Steven Cohen's recent trades

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May 25, 2015

Point72 Asset Management L.P. is a family office managing the assets of its founder Steven A. Cohen. It is headquartered in Connecticut, and its portfolio is now composed of 673 stocks and has a total value of $14,673 million.

The most recent trades are about massive adds to stakes in Bloomin Brands Inc (BLMN), Green Plains Inc (GPRE) and Alon USA Energy Inc (ALJ).

In May, the investor increased his stake in Alon USA Energy Inc by 263.86% and is now holding 3,514,863 shares that is 5% of the company’s shares outstanding and 0.4% of the total assets he manages. He has kept on trading these shares since Q1 2011, and he holds them at an average price of $14.35/share with an average loss of 3%.

The company has a market cap of $1.19 billion and an enterprise value of $1.58 billion. It is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, operates in South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States. Its crude oil refineries are located in Texas, California and Louisiana and have a combined throughput capacity of approximately 214,000 barrels per day.

Since the beginning of the year, the company started an upward trend and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 18.40 (an increase of 17% during the last 12 months).

The company looks overpriced by 24% and has easy returns (ROE +10.19%, ROA +2.89%, ROC +16.68%) but that are ranked higher than 77% of its competitors.

Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) is the main holder of ALJ followed by George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) (who holds 0.49% of shares outstanding) and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) (who holds 0.13%)

In May, the investor increased his stake in Green Plains Inc by 1166,13% and is now holding 1,899,200 shares that is 5% of the company’s shares outstanding and 0.42% of the total assets he manages. He has kept on trading these shares since Q1 2010, and he holds them at an average price of $24.99/share with an average gain of 25%.

The company has a market cap of $1.23 billion and an enterprise value of $1.52 billion. It is a producer, marketer and distributor of ethanol. The ethanol it produces is fuel grade and is an alcohol produced principally from the starch extracted from corn. The company has four separate operating segments: Ethanol Production; Corn Oil Production; Agribusiness and Marketing and Distribution. Ethanol Production segment operates a total of 12 ethanol plants in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Tennessee.

Since the beginning of the year, the company started an upward trend and is now trading with a P/E ratio of 11.40 (an increase of 16% during the last 12 months).

The company looks undervalued by 22% and has easy returns (ROE +15.41%, ROA +6.71%, ROC +20.18%) but that are ranked higher than 83% of its competitors.

Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) is the main holder of GPRE followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) (who holds 0.17% of shares outstanding) and Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) (who holds 0.15%)

In May, the investor increased his stake in Bloomin Brands Inc by 311.28% and is now holding 6,366,209 shares that is 5.14% of the company’s shares outstanding and 0.96% of the total assets he manages. He keeps on trading these shares sinceQ1 2013 and he holds them at an average price of $21.72/share with an average gain of 2%.

The company has a market cap of $2.8 billion and an enterprise value of $3.98 billion. It is a casual dining restaurant company in the world, with a portfolio of differentiated restaurant concepts. The company owns and operates 1,248 restaurants and have 195 restaurants operating under a franchise or joint venture arrangement across 49 states and 21 countries and territories.

Since August 2015 the company started an upward trend and is now trading with a P/E(ttm) ratio of 29.60 (an increase of 6% during the last 12 months).

The company looks overpriced by 102% and has easy returns (ROE +17.95%, ROA +3.02%, ROC +12.22%) and are ranked higher than 65% of its competitors.

Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) is the main holder of BLMN followed by John Keeley (Trades, Portfolio) (who holds 1.4% of shares outstanding) and Caxton Associates (Trades, Portfolio) (that holds the 0.56%)