Goldman Sachs recently released its "Hedge Fund Trend Monitor," a massive report detailing the fourth quarter investment moves made by the world's biggest hedge funds.
The report included a list of "most concentrated" stocks. These are the companies for which huge shares of their outstanding stocks are owned by hedge funds.
Goldman found that these stocks tend to do very well in upward trending markets, but they also do poorly in downward trending ones. From the report:
The “most concentrated” stocks lagged for most of 2007 and 2008, but significantly outperformed in 2009 (81.4% vs. 26.5%) and 2010 (15.9% vs. 15.1%). Our “most concentrated” basket underperformed the S&P 500 by 391 bp in 2011 (-1.8% vs. 2.1%) but outperformed by 814 bp in 2012 (24.1% vs. 16.0%).
We pulled the 20 stocks with the largest hedge fund ownership stakes according to Goldman's report. All stocks listed have between 19-36% of their outstanding shares owned by hedge funds. We also included the names of the five hedge funds with the largest stakes.
20. Legg Mason
Ticker: LM
Sector:
Asset management and custody banks
Percentage owned by hedge funds: 19%
4Q Return: 5%
YTD Return: 11%
Major Owners:
Trian Fund Management LP: 12.9 million shares
Greenlight Capital Inc: 3.4 million shares
Citadel Advisors LLC: 1.3 million shares
Levin Advisors Strategies LP: .9 million shares
QVT Financial LP: .8 million shares
19. Apollo Group
Ticker: APOL
Sector:
Education services
Percentage owned by hedge funds: 19%
4Q Return: -28%
YTD Return: -8%
Major Owners:
Pzena Investment Management LLC: 7.1 million shares
Citadel Advisors LLC: 2.5 million shares
Bridgewater Associates LP: 1.8 million shares
AQR Capital Management LLC: 1.1 million shares
Two Sigma Investments LP: .8 million shares
18. Family Dollar Stores
Ticker: FDO
Sector:
General merchandise stores
Percentage owned by hedge funds: 19%
4Q Return: -4%
YTD Return: -13%
Major Owners:
Trian Fund Management LP: 9 million shares
Maverick Capital Ltd.: 4.2 million shares
Highfields Capital Management: 1.5 million shares
Pennant Capital Management LLC: 1.4 million shares
Renaissance Technologies Corp: 1 million shares
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