What’s a smart Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) investor to do?
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Keeping this in mind, let’s examine the latest info surrounding Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX).
What does the smart money think about Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX)?
At Q2’s end, a total of 8 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 0% from the first quarter. With hedgies’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes considerably.
Since Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) has experienced dropping sentiment from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, it’s safe to say that there exists a select few money managers who sold off their positions entirely at the end of the second quarter. Intriguingly, Matthew Tewksbury’s Stevens Capital Management sold off the largest position of the 450+ funds we key on, totaling about $0.6 million in stock, and Ken Gray and Steve Walsh of Bryn Mawr Capital was right behind this move, as the fund sold off about $0.4 million worth. These bearish behaviors are interesting, as total hedge fund interest stayed the same (this is a bearish signal in our experience).
What have insiders been doing with Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX)?
Insider buying is at its handiest when the primary stock in question has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the last 180-day time frame, Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) has experienced 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 Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX). These stocks are Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI), ICU Medical, Incorporated (NASDAQ:ICUI), Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE:CMN), Tornier N.V. (NASDAQ:TRNX), and Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPTS). This group of stocks belong to the medical instruments & supplies industry and their market caps are similar to LMNX’s market cap.
