Brown Advisory recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Small-Cap Growth Fund posted a return of 34.59% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index which returned 30.59% in the same quarter. You should check out Brown Advisory’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.
In the said letter, Brown Advisory highlighted a few stocks and Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) is one of them. Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) is a clinical laboratory company. Year-to-date, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) stock gained 28.3% and on July 30th it had a closing price of $201.31. Here is what Brown Advisory said:
“Following a steep sell-off in March, Charles River Laboratories stock experienced a robust rebound as its focus on pre-clinical research activities proved more resilient than its clinical stage peers and market expectations. Specifically, discovery and safety assessment work for biotech companies remained strong, while the company experienced new wins related to the search for a COVID-19 vaccine.”
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In April, we had published an article revealing that Horizon Kinetics investment firm is bullish on Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) stock. The firm belives that the company is into a high-quality business and is anticipating huge growth going forward.
In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) stock increased by about 13% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers seem to agree with CRL’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (NYSE:CRL) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
The top 10 stocks among hedge funds returned 185% since the end of 2014 and outperformed the S&P 500 Index ETFs by more than 109 percentage points. We know it sounds unbelievable. You have been dismissing our articles about top hedge fund stocks mostly because you were fed biased information by other media outlets about hedge funds’ poor performance. You could have doubled the size of your nest egg by investing in the top hedge fund stocks instead of dumb S&P 500 ETFs. Below you can watch our video about the top 5 hedge fund stocks right now. All of these stocks had positive returns in 2020.
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