Is Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd (BCRH) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?

Earlier we told you that the aggregate hedge fund interest in the stock was unchanged and we view this as a negative development. Even though there weren’t any hedge funds dumping their holdings during the third quarter, there weren’t any hedge funds initiating brand new positions. This indicates that hedge funds, at the very best, perceive this stock as dead money and they haven’t identified any viable catalysts that can attract investor attention.

Let’s go over hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd (NYSE:BCRH). These stocks are NV5 Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NVEE), Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPE), Agile Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AGRX), and Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY). This group of stocks’ market caps are closest to BCRH’s market cap.

As you can see these stocks had an average of 7 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $25 million. That figure was $5 million in BCRH’s case. Agile Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AGRX) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPE) is the least popular one with only 5 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd (NYSE:BCRH) is even less popular than AMPE. Considering that hedge funds aren’t fond of this stock in relation to other companies analyzed in this article, it may be a good idea to analyze it in detail and understand why the smart money isn’t behind this stock. This isn’t necessarily bad news. Although it is possible that hedge funds may think the stock is overpriced and view the stock as a short candidate, they may not be very familiar with the bullish thesis. In either case more research is warranted.