Is DHX Media Ltd (USA) (DHXM) A Good Stock To Buy?

We view hedge fund activity in the stock unfavorable, but in this case there was only a single hedge fund selling its entire position: Meru Capital. One hedge fund selling its entire position doesn’t always imply a bearish intent. Theoretically a hedge fund may decide to sell a promising position in order to invest the proceeds in a more promising idea. However, we don’t think this is the case in this case because none of the 700+ hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey identified DHXM as a viable investment and initiated a position in the stock.

Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as DHX Media Ltd (USA) (NASDAQ:DHXM) but similarly valued. These stocks are Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP), Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAR), K2M Group Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KTWO), and James River Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:JRVR). This group of stocks’ market values are similar to DHXM’s market value.

As you can see these stocks had an average of 13.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $206 million. That figure was $140 million in DHXM’s case. Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAR) is the least popular one with only 6 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks DHX Media Ltd (USA) (NASDAQ:DHXM) is even less popular than IPAR. 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.