Balyasny Asset Management Decreased Bhp Billiton LTD (BHP) Stake, Twin Tree Management LP Raised Its Activision Blizzard (Put) (ATVI) Stake

June 16, 2017 - By Kurt Siggers

Balyasny Asset Management Llc decreased Bhp Billiton Ltd (BHP) stake by 88.31% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Balyasny Asset Management Llc sold 1.72M shares as Bhp Billiton Ltd (BHP)’s stock declined 8.86%. The Balyasny Asset Management Llc holds 227,395 shares with $8.14M value, down from 1.95M last quarter. Bhp Billiton Ltd now has $86.11 billion valuation. The stock rose 0.20% or $0.07 reaching $34.59. About 1.54 million shares traded. BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) has risen 34.32% since June 16, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 17.62% the S&P500.

Twin Tree Management Lp increased Activision Blizzard Inc (Put) (ATVI) stake by 111.74% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Twin Tree Management Lp acquired 151,300 shares as Activision Blizzard Inc (Put) (ATVI)’s stock rose 23.27%. The Twin Tree Management Lp holds 286,700 shares with $10.35M value, up from 135,400 last quarter. Activision Blizzard Inc (Put) now has $45.07B valuation. The stock rose 0.72% or $0.42 reaching $59.33 per share. About 3.38 million shares traded. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) has risen 47.83% since June 16, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 31.13% the S&P500.

Since February 10, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 11 selling transactions for $465.07 million activity. ZACCONI RICCARDO sold 19,761 shares worth $1.10M. KELLY BRIAN G had sold 420,063 shares worth $20.96M on Tuesday, March 28. Morhaime Michael sold $1.46M worth of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) on Wednesday, March 15. KOTICK ROBERT A also sold $180.82M worth of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) shares. 9,474 shares were sold by Wereb Stephen G, worth $444,332. 100,000 shares valued at $4.90 million were sold by Durkin Dennis M on Tuesday, March 14. CORTI ROBERT J also sold $2.00 million worth of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) shares.

Among 22 analysts covering Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), 19 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 86% are positive. Activision Blizzard had 67 analyst reports since July 28, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Wednesday, August 5, the company rating was maintained by M Partners. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Friday, February 12 by Wedbush. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of ATVI in report on Friday, August 5 with “Overweight” rating. Mizuho maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, February 12 report. On Friday, August 5 the stock rating was maintained by UBS with “Buy”. The firm earned “Overweight” rating on Friday, September 23 by Morgan Stanley. Mizuho maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, August 5 report. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Friday, February 12 by Macquarie Research. Vetr upgraded the shares of ATVI in report on Wednesday, September 2 to “Buy” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Friday, February 10 by Stifel Nicolaus.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.08 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.31, from 1.39 in 2016Q3. It worsened, as 73 investors sold ATVI shares while 204 reduced holdings. 106 funds opened positions while 193 raised stakes. 631.68 million shares or 1.57% more from 621.89 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Jpmorgan Chase And Com holds 12.08 million shares or 0.11% of its portfolio. Numeric Invsts Llc holds 0.28% in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) or 749,900 shares. Ledyard Bancorp holds 492 shares or 0% of its portfolio. State Teachers Retirement System invested in 1.16M shares or 0.11% of the stock. Frontier Mgmt Limited has 1.93 million shares for 0.54% of their portfolio. Central Asset Investments & Management (Hk) Ltd stated it has 0.46% of its portfolio in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI). Spot Trading Ltd accumulated 21,900 shares. Adage Capital Prtnrs Gru Limited Liability Company invested in 0.1% or 974,022 shares. 151,100 were accumulated by Sector Pension Board. Nippon Life holds 0.03% in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) or 35,498 shares. Moreover, Abner Herrman And Brock Ltd Liability Company has 0.58% invested in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) for 72,305 shares. Airain Ltd has invested 0.1% in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI). Nelson Roberts Inv Advsrs Lc, California-based fund reported 284 shares. Ancora Advsrs Ltd reported 50 shares. Bnp Paribas Arbitrage Sa holds 0.02% or 141,660 shares.

Twin Tree Management Lp decreased Delta Air Lines Inc Del (Put) (NYSE:DAL) stake by 67,200 shares to 98,200 valued at $4.83M in 2016Q4. It also reduced Hologic Inc (NASDAQ:HOLX) stake by 20,137 shares and now owns 4,763 shares. Wyndham Worldwide Corp (NYSE:WYN) was reduced too.

Balyasny Asset Management Llc increased Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) stake by 537,947 shares to 565,825 valued at $34.16M in 2016Q4. It also upped Ishares Tr (TLT) stake by 57,158 shares and now owns 262,158 shares. General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) was raised too.

Among 22 analysts covering BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP), 8 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 36% are positive. BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) had 43 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Argus Research maintained BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) rating on Thursday, December 1. Argus Research has “Hold” rating and $46 target. As per Monday, December 5, the company rating was upgraded by Citigroup. The rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with “Overweight” on Wednesday, July 29. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research given on Tuesday, September 20. The stock has “Market Perform” rating by Cowen & Co on Wednesday, January 27. JP Morgan maintained BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) on Tuesday, August 4 with “Neutral” rating. The stock of BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) earned “Market Perform” rating by Cowen & Co on Thursday, October 29. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Friday, January 8 by Macquarie Research. Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to “Neutral” rating in Wednesday, December 7 report. The firm has “Buy” rating by Citigroup given on Wednesday, January 13.