The Insider Monkey team has completed processing the quarterly 13F filings for the September quarter submitted by the hedge funds and other money managers included in our extensive database. Most hedge funds have been producing disappointing net returns in recent years, however that was partly due to the poor performance of small-cap stocks in general. Well, small-cap stocks finally turned the corner and have been beating the large-cap stocks by more than 10 percentage points over the last 5 months.This means the relevancy of hedge funds’ public filings became inarguable, as they may reveal numerous high-potential stocks. The following article will discuss the smart money sentiment towards ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ON).
ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ON) was in 21 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2016. ON has experienced a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money in recent months. There were 33 hedge funds in our database with ON holdings at the end of the previous quarter. 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 Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE:CBI), and Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) to gather more data points.
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Hedge fund activity in ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ON)
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 21 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a 36% drop from the second quarter of 2016, pushing hedge fund ownership to a yearly low. With the smart money’s sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Pzena Investment Management, managed by Richard S. Pzena, holds the most valuable position in ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ON). Pzena Investment Management has a $153.8 million position in the stock. The second most bullish fund manager is Citadel Investment Group, led by Ken Griffin, holding a $94.3 million position. Some other members of the smart money with similar optimism encompass D E Shaw, Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management and Leon Shaulov’s Maplelane Capital.
