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Now that that’s out of the way, we’re going to examine the recent info for Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH).
How have hedgies been trading Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH)?
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 31 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of 0% from the first quarter. With hedge funds’ capital changing hands, there exists a few notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes meaningfully.
Since Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) has faced declining interest from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, we can see that there exists a select few fund managers who sold off their positions entirely heading into Q2. Interestingly, Daniel Bubis’s Tetrem Capital Management dropped the biggest investment of the 450+ funds we watch, worth close to $13 million in stock. Anand Parekh’s fund, Alyeska Investment Group, also dumped its stock, about $11.3 million worth. These moves are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest stayed the same (this is a bearish signal in our experience).
Insider trading activity in Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH)
Insider buying is particularly usable when the company in question has seen transactions within the past half-year. Over the latest half-year time period, Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) has experienced zero unique insiders buying, and 7 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll go over the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH). These stocks are Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG), Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW), Smith & Nephew plc (ADR) (NYSE:SNN), Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX), and St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ). All of these stocks are in the medical appliances & equipment industry and their market caps match ZMH’s market cap.
