Trending Stocks: TESARO, American Airlines, Delta, and More

The S&P 500 and NASDAQ index both opened in the green today after retail sales for October came in ahead of expectations. Amid the optimistic broader market, five stocks, TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO), JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), are trending for various reasons.

Let’s find out why each is in the spotlight and analyze hedge fund sentiment towards them.

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TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO) shares are 10.8% in the red after the company announced that it has priced a public offering of 1.75 million shares of common stock at $135 per share. In addition, Tesaro has also granted underwriters an option to buy up to 262,500 more shares. Of the 749 elite funds we track, 28 funds owned $432.9 million of TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO) and accounted for 11.20% of the float on June 30, versus 19 funds and $281.63 million respectively on March 31.

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) has rallied 3% after the company completed the spin-off of its downstream business. Specifically, JinkoSolar has finished the sale of all of the 55% equity interest it indirectly held in Jiangxi JinkoSolar Engineering Co., Ltd., a developer and operator of solar power projects in the People’s Republic of China, to Shangrao Kangsheng Technology Co., Ltd. In return, JinkoSolar received $250 million in cash. The number of elite funds with holdings in JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) fell by 2 quarter-over-quarter to 4 at the end of June.

On the next page, we find out why traders are talking about Alphabet Inc, American Airlines Group Inc, and Delta Air Lines Inc.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares have bounced back by 3% as the sector rotation from the formerly hot hand (FANG and tech stocks) into Trump stocks such as banks slows down. Although large cap tech stocks such as Alphabet aren’t exactly cheap, they do represent long-term value given their wide-moats, network effects, and growth potential. Separately, Alphabet is in the spotlight for announcing a new initiative to weed out fake news sites by banning the sites from using AdSense. 126 top funds owned shares of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Class C at the end of June, down 16 funds from the previous quarter.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) and American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) are the beneficiaries of the ‘Berkshire lift’ today after SEC filings showed that the Oracle of Omaha’s company bought into both stocks (along with two more airlines). Specifically, Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway established a new position of around 21.8 million shares in American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) and 6.33 million shares in Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) in the third quarter. Given that Buffett has previously said the following:

“The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, then earns little or no money. Think airlines. Here, a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive since the days of the Wright brothers. Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down”

Berkshire’s investment is quiet surprising, and seemingly a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy seeing as travel is rather sensitive to economic conditions.

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