Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio), founder and chairman of Brandes Investment Partners, bought shares of the following stocks during the second quarter:
Brandes purchased a 1,517,279-share stake in YPF SAĂ‚ (YPF, Financial). The transaction had an impact of 0.53% on the portfolio.
The integrated oil and gas company is engaged in the production of crude oil, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of -29% and return on assets (ROA) of -8.86% are underperforming 91% of companies in the Global Oil and Gas Integrated industry. Financial strength has a rating of 3 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.13 is below industry median of 0.38.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.59% of outstanding shares, followed by Brandes with 0.39%, Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%, Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. with 0.06% and Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01%.
The guru’s Embraer SA (ERJ, Financial) holding was increased 6.59%, impacting the portfolio by 0.35%.
The company manufactures aircraft for the commercial and executive aviation markets.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of 8.73% and ROA of 2.76% are underperforming 60% of companies in the Global Aerospace and Defense industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.69 is above the industry median of 0.54.
Hotchkis & Wiley is another notable guru shareholder with 4.04% of outstanding shares, followed by Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 3.1%, Simons with 0.28%, Caxton Associates (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09% and Cohen with 0.04%.
Brandes boosted his Enel Chile SA (ENIC, Financial) holding by 60.62%, expanding the portfolio by 0.29%.
Through its subsidiaries, the electricity utility company is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Chile.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. The ROE of 6.09% and ROA of 3.16% are underperforming 69% of companies in the Global Utilities - Regulated Electric industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10.
With 0.02% of outstanding shares,Ă‚ Simons is another notable guru shareholder.
The investor established a 299,848-share stake in Cal-Maine Foods Inc.Ă‚ (CALM, Financial), giving it 0.19% portfolio space.
The packaged foods company's main business is the production and distribution of eggs.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of -8.49% and ROA of -6.92% are underperforming 88% of companies in the Global Packaged Foods industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 14.26 is below the industry median of 0.57.
The company's largest guru shareholder is Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.91% of outstanding shares, followed by Cohen with 0.63% and Jeff Auxier (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.01%.
The guru bought 32,824 shares of Amerco Inc. (UHAL, Financial), giving the holding 0.19% portfolio space.
The company rents out trucks and trailers, sells moving supplies and towing accessories and rents fixed and portable moving and storage units.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 15.85% and ROA of 4.49% are outperforming 67% of companies in the Global Rental and Leasing Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.75 is above the industry median of 0.69.
David Abrams (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.38% of outstanding shares, followed by David Einhorn (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.12%, Robert Bruce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.98%, Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.63% and Simons with 0.15%.
Brandes established a 126,824-share stake in HCA Healthcare Inc.Ă‚ (HCA, Financial), expanding the portfolio 0.17%.
The health care services company operates general acute care, psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals and freestanding surgery centers.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROA of 8.47% and ROC of 33.71% are outperforming 72% of companies in the Global Medical Care industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.02 is below the industry median of 0.48.
The company's largest guru shareholder is Larry Robbins (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.95% of outstanding shares, followed by the Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.05%, Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.86%, Bill Nygren (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.61%, David Tepper (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09% and Simons with 0.08%.
Brandes purchased 45,736 shares of Amgen Inc. (AMGN, Financial). The transaction had an impact of 0.12% on the portfolio.
The U.S.-based biotechnology company concentrates on renal disease and cancer supportive care products.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 26.69% and ROA of 10.51% are outperforming 91% of the companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.12 is below the industry median 37.86.
PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 3.3% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons with 0.33%, David Carlson (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%, First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%, Greenblatt with 0.05%, Cohen with 0.04% and Third Avenue Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.
The guru increased his Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (HMC, Financial) holding by 7.46% with an impact of 0.12% on the portfolio.
The company manufactures motorcycles, automobiles and power products.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. While the ROE of 9.24% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 3.57% is underperforming 56% of companies in the Global Auto Manufacturers industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.32 is below the industry median of 0.59.
The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Dodge & Cox with 0.29% of outstanding shares, followed by Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.16%, Simons with 0.14% and Manning & Napier with 0.01%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
