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Is Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd (NASDAQ:PFLT) a splendid investment now? The best stock pickers are really becoming hopeful. The number of bullish hedge fund investments went up by 1 recently. PFLT was in 6 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2016. There were 5 hedge funds in our database with PFLT positions at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare PFLT to other stocks including Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR), Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPSI), and Heritage Commerce Corp. (NASDAQ:HTBK) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Now, let’s take a look at the latest action surrounding Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd (NASDAQ:PFLT).
What does the smart money think about Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd (NASDAQ:PFLT)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2016, a total of 6 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 20% from the second quarter of 2016. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in PFLT over the last 5 quarters. So, let’s see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Polar Capital, led by Brian Ashford-Russell and Tim Woolley, holds the most valuable position in Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd (NASDAQ:PFLT). Polar Capital has a $6.3 million position in the stock, comprising 0.1% of its 13F portfolio. Coming in second is Robert B. Gillam of McKinley Capital Management, with a $1.5 million position; the fund has 0.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining members of the smart money with similar optimism consist of John Overdeck and David Siegel’s Two Sigma Advisors, D E Shaw, one of the biggest hedge funds in the world, and Israel Englander’s Millennium 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.
