Balchem Corporation
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Balchem Corporation‘s stocks are currently a part of 251 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 82.95% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 26.80M shares of Balchem Corporation. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -5.89% or -1.67M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 39.04% (98) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 32.27% (81) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 11.55% (29) closed the holdings completely. 31 hedge funds are new holders of Balchem Corporation stock in Q3 2022, it is 12.35% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Balchem (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q4 2017 208
Q1 2018 217
Q2 2018 225
Q3 2018 231
Q4 2018 233
Q1 2019 238
Q2 2019 231
Q3 2019 222
Q4 2019 233
Q1 2020 228
Q2 2020 238
Q3 2020 246
Q4 2020 251
Q1 2021 249
Q2 2021 248
Q3 2021 258
Q4 2021 287
Q1 2022 290
Q2 2022 274
Q3 2022 251

Hedge funds changes in Balchem positions (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in positions
Q4 2017 2970651133
Q1 2018 208374931
Q2 2018 2677691835
Q3 2018 1981851234
Q4 2018 3189672917
Q1 2019 2990692327
Q2 2019 2274802530
Q3 2019 1386712230
Q4 2019 3274841330
Q1 2020 268480317
Q2 2020 2987841820
Q3 2020 3186832125
Q4 2020 3778943210
Q1 2021 27821002614
Q2 2021 1888891934
Q3 2021 2590781352
Q4 2021 5094961829
Q1 2022 38991053117
Q2 2022 161131012915
Q3 2022 3198812912

Hedge funds changes in Balchem stock options (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q4 2017 1,467,000 1,862,000
Q1 2018 2,215,000 1,325,000
Q2 2018 18,696,000 903,000
Q3 2018 22,216,000 989,000
Q4 2018 579,000 7,000
Q1 2019 695,000 0
Q2 2019 240,000 0
Q3 2019 2,684,000 1,057,000
Q4 2019 2,459,000 1,372,000
Q1 2020 2,360,000 454,000
Q2 2020 4,180,000 863,000
Q3 2020 4,091,000 449,000
Q4 2020 3,974,000 0
Q1 2021 9,856,000 62,000
Q2 2021 11,090,000 144,000
Q3 2021 16,880,000 493,000
Q4 2021 20,231,000 135,000
Q1 2022 4,647,000 1,531,000
Q2 2022 1,790,000 921,000
Q3 2022 340,000 340,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ:BCPC)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 595.80M 4.90M 0.020%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 469.54M 3.86M 0.014%
APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. 336.94M 2.71M 0.869%
WASATCH ADVISORS LP 200.02M 1.64M 1.390%
STATE STREET CORP 129.82M 1.06M 0.008%
CONESTOGA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC 125.65M 1.03M 2.459%
GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 88.33M 726.54K 2.040%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 83.53M 687.11K 0.013%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 81.74M 672.34K 0.135%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 78.29M 644.00K 0.030%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 61.56M 506.37K 0.062%
BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 50.08M 411.98K 0.702%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 46.69M 384.04K 0.011%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 41.94M 345.02K 0.007%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 40.89M 336.34K 0.010%
GW&K INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 40.09M 329.8K 0.443%
STEPHENS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 39.03M 321.07K 0.740%
LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 38.79M 319.12K 0.142%
SANTA MONICA PARTNERS LP 38.67M 318.13K 29.000%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 35.57M 292.62K 0.011%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 35.55M 292.44K 0.013%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 33.92M 279K 0.048%
MORGAN STANLEY 32.11M 264.14K 0.004%
SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 32.03M 263.55K 0.382%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 27.07M 222.72K 0.010%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 25.02M 205.71K 0.031%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 25.01M 205.75K 0.020%
ATLANTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO L L C 22.61M 186.02K 0.101%
ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH 22.10M 181.78K 0.045%
FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 21.46M 176.58K 0.109%
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 21.37M 175.84K 0.032%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 20.34M 161.49K 0.009%
MONTANARO ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 18.90M 155.5K 2.895%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 16.11M 132.53K 0.006%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 16.06M 132.12K 0.002%
TRIBUTARY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 15.45M 127.08K 1.621%
INVESCO LTD. 15.19M 124.95K 0.005%
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 14.80M 121.76K 0.021%
CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO /MA 14.37M 118.25K 0.154%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 13.76M 113.23K 0.021%
COMERICA BANK 13.63M 103.10K 0.115%
PERSONAL CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP 12.36M 101.69K 0.067%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 11.19M 92.03K 0.004%
SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC 11.16M 91.84K 0.509%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.25M 84.36K 0.002%
SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 9.80M 80.63K 0.203%
SEI INVESTMENTS CO 9.76M 80.29K 0.022%
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 9.67M 79.57K 0.029%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 9.26M 76.2K 0.007%
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 9.17M 74.66K 0.015%