VLTAVA Fund recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. VLTAVA is a global equity investment fund launched by Daniel Gladis in 2004. You should check out VLTAVA Fund’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.
In the said letter, VLTAVA highlighted a few stocks and Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) is one of them. Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) is a health and well-being company. Year-to-date, Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) stock gained 14.3% and on August 11th it had a closing price of $415.77. VLTAVA cared to mention Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) in its investor letter, though they didn’t say why they really like the stock. All they said is this:
“Humana is benefitting from a lower number of visits to physicians, which means lower insurance pay-outs for health care. This trend will most probably return gradually to normal by the end of the year.”
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In June, we published an article revealing that HealthInvest Partners AB is bearish about Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) stock. The investment firm sold its holding as they had earned a profit of 50%.
In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) stock decreased by about 7% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t seem to agree with Humana’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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