Published on 4 Oct 2021 on Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance

Hedge Funds Are Piling Into Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)

After several tireless days we have finished crunching the numbers from nearly 900 13F filings issued by the elite hedge funds and other investment firms that we track at Insider Monkey, which disclosed those firms' equity portfolios as of June 30th. The results of that effort will be put on display in this article, as we share valuable insight into the smart money sentiment towards Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTB).

Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTB) has seen an increase in activity from the world's largest hedge funds in recent months. Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTB) was in 10 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of June. The all time high for this statistic is 6. This means the bullish number of hedge fund positions in this stock currently sits at its all time high. There were 6 hedge funds in our database with AMTB positions at the end of the first quarter. Our calculations also showed that AMTB isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q2 rankings).

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