One Stock Superinvestors Are Buying

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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:

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)

Facebook is the world’s largest online social network, with 2.5 billion monthly active users. Users engage with each other in different ways, exchanging messages and sharing news events, photos, and videos. On the video side, the firm is in the process of building a library of premium content and monetizing it via ads or subscription revenue. Facebook refers to this as Facebook Watch. The firm’s ecosystem consists mainly of the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and many features surrounding these products. Users can access Facebook on mobile devices and desktops. Advertising revenue represents more than 90% of the firm’s total revenue, with 50% coming from the U.S. and Canada and 25% from Europe. With gross margins above 80%, Facebook operates at a 30%-plus margin.

A quick look at the price chart below for Facebook shows us that the stock is up 23% in the past twelve months.

(Source: Morningstar)

Superinvestors who recently bought, or continue to hold Facebook Inc stock in their portfolios include:

(Shares)

Terry Smith – 6,440,136

Ken Fisher – 4,951,148

Chris Davis – 3,189,141

Ken Griffin – 2,945,493

Seth Klarman – 1,547,000

Steve Romick – 1,397,649

Jeremy Grantham – 1,338,649

David Abrams – 1,205,043

Dan Loeb – 1,000,000

Li Lu – 572,600

Bill Miller – 332,285

Wally Weitz – 286,900

Louis Bacon – 278,919

Stanley Druckenmiller – 272,488

Francois Rochon – 234,295

Tom Gayner – 147,803

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