Steve Mandel Exits Alphabet, Trims Alibaba

Guru's largest sales of the 4th quarter

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Mar 02, 2019
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Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio)’s Lone Pine Capital sold shares of the following stocks during the fourth quarter.

The guru sold out his class A shares of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) holding. The trade had an impact of -5.47% on the portfolio.

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The internet content products and portals provider has a market cap of $780.85 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 0.31%, Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.15% and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13%.

The guru exited the holding Electronic Arts Inc. (EA). The trade had an impact of -4.87% on the portfolio.

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The company, which develops video game software and content of various platforms has a market cap of $28.7 billion and an enterprise value of $24.53 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The return on equity of 28.80% and return on assets of 16.56% are outperforming 90% of companies in the Global Electronic Gaming and Multimedia industry. Its financial strength is rated 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 5.19 is below the industry median of 5.23.

The largest guru shareholder is Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.19% of outstanding shares, followed by Ruane Cunniff (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.16%, Philippe Laffont (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.82% and Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio)’s Point72 Asset Management with 0.77%.

The holding of NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) was closed, impacting the portfolio -3.23%.

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The company which develops graphics processing unit has a market cap of $93.48 billion and an enterprise value of $88.05 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 48.38% and return on assets of 33.11% are outperforming 98% of companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Its financial strength is rated 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 3.73 is above the industry median of 1.69.

The company's largest guru shareholder is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.01% of outstanding shares followed by Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.61% and Laffont with 0.23%.

The guru trimmed 36.19% off his Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (BABA) holding, impacting the portfolio by -2.99%.

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The Chinese e-commerce company has a market cap of $470.74 billion and an enterprise value of $476.94 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 company's largest guru shareholder is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.59% of outstanding shares, followed by the Sands Capital Management’s Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.58%, Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio)’s Viking Global Investors with 0.39%.

The guru exited First Data Corp. (FDC) stake. The trade had an impact of -2.76% on the portfolio.

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The electronic commerce and payment solutions provider has a market cap of $23.56 billion and an enterprise value of $43.4 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The return on equity of 27.41% and return on assets of 2.24% are outperforming 52% of companies in the Global Business Services industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is below the industry median of 0.97.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Larry Robbins' (Trades, Portfolio) Glenview Capital Management with 2.75% of outstanding shares, followed by Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management with 1.04% and NWQ Managers (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.30%.

The guru closed his position of Union Pacific Corp. (UNP). The trade impacted the portfolio by -2.70%.

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The company, which supplies railroad freight transportation services, has a market cap of $119.25 billion and an enterprise value of $140.31 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity of 27.06% and return on assets of 10.19% are outperforming 98% of companies in the Global Railroads industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.06 is below the industry median of 0.30.

The company's largest guru shareholder is First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.72% of outstanding shares, followed by Dodge & Cox with 0.59% and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.41%.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.