Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX) investors: listen up.
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What’s more, let’s discuss the latest info about Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX).
Hedge fund activity in Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX)
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 33 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 22% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ capital changing hands, there exists a select group of notable hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings significantly.
As industrywide interest increased, certain money managers have been driving this bullishness. Healthcor Management LP, managed by Arthur B Cohen and Joseph Healey, established the most valuable position in Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX). Healthcor Management LP had 192.8 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Clifton S. Robbins’s Blue Harbour Group also made a $93.4 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new MDRX investors: Ricky Sandler’s Eminence Capital, Andrew J. M. Spokes’s Farallon Capital, and Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson’s Adage Capital Management.
Insider trading activity in Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX)
Bullish insider trading is particularly usable when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past six months. Over the last half-year time frame, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX) has experienced 5 unique insiders buying, and 3 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll check out the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX). These stocks are Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPSI), Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII), MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDAS), WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ:WBMD), and Medidata Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDSO). This group of stocks are in the healthcare information services industry and their market caps match MDRX’s market cap.
