC
25
Brookfield Corp
Ontario, Canada
$119M -$7.39M -368,027 -6%

WMB Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2016 in Review

615 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Williams Companies (WMB) for Q2 2016, worth a combined $13.8B — up 37% from $10B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 85 funds opened new WMB positions and 68 closed out — a net gain of 17 holders — while 191 added to existing stakes and 245 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Fidelity Investments, adding an estimated $370M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $174M.

  • 615 institutional investors held Williams Companies (WMB) as of Q2 2016, up from 605 in Q1 2016.
  • Funds reported $13.8B of Williams Companies stock for Q2 2016, up 37% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 85 funds opened new Williams Companies positions in Q2 2016 and 68 closed out, a net change of +17 holders.
  • The largest Williams Companies buyer in Q2 2016 was Fidelity Investments, an estimated $370M added.
  • The largest Williams Companies seller in Q2 2016 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $174M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2016.