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222 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.94B invested in Yelp in 2018 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 43 funds opening new positions, 88 increasing their positions, 57 reducing their positions, and 25 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

72% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 25

54% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 88 | Existing positions reduced: 57

47% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $176M | Put options by funds: $120M

8% more funds holding

Funds holding: 206222 (+16)

1.03% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.62%89.65% (+1%)

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.09B → $2.94B (-$151M)

17% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1210 (-2)

Holders
222
Holders Change
+16
Holders Change %
+7.77%
% of All Funds
5.08%
Holding in Top 10
10
Holding in Top 10 Change
-2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-16.67%
% of All Funds
0.23%
New
43
Increased
88
Reduced
57
Closed
25
Calls
$176M
Puts
$120M
Net Calls
+$56.2M
Net Calls Change
+$1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$280M +$69.1M +1,597,355 +29%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$268M +$3.71M +85,714 +1%
PGP
3
Prescott General Partners
Florida
$179M
D.E. Shaw & Co
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$147M +$2.38M +54,973 +1%
Allianz Asset Management
5
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
$120M +$21.4M +494,091 +19%
Fisher Asset Management
6
Fisher Asset Management
Washington
$118M +$6.75M +156,123 +5%
EAM
7
EastBay Asset Management
New York
$115M +$3.01M +69,627 +2%
EC
8
Eminence Capital
New York
$104M +$968K +22,387 +0.9%
SEP
9
Soma Equity Partners
California
$90.1M +$4.33M +100,000 +5%
SI
10
SQN Investors
California
$84.6M +$23.4M +540,843 +33%
SMDAM
11
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
Japan
$82.1M +$12.4M +285,890 +16%
JSP
12
Jackson Square Partners
California
$81M -$1.3M -29,994 -1%
State Street
13
State Street
Massachusetts
$61.4M +$1.06M +24,476 +2%
First Manhattan
14
First Manhattan
New York
$60.9M +$5.45M +126,090 +9%
Victory Capital Management
15
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$44.2M +$612K +14,145 +1%
Deutsche Bank
16
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$44.2M +$27.5M +635,475 +129%
Macquarie Group
17
Macquarie Group
Australia
$43.3M +$26.7M +617,864 +127%
Northern Trust
18
Northern Trust
Illinois
$39.7M +$1.14M +26,439 +3%
Morgan Stanley
19
Morgan Stanley
New York
$39.1M -$933K -21,568 -2%
Renaissance Technologies
20
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$38.8M -$21.9M -506,000 -34%
ACM
21
Altimeter Capital Management
Massachusetts
$38.6M
O
22
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$37.5M +$213K +4,934 +0.5%
FCP
23
Fine Capital Partners
New York
$37M -$5.19M -120,034 -11%
Geode Capital Management
24
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$35.6M +$10.8M +250,704 +38%
Goldman Sachs
25
Goldman Sachs
New York
$30M +$6.18M +142,843 +23%

YELP Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2018 in Review

222 of the 4,368 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Yelp (YELP) for Q2 2018, worth a combined $2.94B — down 4.9% from $3.09B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 43 funds opened new YELP positions and 25 closed out — a net gain of 18 holders — while 88 added to existing stakes and 57 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $69.1M. The largest seller was William Blair Investment Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $103M sold.

  • 222 institutional investors held Yelp (YELP) as of Q2 2018, up from 206 in Q1 2018.
  • Funds reported $2.94B of Yelp stock for Q2 2018, down 4.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 43 funds opened new Yelp positions in Q2 2018 and 25 closed out, a net change of +18 holders.
  • The largest Yelp buyer in Q2 2018 was BlackRock, an estimated $69.1M added.
  • The largest Yelp seller in Q2 2018 was William Blair Investment Management, an estimated $103M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2018.