Insider Monkey finished processing more than 738 13F filings submitted by hedge funds and prominent investors. These filings show these funds’ portfolio positions as of March 31st, 2019. What do these smart investors think about TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF)?
TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF) was in 22 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2019. TCF shareholders have witnessed a decrease in support from the world’s most elite money managers in recent months. There were 23 hedge funds in our database with TCF holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that TCF isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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Let’s analyze the key hedge fund action regarding TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF).
How are hedge funds trading TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 22 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of -4% from one quarter earlier. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in TCF over the last 15 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.
Among these funds, Citadel Investment Group held the most valuable stake in TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF), which was worth $53.7 million at the end of the first quarter. On the second spot was Arrowstreet Capital which amassed $37.7 million worth of shares. Moreover, Pzena Investment Management, AQR Capital Management, and Water Island Capital were also bullish on TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
Because TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF) has faced a decline in interest from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, logic holds that there is a sect of hedgies that elected to cut their full holdings heading into Q3. It’s worth mentioning that Dmitry Balyasny’s Balyasny Asset Management dumped the biggest position of all the hedgies followed by Insider Monkey, comprising an estimated $29.9 million in stock, and Ravi Chopra’s Azora Capital was right behind this move, as the fund sold off about $22.5 million worth. These bearish behaviors are intriguing to say the least, as aggregate hedge fund interest was cut by 1 funds heading into Q3.
Let’s go over hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF). We will take a look at Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ:SMTC), Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GBCI), Extended Stay America Inc (NASDAQ:STAY), and United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X). All of these stocks’ market caps are closest to TCF’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMTC | 19 | 139258 | 0 |
| GBCI | 12 | 57597 | 2 |
| STAY | 32 | 522804 | 0 |
| X | 24 | 214659 | 0 |
| Average | 21.75 | 233580 | 0.5 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 21.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $234 million. That figure was $245 million in TCF’s case. Extended Stay America Inc (NASDAQ:STAY) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GBCI) is the least popular one with only 12 bullish hedge fund positions. TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCF) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we’d rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. 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 TCF wasn’t nearly as popular as these 20 stocks and hedge funds that were betting on TCF were disappointed as the stock returned -5.3% 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 so far in Q2.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
