The 700+ hedge funds and famous money managers tracked by Insider Monkey have already compiled and submitted their 13F filings for the second quarter, which unveil their equity positions as of June 28. We went through these filings, fixed typos and other more significant errors and identified the changes in hedge fund portfolios. Our extensive review of these public filings is finally over, so this article is set to reveal the smart money sentiment towards Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN).
Is Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) a first-rate investment today? The best stock pickers are selling. The number of bullish hedge fund positions fell by 4 lately. Our calculations also showed that TSN isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (see the video below). TSN was in 39 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of June. There were 43 hedge funds in our database with TSN positions at the end of the previous quarter.
Video: Click the image to watch our video about the top 5 most popular hedge fund stocks.
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Unlike former hedge manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, who is convinced Dow will soar past 40000, our long-short investment strategy doesn’t rely on bull markets to deliver double digit returns. We only rely on hedge fund buy/sell signals. Let’s take a look at the fresh hedge fund action encompassing Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN).
Hedge fund activity in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN)
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 39 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of -9% from the first quarter of 2019. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards TSN over the last 16 quarters. So, let’s see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
The largest stake in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) was held by AQR Capital Management, which reported holding $383.1 million worth of stock at the end of March. It was followed by Eminence Capital with a $269.4 million position. Other investors bullish on the company included Iridian Asset Management, GLG Partners, and Suvretta Capital Management.
Since Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) has witnessed falling interest from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, we can see that there is a sect of money managers that slashed their positions entirely by the end of the second quarter. Intriguingly, Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management dumped the biggest stake of the “upper crust” of funds watched by Insider Monkey, valued at about $124.2 million in stock, and Mark Kingdon’s Kingdon Capital was right behind this move, as the fund dropped about $15.8 million worth. These transactions are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest was cut by 4 funds by the end of the second quarter.
Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) but similarly valued. These stocks are Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (NYSE:TLK), Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE:SCCO), and Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH). All of these stocks’ market caps match TSN’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| TLK | 7 | 146356 | -2 |
| XLNX | 39 | 1145969 | -17 |
| SCCO | 15 | 202622 | 2 |
| APH | 25 | 504483 | 0 |
| Average | 21.5 | 499858 | -4.25 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 21.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $500 million. That figure was $1442 million in TSN’s case. Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (NYSE:TLK) is the least popular one with only 7 bullish hedge fund positions. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 24.4% in 2019 through September 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 4 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on TSN as the stock returned 7.1% during the third quarter and outperformed the market. Hedge funds were rewarded for their relative bullishness.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
