Is Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU) a good investment?
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What’s more, let’s discuss the newest info for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU).
Hedge fund activity in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU)
Heading into Q3, a total of 14 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of 75% from the first quarter. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings substantially.
When using filings from the hedgies we track, Fisher Asset Management, managed by Ken Fisher, holds the biggest position in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU). Fisher Asset Management has a $53.8 million position in the stock, comprising 0.1% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Louis Bacon of Moore Global Investments, with a $9.2 million position; the fund has 0.2% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other hedgies with similar optimism include Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies, D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw and David Dreman’s Dreman Value Management.
As industrywide interest increased, certain money managers have jumped into Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU) headfirst. Fisher Asset Management, managed by Ken Fisher, established the biggest position in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU). Fisher Asset Management had 53.8 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Louis Bacon’s Moore Global Investments also made a $9.2 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The other funds with brand new MTU positions are Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies, D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw, and David Dreman’s Dreman Value Management.
How are insiders trading Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU)?
Insider buying made by high-level executives is at its handiest when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the latest half-year time frame, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll also examine the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU). These stocks are Bank of Montreal (USA) (NYSE:BMO), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), The Bank of Nova Scotia (USA) (NYSE:BNS), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (USA) (NYSE:TD). All of these stocks are in the money center banks industry and their market caps are closest to MTU’s market cap.
