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Is Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) going to take off soon? Money managers are taking a bullish view. The number of long hedge fund positions inched up by 7 in recent months. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as Joy Global Inc. (NYSE:JOY), WP Glimcher Inc (NYSE:WPG), and Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IILG) to gather more data points.
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Now, let’s take a look at the latest action surrounding Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW).
What have hedge funds been doing with Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW)?
At Q3’s end, a total of 29 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a jump of 32% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Royce & Associates, managed by Chuck Royce, holds the largest position in Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW). According to regulatory filings, the fund has a $62.3 million position in the stock, comprising 0.4% of its 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund manager is Doug Gordon, Jon Hilsabeck and Don Jabro’s Shellback Capital, with a $23.7 million position; the fund has 2% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other hedge funds and institutional investors with similar optimism include Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, Ken Grossman and Glen Schneider’s SG Capital Management and Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management.
