Chase Coleman's Firm Dims Sunrun Holding, Plunges Into Yatsen

Tech-focused 'tiger cub' reveals stake in Chinese beauty retail IPO

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Dec 11, 2020
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Tiger Global Management, the firm founded by Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio), disclosed this week that it further dimmed its holding in Sunrun Inc. (RUN, Financial) according to GuruFocus Real-Time Picks, a Premium feature. The firm also revealed in November a significant stake in Yatsen Holdings Ltd. (YSG, Financial).

Coleman, a former protégé of Tiger Management legend Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio), focuses on investing in small-cap and technology companies. Tiger Global also seeks value in early-stage venture, late-stage venture, post-initial public offering and secondary market equities.

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Firm continues dimming Sunrun holding

Having reduced the holding several times since October, Tiger Global reduced this week its Sunrun holding to 11,890,895 shares, down 39.02% from the Oct. 16 holding of 19.5 million shares. The transaction trimmed the equity portfolio 1.31%; Sunrun was the firm's third-largest holding as of the Sept. 30 portfolio date with a weight of 6.46%.

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The San Francisco-based company provides homeowners with clean, affordable solar energy and storage. GuruFocus ranks Sunrun's financial strength 2 out of 10 on several warning signs, which include a low Piotroski F-score of 2, a poor Altman Z-score of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio that underperforms over 90% of global competitors.

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Other gurus with holdings in Sunrun include Philippe Laffont (Trades, Portfolio)'s Coatue Management and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio).

Yatsen

Tiger Global reported a holding of 112,854,805 shares in Yatsen, allocating 5.52% of its equity portfolio to the position.

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The Guangzhou, Guangdong-based beauty retailer announced on Nov. 19 the pricing of its initial public offering of 58.75 million American depository receipt (ADR) shares at $10.50 per share, amounting to a total gross offering size of $616.90 million.

For the year ending December 2019, Yatsen had revenues of approximately $432.178 million and net income of approximately $10.75 million.

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According to GuruFocus, Yatsen's cash-to-debt ratio of 2.59 and debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25 outperform over 70% of global competitors, suggesting good financial strength.

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Portfolio overview

As of third quarter-end, Tiger Global's $35.53 billion equity portfolio contains 90 stocks with a turnover ratio of 11%. The technology sector occupies 39.30% of the portfolio, up from the second-quarter weight of 35.88%.

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Consumer cyclical stocks occupy 29.52% of the portfolio, headlined by top holding JD.com Inc.'s (JD, Financial) weight of 11.28%.

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