One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling

As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in superinvestors 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 stocks that superinvestors have sold, or reduced in their portfolios, according to their latest 13f’s. So we’re now providing a new weekly feature article called ‘One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling‘. This week we’ll take a look at:

Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ: GOOGL)

Alphabet is a holding company, with Google, the Internet media giant, as a wholly owned subsidiary. Google generates 99% of Alphabet revenue, of which more than 85% is from online ads. Google’s other revenue is from sales of apps and content on Google Play and YouTube, as well as cloud service fees and other licensing revenue. Sales of hardware such as Chromebooks, the Pixel smartphone, and smart homes products, which include Nest and Google Home, also contribute to other revenue. Alphabet’s moonshot investments are in its other bets segment, where it bets on technology to enhance health (Verily), faster Internet access to homes (Google Fiber), self-driving cars (Waymo), and more. Alphabet’s operating margin has been 25%-30%, with Google at 30% and other bets operating at a loss.

A quick look at the price chart below for Alphabet shows us that the stock is up 64% in the past twelve months.

(Source: Morningstar)

Superinvestors who reduced, or sold out of Alphabet stock include:

(Remaining Shares)

Andreas Halvorsen – 454,358

Cliff Asness – 444,114

Chris Davis – 265,082

Ken Griffin – 221,306

Dan Loeb – 210,000

Jean-Marie Eveillard – 196,401

Israel Englander – 173,472

Steve Romick – 171,825

Steve Cohen – 128,782

Bill Miller – 40,455

George Soros – SOLD OUT