Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (IART)
After several tireless days we have finished crunching the numbers from nearly 750 13F filings issued by the elite hedge funds and other investment firms that we track at Insider Monkey, which disclosed those firms' equity portfolios as of June 28. The results of that effort will be put on display in this article, as we share valuable insight into the smart money sentiment towards Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART).
Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART) investors should be aware of an increase in activity from the world's largest hedge funds lately. Our calculations also showed that IART isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (view the video below).
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We're going to check out the fresh hedge fund action surrounding Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART).
What have hedge funds been doing with Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART)?
Heading into the third quarter of 2019, a total of 21 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 11% from the first quarter of 2019. By comparison, 17 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in IART a year ago. 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 Insider Monkey's hedge fund database, Fisher Asset Management, managed by Ken Fisher, holds the largest position in Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART). Fisher Asset Management has a $43.6 million position in the stock, comprising less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio. On Fisher Asset Management's heels is D E Shaw, led by D. E. Shaw, holding a $24 million position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Remaining professional money managers that are bullish consist of Paul Marshall and Ian Wace's Marshall Wace LLP, Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management and Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson's Adage Capital Management.
Consequently, key hedge funds have jumped into Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART) headfirst. Renaissance Technologies, initiated the largest position in Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART). Renaissance Technologies had $5.2 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Vishal Saluja and Pham Quang's Endurant Capital Management also initiated a $2.4 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new IART investors: Efrem Kamen's Pura Vida Investments, Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management, and Minhua Zhang's Weld Capital Management.
Let's go over hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART). We will take a look at National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG), Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL), MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS), and First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE:FHN). All of these stocks' market caps are closest to IART's market cap.
[table] Ticker, No of HFs with positions, Total Value of HF Positions (x1000), Change in HF Position NFG,22,241410,6 WAL,27,294906,-1 MMS,22,218927,2 FHN,23,210330,7 Average,23.5,241393,3.5 [/table]
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As you can see these stocks had an average of 23.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $241 million. That figure was $165 million in IART's case. Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG) is the least popular one with only 22 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART) is even less popular than NFG. Hedge funds clearly dropped the ball on IART as the stock delivered strong returns, though hedge funds' consensus picks still generated respectable returns. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 24.4% in 2019 through September 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 4 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on IART as the stock returned 7.6% during the third quarter and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.
Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.
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