Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE) was in 6 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. CMRE has experienced an increase in enthusiasm from smart money lately. There were 4 hedge funds in our database with CMRE holdings at the end of the previous quarter.
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Consequently, let’s take a peek at the recent action encompassing Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE).
What have hedge funds been doing with Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE)?
Heading into 2013, a total of 6 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 50% from the third quarter. With the smart money’s sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes considerably.
As one would reasonably expect, key hedge funds were breaking ground themselves. Millennium Management, managed by Israel Englander, assembled the biggest position in Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE). Millennium Management had 0.3 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell’s Arrowstreet Capital also made a $0.2 million investment in the stock during the quarter.
How have insiders been trading Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE)?
Insider purchases made by high-level executives is particularly usable when the company we’re looking at has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the last six-month time frame, Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s also examine hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Costamare Inc (NYSE:CMRE). These stocks are Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL), Seacor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CKH), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings Inc (NYSE:MATX), Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG), and Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW). This group of stocks are in the shipping industry and their market caps match CMRE’s market cap.
