Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI) shareholders have witnessed a decrease in hedge fund interest lately.
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With these “truths” under our belt, we’re going to take a glance at the key action surrounding Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI).
How have hedgies been trading Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI)?
In preparation for this year, a total of 8 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 0% from the third quarter. With the smart money’s capital changing hands, there exists a select group of notable hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes meaningfully.
Of the funds we track, Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies had the most valuable position in Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI), worth close to $111.9 million, accounting for 0.3% of its total 13F portfolio. On Renaissance Technologies’s heels is D E Shaw, managed by D. E. Shaw, which held a $4.4 million position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Some other hedge funds with similar optimism include Jean-Marie Eveillard’s First Eagle Investment Management, Israel Englander’s Millennium Management and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group.
Because Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI) has witnessed falling interest from the aggregate hedge fund industry, logic holds that there exists a select few hedge funds who were dropping their entire stakes last quarter. Interestingly, Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates LP sold off the largest investment of all the hedgies we track, worth an estimated $0.4 million in stock. These moves are interesting, as total hedge fund interest stayed the same (this is a bearish signal in our experience).
How are insiders trading Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI)?
Insider buying is at its handiest when the company in focus has experienced transactions within the past half-year. Over the latest 180-day time period, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI) has experienced zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s go over hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Philippine Long Distance Telephone (ADR) (NYSE:PHI). These stocks are BT Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:BT), Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN), KT Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:KT), France Telecom SA (ADR) (NYSE:FTE), and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (ADR) (NYSE:TLK). This group of stocks belong to the telecom services – foreign industry and their market caps are closest to PHI’s market cap.
