Is Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (ZLTQ) A Good Stock To Buy?

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Is Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (NASDAQ:ZLTQ) a cheap investment now? The smart money is becoming more confident. The number of long hedge fund positions rose by 3 in recent months. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as Theravance Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:TBPH), United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFCS), and Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) (NYSE:TGS) to gather more data points.

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How are hedge funds trading Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (NASDAQ:ZLTQ)?

At the end of the third quarter, a total of 22 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a 16% rise from one quarter earlier, though hedge fund ownership remains well below where it was three quarters prior. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).

According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Dennis Purcell’s Aisling Capital has the largest position in Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (NASDAQ:ZLTQ), worth close to $63.1 million, corresponding to 13% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by William Leland Edwards of Palo Alto Investors, with a $55.5 million position; 3.2% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining hedge funds and institutional investors that are bullish include Joel Ramin’s 12 West Capital Management, Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management.