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206 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.09B invested in Yelp in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 37 funds opening new positions, 70 increasing their positions, 79 reducing their positions, and 48 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

64% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $141M | Put options by funds: $85.9M

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.06B → $3.09B (+$23.9M)

0.4% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.22%88.62% (+0.4%)

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 219206 (-13)

8% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1312 (-1)

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 70 | Existing positions reduced: 79

23% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 48

Holders
206
Holders Change
-13
Holders Change %
-5.94%
% of All Funds
4.72%
Holding in Top 10
12
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-7.69%
% of All Funds
0.28%
New
37
Increased
70
Reduced
79
Closed
48
Calls
$141M
Puts
$85.9M
Net Calls
+$55.1M
Net Calls Change
-$35.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$282M +$9.48M +217,922 +3%
BlackRock
2
BlackRock
New York
$232M +$1M +23,026 +0.4%
PGP
3
Prescott General Partners
Florida
$191M +$31.3M +720,000 +19%
D.E. Shaw & Co
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$154M +$4.92M +113,086 +3%
EAM
5
EastBay Asset Management
New York
$120M +$3.08M +70,738 +3%
Fisher Asset Management
6
Fisher Asset Management
Washington
$119M -$957K -21,995 -0.8%
EC
7
Eminence Capital
New York
$110M +$24M +552,521 +27%
Allianz Asset Management
8
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
$107M -$27.8M -638,715 -20%
William Blair Investment Management
9
William Blair Investment Management
Illinois
$103M -$30.8M -707,846 -22%
SEP
10
Soma Equity Partners
California
$91.8M +$4.92M +113,000 +5%
SCA
11
Southpoint Capital Advisors
New York
$87.7M +$8.7M +200,000 +11%
JSP
12
Jackson Square Partners
California
$87.5M -$1.61M -36,904 -2%
SMDAM
13
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
Japan
$75.6M -$31.9M -733,780 -29%
Citadel Advisors
14
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$73.3M +$32.8M +754,803 +75%
SI
15
SQN Investors
California
$67.5M +$9.51M +218,500 +16%
State Street
16
State Street
Massachusetts
$64.4M -$455K -10,458 -0.7%
Renaissance Technologies
17
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$62.4M +$15.2M +350,000 +31%
First Manhattan
18
First Manhattan
New York
$59.6M +$31.2M +716,805 +101%
Victory Capital Management
19
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$46.5M +$47M +1,081,040 +3,318%
FCP
20
Fine Capital Partners
New York
$44.4M +$818K +18,795 +2%
Morgan Stanley
21
Morgan Stanley
New York
$42.5M +$23.8M +547,785 +116%
PAMU
22
Pictet Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
$41.5M +$12.1M +277,042 +39%
Northern Trust
23
Northern Trust
Illinois
$41.2M -$268K -6,153 -0.6%
ACM
24
Altimeter Capital Management
Massachusetts
$41.1M +$7.27M +167,162 +20%
O
25
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$39.7M +$152K +3,489 +0.4%

YELP Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2018 in Review

206 of the 4,363 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Yelp (YELP) for Q1 2018, worth a combined $3.09B — up 0.78% from $3.06B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 48 funds closed out of YELP and 37 opened new positions — a net loss of 11 holders — while 79 trimmed existing stakes and 70 added.

The largest buyer was Victory Capital Management, adding an estimated $47M. The largest seller was Criterion Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $32.6M sold.

  • 206 institutional investors held Yelp (YELP) as of Q1 2018, down from 219 in Q4 2017.
  • Funds reported $3.09B of Yelp stock for Q1 2018, up 0.78% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 37 funds opened new Yelp positions in Q1 2018 and 48 closed out, a net change of -11 holders.
  • The largest Yelp buyer in Q1 2018 was Victory Capital Management, an estimated $47M added.
  • The largest Yelp seller in Q1 2018 was Criterion Capital Management, an estimated $32.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2018.