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Is ODT a good stock to buy now? Investors who are in the know were in an optimistic mood. The number of long hedge fund positions went up by 1 recently. Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT) was in 17 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of September. The all time high for this statistic is 16. This means the bullish number of hedge fund positions in this stock currently sits at its all time high. Our calculations also showed that ODT isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks).
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Do Hedge Funds Think ODT Is A Good Stock To Buy Now?
At Q3’s end, a total of 17 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 6% from one quarter earlier. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in ODT over the last 21 quarters. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
Among these funds, Tang Capital Management held the most valuable stake in Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT), which was worth $204.7 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Driehaus Capital which amassed $15.7 million worth of shares. Samsara BioCapital, Rock Springs Capital Management, and Two Sigma Advisors were also very fond of the stock, becoming one of the largest hedge fund holders of the company. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Tang Capital Management allocated the biggest weight to Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT), around 37.03% of its 13F portfolio. Samsara BioCapital is also relatively very bullish on the stock, earmarking 3.05 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to ODT.
Consequently, key hedge funds were leading the bulls’ herd. Sio Capital, managed by Michael Castor, initiated the biggest position in Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT). Sio Capital had $1.8 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Greg Eisner’s Engineers Gate Manager also initiated a $1.2 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new ODT investors: Renaissance Technologies and Paul Marshall and Ian Wace’s Marshall Wace LLP.
Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT). These stocks are ViewRay, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRAY), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRNX), 111, Inc. (NASDAQ:YI), AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC), Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (NYSE:BBAR), Clovis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CLVS), and Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE:NLS). This group of stocks’ market values resemble ODT’s market value.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| VRAY | 11 | 108993 | -1 |
| CRNX | 15 | 209097 | -3 |
| YI | 4 | 7523 | 0 |
| AMC | 12 | 7804 | 4 |
| BBAR | 3 | 2782 | -5 |
| CLVS | 15 | 69500 | -3 |
| NLS | 17 | 86762 | 5 |
| Average | 11 | 70352 | -0.4 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 11 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $70 million. That figure was $253 million in ODT’s case. Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE:NLS) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (NYSE:BBAR) is the least popular one with only 3 bullish hedge fund positions. Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODT) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. Our overall hedge fund sentiment score for ODT is 86. Stocks with higher number of hedge fund positions relative to other stocks as well as relative to their historical range receive a higher sentiment score. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 41.3% in 2019 and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 10 percentage points. These stocks gained 30.7% in 2020 through December 14th and still beat the market by 15.8 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on ODT as the stock returned 15.2% since the end of Q3 (through 12/14) and outperformed the market. Hedge funds were rewarded for their relative bullishness.
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