Legendary investors such as Jeffrey Talpins and Seth Klarman earn enormous amounts of money for themselves and their investors by doing in-depth research on small-cap stocks that big brokerage houses don’t publish. Small cap stocks -especially when they are screened well- can generate substantial outperformance versus a boring index fund. That’s why we analyze the activity of those elite funds in these small-cap stocks. In the following paragraphs, we analyze The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) from the perspective of those elite funds.
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) investors should be aware of an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers recently. Our calculations also showed that BK isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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We’re going to go over the latest hedge fund action encompassing The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK).
What have hedge funds been doing with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK)?
At Q1’s end, a total of 36 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 44% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 45 hedge funds with a bullish position in BK a year ago. So, let’s review which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund database, Berkshire Hathaway, managed by Warren Buffett, holds the biggest position in The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK). Berkshire Hathaway has a $4.0817 billion position in the stock, comprising 2% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners, with a $667.7 million position; the fund has 7.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other professional money managers that hold long positions consist of Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO Investors, Donald Yacktman’s Yacktman Asset Management and John A. Levin’s Levin Capital Strategies.
As aggregate interest increased, key hedge funds were leading the bulls’ herd. Tudor Investment Corp, managed by Paul Tudor Jones, assembled the most valuable position in The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK). Tudor Investment Corp had $3.9 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Matthew Tewksbury’s Stevens Capital Management also made a $2.9 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new BK investors: Jeffrey Talpins’s Element Capital Management, Joel Greenblatt’s Gotham Asset Management, and Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow’s Blue Mountain Capital.
Let’s check out hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) but similarly valued. We will take a look at Honda Motor Co Ltd (NYSE:HMC), Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO), Infosys Limited (NYSE:INFY), and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC). This group of stocks’ market values are similar to BK’s market value.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMC | 9 | 67519 | -4 |
| BMO | 15 | 333732 | 0 |
| INFY | 20 | 1070896 | 3 |
| MMC | 29 | 806253 | 0 |
| Average | 18.25 | 569600 | -0.25 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 18.25 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $570 million. That figure was $5272 million in BK’s case. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Honda Motor Co Ltd (NYSE:HMC) is the least popular one with only 9 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) is more popular among hedge funds. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 1.9% in Q2 through May 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 3 percentage points. Unfortunately BK wasn’t nearly as popular as these 20 stocks and hedge funds that were betting on BK were disappointed as the stock returned -13.7% during the same period and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 13 of these stocks already outperformed the market in Q2.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
