The Kroger Co.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US5010441013

SecurityKR / The Kroger Co.
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership159,979 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 8,319,000
Ubs Ag ownership in KR / The Kroger Co.

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 159,979 shares of The Kroger Co. (US:KR) valued at $4,159,454 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 161,311 shares of The Kroger Co.. This represents a change in shares of -0.83% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $9,795,514 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (KR) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 18,200 of underlying shares valued at $946,000 USD and put options representing 11,200 of underlying shares valued at $582,000 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.

KR / The Kroger Co. 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 KROGER COM 501044101 159,979 -1,332 -0.83 8,319 4.34 0.0061
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F KROGER COM 501044101 161,311 -27,452 -14.54 7,973 -3.24 0.0062
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 KROGER COM 501044101 188,763 -84,804 -31.00 8,240 -23.81 0.0073
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F KROGER COM 501044101 188,763 8,240
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 KROGER COM 501044101 273,567 2,637 0.97 10,815 -1.04 0.0101
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F KROGER COM 501044101 273,567 10,815
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F KROGER COM 501044101 270,930 8,577 3.27 10,929 20.62 0.0112
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F KROGER COM 501044101 262,353 262,353 9,061 0.0107
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 KROGER COM Call 18,200 58.26 946 66.55 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F KROGER COM Call 11,500 -40.41 568 -32.54 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A KROGER COM Call 19,300 112.09 842 133.89 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F KROGER COM Call 19,300 842 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A KROGER COM Call 9,100 -25.41 360 -26.83 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F KROGER COM Call 9,100 360 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F KROGER COM Call 12,200 -24.69 492 -12.14 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F KROGER COM Call 16,200 560 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 KROGER COM Put 11,200 30.23 582 36.94 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F KROGER COM Put 8,600 -95.07 425 -94.41 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A KROGER COM Put 174,300 1,754.26 7,608 1,945.16 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F KROGER COM Put 174,300 7,608 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A KROGER COM Put 9,400 -68.87 372 -69.46 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F KROGER COM Put 9,400 372 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F KROGER COM Put 30,200 -38.24 1,218 -27.89 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F KROGER COM Put 48,900 1,689 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.