What’s George Soros Investing In? Top 5 Undervalued Holdings And More
Finbox io | Oct 05, 2017 10:33AM ET
George Soros solidified his status in the investing Hall of Fame in 1992 with net worth around $23 billion , he stands as the 19th richest person in the United States and 29th richest in the world. His philanthropic organization, the Open Society Foundations, supports democracy and human rights in more than 100 countries.
h3 Theory of Reflexivity/h3George Soros has often attributed much of his investing success to his Theory of Reflexivity. The key idea behind the theory is that markets are battling two realities; Objective Realities and Subjective realities. Markets reflect beliefs that directly affect the underlying fundamentals and fundamentals, in turn, form the basis for beliefs. This feedback loop sometimes causes prices and expectations to diverge from reality drastically.
“Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.“
The Open Society Foundation posted a series of lectures on his theory and its applications in the financial markets as well as a public policy driven philanthropist. You can find the videos starting Form 13F regulatory filing . In this post, I share my findings after reviewing his latest 13F filing that lists holdings in his multi-billion dollar portfolio.
h3 Portfolio Overview and Statistics/h3Soros Fund’s reported holdings totaling over $5.6 billion. Since I was mostly interested in reviewing his filing for his current equity strategy, I excluded his bond holdings such as the $233 million Note in FireEye (1% coupon due 2035) and the $184 million Nuance Communications bond (2.75% Note due November 2031). I also excluded stocks like Reynolds American Inc (NYSE:RAI) and Kate Spade & Co which have since been delisted or acquired.
Excluding these positions, Soros portfolio holdings totaled just over $4.4 billion. The fund had over $1 billion of holdings in the Consumer Discretionary sector and owned over 50 stocks worth around $700 million in the Information Technology sector.
h3 Soros Fund’s Largest Stock Holdings/h3The Ideas section of finbox.io tracks top investors and trending investment themes. You can get the latest data on the holdings discussed below Fair Value estimates . The finbox.io fair value is derived by applying valuation and risk models like Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, Dividend Discount Model, Earnings Power Value and more.
I also wanted to blend in some indication of which stocks might be ready to make a move up soon because they’re popular with Wall Street analysts. Therefore I calculated an average using the finbox.io fair value upside and analyst upside to create a blended upside which I then used to rank the most undervalued holdings.
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Here are the Top 5 stocks based on my calculations:
#1. Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ:INVE)
Identive is security technology company that secures and manages access to physical places, things, and information worldwide. Over the last twelve months, the company has grown revenue to 58 million, up 3.9% year over year. The company recently launched the Hirsch Mx-1 Controller to bring low-cost, government-grade access control to commercial and institutional environments. Growth is expected to pick up. Identive’s forecasted to deliver 65 million (+15.0%) in revenue for fiscal year ending Dec 31, ’17 and 74 million (+14.6%) for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, ‘18.
#2. Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICPT)
Intercept Pharma is a biopharma company that develops synthetic bile acid analogs to treat chronic liver diseases. The company’s growth is accelerating — revenue has grown at least 7.4% for the last three years straight. Growth is expected to continue. ICPT’s forecasted revenue for the next two years is 133 million (+433.8%) and 217 million (+62.7%). Management is expected to report earnings on November 1, 2017, about 28 days from today.
#3. Calix, Inc (NYSE:CALX)
Calix supplies service providers with telecom access equipment. Calix’s price to book multiple of 1.6x is below the median multiple for a stock in the Information Technology sector (3.2x). Management has led the company to grow revenue at a 5.9% five-year compounded annual growth rate (CAGR).
#4. ServiceSource International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SREV)
ServiceSource is a San Francisco based company that provides outsourced, performance-based business solutions like recurring revenue management, maintenance, support to healthcare companies. ServiceSource’s price to book multiple of 2.8x is below the median multiple for a stock in the Info Technology sector (3.2x). ServiceSource is trading around $3.47 which is about 56% of it’s 52 Week High and well below the 90% of 52 Week High for stocks in its sector.
#5. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA)
Teva is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world based in Israel. Soros has a sizable $19.9 million position in Teva. Teva’s stock dropped nearly 15% on October 4th after news broke that the FDA had approved a generic version of its multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone. Competitor Mylan's (NASDAQ:MYL) shares up around 16%. Teva is looking cheap trading at a 0.7x price to book multiple below its five year average of 1.3x. Teva pays a dividend of 1.10/share. At the last trading price of 16.08/share the implied dividend yield is a high 6.8%.
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