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Thus, let’s study the newest info about DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI).
What have hedge funds been doing with DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI)?
Heading into Q3, a total of 33 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 0% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings significantly.
Judging by the fact that DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI) has witnessed a fall in interest from the smart money’s best and brightest, it’s safe to say that there exists a select few fund managers that decided to sell off their entire stakes last quarter. At the top of the heap, Brian Jackelow’s SAB Capital Management dumped the largest position of all the hedgies we key on, worth about $134.7 million in stock. James Dondero’s fund, Highland Capital Management, also dumped its stock, about $14 million worth. These bearish behaviors are important to note, as total hedge fund interest stayed the same (this is a bearish signal in our experience).
What have insiders been doing with DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI)?
Legal insider trading, particularly when it’s bullish, is particularly usable when the company in focus has seen transactions within the past six months. Over the last 180-day time frame, DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll also review the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI). These stocks are FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS), Dun & Bradstreet Corp (NYSE:DNB), Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN), DST Systems, Inc. (NYSE:DST), and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR). All of these stocks are in the information & delivery services industry and their market caps match DGI’s market cap.
