Is Civeo Corporation (Canada) (CVEO) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?

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Civeo Corporation (Canada) (NYSE:CVEO) shareholders have witnessed a decrease in support from the world’s most elite money managers lately. At the end of this article, we will also compare Civeo Corporation (Canada) (NYSE:CVEO) to other stocks, including Stemline Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:STML), Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE:ANFI), and Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK) to get a better sense of its popularity.

In the financial world there are plenty of signals market participants use to evaluate publicly traded companies. A couple of the most innovative signals are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment. Our experts have shown that, historically, those who follow the best picks of the top fund managers can outperform their index-focused peers by a significant amount (see the details here).

Keeping this in mind, let’s take a glance at the key action encompassing Civeo Corporation (Canada) (NYSE:CVEO).

Hedge fund activity in Civeo Corporation (Canada) (NYSE:CVEO)

At the end of September, a total of 15 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a drop of 29% from the previous quarter. With the smart money’s sentiment swirling, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings considerably (or already accumulated large positions).

According to publicly available hedge fund and institutional investor holdings data compiled by Insider Monkey, Renaissance Technologies holds the most valuable position in Civeo Corporation (Canada) (NYSE:CVEO). Renaissance Technologies has a $6.8 million position in the stock, comprising less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Prescott Group Capital Management, led by Phil Frohlich, holding a $6.7 million position; the fund has 1.6% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining members of the smart money with similar optimism encompass Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, Mark T. Gallogly’s Centerbridge Partners, and Bruce J. Richards and Louis Hanover’s Marathon Asset Management.