The government requires hedge funds and wealthy investors that crossed the $100 million equity holdings threshold are required to file a report that shows their positions at the end of every quarter. Even though it isn’t the intention, these filings level the playing field for ordinary investors. The latest round of 13F filings disclosed the funds’ positions on March 31. We at Insider Monkey have made an extensive database of nearly 750 of those elite funds and famous investors’ filings. In this article, we analyze how these elite funds and prominent investors traded The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) based on those filings.
The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) has seen an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers lately. Our calculations also showed that TKR isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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Let’s take a gander at the latest hedge fund action encompassing The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR).
How have hedgies been trading The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR)?
At Q1’s end, a total of 26 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of 4% from the fourth quarter of 2018. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in TKR over the last 15 quarters. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Adage Capital Management, managed by Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson, holds the number one position in The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR). Adage Capital Management has a $79 million position in the stock, comprising 0.2% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Atlantic Investment Management, managed by Alexander Roepers, which holds a $36.3 million position; 9.3% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining professional money managers with similar optimism contain D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw, Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management.
Consequently, specific money managers have jumped into The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) headfirst. Interval Partners, managed by Gregg Moskowitz, assembled the most valuable position in The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR). Interval Partners had $14.4 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Sander Gerber’s Hudson Bay Capital Management also initiated a $8.1 million position during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke and John Campbell’s Arrowstreet Capital, Robert Polak’s Anchor Bolt Capital, and Vivian Lau’s One Tusk Investment Partners.
Let’s now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR). We will take a look at Paramount Group Inc (NYSE:PGRE), Perspecta Inc. (NYSE:PRSP), Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R), and Qutoutiao Inc. (NASDAQ:QTT). This group of stocks’ market values match TKR’s market value.
| Ticker | No of HFs with positions | Total Value of HF Positions (x1000) | Change in HF Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGRE | 16 | 236374 | 2 |
| PRSP | 34 | 645903 | -3 |
| R | 19 | 380483 | 0 |
| QTT | 5 | 6780 | 4 |
| Average | 18.5 | 317385 | 0.75 |
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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 $317 million. That figure was $288 million in TKR’s case. Perspecta Inc. (NYSE:PRSP) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Qutoutiao Inc. (NASDAQ:QTT) is the least popular one with only 5 bullish hedge fund positions. The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) 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 6.2% in Q2 through June 19th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by nearly 3 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on TKR as the stock returned 13% during the same period and outperformed the market by an even larger margin. Hedge funds were rewarded for their relative bullishness.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
