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Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) has experienced an increase in hedge fund interest lately. Our calculations also showed that slgn isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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Let’s take a peek at the latest hedge fund action encompassing Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN).
How are hedge funds trading Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN)?
At Q4’s end, a total of 14 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 17% from the second quarter of 2018. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards SLGN over the last 14 quarters. So, let’s see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
More specifically, Cardinal Capital was the largest shareholder of Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN), with a stake worth $71.6 million reported as of the end of September. Trailing Cardinal Capital was Winton Capital Management, which amassed a stake valued at $16.1 million. D E Shaw, GLG Partners, and Citadel Investment Group were also very fond of the stock, giving the stock large weights in their portfolios.
As one would reasonably expect, specific money managers have jumped into Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) headfirst. Arrowstreet Capital, managed by Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell, created the biggest position in Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN). Arrowstreet Capital had $2.1 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Israel Englander’s Millennium Management also made a $0.5 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new SLGN investors: D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw and Paul Marshall and Ian Wace’s Marshall Wace LLP.
Let’s go over hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) but similarly valued. These stocks are BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE:BXS), Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH), Smartsheet Inc. (NYSE:SMAR), and Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT). This group of stocks’ market caps match SLGN’s market cap.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| BXS | 9 | 54741 | 2 |
| VSH | 19 | 333325 | -3 |
| SMAR | 17 | 186129 | 6 |
| CBT | 29 | 124001 | 5 |
| Average | 18.5 | 174549 | 2.5 |
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 18.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $175 million. That figure was $108 million in SLGN’s case. Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE:BXS) is the least popular one with only 9 bullish hedge fund positions. Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our calculations showed that top 15 most popular stocks) among hedge funds returned 24.2% through April 22nd and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 7 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on SLGN as the stock returned 27.5% and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.
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