Is Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) a buy here? Prominent investors are getting more bullish. The number of bullish hedge fund bets improved by 5 recently.
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Now, it’s important to take a peek at the key action regarding Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB).
What have hedge funds been doing with Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB)?
Heading into 2013, a total of 20 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 33% from one quarter earlier. With hedgies’ sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings substantially.
According to our comprehensive database, David Dreman’s Dreman Value Management had the largest position in Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB), worth close to $42 million, accounting for 1.2% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Renaissance Technologies, managed by Jim Simons, which held a $31 million position; 0.3% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other peers with similar optimism include Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates, Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell’s Arrowstreet Capital and Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management.
As aggregate interest increased, some big names have jumped into Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) headfirst. Hutchin Hill Capital, managed by Neil Chriss, established the largest position in Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB). Hutchin Hill Capital had 3 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Glenn Russell Dubin’s Highbridge Capital Management also initiated a $3 million position during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are Andy Redleaf’s Whitebox Advisors, D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw, and Drew Cupps’s Cupps Capital Management.
What do corporate executives and insiders think about Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB)?
Insider trading activity, especially when it’s bullish, is at its handiest when the company in focus has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the latest half-year time period, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) has experienced zero unique insiders purchasing, and 2 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
With the results shown by the aforementioned time-tested strategies, everyday investors must always keep an eye on hedge fund and insider trading sentiment, and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) shareholders fit into this picture quite nicely.
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