Where Do Hedge Funds Stand On ORIX Corporation (IX)?

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ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX) shares haven’t seen a lot of action during the second quarter. Overall, hedge fund sentiment was unchanged. The stock was in 4 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of September. Our calculations also showed that IX isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks). At the end of this article we will also compare IX to other stocks including MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX), StoneCo Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE), and Trip.com Group Limited (NASDAQ:TCOM) to get a better sense of its popularity.

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What does smart money think about ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX)?

At the end of the third quarter, a total of 4 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of 0% from the second quarter of 2020. Below, you can check out the change in hedge fund sentiment towards IX over the last 21 quarters. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists an “upper tier” of notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).

Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, D E Shaw, managed by D. E. Shaw, holds the largest position in ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX). D E Shaw has a $2.6 million position in the stock, comprising less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio. Sitting at the No. 2 spot of Renaissance Technologies, with a $1.2 million position; less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the company. Other peers that are bullish comprise Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management, John Zaro’s Bourgeon Capital and . In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position D E Shaw allocated the biggest weight to ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX), around 0.0027% of its 13F portfolio. Renaissance Technologies is also relatively very bullish on the stock, designating 0.0012 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to IX.

Seeing as ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX) has experienced a decline in interest from hedge fund managers, it’s safe to say that there exists a select few fund managers that elected to cut their entire stakes heading into Q4. It’s worth mentioning that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group sold off the biggest position of all the hedgies tracked by Insider Monkey, valued at about $0.5 million in stock. John Overdeck and David Siegel’s fund, Two Sigma Advisors, also sold off its stock, about $0.3 million worth. These moves are interesting, as total hedge fund interest stayed the same (this is a bearish signal in our experience).

Let’s also examine hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX). These stocks are MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX), StoneCo Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE), Trip.com Group Limited (NASDAQ:TCOM), Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS), Cheniere Energy Partners LP (NYSE:CQP), TransUnion (NYSE:TRU), and International Paper Company (NYSE:IP). This group of stocks’ market values resemble IX’s market value.

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As you can see these stocks had an average of 27.4 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $868 million. That figure was $4 million in IX’s case. TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Cheniere Energy Partners LP (NYSE:CQP) is the least popular one with only 3 bullish hedge fund positions. ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our overall hedge fund sentiment score for IX is 23.3. Stocks with higher number of hedge fund positions relative to other stocks as well as relative to their historical range receive a higher sentiment score. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 41.3% in 2019 and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 10 percentage points. These stocks gained 30.7% in 2020 through November 27th and still beat the market by 16.1 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on IX as the stock returned 24.6% since the end of the third quarter (through 11/27) and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.

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Disclosure: None. This article was originally published at Insider Monkey.