A whopping number of 13F filings filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been processed by Insider Monkey so that individual investors can look at the overall hedge fund sentiment towards the stocks included in their watchlists. These freshly-submitted public filings disclose money managers’ equity positions as of the end of the three-month period that ended September 30, so let’s proceed with the discussion of the hedge fund sentiment on CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) .
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) investors should pay attention to an increase in support from the world’s most successful money managers in recent months. There were 34 hedge funds in our database with CF holdings at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare CF to other stocks including Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN), VCA Antech Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF), and Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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With all of this in mind, we’re going to view the new action surrounding CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF).
How are hedge funds trading CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 38 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 12% from the previous quarter. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in CF over the last 5 quarters. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Adage Capital Management, led by Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson, holds the largest position in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF). Adage Capital Management has a $160.1 million position in the stock, comprising 0.4% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Jonathon Jacobson of Highfields Capital Management, with a $155.9 million position; the fund has 1.5% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other professional money managers that are bullish comprise Ricky Sandler’s Eminence Capital, David Cohen and Harold Levy’s Iridian Asset Management and John Burbank’s Passport Capital. 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.
