After thumbing through the latest quarterly filings from the world's 50
biggest hedge funds, Factset has published its Q1
Hedge Fund Ownership Report.
"The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by over 5% in
Q1 2013," said
FactSet's Michael Amenta.
Their biggest holdings include popular names in familiar industries like
internet search and personal electronic devices.
"While the top 50 hedge fund managers largely increased their exposure to
equities, the funds also made significant reductions to their stakes in two
successful stocks in 2013:
News Corp. (Cl A) and American International Group Inc," added Amenta.
Factset included its list of stocks most widely held by the 50 biggest
funds.
Google was the most popular with 31 one funds betting on the search
engine. At the bottom of their list was
Icahn Enterprises, which is basically owned by none other than
Carl Icahn.
We ranked this list of stocks by number of holders. We also included the
percentage of shares outstanding held by the top 50 funds. And for your
information, we also included the top three hedge funds that hold each of
these stocks.
Icahn Enterprises is owned by 2 funds.
Sector: Consumer discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 0.0%
Market cap: $5.3 billion
Shares outstanding: 90.5%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.9%
Top holders (# shares): Icahn (97.8m), Kinetics
(2.2m), Horizon (1.6m)
Source: Factset
Norwegian Cruise Line is owned by 4 funds.
Sector: Consumer discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 100.0%
Market cap: $2.1 billion
Shares outstanding: 34.9%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.4%
Top holders (# shares): Citadel (2.5m), SAC (2.2m),
Sigma (1.5m)
Source: Factset
Michael Kors is owned by 15 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 47.7%
Market cap: $1.8 billion
Shares outstanding: 15.9%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.3%
Top holders (# shares): Viking (12m), Lone Pine
(8m), SAC (3.2m)
Source: Factset
Netflix is owned by 15 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 6.5%
Market cap: $1.9 billion
Shares outstanding: 17.9%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.3%
Top holders (# shares): Icahn (5.5m), Coatue (1.4),
Blue Ridge (1m)
Source: Factset
Charter Communications is owned by 16 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 4.0%
Market cap: $4.3 billion
Shares outstanding: 40.7%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.7%
Top holders (# shares): SPO (4.9m), Lonen Pine
(4.6m), Steadfast (2.8m)
Source: Factset
Motorola Solutions is owned by 16 funds.
Sector: Information Technology
Quarterly market value performance: 6.6%
Market cap: $2.6 billion
Shares outstanding: 15.0%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.4%
Top holders (# shares): Valueact (28.9m), Iridian
(4.2m), Fir Tree (3.6m)
Source: Factset
Walt Disney Co. is owned by 17 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 30.2%
Market cap: $1.9 billion
Shares outstanding: 1.8%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.3%
Top holders (# shares): Egerton (7.3m), Citadel
(6.6m), Children's Investment Fund Management LLP [UK] (4.8m)
Source: Factset
Virgin Media is owned by 18 funds.
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Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 57.8%
Market cap: $3.2 billion
Shares outstanding: 24.1%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.5%
Top holders (# shares): Coatue (11.5m), Third Point
(11m), Farallon (7.9m)
Source: Factset
Amazon is owned by 20 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: -2.3%
Market cap: $2.4 billion
Shares outstanding: 2.0%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.4%
Top holders (# shares): Sleep, Zakaria (2.9m),
Landsdowne (1.9m), Tiger (0.9m)
Source: Factset
Dollar General is owned by 20 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 15.3%
Market cap: $2.4 billion
Shares outstanding: 14.7%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.4%
Top holders (# shares): Lone Pine (14.2m), Soroban
(7.2m), Eton Park (6.1m)
Source: Factset
Equinix is owned by 20 funds.
Sector: Information Technology
Quarterly market value performance: 2.0%
Market cap: $3.5 billion
Shares outstanding: 33.1%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.6%
Top holders (# shares): Coatue (4.4m), Lone Pine
(2.3m), Paulson (2.1m)
Source: Factset
Liberty Global is owned by 20 funds.
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Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: 14.8%
Market cap: $2.0 billion
Shares outstanding: 19.0%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.3%
Top holders (# shares): Coatue (7.1m), Blue Ridge
(3.9m), Maverick (2.9m)
*Liberty Global Class C shares are
owned by 16 funds.
Source: Factset
priceline.com is owned by 22 funds.
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Quarterly market value performance: -2.0%
Market cap: $4.0 billion
Shares outstanding: 11.5%
Share of Top 50's aggregate portfolio: 0.7%
Top holders (# shares): Lone Pine (1.8m), Blue Ridge
(0.4m), DE Shaw (0.4m)
Source: Factset
