David Swensen (Trades, Portfolio) is responsible for managing Yale University's endowment assets and investment funds. He manages a portfolio of six stocks worth $495 million. During the first quarter, the guru traded shares in the following stocks:
Swensen's Antero Resources Corp. (AR, Financial) stake was increased by 71.91%, impacting the portfolio by 7.69%.
GuruFocus gives the oil and gas company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. While the return on equity (ROE) of -8.78% is underperforming the sector, the return on assets (ROA) of -4.02% is outperforming 55% of companies in the Global Oil and Gas Exploration and Production industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.01 is below the industry median of 0.71.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Seth Klarman (Trades, Portfolio) with 4.6% of outstanding shares, followed by Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.36%, Swensen with 1.26%, Alan Fournier (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.15% and Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.
Swensen closed his holding of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, Financial). The trade had an impact of -0.43% on the portfolio.
GuruFocus gives Google's parent company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 15.46% and ROA of 12.87% are outperforming 81% of companies in the Global Internet Content and Information industry. Financial strength has a rating of 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 23.48 is above the industry median of 8.22.
Dodge & Cox is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 0.47% of outstanding shares, followed by PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.36%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.18%, Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.16%, Mason Hawkins (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13% and Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13%.
The investor purchased 100,611 shares of Apptio Inc. (APTI, Financial), with an impact of 0.24% on the portfolio.
GuruFocus gives the software company a profitability and growth rating of 2 out of 10. The ROE of -80.99% and ROA of -23.97% are underperforming 91% of companies in the Global Software – Application industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1,340.16 is far above the industry median of 10.48.
Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 1.09% of outstanding shares, followed by Swensen with 0.26% and Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21%.
The guru sold Aetna Inc. (AET, Financial). The trade had an impact of -0.05% on the portfolio.
GuruFocus gives the health care company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. While the ROE of 6.79% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 1.78% is underperforming 67% of companies in the Global Health Care Plans industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.74 is below the industry median of 1.12.
The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is the Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.58% of outstanding shares, followed by Larry Robbins (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.52%, Davis with 1.26%, Simons with 0.94%, Diamond Hill Capital (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.5%, Jana Partners (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.3%.
Swensen purchased a 59,211-share stake of American Shared Hospital Services (AMS, Financial), expanding the portfolio 0.05%.
GuruFocus gives the health care technology solutions provider a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. The ROE of 5.59% and ROA of 1.95% are underperforming 72% of companies in the Global Medical Care industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.09 is below the industry median of 0.40.
Simons is another notable shareholder of the company among the gurus with 0.55% of outstanding shares.
Swensen closed his Bank of America Corp. (BAC) position, impacting the portfolio by -0.04%.
GuruFocus gives the bank a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. The ROE of 6.37% and ROA of 0.85% are underperforming 57% of companies in the Global Banks – Global industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.68 is below the industry median of 2.48.
The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Dodge & Cox with 1.86% of outstanding shares, followed by Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 0.66%, Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.36%, Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.3%, First Pacific Advisors (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.25%, Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21%, Bill Nygren (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21% and John Griffin (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.16%.
The investor sold his Citigroup Inc.Ă‚ (C, Financial)Ă‚ holding, impacting the portfolio by -0.04%.
GuruFocus gives the bank a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of 6.17% and ROA of 0.86% are underperforming 68% of companies in the Global Banks – Global industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.77 is below the industry median 2.48.
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 0.68% of outstanding shares, followed by Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.62%, First Pacific Advisors with 0.4%, Diamond Hill Capital with 0.35%, Nygren with 0.35% and Fisher with 0.3%.
Swensen closed his Fidelity National Information Services Inc.Ă‚ (FIS, Financial) stake with an impact of -0.04% on the portfolio.
GuruFocus gives the financial services and outsourcing provier a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of 6.76% and ROA of 2.50% are underperforming 59% of the companies in the Global Business Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.07 is below the industry median of 1.28.
The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Simons with 0.39% of outstanding shares, followed by RS Investment Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.19%, Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09%, Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.08%, Fisher with 0.06% and Keeley Asset Management Corp (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
