What Do Hedge Funds Think of Entravision Communication (EVC)?

Before we spend days researching a stock idea we’d like to take a look at how hedge funds and billionaire investors recently traded that stock. S&P 500 Index returned about 5.2% during the last 12 months ending October 30, 2015. Less than 49% of the stocks in the index outperformed the index. This means you (or a monkey throwing a dart) have less than an even chance of beating the market by randomly picking a stock. On the other hand, the top 30 S&P 500 stocks among hedge funds at the end of September 2014 had an average return of 9.5% during the same period. Sixty three percent of these 30 stocks outperformed the market. Hedge funds had bad stock picks like everyone else. Micron, which lost 50% over this period, was one of hedge funds’ 30 favorite S&P 500 stocks. Anadarko Petroleum was another failed stock pick which lost more than 26%. So, taking cues from hedge funds isn’t a foolproof strategy, but it seems to work on average. In this article, we will take a look at what hedge funds think about Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC).

Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC) shareholders have witnessed an increase in enthusiasm from smart money of late. At the end of this article we will also compare EVC to other stocks including National Presto Industries Inc. (NYSE:NPK), CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ:CAMP), and Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) to get a better sense of its popularity.

Keeping this in mind, let’s take a glance at the new action surrounding Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC).

How are hedge funds trading Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC)?

At the end of the third quarter, a total of 19 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 6% from one quarter earlier. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes considerably (or already accumulated large positions).

Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Greg Boland’s West Face Capital has the number one position in Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC), worth close to $39.1 million, accounting for 16.2% of its total 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Royce & Associates, managed by Chuck Royce, which holds a $10.3 million position; 0.1% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Some other members of the smart money with similar optimism include Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, Leon Shaulov’s Maplelane Capital and D E Shaw.