Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT) was in 12 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. ALLT has experienced a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds of late. There were 13 hedge funds in our database with ALLT holdings at the end of the previous quarter.
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With these “truths” under our belt, let’s take a peek at the latest action surrounding Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT).
What have hedge funds been doing with Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 12 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of -8% from the previous quarter. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a select group of key hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes substantially.
Seeing as Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT) has faced declining sentiment from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, logic holds that there were a few money managers that decided to sell off their positions entirely at the end of the first quarter. Interestingly, Donald Chiboucis’s Columbus Circle Investors cut the biggest position of the 450+ funds we monitor, comprising about $13.4 million in stock.. Israel Englander’s fund, Millennium Management, also dropped its stock, about $3 million worth. These bearish behaviors are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest was cut by 1 funds at the end of the first quarter.
How have insiders been trading Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT)?
Insider buying is best served when the company in question has experienced transactions within the past 180 days. Over the latest six-month time frame, Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT) has seen zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
Let’s go over hedge fund and insider activity in other stocks similar to Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT). These stocks are Exfo Inc (NASDAQ:EXFO), Sierra Wireless, Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:SWIR), Comtech Telecomm. Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL), Calix Inc (NYSE:CALX), and CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ:CAMP). This group of stocks are in the communication equipment industry and their market caps resemble ALLT’s market cap.
| Company Name | # of Hedge Funds | # of Insiders Buying | # of Insiders Selling |
| Exfo Inc (NASDAQ:EXFO) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Wireless, Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:SWIR) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Comtech Telecomm. Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Calix Inc (NYSE:CALX) | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ:CAMP) | 17 | 0 | 4 |
With the results shown by the aforementioned research, retail investors should always keep an eye on hedge fund and insider trading activity, and Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT) shareholders fit into this picture quite nicely.
