Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) shareholders have witnessed an increase in hedge fund interest lately.
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With these “truths” under our belt, it’s important to take a peek at the recent action encompassing Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI).
What have hedge funds been doing with Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI)?
At year’s end, a total of 19 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of 19% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists an “upper tier” of notable hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes significantly.
According to our comprehensive database, Larry Foley and Paul Farrell’s Bronson Point Partners had the biggest position in Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI), worth close to $29 million, comprising 2.8% of its total 13F portfolio. On Bronson Point Partners’s heels is Passport Capital, managed by John Burbank, which held a $16 million position; 0.2% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other hedge funds with similar optimism include Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies, and D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw.
With a general bullishness amongst the heavyweights, key money managers have been driving this bullishness. Two Sigma Advisors, managed by John Overdeck and David Siegel, assembled the biggest position in Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI). Two Sigma Advisors had 7 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Glenn Russell Dubin’s Highbridge Capital Management also made a $1 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are Mike Vranos’s Ellington, Bart Baum’s Ionic Capital Management, and Richard Driehaus’s Driehaus Capital.
Insider trading activity in Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI)
Insider trading activity, especially when it’s bullish, is most useful when the company in focus has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the last 180-day time frame, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) has seen 1 unique insiders purchasing, and 2 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
With the results demonstrated by Insider Monkey’s time-tested strategies, everyday investors should always watch hedge fund and insider trading sentiment, and Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) shareholders fit into this picture quite nicely.
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