Chase Coleman's Low PE Stocks

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Mar 02, 2015

Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) is the founder of Tiger Global Management. He is a Tiger Cub, or a manager who learned their strategies from the legendary Julian Robertson (Trades, Portfolio). He likes to invest in small caps and technologies.

His portfolio is composed of 61 stocks with a total value of $8,473 Mil, 25.5% of which is in the Consumer Cyclical sector, 23.2% in Industrials, and 21.6% in Technology.

He has big stakes are in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (FOXA, 7.6% of his portfolio), MasterCard Inc (MA, 7.3% of his portfolio), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA, 7.1% of his portfolio), TransDigm Group Inc (TDG, 5.9% of his portfolio), Bitauto Holdings Ltd (BITA, 5.5% of his portfolio).

Based on GuruFocus Chase Coleman’s Low-Pe Companies, there are just 2 companies whose weight on his portfolio is bigger then 1% that are currently trading with a low P/E Ratio.

These companies are Sanderson Farms Inc (SAFM, Financial) and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA, Financial)

Sanderson Farms Inc. (SAFM)

The company sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form, mainly under the Sanderson Farms brand name to retailers, distributors, and casual dining operators.

Coleman bought 1,125,000 shares in Q4 of 2014 at an average price of $86.13 (-1% from current price).

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The company is currently trading with a P/E (ttm) of 6.90 at lower levels of both, Industry Median (average of 26.30) and history (minimum of 6.18).

The Profitability is rated 7/10 with a ROE of 34.72%, a ROA of 27.35% and a ROC of 56.17%. All these ratios are at all-time highs and at best levels of the Global Packaged Foods Industry.

The Financial Strength is rated 8/10 with a Cash to Debt of 8.66 and an Interest Coverage of 148.00 and even these ratios are better than 90% of SAFM Industry.

 Current Level Industry Median History Best Level
P/E (ttm) 6.90 26.30 6.18
ROA 27.35% 3.95% 27.13%
ROE 34.72% 8.32% 38.38%
ROC (Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio)) 56.17% 13.82% 65.94%
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Cash to Debt 8.66 0.39 8.66

Over the last 5 years, the Revenue grew by 8.30% and the Book Value by 9.20%. Over the last 12 months, the company faced a strong growth on EBITDA (+56%) and on EPS (+70%). Even the Book Value itself has a strong growth of 41%.

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The company looks Undervalued based on both the Peter Lynch Earnings Line that gives a value of $147.9 (a margin of safety of 73,57%), the Discounted Cash Flow Model that gives a fair value of $160.64 (a margin of safety of 47%) and the Fair Value Votes that gives a value of $136.31 (a margin of safety of 59%)

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Over the last quarter of 2014, John Burbank and Steven Cohen sold out these shares. Top Guru Joel Greenblatt increased his position by 20%, Paul Tudor Jones increased his position by 45%, RS Investment Management increased its position by 29%.

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA)

The media and entertainment company's segments includes Cable Network Programming, Television, Filmed Entertainment and Direct Broadcast Satellite Television. The Cable Network Programming consists of the production and licensing of programming distributed through cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators and telecommunication companies primarily in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Coleman started to buy FOXA in Q3 of 2013 and so far he reached a total of 16,805,219 shares at an average price of $31.81 with a current gain of 10%.

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The company is currently trading with a P/E (ttm) of 8.20 at lower levels of both, Industry Median (average of 45.20) and history (minimum of 2.97).

The Profitability is rated 7/10 with a ROE of 52.46%, a ROA of 17.17% and a ROC of 127.04%. All these ratios are at all-time highs and at best levels of the Global Media – Diversified Industry.

The Financial Strength is rated 7/10 with a Cash to Debt of 0.53 that is better then 70% of other FOXA competitors.

 Current Level Industry Median History Best Level
P/E (ttm) 8.20 45.20 2.97
ROA 17.17% 3.07% 17.17%
ROE 52.46% 6.06% 52.46%
ROC (Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio)) 127.04% 24.18% 132.66%
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Cash to Debt 0.53 0.53 No Debt.

Over the last 5 years, the Revenue Grew by 2.50% and the Free Cash Flow by 11.70%. Over the last 12 months, the company faced a strong growth on EBITDA (+67%) and on EPS (+134%). The Book Value didn’t face big change on the last 5 years (-0.10%) while on the last 12 months it has a growth of +18%.

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The company looks fairly priced based on the Peter Lynch Earnings Line that gives a value of $32 (-9%), Overpriced based on the Discounted Cash Flow Model that gives a fair value of $26.7 (a margin of safety of -31%) and Undervalued based on the Fair Value Votes that with 3 total votes gives a value of $40.6 (a margin of safety of 16%)

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Over the last quarter of 2014, Warren Buffett and Wallace Weitz bought FOXA for the first time while Lee Ainslie, Andreas Halvorsen, Jeff Ubben, Jim Simons and Paul Tudor Jones sold out their positions.