Hedge Funds Are Selling Patterson Companies, Inc. (PDCO)

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Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) was in 19 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2016. PDCO investors should pay attention to a decrease in support from the world’s most successful money managers recently. There were 22 hedge funds in our database with PDCO positions at the end of the previous quarter. The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren’t the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds’ perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That’s why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE:PSXP), United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ:UTHR), and Braskem SA (ADR) (NYSE:BAK) to gather more data points.

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How are hedge funds trading Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO)?

Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 19 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a fall of 14% from the second quarter of 2016. By comparison, 18 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in PDCO heading into this year. With the smart money’s capital changing hands, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).

Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, GAMCO Investors, led by Mario Gabelli, holds the largest position in Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO). GAMCO Investors has a $67.1 million position in the stock. The second most bullish fund manager is James Dondero of Highland Capital Management, with a $26.9 million position. Some other hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions comprise Justin John Ferayorni’s Tamarack Capital Management, John D. Gillespie’s Prospector Partners and Greg Poole’s Echo Street Capital Management. We should note that none of these hedge funds are among our list of the 100 best performing hedge funds which is based on the performance of their 13F long positions in non-microcap stocks.