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13F Glossary
Essential terms for understanding institutional holdings, 13F filings, and HoldingsIntel analytics.
13F Basics8 terms
- 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 Analytics13 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 Concepts6 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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