Showing posts with label Dan Loeb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan Loeb. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Hedge Fund Analysis on Dan Loeb's Third Point (2010 Q1)


My next analysis is on Dan Loeb's Third Point, LLC. Dan Loeb's top 10 positions has a return 0f 25 percent this year beating the S&P 500 about 5 percent. We can see his portfolio is quite diverse, so his perfomance is very similer to the market as a whole. He had a lot of trades in the first quarter and in the second quarter. He had a few bad trades in the first semester, such as the Citi Group[C] trade. Dan got out his position on Citi after it went tumbled. And he sold it completely, which the market has told us was a really bad move. Also, he left his position on Popular Inc [BPOP] too early. The stock went up more than 100 percent after he sold the stock.
Total Market Value: $1.4 billion
Top Sector:
29% Financial
16% Technology
13% Health care
6% Capital goods
11% Services
24% Others
Top 10 Holdings
1. PHH Corp (PHH): 7.6%
2. Transdigm (TDG): 6.8%
3. CIT Group (CIT): 6.5%
4. Wellpoint (WLP): 6%
5. Health Net (HNT): 5.3%
6. Liberty Interactive (LINTA): 5.2%
7. OSI Pharmaceutical (OSIP): 5.1%
8. Xerox (XRX): 4.9%
9. Airgas (ARG): 4.2%
10. Walgreen (WAG): 4.0%
Recent Trades:

5/21/10
buy
Airgas Inc [ARG]
$61.48
5/21/10
buy
Liberty Interactive [LINTA]
$12.67
5/21/10
buy
OSI Pharm Inc [OSIP]
$57.38
5/21/10
buy
Walgreen Co [WAG]
$33.10
5/21/10
sell
Cablevision Systems Cp Class A [CVC]
$23.20
5/21/10
sell
Citigroup Inc [C]
$ 3.75
5/21/10
sell
Mead Johnson Nutrition [MJN]
$49.09
2/19/10
buy
CIT Group Inc [CIT]
$32.62
2/19/10
buy
Cablevision Systems Cp Class A [CVC]
$22.91
2/19/10
buy
Citigroup Inc [C]
$ 3.42
2/19/10
buy
Mead Johnson Nutrition [MJN]
$46.58
2/19/10
buy
Wellpoint Inc. [WLP]
$58.47
2/19/10
buy
Xerox Corp [XRX]
$ 9.16
2/19/10
sell
Bank of America Corp [BAC]
$15.86
2/19/10
sell
CF Industries Holdings Inc [CF]
$104.00
2/19/10
sell
Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp [LIA]
$ 9.75
2/19/10
sell
Molson Coors Brewing Co [TAP]
$40.59
2/19/10
sell
Pfizer Inc [PFE]
$17.80
2/19/10
sell
Popular Inc [BPOP]
$ 2.00
Taken from Alphaclone
"Third Point, LLC is a New York based hedge fund with a focus on activist investing. The firm was founded in 1995 by Daniel Loeb who is know for his vocal and public criticism of management when he views the company as underperforming."

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dan Loeb's Third Point Discloses Roomstore Position (Market Folly)

Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of Roomstore (ROOM) due to activity on May 28th, 2010. Per the filing, Third Point shows a 1.8% ownership stake in Roomstore with 174,644 shares. This disclosure was actually jointly filed with Ian Wallace and River Run Management who disclose a 12.9% stake in the company with 1,255,242 shares.

This is the first time Third Point has disclosed this position because in their last 13F filing that detailed positions as of March 31st, 2010 they did not show a stake. For the rest of Loeb's investments, we covered Third Point's equity portfolio. To get a better idea as to Loeb's overall portfolio allocations, check out Third Point's latest exposure levels.

Taken from Yahoo Finance, Roomstore is "engages in the retail sale of furniture, bedding, and home decorating accessories through its retail stores and Internet operations."




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