Is General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) a buy, sell, or hold? The smart money is becoming hopeful. The number of bullish hedge fund positions increased by 6 recently.
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Equally as beneficial, optimistic insider trading sentiment is a second way to break down the financial markets. Just as you’d expect, there are lots of reasons for a bullish insider to drop shares of his or her company, but just one, very simple reason why they would behave bullishly. Various academic studies have demonstrated the valuable potential of this tactic if “monkeys” know where to look (learn more here).
Keeping this in mind, it’s important to take a glance at the key action surrounding General Motors Company (NYSE:GM).
What does the smart money think about General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 110 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of 6% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ capital changing hands, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings meaningfully.
Consequently, some big names have jumped into General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) headfirst. Senator Investment Group, managed by Doug Silverman and Alexander Klabin, established the most valuable call position in General Motors Company (NYSE:GM). Senator Investment Group had 375.6 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Brian Jackelow’s SAB Capital Management also initiated a $79 million position during the quarter. The other funds with new positions in the stock are Mohnish Pabrai’s Mohnish Pabrai, Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates LP, and D. E. Shaw’s D E Shaw.
What have insiders been doing with General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)?
Insider purchases made by high-level executives is best served when the company in focus has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the latest six-month time frame, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has experienced 1 unique insiders buying, and 6 insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
With the results demonstrated by the aforementioned studies, retail investors should always keep an eye on hedge fund and insider trading sentiment, and General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is no exception.
