- By Tiziano Frateschi
Steven Cohen ( Trades , Portfolio ) , a billionaire hedge fund investor, is the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, a Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund. The following are the best performers of his investments this year.
United States Steel Corp. (X) with a market cap of $6.26 billion has gained 339.5% year to date. The guru's position represents 0.03% of his total assets.
The company is an integrated steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with production operations in North America and Europe.
The price over the last 12 months has risen by 34%, and the stock is now trading 5.98% below its 52-week high and 498.37% above its 52-week low.
GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of -60.85% and return on assets (ROA) of -15.39% are underperforming 94% of the companies in the Global Steel industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash to debt of 0.47 is above the industry median of 0.30.
Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 2.28% of outstanding shares followed by David Einhorn (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.11%, Cohen with 0.14%, Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%, Leon Cooperman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07% and Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06%.
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) with a market cap of $63.24 billion has gained 239.6% year to date. The guru's holding represents 0.01% of his total assets.
It is a visual computing company connecting people through the powerful medium of computer graphics. The company's reporting segments include GPU and Tegra Processor.
Over the last 12 months the price has risen by 248%, and the stock is now trading 383.27% above its 52-week low. The stock is overpriced by 471% at $117.32. The DCF calculator gives a fair value of $20.55. The Peter Lynch earnings line gives a fair value of $28.8.
GuruFocus' profitability and growth rating is 8 out of 10. The ROE of 26.14% and ROA of 15.48% are outperforming 94% of the companies in the Global Semiconductors industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash to debt of 2.22 is above the industry median of 1.57.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 4.69% of outstanding shares followed by Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.92%, Simons with 0.59%, Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%, Meridian Funds (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.1% and Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.08%.
WPX Energy Inc. Class A (WPX) with a market cap of $5.19 billion has gained 153.5% year to date. It is an independent natural gas and oil exploration and production company engaged in the exploitation and development of long-life unconventional properties.
Over the last 12 months the price has risen by 187%, and the stock is now trading 6.68% below its 52-week high and 496.44% above its 52-week low.
GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 2 out of 10. The ROE of -51.11% and ROA of -22.96% are underperforming 72% of the companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash to debt of 0.23 is below the industry median of 0.63.
Donald Smith (Trades, Portfolio) is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.09% of outstanding shares followed by T Boone Pickens (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.33%, Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%, Greenblatt with 0.03%, Murray Stahl (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02% and Cohen with 0.01%.
Tesaro Inc. (TSRO) with a market cap of $7.3 billion has gained 158.1% year to date. The guru's position represents 0.12% of his total assets.
The company is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in improving the lives of cancer patients. It is developing three clinical-stage product candidates including rolapitant, niraparib and TSR-011.
The price over the last 12 months has risen by 169%, and the stock is now trading 9.24% below its 52-week high and 357.47% above its 52-week low.
GuruFocus' profitability and growth rating is 4 out of 10. The ROE of -152.48% and ROA of -83.20% are underperforming 88% of the companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash to debt of 5.02 is below the industry median of 39.30.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.79% of outstanding shares followed by Simons with 0.38%, Cohen with 0.33%, Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.32% and Jones with 0.01%.
Sprint Corp. Series 1 (S) with a market cap of $34.6 billion has gained 143.4% year to date. The guru's holding represents 0.01% of his total assets.
It is a communications company offering wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers.
Over the last 12 months the price has risen by 126%, and the stock is now trading 3.23% below its 52-week high and 298.62% above its 52-week low.
GuruFocus' profitability and growth rating is 5 out of 10. The ROE of -9.15% and ROA of -2.29% are underperforming 79% of the companies in the Global Telecom Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash to debt of 0.16 is below the industry median of 0.40.
Dodge & Cox is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 4.56% of outstanding shares followed by PRIMECAP Management with 0.91%, Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%, Greenblatt with 0.04%, Louis Moore Bacon (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02% and Cohen with 0.01%.
Encana Corp. (ECA) with a market cap of $11.81 billion has gained 133.6% year to date. The guru's stake represents 0.94% of his total assets.
It is a North American energy producer that is engaged in developing diverse resource plays producing natural gas, oil and NGLs. It is also engaged in marketing of natural gas, oil and NGLs.
Over the last 12 months the price has risen by 142%, and the stock is now trading 9.93% below its 52-week high and 305% above its 52-week low.
GuruFocus gives the stock a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. The ROE of -21.71% is underperforming the sector while ROA of -8.26% is outperforming 60% of the companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash to debt of 0.17 is below the industry median of 0.63.
The largest shareholder among the gurus is Halvorsen with 8.92% of outstanding shares followed by Chris Davis (Trades, Portfolio) with 7.71%, Paul Singer (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.25%, Cohen with 1.13%, John Griffin (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44%, First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%, Signature Select Canadian Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%, Sarah Ketterer (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07% and Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
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