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Hedge Funds and other institutional investors have just completed filing their 13Fs with the Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing their equity portfolios as of the end of June. At Insider Monkey, we follow nearly 750 active hedge funds and notable investors and by analyzing their 13F filings, we can determine the stocks that they are collectively bullish on. One of their picks is United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG), so let’s take a closer look at the sentiment that surrounds it in the current quarter.
United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG) shares haven't seen a lot of action during the third quarter. Overall, hedge fund sentiment was unchanged. The stock was in 2 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. At the end of this article we will also compare UG to other stocks including RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ:RIBT), Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:ABUS), and Security National Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:SNFCA) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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We're going to take a peek at the new hedge fund action regarding United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG).
How have hedgies been trading United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG)?
At Q3's end, a total of 2 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, the same as the second quarter of 2019. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in UG over the last 17 quarters. With the smart money's sentiment swirling, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
More specifically, Renaissance Technologies was the largest shareholder of United-Guardian, Inc. (NASDAQ:UG), with a stake worth $5.1 million reported as of the end of September. Trailing Renaissance Technologies was GAMCO Investors, which amassed a stake valued at $2.8 million.
Earlier we told you that the aggregate hedge fund interest in the stock was unchanged and we view this as a negative development. Even though there weren't any hedge funds dumping their holdings during the third quarter, there weren't any hedge funds initiating brand new positions. This indicates that hedge funds, at the very best, perceive this stock as dead money and they haven't identified any viable catalysts that can attract investor attention.