Update – Nov. 15 – Goldman finally files their 13F for the quarter, and reports that they sold off 1.8 million shares.  You can read their filings on the SEC web site here.

Update –  Oct. 29:  Goldman still hasn’t filed a 13F for the past quarter.  The 45 day deadline is November 17th.  Looking at their past history they typically file at the last minute, likely to avoid moving the stock against the positions that they are taking. We continue to monitor the filings as they come in.

We have been crunching statistics based on the recent 13F filings that have been trickling in for the July-September quarter.

13F is a regulatory form that institutions must submit once each quarter disclosing their positions.  Filers have 45 days after the quarter to disclose, and we are on the 21st day so as the filings are submitted and posted, we are starting to see a better picture of which ones are buying, selling, and standing pat on their positions.

NASDAQ shows this data on their site, but it’s not as thorough as proprietary reports (such as Thomson or Factset), so we fill in some of the blanks to get a more complete picture:

Number of 13F filers so far:  80

Total number of shares held by all 13F filers:  12,879,303  (or .53% of total shares outstanding)

Largest Buyer:  Andor Capital Management +4,000,000 shares net new

Largest Seller:  Manning & Napier -1,083,070 sold (42% of their position)

Net purchases of all 13F filers: +35% of total shares owned from previous quarter

Our take:

There is still some significant money being plowed into the stock, but it represents only 0.53% of the total FB shares outstanding.   Some of Facebook’s largest shareholders including Fidelity, Vanguard, and Morgan Stanley have not filed yet.

All added new shares last quarter (Apr-Jun) except for Morgan Stanley who unloaded 8.5% of their stake, so it will be interesting to see how they are positioned these past few months as the stock doubled in price.

Watch this space for further insights…

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