Designer Brands Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US2505651081

SecurityDBI / Designer Brands Inc.
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership100,239 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 3,018,000
Ubs Ag ownership in DBI / Designer Brands Inc.

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 100,239 shares of Designer Brands Inc. (US:DBI) valued at $3,018,196 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 54,197 shares of Designer Brands Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 84.95% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $874,084 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (DBI) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 2,800 of underlying shares valued at $84,000 USD and put options representing 7,600 of underlying shares valued at $229,000 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.

DBI / Designer Brands 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 DSW CL A 23334L102 100,239 46,042 84.95 3,018 99.21 0.0022
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 54,197 30,459 128.31 1,515 78.03 0.0012
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 DSW CL A 23334L102 23,738 -12,376 -34.27 851 -44.88 0.0008
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 23,738 851
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 DSW CL A 23334L102 36,114 34,959 3,026.75 1,544 1,459.60 0.0014
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 36,114 1,544
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 1,155 -152 -11.63 99 3.13 0.0001
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F DSW CL A 23334L102 1,307 1,307 96 0.0001
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 DSW CL A Call 2,800 -40.43 84 -35.88 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F DSW CL A Call 4,700 840.00 131 627.78 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A DSW CL A Call 500 -61.54 18 -67.86 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F DSW CL A Call 500 18 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A DSW CL A Call 1,300 -51.85 56 -75.65 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F DSW CL A Call 1,300 56 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F DSW CL A Call 2,700 2,600.00 230 3,185.71 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F DSW CL A Call 100 7 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 DSW CL A Put 7,600 -24.00 229 -17.92 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F DSW CL A Put 10,000 9,900.00 279 6,875.00 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A DSW CL A Put 100 -85.71 4 -86.67 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F DSW CL A Put 100 4 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A DSW CL A Put 700 30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F DSW CL A Put 700 30 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.