Insider Monkey has processed numerous 13F filings of hedge funds and successful value investors to create an extensive database of hedge fund holdings. The 13F filings show the hedge funds’ and successful investors’ positions as of the end of the third quarter. You can find articles about an individual hedge fund’s trades on numerous financial news websites. However, in this article we will take a look at their collective moves over the last 4 years and analyze what the smart money thinks of The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA) based on that data. We also compare LSXMA’s sentiment against similarly valued peers like CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD), Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS), Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE:VST), and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT).
The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA) investors should pay attention to an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers of late. Our calculations also showed that LSXMA isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video below for Q2 rankings).
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What have hedge funds been doing with The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA)?
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 39 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 15% from the previous quarter. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards LSXMA over the last 17 quarters. So, let’s find out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
More specifically, Berkshire Hathaway was the largest shareholder of The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA), with a stake worth $617.7 million reported as of the end of September. Trailing Berkshire Hathaway was D E Shaw, which amassed a stake valued at $140.1 million. FPR Partners, Citadel Investment Group, and Senator Investment Group were also very fond of the stock, becoming one of the largest hedge fund holders of the company. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Swift Run Capital Management allocated the biggest weight to The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA), around 5.87% of its portfolio. Tiger Eye Capital is also relatively very bullish on the stock, designating 5.81 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to LSXMA.
Consequently, some big names were leading the bulls’ herd. Tiger Eye Capital, managed by Ben Gambill, initiated the most outsized position in The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA). Tiger Eye Capital had $22.1 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Clint Carlson’s Carlson Capital also made a $3.2 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new LSXMA investors: Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell’s Arrowstreet Capital, Michael Gelband’s ExodusPoint Capital, and Benjamin A. Smith’s Laurion Capital Management.
Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA) but similarly valued. We will take a look at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD), Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS), Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE:VST), and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT). This group of stocks’ market caps are closest to LSXMA’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRWD | 28 | 273644 | -13 |
| UHS | 26 | 562518 | 2 |
| VST | 42 | 2382348 | 3 |
| FTNT | 38 | 1187931 | 4 |
| Average | 33.5 | 1101610 | -1 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 33.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $1102 million. That figure was $1485 million in LSXMA’s case. Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE:VST) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) is the least popular one with only 26 bullish hedge fund positions. The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXMA) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 37.4% in 2019 through the end of November and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 9.9 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on LSXMA as the stock returned 17.2% during the fourth quarter (through the end of November) and outperformed the market. Hedge funds were rewarded for their relative bullishness.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
