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Is Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA) ready to rally soon? Investors who are in the know are taking a bearish view, as the number of investors from our database long the stock inched down by one to 48. At the end of this article we will also compare FOXA to other stocks including CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI), and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (USA) (NYSE:BAM) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Now, we’re going to go over the new action regarding Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA).
What have hedge funds been doing with Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 48 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), down by 2% from the previous quarter. With hedgies’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund database, Donald Yacktman’s Yacktman Asset Management has the most valuable position in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), worth close to $1.15 billion, corresponding to 10% of its total 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund is Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group, with a $308.7 million position; the fund has 4.4% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining professional money managers with similar optimism comprise Boykin Curry’s Eagle Capital Management, David E. Shaw’s D E Shaw, and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
