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’. This week we’ll take a look at:
Apple Inc (AAPL)
Apple designs a wide variety of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones (iPhone), tablets (iPad), PCs (Mac), smartwatches (Apple Watch), AirPods, and TV boxes (Apple TV), among others. The iPhone makes up the majority of Apple’s total revenue. In addition, Apple offers its customers a variety of services such as Apple Music, iCloud, Apple Care, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple Card, and Apple Pay, among others. Apple’s products run internally developed software and semiconductors, and the firm is well known for its integration of hardware, software and services. Apple’s products are distributed online as well as through company-owned stores and third-party retailers. The company generates roughly 40% of its revenue from the Americas, with the remainder earned internationally.
A quick look at the price chart below for the company shows us that the stock is up 30% in the past twelve months.
Superinvestors who recently bought, or continue to hold the stock in their portfolios include:
(Shares)
Warren Buffett – 887,135,554
Ken Fisher – 63,982,104
Cliff Asness – 11,014,692
Israel Englander – 8,413,019
Eric Schoenstein – 4,053,569
Li Lu – 759,600
David Rolfe – 367,266
David Katz – 125,539
Rob Olstein – 44,000
Francois Rochon – 16,276
Bruce Berkowitz – 14,060
Tom Russo – 6,485
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