Institutional Investors include all hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, endowment funds, and other institutions that must report US exchanged equity holdings on Form 13F with SEC.

HedgeMind Hedge Funds consists of 440+ hedge funds that HedgeMind meticulously analyzed and selected from 4,400+ institutional investors. They represent some of the most successful hedge funds in the world.

HedgeMind Core Managers represents 300+ of HedgeMind Hedge Funds that we believe are most valuable for investors to follow and invest alongside. They are hedge fund managers who select investments based on fundamental analysis, construct conviction-weighted portfolio, and maintain a long-term investment strategy.

HedgeMind Stock Rating combines all HedgeMind’s key metrics and indicators including HedgeMind Sentiment, changes in shares held by hedge funds and number of holders, and trends of these analytic metrics to rate stock as Accumulate, Neutral, and Reduce. Investors can use HedgeMind Stock Rating as your starting point to search for stocks to buy or sell and further perform your own due diligence.

HedgeMind Sentiment measures the percentage of HedgeMind Hedge Funds whose managers expressed bullish (buying), bearish (selling), and neutral views on the stock through factors including trading activities, position weight, and relative size of changes. It is calculated on quarterly basis.

Popularity Ranking measures how widely a stock is held among hedge funds by comparison among all stocks. It takes into account stock’s portfolio weight and shares owned by hedge funds.

• The ranking scale is from 1 (least) to 99 (most)
• 95 means the stock is in the top 5% of the mostly widely held stocks among hedge funds

Use Popularity Ranking to help you focus on the stocks that hedge funds have a lot of skin in the game.

Put/Call Ratio = (Put Options Held by Hedge Funds) / (Call Options Held by Hedge Funds). It can be used to gauge overall sentiment of hedge funds regarding a particular stock expressed through their option holdings.

High-Conviction Holders are hedge funds that hold a stock as a top 10 holding in their portfolios.