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Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) was in 21 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of December. TDC investors should be aware of a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money of late. There were 23 hedge funds in our database with TDC holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that TDC isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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We’re going to take a look at the key hedge fund action regarding Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC).
How are hedge funds trading Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC)?
At the end of the fourth quarter, a total of 21 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of -9% from the second quarter of 2018. By comparison, 21 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in TDC a year ago. So, let’s see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Among these funds, Renaissance Technologies held the most valuable stake in Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), which was worth $73.3 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Citadel Investment Group which amassed $28.5 million worth of shares. Moreover, D E Shaw, Millennium Management, and Balyasny Asset Management were also bullish on Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
Since Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) has witnessed a decline in interest from the smart money, logic holds that there lies a certain “tier” of money managers who were dropping their entire stakes in the third quarter. Intriguingly, Kevin Oram and Peter Uddo’s Praesidium Investment Management Company dropped the largest stake of the “upper crust” of funds watched by Insider Monkey, totaling an estimated $54.5 million in call options, and Dmitry Balyasny’s Balyasny Asset Management was right behind this move, as the fund said goodbye to about $27.7 million worth. These moves are intriguing to say the least, as total hedge fund interest dropped by 2 funds in the third quarter.
Let’s now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC). These stocks are Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ:RP), and Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI). This group of stocks’ market valuations are closest to TDC’s market valuation.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTLT | 19 | 235857 | -4 |
| FLR | 20 | 223293 | -3 |
| RP | 21 | 343809 | -6 |
| HBI | 28 | 310452 | 10 |
| Average | 22 | 278353 | -0.75 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 22 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $278 million. That figure was $212 million in TDC’s case. Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) is the least popular one with only 19 bullish hedge fund positions. Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our calculations showed that top 15 most popular stocks) among hedge funds returned 24.2% through April 22nd and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 7 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on TDC, though not to the same extent, as the stock returned 17.6% and outperformed the market as well.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
