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Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB) shareholders have witnessed a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds in recent months. Our calculations also showed that HUBB isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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Let’s take a glance at the new hedge fund action surrounding Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB).
How are hedge funds trading Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB)?
At Q4’s end, a total of 24 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of -11% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 28 hedge funds with a bullish position in HUBB a year ago. So, let’s see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Among these funds, Citadel Investment Group held the most valuable stake in Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB), which was worth $115.1 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Royce & Associates which amassed $92.6 million worth of shares. Moreover, Impax Asset Management, Millennium Management, and Carlson Capital were also bullish on Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
Seeing as Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB) has witnessed falling interest from the smart money, logic holds that there were a few hedgies that decided to sell off their entire stakes in the third quarter. Intriguingly, Robert Pohly’s Samlyn Capital said goodbye to the largest stake of all the hedgies followed by Insider Monkey, valued at about $45.4 million in stock. Doug Gordon, Jon Hilsabeck and Don Jabro’s fund, Shellback Capital, also said goodbye to its stock, about $35 million worth. These moves are interesting, as aggregate hedge fund interest was cut by 3 funds in the third quarter.
Let’s now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB). We will take a look at athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN), Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD), bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ:BLUE), and Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO). This group of stocks’ market caps resemble HUBB’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHN | 26 | 738702 | -1 |
| STWD | 17 | 131281 | -4 |
| BLUE | 16 | 115978 | -18 |
| FICO | 24 | 313924 | 3 |
| Average | 20.75 | 324971 | -5 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 20.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $325 million. That figure was $449 million in HUBB’s case. athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ:BLUE) is the least popular one with only 16 bullish hedge fund positions. Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we’d rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. Our calculations showed that top 15 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 21.3% through April 8th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 5 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on HUBB as the stock returned 27.8% and outperformed the market as well.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
