STAAR Surgical Company
Hedge Funds Holdings

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STAAR Surgical Company‘s stocks are currently a part of 270 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 89.18% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 43.89M shares of STAAR Surgical Company. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -4.85% or -2.23M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 35.93% (97) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 35.19% (95) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 7.78% (21) closed the holdings completely. 47 hedge funds are new holders of STAAR Surgical Company stock in Q3 2022, it is 17.41% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding STAAR Surgical Company (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q4 2017 104
Q1 2018 100
Q2 2018 149
Q3 2018 192
Q4 2018 179
Q1 2019 182
Q2 2019 152
Q3 2019 147
Q4 2019 162
Q1 2020 157
Q2 2020 189
Q3 2020 173
Q4 2020 187
Q1 2021 221
Q2 2021 279
Q3 2021 285
Q4 2021 273
Q1 2022 260
Q2 2022 259
Q3 2022 270

Hedge funds changes in STAAR Surgical Company positions (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in positions
Q4 2017 24412388
Q1 2018 826331221
Q2 2018 57532586
Q3 2018 566848128
Q4 2018 25766237-21
Q1 2019 276171230
Q2 2019 21704147-27
Q3 2019 21445924-1
Q4 2019 365350149
Q1 2020 28525730-10
Q2 2020 53576220-3
Q3 2020 29556844-23
Q4 2020 325972195
Q1 2021 63647426-6
Q2 2021 769490163
Q3 2021 4611110738-17
Q4 2021 391079949-21
Q1 2022 401018651-18
Q2 2022 2911976278
Q3 2022 4797952110

Hedge funds changes in STAAR Surgical Company stock options (Q4 2017 – Q3 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q4 2017 168,000 486,000
Q1 2018 0 0
Q2 2018 3,671,000 2,046,000
Q3 2018 19,363,000 8,668,000
Q4 2018 6,804,000 1,109,000
Q1 2019 8,380,000 3,576,000
Q2 2019 14,399,000 2,192,000
Q3 2019 20,198,000 5,058,000
Q4 2019 26,928,000 34,638,000
Q1 2020 29,721,000 23,015,000
Q2 2020 56,271,000 65,221,000
Q3 2020 22,949,000 8,155,000
Q4 2020 41,110,000 21,065,000
Q1 2021 52,459,000 41,519,000
Q2 2021 76,086,000 72,726,000
Q3 2021 78,751,000 90,752,000
Q4 2021 43,030,000 42,002,000
Q1 2022 28,897,000 41,595,000
Q2 2022 43,203,000 17,475,000
Q3 2022 75,063,000 60,210,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC 606.16M 8.59M 46.264%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 394.83M 5.59M 0.013%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 368.16M 5.21M 0.011%
BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 361.76M 5.12M 0.373%
STATE STREET CORP 110.37M 1.56M 0.007%
PALO ALTO INVESTORS LP 77.38M 1.09M 6.119%
GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 66.81M 947.12K 1.544%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 61.44M 870.93K 0.009%
E FUND MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 51.66M 732.29K 4.809%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 48.89M 693.11K 0.039%
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 46.62M 660.81K 0.155%
ENSIGN PEAK ADVISORS, INC 45.06M 638.79K 0.112%
MORGAN STANLEY 42.98M 609.27K 0.006%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 42.83M 607.20K 0.010%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 37.84M 536.43K 0.009%
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 37.12M 526.20K 0.065%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 36.74M 520.83K 0.037%
NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 30.62M 434.03K 3.734%
TIMESSQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 30.30M 429.51K 0.421%
DEFENDER CAPITAL, LLC. 29.15M 412.79K 11.421%
APEIRON CAPITAL LTD 28.72M 407.1K 19.140%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 28.62M 405.73K 0.007%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 27.88M 395.22K 0.010%
PURA VIDA INVESTMENTS, LLC 26.10M 370K 1.510%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 25.34M 359.21K 0.010%
LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 24.05M 340.91K 0.049%
CAPTION MANAGEMENT, LLC 19.86M 281.5K 0.274%
EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 18.17M 257.55K 0.119%
DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 16.27M 230.73K 0.246%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 16.16M 229.1K 0.004%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 16.02M 227.14K 0.005%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 15.77M 223.56K 0.006%
ACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 15.71M 222.8K 21.694%
KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 14.13M 200.37K 0.303%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 13.81M 195.87K 0.008%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 12.89M 182.80K 0.008%
ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 12.34M 175K 2.764%
PURA VIDA INVESTMENTS, LLC 12.22M 173.31K 0.708%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 12.07M 171.2K 0.003%
NICHOLAS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 11.73M 166.31K 1.088%
ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH 11.68M 165.60K 0.024%
BESSEMER GROUP INC 11.54M 163.62K 0.030%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 10.91M 154.71K 0.016%
CAPTION MANAGEMENT, LLC 10.79M 153K 0.149%
MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST & BANKING CORP 10.74M 152.26K 0.030%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 10.12M 143.55K 0.001%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 10.01M 141.96K 0.001%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 9.61M 136.26K 0.005%
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 9.47M 134.27K 0.014%
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 8.96M 127.12K 0.065%