Is Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE) a good investment now? Hedge funds are taking an optimistic view. The number of bullish hedge fund bets went up by 1 recently.
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Consequently, it’s important to take a gander at the recent action surrounding Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE).
Hedge fund activity in Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE)
At Q1’s end, a total of 10 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 11% from the first quarter. With the smart money’s capital changing hands, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes substantially.
With a general bullishness amongst the heavyweights, key money managers were leading the bulls’ herd. PEAK6 Capital Management, managed by Matthew Hulsizer, created the most outsized call position in Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE). PEAK6 Capital Management had 3.9 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter.
How are insiders trading Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE)?
Insider buying is most useful when the company in question has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the latest 180-day time frame, Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and 9 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s go over hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:TYPE). These stocks are Jive Software Inc (NASDAQ:JIVE), Lifelock Inc (NYSE:LOCK), FleetMatics Group PLC (NYSE:FLTX), Imperva Inc (NYSE:IMPV), and Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT). All of these stocks are in the application software industry and their market caps match TYPE’s market cap.
