Wasatch Core Growth Fund recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 6.61% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index which returned 4.93% in the same quarter. You should check out Wasatch’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021.
In the Q3 2020 Investor Letter, Wasatch highlighted a few stocks and Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) is one of them. Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related products. Year-to-date, Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) stock gained 72.1% and on December 23rd it had a closing price of $365.52. Here is what Wasatch said:
“Pool Corp. (POOL) saw its stock price increase as the wholesale distributor of swimming pools and related equipment and supplies benefited from rising demand precipitated by families increasingly favoring activities that can be enjoyed at home. The company also benefited from costsaving measures put in place at the start of the pandemic. We believe Pool Corp. is on a promising long-term growth trajectory and also has the potential to see more business in the short term from greater use of swimming pools by housing communities and individual households.”
Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com
In Q3 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) stock increased by about 3% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Pool’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
The top 10 stocks among hedge funds returned 216% since the end of 2014 and outperformed the S&P 500 Index ETFs by more than 121 percentage points. We know it sounds unbelievable. You have been dismissing our articles about top hedge fund stocks mostly because you were fed biased information by other media outlets about hedge funds’ poor performance. You could have doubled the size of your nest egg by investing in the top hedge fund stocks instead of dumb S&P 500 ETFs. Below you can watch our video about the top 5 hedge fund stocks right now. All of these stocks had positive returns in 2020.
Video: Top 5 Stocks Among Hedge Funds
At Insider Monkey we scour multiple sources to uncover the next great investment idea. For example, Federal Reserve has been creating trillions of dollars electronically to keep the interest rates near zero. We believe this will lead to inflation and boost real estate prices. So, we recommended this real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers. We go through lists like the 10 most profitable companies in the world to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. You can subscribe to our free daily newsletter on our website:
Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
