Is TheStreet, Inc. (TST) 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 – not necessarily in the same industry as TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:TST) but similarly valued. We will take a look at GigOptix Inc (NYSEMKT:GIG), Lombard Medical Inc (NASDAQ:EVAR), Xplore Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:XPLR), and Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX). This group of stocks’ market values resemble TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:TST)’s market value.

As you can see, these stocks had an average of 6 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $7 million. That figure was $16 million in TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:TST)’s case. GigOptix Inc (NYSEMKT:GIG) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand, Lombard Medical Inc (NASDAQ:EVAR) is the least popular one with only 4 bullish hedge fund positions. TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:TST) is not the most popular stock in this group, but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal, but we’d rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. In this regard, GigOptix Inc (NYSEMKT:GIG) might be a better candidate to consider a long position.