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234 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.73B invested in Yelp in 2018 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 54 funds opening new positions, 91 increasing their positions, 65 reducing their positions, and 41 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

48% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $194M | Put options by funds: $131M

40% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 91 | Existing positions reduced: 65

32% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 54 | Existing positions closed: 41

27% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.94B → $3.73B (+$796M)

20% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1012 (+2)

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 222234 (+12)

1.12% more ownership

Funds ownership: 89.65%90.77% (+1.1%)

Holders
234
Holders Change
+12
Holders Change %
+5.41%
% of All Funds
5.35%
Holding in Top 10
12
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+20%
% of All Funds
0.27%
New
54
Increased
91
Reduced
65
Closed
41
Calls
$194M
Puts
$131M
Net Calls
+$62.9M
Net Calls Change
+$6.77M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$382M +$26.5M +606,426 +8%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$339M +$1.87M +42,759 +0.6%
PGP
3
Prescott General Partners
Florida
$271M +$40.7M +931,008 +20%
Allianz Asset Management
4
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
$165M +$12.6M +288,790 +9%
D.E. Shaw & Co
5
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$151M -$30.1M -688,076 -18%
Fisher Asset Management
6
Fisher Asset Management
Washington
$145M -$2.67M -61,191 -2%
SI
7
SQN Investors
California
$115M +$7.48M +171,207 +8%
Millennium Management
8
Millennium Management
New York
$110M +$75.6M +1,730,225 +348%
SEP
9
Soma Equity Partners
California
$108M -$4.37M -100,000 -4%
SMDAM
10
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
Japan
$104M +$1.02M +23,415 +1%
JSP
11
Jackson Square Partners
California
$99.6M -$1.8M -41,279 -2%
State Street
12
State Street
Massachusetts
$80.4M +$2.9M +66,345 +4%
EAM
13
EastBay Asset Management
New York
$70.7M -$65.4M -1,498,098 -51%
Macquarie Group
14
Macquarie Group
Australia
$62.7M +$7.38M +168,930 +15%
Victory Capital Management
15
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$55.7M +$165K +3,785 +0.3%
First Manhattan
16
First Manhattan
New York
$54.8M -$19.2M -439,535 -28%
Northern Trust
17
Northern Trust
Illinois
$51.2M +$1.23M +28,118 +3%
Renaissance Technologies
18
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$48.8M +$56.8K +1,300 +0.1%
ACM
19
Altimeter Capital Management
Massachusetts
$48.4M
O
20
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$48M +$842K +19,270 +2%
GT
21
Glenmede Trust
Pennsylvania
$46.1M +$40.5M +927,577 +9,220%
Geode Capital Management
22
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$45.9M +$985K +22,553 +2%
ClearBridge Investments
23
ClearBridge Investments
New York
$45.4M +$12M +273,918 +42%
Morgan Stanley
24
Morgan Stanley
New York
$44.5M -$4.01M -91,906 -9%
Goldman Sachs
25
Goldman Sachs
New York
$44M +$5.66M +129,541 +17%

YELP Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2018 in Review

234 of the 4,374 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Yelp (YELP) for Q3 2018, worth a combined $3.73B — up 27% from $2.94B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 54 funds opened new YELP positions and 41 closed out — a net gain of 13 holders — while 91 added to existing stakes and 65 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Millennium Management, adding an estimated $75.6M. The largest seller was Eminence Capital, exiting entirely with an estimated $104M sold.

  • 234 institutional investors held Yelp (YELP) as of Q3 2018, up from 222 in Q2 2018.
  • Funds reported $3.73B of Yelp stock for Q3 2018, up 27% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 54 funds opened new Yelp positions in Q3 2018 and 41 closed out, a net change of +13 holders.
  • The largest Yelp buyer in Q3 2018 was Millennium Management, an estimated $75.6M added.
  • The largest Yelp seller in Q3 2018 was Eminence Capital, an estimated $104M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2018.