Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio)’s Maverick Capital Ltd. bought shares of the following stocks in the fourth quarter.
The investor boosted his class C shares of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) by 4,089.44%, expanding the portfolio 3.16%.
The internet content products and portals provider has a market cap of $780.36 billion and an enterprise value of $674.56 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 18.68% and return on assets of 14.36% are outperforming 56% of companies in the Global Internet Content and Information industry. Its financial strength is rated 9 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 27.20 is above the industry median of 7.46.
The company's largest guru shareholder is Dodge & Cox with 0.44% of outstanding shares, followed by PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.32%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.15% and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13%.
The guru's Centene Corp. (CNC) stake was expanded by 348.71%. The trade had an impact of 2.37% on the portfolio.
The company, which provides healthcare plans to sponsored health care programs of the United States government, has a market cap of $26.57 billion and an enterprise value of $27.29 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity of 9.67% and return on assets of 3.26% are underperforming 65% of companies in the Global Health Care Plans industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.91 is below the industry median of 1.15.
Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest guru shareholder with 0.54% of outstanding shares, followed by Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.61% and Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio)’s Viking Global Investors with 0.47%.
The guru established a new position in Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) buying 1,909,554 shares. The trade had an impact of 1.71% on the portfolio.
The manufacturer of construction products and materials has a market cap of $3.52 billion and an enterprise value of $4.13 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity of 16.41% and return on assets of 9.87% are outperforming 86% of companies in the Global Building Materials industry. Its financial strength is rated 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is below the industry median of 0.37.
The company's largest guru shareholder is Ainslie’s firm with 4.16% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies with 1.43% and Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio)’s Point72 Asset Management with 0.28%.
The guru added 79.98% to his Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (BABA). The trade had an impact of 1.66% on the portfolio.
The online and mobile commerce company has a market cap of $437.69 billion and an enterprise value of $443.89 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 17.09% and return on assets of 8.62% are outperforming 83% of companies in the Global Specialty Retail industry. Its financial strength is rated 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.47 is above the industry median of 0.99.
The largest guru shareholder is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.59% of outstanding shares, followed by Franks Sands’ Capital Management with 0.58%, Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Halvorsen’s firm with 0.39%.
The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) holding was expanded by 52.82%, impacting the portfolio by 1.61%.
The company which provides brokerage and asset-management businesses has a market cap of $63.55 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10. While the return on equity of 17.19% are outperforming the sector, the return on assets of 1.40% is underperforming 60% of companies in the Global Capital Markets industry. Its financial strength is rated 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.08 is below the industry median of 0.54.
Dodge & Cox is the largest guru shareholder of the company with 5.63% of outstanding shares, followed by PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.33%, Sands’ firm with 0.79% and Ruane Cunniff (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.6%.
The investor added 85.44% to his Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALNY) stake. The trade expanded the portfolio 1.38%.
The biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $8.54 billion and an enterprise value of $7.49 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 4 out of 10. The return on equity of -48.06% and return on assets of -42.51% are outperforming 51% of companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Its financial strength is rated 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 36.14 is below the industry median of 64.02.
The largest guru shareholder of the company is Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 8.99% of outstanding shares, followed by Dodge & Cox with 4.42%.
Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.
