You probably know from experience that there is not as much information on small-cap companies as there is on large companies. Of course, this makes it really hard and difficult for individual investors to make proper and accurate analysis of certain small-cap companies. However, well-known and successful hedge fund investors like Carl Icahn and George Soros hold the necessary resources and abilities to conduct an extensive stock analysis on small-cap stocks, which enable them to make millions of dollars by identifying potential winners within the small-cap galaxy of stocks. This represents the main reason why Insider Monkey takes notice of the hedge fund activity in these overlooked stocks.
Is Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE:HPP) an excellent stock to buy now? The best stock pickers are actually taking a pessimistic view. The number of long hedge fund positions that are disclosed in regulatory 13F filings contracted by6 lately. HPPwas in 17 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2016. There were 23 hedge funds in our database with HPP positions at the end of the previous quarter. 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 PIMCO Dynamic Credit Income Fund (NYSE:PCI), Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), and Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ:PFPT) to gather more data points.
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Now, let’s go over the new action regarding Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE:HPP).
What does the smart money think about Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE:HPP)?
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 17 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a slump of 26% from the previous quarter. On the other hand, there were a total of 17 hedge funds with a bullish position in HPP at the beginning of this year. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Farallon Capital has the biggest position in Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE:HPP), worth close to $66.4 million, corresponding to 1% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by D E Shaw, with a $29.6 million position; 0.1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining hedge funds and institutional investors with similar optimism contain Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies, Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group and Eduardo Abush’s Waterfront Capital Partners. 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.
