Looking for high-potential stocks? Just follow the big players within the hedge fund industry. Why should you do so? Let’s take a brief look at what statistics have to say about hedge funds’ stock picking abilities to illustrate. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index returned approximately 7.6% in the 12 months ending November 21, with more than 51% of the stocks in the index failing to beat the benchmark. Therefore, the odds that one will pin down a winner by randomly picking a stock are less than the odds in a fair coin-tossing game. Conversely, best performing hedge funds’ 30 preferred mid-cap stocks generated a return of 18% during the same 12-month period. Coincidence? It might happen to be so, but it is unlikely. Our research covering a 17-year period indicates that hedge funds’ stock picks generate superior risk-adjusted returns. That’s why we believe it is wise to check hedge fund activity before you invest your time or your savings on a stock like Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (ADR) (NYSE:MBT).
Hedge fund interest towards Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (ADR) (NYSE:MBT) shares was flat at the end of last quarter. This is usually a negative indicator. At the end of this article we will also compare MBT to other stocks including The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES), Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), and Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Now, we’re going to review the key action regarding Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (ADR) (NYSE:MBT).
What does the smart money think about Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (ADR) (NYSE:MBT)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 17 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, unchanged over the quarter. By comparison, 13 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in MBT heading into this year. With the smart money’s sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies holds the most valuable position in Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (ADR) (NYSE:MBT). Renaissance Technologies has a $69.6 million position in the stock, comprising 0.1% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management, which holds a $61.4 million position; the fund has 0.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Other peers that are bullish comprise Benjamin A. Smith’s Laurion Capital Management, Paul Marshall and Ian Wace’s Marshall Wace LLP and Simon Sadler’s Segantii Capital. We should note that none of these hedge funds are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.
