Mariko Gordon Closes Positions in Red Robin, Natus Medical

Guru's largest sales of the 1st quarter

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May 23, 2018
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Mariko Gordon (Trades, Portfolio), founder of Daruma Capital Management, sold shares of the following stocks during the first quarter.

The guru exited her Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (RRGB, Financial) position, impacting the portfolio by -3.29%.

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The restaurant operator has a market cap of $751.7 million and an enterprise value of $1.01 million.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. While the return on equity of 8.13% is outperforming the sector, the return on assets of 3.31% is underperforming 52% of companies in the Global Restaurants industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.06 is below the industry median of 0.68.

Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder of the company among the gurus with 1% of outstanding shares, followed by Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.6% and John Hussman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.51%.

The Natus Medical Inc. (BABY, Financial) stake was closed. The trade had an impact of -3.09% on the portfolio.

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The company provides newborn care as well as neurology health care products and services. It has a market cap of $1.18 billion and an enterprise value of $1.24 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of -5.64% and ROA of -3.45% are underperforming 57% of companies in the Global Medical Devices industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.50 is below the industry median of 2.32.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Columbia Wanger with 3.45% of outstanding shares, followed by Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.73% and Diamond Hill Capital (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.53%.

Gordon closed the Omnicell Inc. (OMCL, Financial) holding. The transaction had an impact of -2.94% on the portfolio.

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The company, which provides automation and business analytics software solutions, has a market cap of $1.78 billion and an enterprise value of $1.95 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE 6.95% and ROA of 3.58% are underperforming 55% of companies in the Global Health Information Services industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.21 is below the industry median of 9.37.

Fisher is the largest guru shareholder of the company with 1.16% of outstanding shares.

The investor trimmed 27.93% off her Planet Fitness Inc. (PLNT, Financial) stake, impacting the portfolio by -1.53%.

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The company, which operates a chain of fitness centers, has a market cap of $3.87 billion and an enterprise value of $4.43 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROA of 3.63% and return on capital of 208.40% are outperforming 52% of companies in the Global Leisure industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.18 is below the industry median of 0.78.

With 1.85% of outstanding shares, Gordon is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by Louis Moore Bacon (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.86% and Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.61%.

Gordon exited her Francescas Holdings Corp. (FRAN, Financial) stake. The trade had an impact of -1.42% on the portfolio.

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The retail chain, which sells apparel, jewelry, accessories and gifts in boutiques nationwide, has a market cap of $206.48 million and an enterprise value of $175.15 million.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of 13.63% and ROA of 8.09% are outperforming 87% of companies in the Global Apparel Stores industry. Its financial strength is rated 9 out of 10 with no debt.

Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 0.98% of outstanding shares, followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.85% and Hotchkis & Wiley with 0.82%.

The guru reduced her position in CoStar Group Inc. (CSGP, Financial) by 17.31%, impacting the portfolio by -0.66%.

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The company, which provides commercial real estate data, has a market cap of $13.74 billion and an enterprise value of $12.81 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. While the ROE of 7.20% is underperforming the sector, the ROA of 6.03% is outperforming 70% of companies in the Global Real Estate Services industry. Its financial strength is rated 9 out of 10 with no debt.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Baron with 6.95% of outstanding shares, followed by Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.8% and Simons with 0.58%.

Gordon curbed her position in WEX Inc. (WEX, Financial) by 7.69%. The trade had an impact of -0.29% on the portfolio.

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The company provides payment processing and information management services. It has a market cap of $7.67 billion and an enterprise value of $9.74 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. While the ROE of 10.93% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 2.76% is underperforming 58% of companies in the Global Business Services industry. Its financial strength is rated 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.15 is below the industry median of 1.31.

Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest guru shareholder of the company with 1.13% of outstanding shares, followed by Baron with 1.04%.

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