Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF) was in 6 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. RNF has experienced an increase in hedge fund sentiment lately. There were 5 hedge funds in our database with RNF holdings at the end of the previous quarter.
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With all of this in mind, it’s important to take a look at the key action encompassing Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF).
What have hedge funds been doing with Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF)?
At year’s end, a total of 6 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 20% from the third quarter. With hedgies’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings substantially.
Of the funds we track, Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies had the most valuable position in Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF), worth close to $8.1 million, accounting for less than 0.1%% of its total 13F portfolio. Coming in second is Ken Griffin of Citadel Investment Group, with a $2.3 million call position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other hedgies with similar optimism include Joseph A. Jolson’s Harvest Capital Strategies, Robert B. Gillam’s McKinley Capital Management and John Bader’s Halcyon Asset Management.
With a general bullishness amongst the heavyweights, some big names were leading the bulls’ herd. Renaissance Technologies, managed by Jim Simons, assembled the biggest position in Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF). Renaissance Technologies had 8.1 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group also made a $0 million investment in the stock during the quarter.
What have insiders been doing with Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF)?
Bullish insider trading is particularly usable when the primary stock in question has experienced transactions within the past six months. Over the last half-year time frame, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF) has seen zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s also examine hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (NYSE:RNF). These stocks are Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (NYSE:TNH), Scotts Miracle-Gro Co (NYSE:SMG), American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD), CVR Partners LP (NYSE:UAN), and Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI). All of these stocks are in the agricultural chemicals industry and their market caps are closest to RNF’s market cap.
