Our extensive research has shown that imitating the smart money can generate significant returns for retail investors, which is why we track more than 700 prominent money managers and analyze their quarterly 13F filings. The stocks that are heavily bought by hedge funds historically outperformed the market, though there is no shortage of high profile gigantic failures like hedge funds’ recent losses in Valeant. Let’s take a closer look at what the funds we track think about Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (ADR) (NYSE:SQM) in this article.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (ADR) (NYSE:SQM) has experienced a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds lately. There were 17 hedge funds in our database with SQM holdings at the end of the previous quarter. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA), Zillow Inc (NASDAQ:Z), and Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) to gather more data points.
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Now, let’s take a peek at the fresh action regarding Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (ADR) (NYSE:SQM).
Hedge fund activity in Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (ADR) (NYSE:SQM)
At Q3’s end, a total of 16 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of -6% from the second quarter of 2016. By comparison, 8 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in SQM heading into this year. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists a few key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Renaissance Technologies, led by Jim Simons, holds the biggest position in Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (ADR) (NYSE:SQM). Renaissance Technologies has a $20 million position in the stock, comprising less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Adage Capital Management, led by Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson, holding a $17.3 million position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other members of the smart money with similar optimism include Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, John Overdeck and David Siegel’s Two Sigma Advisors and John Horseman’s Horseman Capital Management. We should note that none of these hedge funds are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.
