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 Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP) .
Is Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP) a buy right now? Prominent investors are indeed getting less bullish. The number of bullish hedge fund investments went down by 2 in recent months. There were 7 hedge funds in our database with CEQP positions at the end of September. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as Infoblox Inc (NYSE:BLOX), Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:NOAH), and Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) to gather more data points.
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With all of this in mind, we’re going to view the recent action regarding Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP).
What have hedge funds been doing with Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 7 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of -22% from the previous quarter. On the other hand, there were a total of 6 hedge funds with a bullish position in CEQP at the beginning of this year. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of notable hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Daniel S. Och’s OZ Management has the number one position in Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP), worth close to $13.9 million, comprising 0.1% of its total 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Renaissance Technologies, one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with a $3.4 million position; less than 0.1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions consist of James Dondero’s Highland Capital Management, Clinton Group and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group. We should note that none of these elite funds are among our list of the 100 best performing elite funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.
