The Insider Monkey team has completed processing the quarterly 13F filings for the September quarter submitted by the hedge funds and other money managers included in our extensive database. Most hedge fund investors experienced strong gains on the back of a strong market performance, which certainly propelled them to adjust their equity holdings so as to maintain the desired risk profile. As a result, the relevancy of these public filings and their content is indisputable, as they may reveal numerous high-potential stocks. The following article will discuss the smart money sentiment towards Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN).
Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) has seen an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers of late. Our calculations also showed that ORN isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video below for Q2 rankings).
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John Overdeck of Two Sigma Advisors
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How are hedge funds trading Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN)?
At Q3’s end, a total of 7 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 17% from the second quarter of 2019. On the other hand, there were a total of 9 hedge funds with a bullish position in ORN 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.
The largest stake in Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) was held by Millennium Management, which reported holding $3.1 million worth of stock at the end of September. It was followed by Renaissance Technologies with a $2 million position. Other investors bullish on the company included D E Shaw, Fondren Management, and Two Sigma Advisors. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Fondren Management allocated the biggest weight to Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN), around 1.05% of its 13F portfolio. Ancora Advisors is also relatively very bullish on the stock, earmarking 0.04 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to ORN.
There weren’t any hedge funds initiating brand new positions in the stock during the third quarter.
Let’s now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN). We will take a look at Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:CDOR), Mustang Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBIO), County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICBK), and iCAD Inc (NASDAQ:ICAD). This group of stocks’ market valuations match ORN’s market valuation.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDOR | 5 | 5777 | 3 |
| MBIO | 6 | 15947 | 0 |
| ICBK | 6 | 11470 | 1 |
| ICAD | 6 | 8038 | -2 |
| Average | 5.75 | 10308 | 0.5 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 5.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $10 million. That figure was $10 million in ORN’s case. Mustang Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBIO) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:CDOR) is the least popular one with only 5 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) is more popular among hedge funds. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 37.4% in 2019 through the end of November and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 9.9 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on ORN as the stock returned 22.4% during the first two months of Q4 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.
