Is Santander Mexico Fincl Gp SAB deCV (ADR) (BSMX) Going To Disappoint Investors?

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How are hedge funds trading Santander Mexico Fincl Gp SAB deCV (ADR) (NYSE:BSMX)?

At Q3’s end, a total of 9 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a 13% rise from one quarter earlier. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards BSMX over the last 5 quarters, which was flat during the first-half of the year. So, let’s check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.

According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund database, Noam Gottesman of GLG Partners holds the number one position in Santander Mexico Fincl Gp SAB deCV (ADR) (NYSE:BSMX). GLG Partners has a $9 million call position in the stock. The second largest stake is held by John W. Rogers of Ariel Investments, which has a $4.4 million position. Other professional money managers with similar optimism encompass Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management and Renaissance Technologies, one of the largest hedge funds in the world. 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.