What’s a smart Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR) investor to do?
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Furthermore, it’s important to discuss the latest info surrounding Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR).
What have hedge funds been doing with Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR)?
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 15 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 50% from the previous quarter. With hedgies’ capital changing hands, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings considerably.
Now, particular hedge funds have jumped into Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR) headfirst. D E Shaw, managed by D. E. Shaw, assembled the largest position in Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR). D E Shaw had 13.2 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Andrew Sandler’s Sandler Capital Management also made a $13 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The other funds with brand new CNQR positions are Brian Ashford-Russell and Tim Woolley’s Polar Capital, Ron Gutfleish’s Elm Ridge Capital, and Drew Cupps’s Cupps Capital Management.
What have insiders been doing with Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR)?
Insider buying is particularly usable when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the latest half-year time period, Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR) has seen zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll also take a look at the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNQR). These stocks are ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS), ACI Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:ACIW), Mentor Graphics Corp (NASDAQ:MENT), PTC Inc (NASDAQ:PMTC), and National Instruments Corp (NASDAQ:NATI). This group of stocks are the members of the technical & system software industry and their market caps are similar to CNQR’s market cap.
