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M/I Homes Inc (NYSE:MHO) investors should be aware of an increase in enthusiasm from smart money in recent months. There were 8 hedge funds in our database with MHO positions at the end of the second quarter, 1 fewer than there were at the end of the third quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare MHO to other stocks including Bojangles Inc (NASDAQ:BOJA), Regis Corporation (NYSE:RGS), and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (NYSE:RYAM) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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How are hedge funds trading M/I Homes Inc (NYSE:MHO)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 9 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a 13% increase from the second quarter of 2016. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish positions in MHO over the last 5 quarters, which fell by 50% during the 3-quarter period prior to the third quarter of 2016. So, let’s check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates has the number one position in M/I Homes Inc (NYSE:MHO), worth close to $13.2 million. On Royce & Associates’ heels is Gratia Capital, led by Steve Pei, holding a $12.7 million position; 4.2% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining members of the smart money with similar optimism encompass Millennium Management, one of the biggest hedge funds in the world, Robert Hockett’s Covalent Capital Partners, and David E. Shaw’s D E Shaw. 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-micro-cap stocks.
