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Equally as crucial, optimistic insider trading sentiment is a second way to analyze the marketplace. Obviously, there are a variety of incentives for an insider to sell shares of his or her company, but just one, very clear reason why they would buy. Many empirical studies have demonstrated the market-beating potential of this method if you know what to do (learn more here).
What’s more, we’re going to study the newest info about Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS).
What does the smart money think about Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS)?
In preparation for the third quarter, a total of 15 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of -6% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings substantially.
Due to the fact Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS) has faced bearish sentiment from upper-tier hedge fund managers, we can see that there exists a select few hedge funds that decided to sell off their positions entirely in Q1. Interestingly, Israel Englander’s Catapult Capital Management dumped the biggest stake of the 450+ funds we monitor, valued at an estimated $1.7 million in stock, and John Overdeck and David Siegel of Two Sigma Advisors was right behind this move, as the fund sold off about $0.3 million worth. These moves are interesting, as total hedge fund interest dropped by 1 funds in Q1.
What have insiders been doing with Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS)?
Bullish insider trading is best served when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the latest 180-day time period, Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll check out the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS). These stocks are Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MLI), Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI), Sims Metal Management Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:SMS), Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR), and Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS). This group of stocks belong to the metal fabrication industry and their market caps resemble GTLS’s market cap.
