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A stock that has seen an increase in popularity lately is Methanex Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:MEOH). During the third quarter, the number of funds tracked by Insider Monkey bullish on MEOH advanced by seven to 17. At the end of this article we will also compare MEOH to other stocks including Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU), Univar Inc (NYSE:UNVR), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc (NYSE:BXMT) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Keeping this in mind, let’s go over the latest action regarding Methanex Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:MEOH).
How are hedge funds trading Methanex Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:MEOH)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 17 of the hedge funds followed by Insider Monkey were bullish on Methanex Corporation, up by 70% over the quarter. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in MEOH over the last five quarters. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings meaningfully (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Brian Ashford-Russell and Tim Woolley’s Polar Capital has the number one position in Methanex Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:MEOH), worth close to $32.6 million, accounting for 0.6% of its total 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot is Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, with a $14.9 million position; the fund has 0.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining hedge funds and institutional investors with similar optimism comprise Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asia (Singapore), Neil Chriss’s Hutchin Hill Capital and Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow’s Blue Mountain Capital. We should note that Point72 Asia (Singapore) is 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.
