Is McGraw Hill Financial Inc (MHFI) A Good Stock To Buy?

Consequently, some big names have been driving this bullishness. RIT Capital Partners, managed by Jacob Rothschild, assembled the biggest position in McGraw Hill Financial Inc (NYSE:MHFI). RIT Capital Partners had $58.4 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Glenn Russell Dubin’s Highbridge Capital Management also initiated a $14.7 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new MHFI investors: George Hall’s Clinton Group, Peter Muller’s PDT Partners, and Joel Greenblatt’s Gotham Asset Management.

Let’s go over hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to McGraw Hill Financial Inc (NYSE:MHFI). We will take a look at Kellogg Company (NYSE:K), Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:CHT), The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL), and AvalonBay Communities Inc (NYSE:AVB). This group of stocks’ market values are similar to MHFI’s market value.

As you can see these stocks had an average of 25.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $756 million. That figure was $2584 million in MHFI’s case. The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:CHT) is the least popular one with only 9 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks McGraw Hill Financial Inc (NYSE:MHFI) is more popular among hedge funds. Considering that hedge funds are fond of this stock in relation to its market cap peers, it may be a good idea to analyze it in detail and potentially include it in your portfolio.