Ruane Cunniff (Trades, Portfolio) & Goldfarb Inc. was founded by Bill Ruane and Rick Cunniff in 1970. The firm increased many holdings and established several other positions in the fourth quarter.
The firm increased its Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial) holding by 94.04%, expanding the portfolio by 3.64%.
The online retailer has a market cap of $701.32 billion and an enterprise value of $708.26 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of 13.02% and return on assets (ROA) of 3.04% are outperforming 50% of companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio is 0.82.
The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.41% of outstanding shares, followed by Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.37% and Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.31%.
The firm boosted its Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, Financial) position by 29.23%, impacting the portfolio by 1.64%.
The search engine operator has a market cap of $761.45 billion and an enterprise value of $663.55 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 8.53% and ROA of 6.99% are outperforming 56% of companies in the Global Internet Content and Information industry. Its financial strength is rated of 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 25.67 is above the industry median of 13.87.
PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 0.33% of outstanding shares, followed by Sands with 0.19%, Fisher with 0.16% and Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%.
The firm added 65.61% to its JD.com Inc. (JD, Financial) holding. The transaction had an impact of 0.89% on the portfolio.
The Chinese e-commerce company has a market cap of $66.3 billion and an enterprise value of $64.86 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10. The ROE of -2.17% and ROA of -0.54% are underperforming 68% of companies in the Global Internet Content and Information industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.35 is below the industry median of 13.87.
With 2.87% of outstanding shares, Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by Dodge & Cox 1.95%, Fisher with 0.77% and Ruane Cunniff with 0.47%.
The firm boosted its stake in Wayfair Inc. (W, Financial) by 826.49%. The portfolio was expanded by 0.68%.
The company, which offers a range of furniture and other home goods, has a market cap of $8.57 billion and an enterprise value of $8.37 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10. The ROE of -447.12% and ROA of -26.46% are underperforming 100% of companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.49 is above the industry median of 0.82.
The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.84% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.45%, Ruane Cunniff with 1.32% and John Griffin (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.13%.
The firm established a position in Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI, Financial), buying 1,365,000 shares. The holding was given 0.42% portfolio space.
The television broadcasting company has a market cap of $3.69 billion and an enterprise value of $7.11 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 27.94% and ROA of 4.07% are outperforming 63% of companies in the Global Broadcasting – TV industry. Its financial strength is rated 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.15 is below the industry median of 0.90.
With 1.63% of outstanding shares, Leon Cooperman (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by Ruane Cunniff with 1.34%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.71% and Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.24%.
The BMC Stock Holdings Inc. (BMCH, Financial) stake was increased by 0.27%, expanding the portfolio by 0.42%.
The lumber and building materials distributor has a market cap of $1.36 billion and an enterprise value of $1.77 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of 7.23% and ROA of 3.43% are underperforming 52% of companies in the Global Building Materials industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is below the industry median of 0.40.
Another notable guru shareholder is Michael Price (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.68% of outstanding shares, followed by NWQ Managers (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.61% and Simons with 0.44%.
The firm purchased 1,412,000 shares of Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. (NETS, Financial), expanding the portfolio by 0.09%.
Through its subsidiaries, the company offers sports and lifestyle products. It has a market cap of $244.48 million and an enterprise value of $235.8 million.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. The ROE of -55.29% and ROA of -14.74% are underperforming 95% of companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.10 is above the industry median of 0.82.
Coleman is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus with 28.57% of outstanding shares, followed by Ruane Cunniff with 4.55%.
The firm’s position in SPS Commerce Inc. (SPSC, Financial) was increased by 3.95%.
The company, which provides cloud-based supply chain management solutions, has a market cap of $968.88 million and an enterprise value of $805.56 million.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of -0.89% and ROA of -0.75% are underperforming 66% of companies in the Global Software – Application industry. Its financial strength is rated 9 out of 10 with no debt.
Another notable guru shareholder of the company is Simons with 1.66% of outstanding shares, followed by Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.34%, Mairs and Power (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.16% and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%.
Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned in this article.
