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Let’s look this evening at an analysis by Insider Monkey about tiny house and manufactured home producer Legacy Housing (LEGH).
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Unpacking Insider Monkey’s Recent Report on Hedge Funds and Legacy Housing
We’re not going to say that such reports don’t have potential value. They do.
But some reports like this one, the full version of which is linked here, arguably have as their primary objective the desire to get subscribers and customers.
Each bullet is a pull quote from their report, cutting out the extraneous stuff.
Here’s What Hedge Funds Think About Legacy Housing Corporation (LEGH)
- At Q3’s end, a total of 4 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 33% from one quarter earlier.
- When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates has the number one position in Legacy Housing Corporation (NASDAQ:LEGH), worth close to $4.7 million, amounting to less than 0.1%% of its total 13F portfolio.
- On Royce & Associates’s [sic] heels is Gratia Capital, led by Steve Pei, holding a $0.4 million position; the fund has 0.7% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock.
- Other hedge funds and institutional investors that hold long positions comprise Paul Marshall and Ian Wace’s Marshall Wace, David M. Knott’s Dorset Management and in terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Gratia Capital allocated the biggest weight to Legacy Housing Corporation (NASDAQ:LEGH), around 0.68% of its 13F portfolio. Dorset Management is also relatively very bullish on the stock, designating 0.06 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to LEGH.”
Interesting? Perhaps.
On a pure year-over-year stock performance basis, Yahoo’s data below is useful. The stock has risen substantially in value.
As important, Legacy is largely performing on their business model. Those who love or hate Legacy, friends and competitors alike routinely tell MHProNews that no one works harder than their management team. That shows.
The co-founders hold large stakes in LEGH, which other investors often like.
As a comparison, after a roller coaster ride since the SEC issued Cavco Industries and their former Chairman Joe Stegmayer a subpoena announced 13 months ago that sent the stock plunging down, CVCO has seemingly regained their footing. But if other federal investigations that sources say are underway, will CVCO or Skyline-Champion (SKY) potentially face new subpoenas tied to alleged activities with the problem-plagued leadership of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)?
As pro-industry, pro-consumer trade media, it is not easy to reconcile companies that have a choice associating themselves with the years of known and reported scandals tied to larger firms at MHI.
Much of what MHI, Clayton Homes, Cavco, Skyline and other key players are doing what can arguably be summed up in a phrase. Paltering. When someone or some organization speaks with forked tongue, that is reason enough to be ever more cautious. As previously noted, many in those firms and organizations are not black hats. Caveat emptor.
See the related reports further below.
Related Reports:
Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Closing Equities Tickers
Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.
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- NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
- NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
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Winter 2019…
Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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