Spiros Segalas Invests in JPMorgan, Mastercard, Texas Instruments

The guru's largest 1st-quarter buys

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May 02, 2017
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Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) manages a portfolio composed of 58 stocks with a total value of $24,593 million. During the first quarter, the guru bought shares of the following companies:

Segalas purchased a 3,109,288-share stake of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM, Financial), giving it 1.07% portfolio space.

The company is a financial services firm and banking institution. It offers investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of 9.50% and return on assets (ROA) of 1.03% are outperforming 55% of the companies in the Global Banks - Global industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.40 is below the industry median of 2.23.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Dodge & Cox with 0.75% of outstanding shares, followed by PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.66%, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 0.62%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.47% and Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.39%.

The guru bought 1,693,520 shares of Parker Hannifin Corp. (PH, Financial). The trade has an impact of 1.01% on the portfolio.

Parker Hannifin is a diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision engineered solutions for mobile, industrial and aerospace markets.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of 18.67% and ROA of 7.39% are outperforming 77% of the companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.68 is below the industry median of 1.08.

Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 2.17% of outstanding shares, followed by Bill Nygren (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.83%, Hotchkis & Wiley with 1.44%, Diamond Hill Capital (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.38%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.15%, Tom Gayner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%, Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04% and Caxton Associates (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.

The guru purchased 3,169,888 shares of Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN, Financial). The transaction had an impact of 0.97% on the portfolio.

The company designs and makes semiconductors that it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers. The company has two segments: Analog and Embedded Processing.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 38.36% and ROA of 24.52% are outperforming 98% of the companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.91 is below the industry median of 1.77.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is PRIMECAP Management with 4.6% of outstanding shares, followed by Davis with 0.61%, First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.53%, Nygren with 0.51%, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 0.5% and T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.18%.

The investor bought 2,290,961 shares in EOG Resources Inc.Ă‚ (EOG, Financial). The trade had an impact of 0.95% on the portfolio.

The company in produces and sells crude oil and natural gas in the U.S., Trinidad & Tobago, the United Kingdom, China, Argentina and, from time to time, select other international areas.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of -8.68% and ROA of -4.09% are outperforming 59% of the companies in the Global Oil and Gas Exploration and Production industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.23 is below the industry median of 0.72.

PRIMECAP Management is another notable shareholder of the company among the gurus with 0.38% of outstanding shares, followed by Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.3%, Diamond Hill Capital with 0.22%, Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1% and RS Investment Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1%.

Segalas added to his holding of Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR, Financial) by 118.96% with an impact of 0.9% on the portfolio.

Charter provides cable services in the U.S. The company offers entertainment, information and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 14.63% and ROA of 3.34% are outperforming 57% of the companies in the Global Pay TV industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is above the industry median of 0.44.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Dodge & Cox with 3.37% of outstanding shares, followed by Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.07%, Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.53%, Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.76%, John Griffin (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.49%, Daniel Loeb (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.28% and Larry Robbins (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.25%.

The guru bought 604,890 shares of Broadcom Ltd. (AVGO, Financial) with an impact of 0.49% on the portfolio.

The company is engaged in designing, developing and supplying analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions. Its product portfolio serves four end markets, including wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage and industrial and other.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of -11.41% and ROA of -4.44% are underperforming 82% of the companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.26 is below the industry median of 1.77.

Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 1.44% of outstanding shares, followed by Mandel with 0.89%, Simons with 0.25%, Cohen with 0.24%, Loeb with 0.07% and Pioneer Investments with 0.04%.

Segalas increased his position in Mastercard Inc. (MA) by 14.97%, impacting the portfolio by 0.42%.

The company connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses, enabling them to use electronic forms of payment instead of cash and checks.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 69.46% and ROA of 24.04% are outperforming 96% of the companies in the Global Credit Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.61 is above the industry median of 8.43.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Tom Russo (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.89% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons with 0.53%, Buffett with 0.46%, Ruane Cunniff (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.46 %, Chuck Akre (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Halvorsen with 0.4%.

Segalas added to his Netflix Inc. (NFLX, Financial) stake by 14.01%, The trade has an impact of 0.31% on the portfolio.

The company operates as an internet television network, providing TV shows and movies that include original series, documentaries and feature films.

GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. While the ROE of 13.06% is outperforming, the ROA of 2.67% is underperforming 53% of the companies in the Global Media - Diversified industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.40 is below the industry median of 1.52.

Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 1.5% of outstanding shares, followed by Halvorsen with 1.5%, Griffin with 0.32%, Cohen with 0.1% and George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.

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