What Smart Money Thinks of Aceto Corporation (ACET)?

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Is Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET) a marvelous investment now? The best stock pickers seem to be taking an optimistic view, as the number of long hedge fund investments went up by three during the third quarter, in this way, 11 funds in our database held shares of ACET at the end of September. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as FTD Companies Inc (NASDAQ:FTD), Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA), and Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCHN) to gather more data points.

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Now, we’re going to take a glance at the latest action regarding Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET).

What does the smart money think about Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET)?

At the end of the third quarter, a total of 11 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, compared to eight funds at the end of June. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in ACET over the last five quarters. So, let’s check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.

According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Royce & Associates, led by Chuck Royce, holds the largest position in Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET). Royce & Associates has a $47.9 million position in the stock, comprising 0.3% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Millennium Management, one of the 10 largest hedge funds in the world, led by Israel Englander, holding a $2.3 million position; less than 0.1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Some other professional money managers that are bullish contain Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management, Michael Castor’s Sio Capital, and Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management. We should note that none of these hedge funds are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.