Hedge Funds Aren’t Crazy About Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (KGC) Anymore

Due to the fact that Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) has faced declining sentiment from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, we can see that there were a few money managers who sold off their full holdings in the third quarter. Interestingly, Jean-Marie Eveillard’s First Eagle Investment Management cut the biggest investment of the “upper crust” of funds monitored by Insider Monkey, totaling about $18.1 million in stock, and Louis Bacon’s Moore Global Investments was right behind this move, as the fund cut about $12.9 million worth. These bearish behaviors are intriguing to say the least, as total hedge fund interest dropped by 5 funds in the third quarter.

Let’s now review hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC). These stocks are Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC), The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULTI), Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO), and FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI). This group of stocks’ market values are closest to KGC’s market value.

As you can see these stocks had an average of 24 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $399 million. That figure was $634 million in KGC’s case. FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) is the least popular one with only 17 bullish hedge fund positions. Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we’d rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. In this regard FTI might be a better candidate to consider a long position.

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