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Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR
Posted by: matsandalex
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Date: March 9, 2011 10:18AM
Lee Ainslie and Maverick Capital have reportedly incurred large losses on their holdings of telecom equipment maker Finisar Corp (FNSR). FNSR is down 35% after forward guidance fell well short of investor expectations. FNSR is projecting Q4 EPS in a range between $0.31-0.35 on revenue of $235-250 million compared to analyst estimates of $0.48 on revenue of $268.55 million. Finisar largely blamed the projected revenue miss on slowing demand in China. Finisar executives commented that there has been a "dramatic reduction in orders in China for a couple of months." Worse still, the company executives did not sound optimistic that the Chinese end demand would pick up any time soon. The largest institutional holder of Finisar stock is value investor Lee Ainslie. Ainslie, is a "Tiger Cub" who previously worked for Julian Robertson before starting Maverick Capital. Ainslie manages one of the largest hedge funds in the world with assets of over $10 billion. Nonetheless, Maverick Capital has taken a painful hit with the FNSR revenue guidance. As of December 31, 2010 Maverick Capital holds 4,290,906 million FNSR shares and 5.56% of the entire company. The projected losses are over $60 million assuming that Ainslie has not sold any shares in the last three months. Ainslie initiated the FNSR position in late 2010. Since Ainslie is a deep value investor it is unlikely that he unloaded shares prior to the drubbing. Find more hedge fund information at [fundmanagernews.com]
Re: Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR...
Posted by: george1357
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Date: March 9, 2011 09:20PM
Deep value investor?? What was he doing in this stock?
Re: Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR...
Posted by: superguru
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Date: March 9, 2011 09:54PM
That depends on the price Ainslie bought at . If I buy a stock at $10, it goes to $40, falls to $20 - it is not a loss.
Re: Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR...
Posted by: cm1750
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Date: March 10, 2011 01:36AM
I guess some hedge funds actually don't use inside information after all. :-)
Re: Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR...
Posted by: matsandalex
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Date: March 10, 2011 09:27AM
No I don't think he bought it at $10. I think he bought it between $20-30/share. It was surprising to see a value investor in this momentum stock. I guess everyone can get swept up in the trader mentality.
Re: Maverick Capital Takes a Beating on FNSR...
Posted by: superguru
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Date: March 10, 2011 12:41PM
" Lee Ainslieand Maverick Capital have reportedly incurred large losses on their holdings of telecom equipment maker Finisar Corp (FNSR)." - matsandalex
"Nonetheless, Maverick Capital has taken a painful hit with the FNSR revenue guidance." - matsandalex "No I don't think he bought it at $10. I think he bought it between $20-30/share." - matsandalex Current price - 24.42 Per guru focus - % of Ainslie portfolio - 1.35% Your article needs serious correction.
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