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13F Glossary

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13F Basics
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13F Filing: A quarterly report filed with the SEC by institutional investment managers with at least $100 million in qualifying assets under management. It discloses their equity holdings as of the end of each quarter.
Institutional Investment Manager: An entity that exercises investment discretion over $100 million or more in Section 13(f) securities. This includes hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies.
CUSIP: A 9-character alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a security. Used in 13F filings to identify each holding. Stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.
Period End Date: The last day of the calendar quarter for which holdings are reported. 13F filings report positions as of March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31.
Filing Deadline: Institutional managers must file their 13F within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. This means mid-February, mid-May, mid-August, and mid-November.
Amendment (13F-HR/A): A revised filing that corrects or supplements a previously filed 13F. Amendments may add positions initially filed confidentially or fix errors in the original filing.
Confidential Treatment: SEC allows managers to temporarily withhold certain positions from public 13F filings if disclosure would reveal trading strategy. These positions are disclosed in later amendments.
Investment Discretion: The authority to make investment decisions. 13F filings indicate whether discretion is SOLE (manager decides alone), SHARED (with another manager), or OTHER.

HoldingsIntel Analytics
13 terms

Conviction Score: A 0-100 score measuring how meaningful a position is to a fund. It considers portfolio weight, position sizing, and dollar magnitude to separate high-conviction bets from routine portfolio adjustments. Higher scores help you identify the positions managers care about most.View High Conviction Moves →
Double-Down: When a fund increases its position in a stock that has declined in price, a pattern often called averaging down. Higher double-down scores indicate larger position increases into bigger price drops.View Double-Down Opportunities →
Early Bird: A fund that first discovers and initiates a position in a security before it becomes widely held by other institutions. Tracks first-mover advantage and discovery success.View Early Bird Discoveries →
Smart Money Flow: Aggregated buying and selling activity across all tracked institutional investors. Net positive flow indicates more buying than selling. Weighted by conviction score for signal quality.View Smart Money Flow →
Institutional Consensus: The percentage of institutional holders that are buying vs selling a particular stock. High consensus (80%+) indicates strong agreement in buying activity among funds.View Institutional Consensus →
Accumulation Signal: A conviction-weighted measure of net institutional buying. Positive values mean more buying activity, negative values mean more selling. Stronger signals come from high-conviction moves.View Smart Money Flow →
Position Change: Quarter-over-quarter change in a fund's holding. Types include: NEW (first-time position), INCREASED (added shares), DECREASED (reduced shares), SOLD (exited completely), and UNCHANGED.
Portfolio Weight: The percentage of a fund's total reported 13F holdings that a single position represents. A 10% weight means the position is 10% of the fund's disclosed equity portfolio.
Fund DNA: A profile that classifies each fund's investing style across six behavioral dimensions. Instantly see whether a fund is a concentrated stock-picker, a diversified allocator, a contrarian buyer, or something in between -so you can follow managers whose style matches your own.View Fund DNA Profiles →
Alignment Score: A 0-100 score that flags stocks where both corporate insiders and institutional investors are buying at the same time. When the people who run a company and the professionals who analyze it are both putting money in, it can be a stronger signal than either one alone.View Insider + Institutional Alignment →
Sector Conviction: Identifies which market sectors are attracting the highest-conviction institutional buying. Helps you spot where professional investors are placing their strongest bets at the sector level, rather than picking through individual stocks.View Sector Conviction →
Convergence Score: A composite signal that combines institutional buying, insider purchases, activist filings, and congressional trades into a single score. Stocks scoring high on convergence have multiple independent smart-money sources pointing in the same direction.View Signal Convergence →
Institutional Stock Score: A multi-dimensional score that rates how strongly institutions are behaving around a stock. Captures conviction strength, buying momentum, accumulation patterns, breadth of interest, early-mover activity, and dollar magnitude -giving you one number to gauge institutional enthusiasm.View Institutional Stock Score →

Investing Concepts
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AUM (Assets Under Management): The total market value of investments managed by an institution. In 13F context, this refers to the total value of all disclosed equity positions.
Hedge Fund: A pooled investment fund that employs various strategies to generate returns. Many hedge funds file 13F reports, making their equity holdings public information.
Quarter-over-Quarter (QoQ): Comparison between the current quarter and the previous quarter. Used to track changes in positions, values, and shares between consecutive 13F filings.
HHI (Herfindahl-Hirschman Index): A measure of portfolio concentration. Higher values indicate more concentrated portfolios (fewer, larger positions). Ranges from near 0 (highly diversified) to 10,000 (single position).
Put Option: A contract giving the holder the right to sell a security at a specified price. In 13F filings, PUT indicates the fund holds put options rather than common stock.
Call Option: A contract giving the holder the right to buy a security at a specified price. In 13F filings, CALL indicates the fund holds call options rather than common stock.

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13F Basics

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13F Filing

A quarterly report filed with the SEC by institutional investment managers with at least $100 million in qualifying assets under management. It discloses their equity holdings as of the end of each quarter.

Institutional Investment Manager

An entity that exercises investment discretion over $100 million or more in Section 13(f) securities. This includes hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies.

CUSIP

A 9-character alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a security. Used in 13F filings to identify each holding. Stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

Period End Date

The last day of the calendar quarter for which holdings are reported. 13F filings report positions as of March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31.

Filing Deadline

Institutional managers must file their 13F within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. This means mid-February, mid-May, mid-August, and mid-November.

Amendment (13F-HR/A)

A revised filing that corrects or supplements a previously filed 13F. Amendments may add positions initially filed confidentially or fix errors in the original filing.

Confidential Treatment

SEC allows managers to temporarily withhold certain positions from public 13F filings if disclosure would reveal trading strategy. These positions are disclosed in later amendments.

Investment Discretion

The authority to make investment decisions. 13F filings indicate whether discretion is SOLE (manager decides alone), SHARED (with another manager), or OTHER.

HoldingsIntel Analytics

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Conviction Score

A 0-100 score measuring how meaningful a position is to a fund. It considers portfolio weight, position sizing, and dollar magnitude to separate high-conviction bets from routine portfolio adjustments. Higher scores help you identify the positions managers care about most.View High Conviction Moves →

Double-Down

When a fund increases its position in a stock that has declined in price, a pattern often called averaging down. Higher double-down scores indicate larger position increases into bigger price drops.View Double-Down Opportunities →

Early Bird

A fund that first discovers and initiates a position in a security before it becomes widely held by other institutions. Tracks first-mover advantage and discovery success.View Early Bird Discoveries →

Smart Money Flow

Aggregated buying and selling activity across all tracked institutional investors. Net positive flow indicates more buying than selling. Weighted by conviction score for signal quality.View Smart Money Flow →

Institutional Consensus

The percentage of institutional holders that are buying vs selling a particular stock. High consensus (80%+) indicates strong agreement in buying activity among funds.View Institutional Consensus →

Accumulation Signal

A conviction-weighted measure of net institutional buying. Positive values mean more buying activity, negative values mean more selling. Stronger signals come from high-conviction moves.View Smart Money Flow →

Position Change

Quarter-over-quarter change in a fund's holding. Types include: NEW (first-time position), INCREASED (added shares), DECREASED (reduced shares), SOLD (exited completely), and UNCHANGED.

Portfolio Weight

The percentage of a fund's total reported 13F holdings that a single position represents. A 10% weight means the position is 10% of the fund's disclosed equity portfolio.

Fund DNA

A profile that classifies each fund's investing style across six behavioral dimensions. Instantly see whether a fund is a concentrated stock-picker, a diversified allocator, a contrarian buyer, or something in between -so you can follow managers whose style matches your own.View Fund DNA Profiles →

Alignment Score

A 0-100 score that flags stocks where both corporate insiders and institutional investors are buying at the same time. When the people who run a company and the professionals who analyze it are both putting money in, it can be a stronger signal than either one alone.View Insider + Institutional Alignment →

Sector Conviction

Identifies which market sectors are attracting the highest-conviction institutional buying. Helps you spot where professional investors are placing their strongest bets at the sector level, rather than picking through individual stocks.View Sector Conviction →

Convergence Score

A composite signal that combines institutional buying, insider purchases, activist filings, and congressional trades into a single score. Stocks scoring high on convergence have multiple independent smart-money sources pointing in the same direction.View Signal Convergence →

Institutional Stock Score

A multi-dimensional score that rates how strongly institutions are behaving around a stock. Captures conviction strength, buying momentum, accumulation patterns, breadth of interest, early-mover activity, and dollar magnitude -giving you one number to gauge institutional enthusiasm.View Institutional Stock Score →

Investing Concepts

6 terms

AUM (Assets Under Management)

The total market value of investments managed by an institution. In 13F context, this refers to the total value of all disclosed equity positions.

Hedge Fund

A pooled investment fund that employs various strategies to generate returns. Many hedge funds file 13F reports, making their equity holdings public information.

Quarter-over-Quarter (QoQ)

Comparison between the current quarter and the previous quarter. Used to track changes in positions, values, and shares between consecutive 13F filings.

HHI (Herfindahl-Hirschman Index)

A measure of portfolio concentration. Higher values indicate more concentrated portfolios (fewer, larger positions). Ranges from near 0 (highly diversified) to 10,000 (single position).

Put Option

A contract giving the holder the right to sell a security at a specified price. In 13F filings, PUT indicates the fund holds put options rather than common stock.

Call Option

A contract giving the holder the right to buy a security at a specified price. In 13F filings, CALL indicates the fund holds call options rather than common stock.

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