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Essential Utilities
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432 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.68B invested in Essential Utilities in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 59 funds opening new positions, 132 increasing their positions, 133 reducing their positions, and 38 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

55% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 59 | Existing positions closed: 38

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 416 → 432 (+16)

1.59% more ownership

Funds ownership: 48.68% → 50.28% (+1.6%)

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.62B → $2.68B (+$63.7M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 3 (0)

1% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 132 | Existing positions reduced: 133

35% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.15M | Put options by funds: $1.77M

Holders
432
Holders Change
+16
Holders Change %
+3.85%
% of All Funds
10.8%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.07%
New
59
Increased
132
Reduced
133
Closed
38
Calls
$1.15M
Puts
$1.77M
Net Calls
-$624K
Net Calls Change
-$768K

Top Buyers

1
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$51M
2
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$17M
3
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$13.8M
4
IAMU
Impax Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
+$12M
5
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
+$10.3M

Top Sellers

1
SG Americas Securities
SG Americas Securities
New York
-$19M
2
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$10.8M
3
Arrowstreet Capital
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
-$10M
4
Federated Hermes
Federated Hermes
Pennsylvania
-$9.41M
5
Two Sigma Investments
Two Sigma Investments
New York
-$6.91M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$476M +$17M +568,363 +4%
State Street
2
State Street
Massachusetts
$318M +$51M +1,708,561 +19%
BFA
3
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$213M +$10.3M +346,706 +5%
BIT
4
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$159M +$2.78M +93,375 +2%
PAMU
5
Pictet Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
$98.7M +$3.75M +125,690 +4%
Bank of New York Mellon
6
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$76M +$5.69M +190,776 +8%
Northern Trust
7
Northern Trust
Illinois
$57M +$6.93M +232,212 +14%
Invesco
8
Invesco
Georgia
$56.9M +$573K +19,214 +1%
IAMU
9
Impax Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
$39.8M +$12M +403,600 +44%
Geode Capital Management
10
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$39.1M +$2.65M +88,787 +7%
Norges Bank
11
Norges Bank
Norway
$37.7M -$4.35K -146 -0%
Morgan Stanley
12
Morgan Stanley
New York
$28.9M +$826K +27,691 +3%
Renaissance Technologies
13
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$25.7M +$191K +6,400 +0.8%
Goldman Sachs
14
Goldman Sachs
New York
$25.6M +$13.8M +462,135 +118%
Principal Financial Group
15
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$25.6M +$5.08M +170,175 +25%
Deutsche Bank
16
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$24.4M +$3.93M +131,940 +19%
First Trust Advisors
17
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$22.9M +$3.97M +133,115 +21%
BG
18
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$21.9M +$2.08M +69,791 +11%
Stifel Financial
19
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$21.8M +$3.38M +113,360 +18%
GF
20
Gabelli Funds
New York
$20.2M – – –
Dimensional Fund Advisors
21
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$19.6M -$217K -7,278 -1%
FAM
22
Fenimore Asset Management
New York
$19.3M -$248K -8,306 -1%
BIM
23
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$18.6M +$2.8M +93,883 +18%
Charles Schwab
24
Charles Schwab
California
$18.5M +$1.25M +41,754 +7%
RA
25
Royce & Associates
New York
$17.7M -$543K -18,200 -3%
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WTRG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

432 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Essential Utilities (WTRG) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $2.68B — up 2.4% from $2.62B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 59 funds opened new WTRG positions and 38 closed out — a net gain of 21 holders — while 132 added to existing stakes and 133 trimmed.

The largest buyer was State Street, adding an estimated $51M. The largest seller was SG Americas Securities, cutting an estimated $19M.

  • 432 institutional investors held Essential Utilities (WTRG) as of Q4 2016, up from 416 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $2.68B of Essential Utilities stock for Q4 2016, up 2.4% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 59 funds opened new Essential Utilities positions in Q4 2016 and 38 closed out, a net change of +21 holders.
  • The largest Essential Utilities buyer in Q4 2016 was State Street, an estimated $51M added.
  • The largest Essential Utilities seller in Q4 2016 was SG Americas Securities, an estimated $19M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.