Apple Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US0378331005

SecurityAAPL / Apple Inc.
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership16,853,657 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 1,698,006,000
Ubs Ag ownership in AAPL / Apple Inc.

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 16,853,657 shares of Apple Inc. (US:AAPL) valued at $424,501,486 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 19,980,029 shares of Apple Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -15.65% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $5,229,015,621 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (AAPL) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 7,872,768 of underlying shares valued at $793,181,000 USD and put options representing 6,910,270 of underlying shares valued at $696,210,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

AAPL / Apple Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F APPLE COM 037833100 16,853,657 -3,126,372 -15.65 1,698,006 -8.55 1.2524
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F APPLE COM 037833100 19,980,029 16,654,384 500.79 1,856,744 4.02 1.4534
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 APPLE COM 037833100 3,325,645 180,846 5.75 1,785,007 1.17 1.5864
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F APPLE COM 037833100 3,325,645 1,785,007
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 APPLE COM 037833100 3,144,799 333,276 11.85 1,764,296 31.63 1.6495
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F APPLE COM 037833100 3,144,799 1,764,296
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F APPLE COM 037833100 2,811,523 -210,660 -6.97 1,340,394 11.85 1.3714
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F APPLE COM 037833100 3,022,183 3,022,183 1,198,386 1.4205
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F APPLE COM Call 7,872,768 -11.35 793,181 -3.89 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F APPLE COM Call 8,880,716 823.19 825,285 59.84 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A APPLE COM Call 961,958 -52.23 516,322 -54.30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F APPLE COM Call 1,862,676 999,773 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A APPLE COM Call 2,013,880 -70.21 1,129,827 -64.95 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F APPLE COM Call 4,654,200 2,611,099 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F APPLE COM Call 6,760,559 17.21 3,223,096 40.92 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F APPLE COM Call 5,768,126 2,287,235 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F APPLE COM Put 6,910,270 2.03 696,210 10.62 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F APPLE COM Put 6,772,630 820.06 629,381 59.30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A APPLE COM Put 736,108 -56.30 395,099 -58.19 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F APPLE COM Put 736,108 395,099 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A APPLE COM Put 1,684,280 7.11 944,915 26.04 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F APPLE COM Put 1,684,280 944,915 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F APPLE COM Put 1,572,450 5.14 749,666 26.41 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F APPLE COM Put 1,495,550 593,030 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.