A whopping number of 13F filings filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been processed by Insider Monkey so that individual investors can look at the overall hedge fund sentiment towards the stocks included in their watchlists. These freshly-submitted public filings disclose money managers’ equity positions as of the end of the three-month period that ended September 30, so let’s proceed with the discussion of the hedge fund sentiment on Bristow Group Inc (NYSE:BRS).
Is Bristow Group Inc (NYSE:BRS) an attractive investment today? Investors who are in the know seem to be turning bullish, as the number of investors tracked by Insider Monkey long the stock went up by three to 16 during the third quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare BRS to other stocks including Fidelity Southern Corporation (NASDAQ:LION), Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT), and CU Bancorp (NASDAQ:CUNB) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Keeping this in mind, we’re going to analyze the latest action encompassing Bristow Group Inc (NYSE:BRS).
Hedge fund activity in Bristow Group Inc (NYSE:BRS)
During the third quarter, the number of investors from the Insider Monkey database holding long positions in Bristow Group advanced by 23% to 16. On the other hand, there were nine funds with a bullish position in BRS at the beginning of this year. So, let’s examine which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, John W. Rogers’ Ariel Investments holds the biggest position in Bristow Group Inc (NYSE:BRS). Ariel Investments has a $145.7 million position in the stock, comprising 1.8% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Dmitry Balyasny’s Balyasny Asset Management holding a $43.1 million position. Some other professional money managers that are bullish comprise Richard Mashaal’s Rima Senvest Management, Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies. We should note that none of these hedge funds are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.
