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Zayo Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZAYO) has seen an increase in hedge fund sentiment in recent months. ZAYO was in 50 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of September. There were 41 hedge funds in our database with ZAYO positions at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare ZAYO to other stocks including Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH), STMicroelectronics N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:STM), and Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Keeping this in mind, let’s check out the latest action regarding Zayo Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZAYO).
What have hedge funds been doing with Zayo Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZAYO)?
At Q3’s end, a total of 50 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a jump of 22% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 39 hedge funds with a bullish position in ZAYO at the beginning of this year. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, John H. Scully’s SPO Advisory Corp has the biggest position in Zayo Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZAYO), worth close to $320.9 million, amounting to 5.6% of its total 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund manager is Israel Englander of Millennium Management, with a $213.3 million position; the fund has 0.4% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Other peers that are bullish encompass Doug Silverman and Alexander Klabin’s Senator Investment Group, Eric Bannasch’s Cadian Capital and Stuart J. Zimmer’s Zimmer Partners. We should note that two of these hedge funds (SPO Advisory Corp and Zimmer Partners) are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.
