What’s a smart Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC) investor to do?
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Equally as key, bullish insider trading activity is another way to look at the marketplace. There are lots of reasons for a bullish insider to get rid of shares of his or her company, but just one, very clear reason why they would initiate a purchase. Many academic studies have demonstrated the valuable potential of this method if investors understand where to look (learn more here).
What’s more, it’s important to discuss the latest info surrounding Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC).
What have hedge funds been doing with Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC)?
In preparation for the third quarter, a total of 17 of the hedge funds we track were bullish in this stock, a change of 143% from one quarter earlier. With hedge funds’ capital changing hands, there exists a select group of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their stakes substantially.
As one would understandably expect, certain money managers were breaking ground themselves. Cantillon Capital Management, managed by William von Mueffling, assembled the biggest position in Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC). Cantillon Capital Management had 48.8 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies also initiated a $36 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new CACC investors: Edward Goodnow’s Goodnow Investment Group, Quincy Lee’s Ancient Art (Teton Capital), and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management.
Insider trading activity in Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC)
Insider buying is particularly usable when the company we’re looking at has experienced transactions within the past 180 days. Over the last six-month time period, Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC) has seen zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll check out the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC). These stocks are PHH Corporation (NYSE:PHH), Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE:CSH), Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE:NNI), First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS), and CapitalSource, Inc. (NYSE:CSE). This group of stocks are the members of the credit services industry and their market caps are closest to CACC’s market cap.
| Company Name | # of Hedge Funds | # of Insiders Buying | # of Insiders Selling |
| PHH Corporation (NYSE:PHH) | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE:CSH) | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE:NNI) | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| CapitalSource, Inc. (NYSE:CSE) | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Using the returns shown by our studies, average investors must always watch hedge fund and insider trading sentiment, and Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC) is an important part of this process.
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