Is Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI) undervalued? Hedge funds are becoming less hopeful. The number of long hedge fund bets retreated by 3 lately.
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Consequently, we’re going to take a peek at the key action surrounding Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI).
What does the smart money think about Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI)?
At Q1’s end, a total of 8 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of -27% from one quarter earlier. With hedgies’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of notable hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings significantly.
Judging by the fact that Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI) has faced bearish sentiment from the aggregate hedge fund industry, logic holds that there were a few hedgies that elected to cut their positions entirely at the end of the first quarter. It’s worth mentioning that Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors said goodbye to the biggest investment of all the hedgies we key on, worth an estimated $0.7 million in stock.. Joel Greenblatt’s fund, Gotham Asset Management, also sold off its stock, about $0.3 million worth. These bearish behaviors are intriguing to say the least, as aggregate hedge fund interest fell by 3 funds at the end of the first quarter.
Insider trading activity in Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI)
Insider trading activity, especially when it’s bullish, is most useful when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the latest half-year time frame, Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI) has experienced zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s check out hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRI). These stocks are Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN), Dun & Bradstreet Corp (NYSE:DNB), FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS), IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), and Nielsen Hldg NV (NYSE:NLSN). This group of stocks belong to the information & delivery services industry and their market caps match TRI’s market cap.
