Is Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT) a superb investment right now? Prominent investors are taking an optimistic view. The number of long hedge fund positions increased by 1 in recent months.
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Keeping this in mind, it’s important to take a glance at the recent action surrounding Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT).
How are hedge funds trading Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT)?
At Q1’s end, a total of 10 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 11% from the first quarter. With hedgies’ capital changing hands, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes meaningfully.
When looking at the hedgies we track, Douglas T. Granat’s Trigran Investments had the largest position in Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT), worth close to $6 million, comprising 3.1% of its total 13F portfolio. On Trigran Investments’s heels is Stephen DuBois of Camber Capital Management, with a $6 million position; the fund has 0.5% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining peers with similar optimism include Nathan Fischel’s DAFNA Capital Management, Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies and J. Carlo Cannell’s Cannell Capital.
With a general bullishness amongst the heavyweights, key money managers were leading the bulls’ herd. Cannell Capital, managed by J. Carlo Cannell, initiated the largest position in Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT). Cannell Capital had 0.7 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Peter S. Park’s Park West Asset Management also initiated a $0.6 million position during the quarter. The only other fund with a brand new BEAT position is Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group.
How are insiders trading Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT)?
Insider purchases made by high-level executives is particularly usable when the company in question has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the latest 180-day time period, Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT) has experienced 1 unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
With the results shown by our research, retail investors must always pay attention to hedge fund and insider trading sentiment, and Cardionet Inc (NASDAQ:BEAT) is an important part of this process.
