What’s a smart Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO) investor to do?
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Now that that’s out of the way, we’re going to study the newest info for Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO).
What have hedge funds been doing with Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO)?
At Q2’s end, a total of 15 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of -12% from the first quarter. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes substantially.
Out of the hedge funds we follow, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates had the biggest position in Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO), worth close to $113.5 million, comprising 0.4% of its total 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Impala Asset Management, managed by Robert Bishop, which held a $49.1 million position; the fund has 2.8% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining hedgies with similar optimism include Donald Chiboucis’s Columbus Circle Investors, Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group and Joel Greenblatt’s Gotham Asset Management.
Because Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO) has experienced bearish sentiment from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, logic holds that there exists a select few fund managers that elected to cut their entire stakes at the end of the second quarter. Intriguingly, Wojciech Uzdelewicz’s Espalier Global Management cut the biggest stake of the 450+ funds we watch, totaling an estimated $5.6 million in stock, and Neil Chriss of Hutchin Hill Capital was right behind this move, as the fund dropped about $2.4 million worth. These bearish behaviors are intriguing to say the least, as total hedge fund interest fell by 2 funds at the end of the second quarter.
Insider trading activity in Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO)
Insider buying made by high-level executives is most useful when the company in question has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the last 180-day time period, Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO) has seen zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll check out the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO). These stocks are Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX), Tumi Holdings Inc (NYSE:TUMI), Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW), Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:ICON), and Deckers Outdoor Corp (NASDAQ:DECK). All of these stocks are in the textile – apparel footwear & accessories industry and their market caps resemble SHOO’s market cap.
