Although the masses and most of the financial media blame hedge funds for their exorbitant fee structure and disappointing performance, these investors have proved to have great stock picking abilities over the years (that’s why their assets under management continue to swell). We believe hedge fund sentiment should serve as a crucial tool of an individual investor’s stock selection process, as it may offer great insights of how the brightest minds of the finance industry feel about specific stocks. After all, these people have access to smartest analysts and expensive data/information sources that individual investors can’t match. So should one consider investing in FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF)? The smart money sentiment can provide an answer to this question.
Is FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF) a buy here? Investors who are in the know are turning less bullish. The number of bullish hedge fund bets were cut by 2 recently. At the end of this article we will also compare FNF to other stocks including CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS), Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST), and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Keeping this in mind, we’re going to analyze the latest action regarding FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF).
Hedge fund activity in FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF)
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 37 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a 5% fall from one quarter earlier. With the smart money’s capital changing hands, there exists an “upper tier” of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund database, Corvex Capital, managed by Keith Meister, holds the most valuable position in FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF). Corvex Capital has a $397.5 million position in the stock, comprising 7.4% of its 13F portfolio. Coming in second is Orbis Investment Management, managed by William B. Gray, which holds a $153.3 million position; 1.1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Other professional money managers that are bullish comprise Daniel S. Och’s OZ Management, Richard Barrera’s Roystone Capital Partners and Alok Agrawal’s Bloom Tree Partners.
