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:
Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA)
Mastercard is the second- largest payment processor in the world, having processed $4.8 trillion in purchase transactions during 2020. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
A quick look at the price chart below for the company shows us that the stock is up 13.5% in the past twelve months.
(Source: Morningstar)
Superinvestors who recently bought, or continue to hold the stock in their portfolios include:
(Shares)
David Polen – 8,021,640
Chuck Akre – 5,861,191
Stephen Mandel – 4,822,796
Ken Fisher – 4,495,374
Warren Buffett – 3,986,648
Tom Russo – 3,058,213
Eric Schoenstein – 891,064
Chase Coleman – 724,000
Cliff Asness – 468,152
Wally Weitz – 257,892
Mark Massey – 251,249
Guy Spier – 65,750
Robert Olstein – 19,000
Francis Rochon – 14,547
Donald Yacktman – 9,280
Glenn Greenberg – 569
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