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With all of this in mind, let’s take a peek at the new action surrounding A. M. Castle & Co (OTCMKTS:CASL).
How are hedge funds trading A. M. Castle & Co (OTCMKTS:CASL)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 7 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of -22% from the second quarter of 2016. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards CASL over the last 5 quarters. With hedgies’ sentiment swirling, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
According to Insider Monkey’s hedge fund database, William C. Martin’s Raging Capital Management holds the largest position in A. M. Castle & Co (OTCMKTS:CASL). Raging Capital Management has a $3.7 million position in the stock. On Raging Capital Management’s heels is Mark Cohen of Stone House Capital, with a $3.2 million position; 8.2% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other professional money managers with similar optimism consist of John Osterweis’ Osterweis Capital Management, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group. We should note that Raging Capital Management 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.
