Century Management Exits Atwood Oceanics, Cerner, Dollar Tree Positions

The firm's largest sales of the 4th quarter

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Feb 06, 2018
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 Arnold Van Den Berg's (TradesPortfolio) Century Management released its fourth-quarter portfolio on Feb. 2. The firm sold shares of the following stocks in the fourth quarter.

The firm exited its Atwood Oceanics Inc. (ATW, Financial) stake, impacting the portfolio by -3.38%.

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The oil and gas company has a market cap of $794.87 million and an enterprise value of $1.57 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of -0.58% and return on assets (ROA) of -0.41% are outperforming 65% of companies in the Global Oil and Gas Drilling industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 0.37.

Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.11% of outstanding shares, followed by Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.03% and Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02%.

The Cerner Corp. (CERN, Financial) position was closed. The trade had an impact of -2.83% on the portfolio.

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The supplier of health care information technology has a market cap of $21.08 billion and an enterprise value of $20.76 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 16.01% and ROA of 11.46% are outperforming 76% of companies in the Global Health Information Services industry. Its financial strength is rated 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.59 is below the industry median of 6.56.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is the Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.86% of outstanding shares, followed by Third Avenue Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12% and Martin Whitman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%.

The firm divested of its Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR) position. The transaction had an impact of -2.11% on the portfolio.

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The discount retail store chain has a market cap of $24.95 billion and an enterprise value of $30.27 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 17.77% and ROA of 6.29% are outperforming 68% of companies in the Global Discount Stores industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.07 is below the industry median of 0.51.

Chuck Akre (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 2.04% of outstanding shares, followed by Louis Moore Bacon (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.22%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14% and Wallace Weitz (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13%.

The firm sold out of its position in the iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (EWH, Financial), impacting the portfolio by -1.49%.

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The fund closed its position in CVS Health Corp. (CVS, Financial). The trade had an impact of -1.17% on the portfolio.

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The drugstore chain has a market cap of $74.28 billion and an enterprise value of $97.51 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 14.34% and ROA of 5.40% are outperforming 50% of companies in the Global Health Care Plans industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.10 is below the industry median of 1.51.

With 1.61% of outstanding shares, the company's largest guru shareholder is Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, followed by Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.57% and PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.33%.

The fund reduced its position in Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI, Financial) by 8.24%. The trade had an impact of -0.52% on the portfolio.

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The producer of specialty metals has a market cap of $3.17 billion and an enterprise value of $4.67 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of -6.34% and ROA of -1.78% are underperforming 94% of companies in the Global Metal Fabrication industry. Its financial strength is rated 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.09 is below the industry median of 1.05.

With 3.41% of outstanding shares, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by Alan Fournier (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.15%, First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.77% and Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.19%.

The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B, Financial) holding was reduced by 7.09%, impacting the portfolio by -0.45%.

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The holding company, whose main business is insurance, has a market cap of $485.84 billion and an enterprise value of $481.61 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. While the ROE of 6.42% is underperforming the sector, the ROA of 2.89% is outperforming 68% of companies in the Global Insurance - Diversified industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 0.42.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Bill Gates (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.78% of outstanding shares, followed by Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12% and Tom Russo (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1%.

The Enstar Group Ltd. (ESGR, Financial) position was trimmed 12.97%. The transaction had an impact of -0.4% on the portfolio.

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The company, which acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies, has a market cap of $3.92 billion and an enterprise value of $3.71 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. While the ROE of 7.16% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 1.48% is underperforming 51% of companies in the Global Insurance - Diversified industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 0.96.

Akre is the company's largest guru shareholder with 7.44% of outstanding shares, followed by Hotchkis & Wiley with 2.74% and Diamond Hill Capital (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.37%.

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