Bullish Hedge Fund Alert: Skechers USA Inc (SKX), Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (CLDX), Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPWR) & More

Adage Capital Management, which is managed by Phil Gross and Robert Atchinson, reported owning a little over 2 million shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR), a designer of semiconductors. Find Adage’s favorite stocks. When we looked at Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) we saw that revenue and earnings did increase last year compared to 2011 but were still down from 2010 levels. While it’s possible that the company is recovering from a temporary setback, the forward P/E is 18 even with analysts forecasting significant improvements on the bottom line. In addition, cash flow from operations fell in 2012 and came in only narrowly higher than capital expenditures.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc (NYSE:PNK), a $920 million market cap operator of casinos and other gaming facilities, had HG Vora Capital Management disclose a position of 3 million shares or just over 5% of the company. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc (NYSE:PNK)- which has over $10 million in daily dollar volume- is highly exposed to movements in broader market indices with a beta of 1.9 (casinos often have high betas, in part due to high leverage). Earnings numbers took a turn for the worse in Q4, with the company barely reporting positive adjusted earnings per share. Consensus estimates for 2014 imply a forward P/E of 17.

Charles Davidson’s Wexford Capital had over 1 million shares of Repros Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RPRX) in its portfolio according to a 13G filed with the SEC. Check out more stocks Wexford has been buying. Repros Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RPRX) is a particularly small cap stock, with a market capitalization of less than $300 million, but here as well we see that volume is high enough to remove most liquidity concerns. The pharmaceutical company, whose products target hormonal disorders, is another development stage (and therefore unprofitable) business which has had the stock price rise enormously in the last year as investors become more optimistic about its prospects.

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