A whopping number of 13F filings filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been processed by Insider Monkey so that individual investors can look at the overall hedge fund sentiment towards the stocks included in their watchlists. These freshly-submitted public filings disclose money managers’ equity positions as of the end of the three-month period that ended June 28, so let’s proceed with the discussion of the hedge fund sentiment on Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) has seen a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds in recent months. CVCO was in 16 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of June. There were 19 hedge funds in our database with CVCO holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that CVCO isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (see the video below).
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Unlike former hedge manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, who is convinced Dow will soar past 40000, our long-short investment strategy doesn’t rely on bull markets to deliver double digit returns. We only rely on hedge fund buy/sell signals. Let’s go over the recent hedge fund action surrounding Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO).
Hedge fund activity in Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO)
Heading into the third quarter of 2019, a total of 16 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of -16% from the previous quarter. By comparison, 20 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in CVCO a year ago. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists a few key hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO Investors has the biggest position in Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO), worth close to $44.5 million, amounting to 0.3% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is Renaissance Technologies, with a $24.8 million position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Other hedge funds and institutional investors that are bullish comprise Jeffrey Gendell’s Tontine Asset Management, Richard Scott Greeder’s Broad Bay Capital and Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates.
Judging by the fact that Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) has witnessed bearish sentiment from the smart money, it’s safe to say that there were a few hedgies that slashed their full holdings heading into Q3. It’s worth mentioning that John Khoury’s Long Pond Capital said goodbye to the biggest position of the 750 funds monitored by Insider Monkey, valued at an estimated $10.1 million in stock, and D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw was right behind this move, as the fund cut about $1.6 million worth. These bearish behaviors are intriguing to say the least, as total hedge fund interest fell by 3 funds heading into Q3.
Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) but similarly valued. We will take a look at The Liberty Braves Group (NASDAQ:BATRA), Central Puerto S.A. (NYSE:CEPU), Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG), and Rush Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUSHB). All of these stocks’ market caps match CVCO’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATRA | 9 | 68220 | -2 |
| CEPU | 9 | 31985 | -3 |
| ATSG | 15 | 172396 | -3 |
| RUSHB | 2 | 33341 | -1 |
| Average | 8.75 | 76486 | -2.25 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 8.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $76 million. That figure was $136 million in CVCO’s case. Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Rush Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUSHB) is the least popular one with only 2 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) is more popular among hedge funds. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 24.4% in 2019 through September 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 4 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on CVCO as the stock returned 21.9% during Q3 and outperformed the market by an even larger margin. Hedge funds were clearly right about piling into this stock relative to other stocks with similar market capitalizations.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
