One Stock Superinvestors Are Buying Or Holding

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As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in investing gurus who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13F’s. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, and Howard Marks.

While doing this research we’ve also uncovered a number of common stocks that investing gurus have recently bought, or continuing to hold in their portfolios, according to their latest 13f’s. So we’re now providing a new weekly feature article called ‘One Stock Superinvestors Are Buying Or Holding’. This week we’ll take a look at:

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC)

Wells Fargo is one of the largest banks in the United States, with approximately $1.9 trillion in balance sheet assets. The company is split into three segments for reporting purposes: community banking; wholesale banking; and wealth and investment management. The community banking segment serves consumers and small businesses with products including deposit accounts, credit and debit cards, and student, mortgage, and home equity loans. Wholesale banking includes corporate and commercial real estate lending, asset-based lending and trade financing, merchant services, and capital markets businesses. Wealth and investment management includes advisory, brokerage, retirement, and trust services. The bulk of Wells’ lending takes place in the U.S.

A quick look at the price chart below for Wells Fargo shows us that the stock is down 16.76% in the past twelve months.

(Source: Morningstar)

Superinvestors who recently bought, or continue to hold Wells Fargo stock include:

Rich Pzena – 20,479,698 shares

Jeremy Grantham – 11,812,033 shares

Jean-Marie Eveillard – 10,781,068 shares

Steve Romick – 9,130,541 shares

Jim Simons – 7,811,211 shares

Israel Englander – 5,383,942 shares

Charles Brandes – 2,691,565 shares

Charles Munger – 1,591,800 shares

Rob Olstein – 341,000 shares

Joel Greenblatt – 214,223 shares

Francis Chou – 209,542 shares

Tom Gayner – 195,450 shares

Guy Spier – 151,741 shares

Ken Fisher – 34,883 shares

Jim O’Shaughnessy – 30,253 shares

Bill Miller – 12,480 shares

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