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:
Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2021, it processed over $10 trillion in purchase transactions. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.
A quick look at the price chart below for the company shows us that the stock is down 13% in the past twelve months.
(Source: Morningstar)
Superinvestors who recently bought, or continue to hold the stock in their portfolios include:
(Shares)
David Polen – 11,493,290
Terry Smith – 6,868,694
Chuck Akre – 5,244,738
Stephen Mandel – 4,833,625
Andreas Halvorsen – 3,971,579
Ken Griffin – 1,515,889
Mark Massey – 1,496,102
Israel Englander – 1,394,478
Jeremy Grantham – 1,243,010
Lee Ainslie – 1,118,192
Tom Gayner – 958,040
Francois Rochon – 337,580
David Rolfe – 207,467
Robert Olstein – 30,500
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