Paul Singer’s Elliott Management is the largest and arguably the most successful activist hedge fund. So when Singer first buys a stake in a stock, that company’s management shudders, and the share price jumps. Singer’s 13D filing usually means higher prices in the target stock in the...
On April 30, Phillip Goldstein disclosed a 9.9976% position in Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Ltd. (CUBA). In a 13D filing, Goldstein said that if the founder and manager of the CUBA closed-end fund was to "dissolve" it, shareholders would gain "about 25%." Goldstein is...
Hudson Executive Capital disclosed on Monday that it bought 143,200 shares of USA Technology (USAT) at $4.46 along with call options giving the fund the right to buy another 1,250,000 shares of stock at $10. The call options expire on Jan. 17, 2020.
On June 17, EcoR1 Capital filed a 13G on Xencor Inc. (XNCR), disclosing the purchase of over 2M shares. EcoR1 now owns 8% of Xencor. The purchase makes XNCR the #1 position in EcoR1's $957M 13F portfolio. Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company...
RC Ventures reported a 12.9% GameStop (GME) stake on Monday. Ryan Cohen, co-founder of e-commerce firm Chewy (CHWY), disclosed in SEC filings that his firm bought 9 million additional shares of the gaming company. RC Ventures had previously disclosed a 9.98% position on Sept. 21.
I'm “done with fossil fuels." That's what Jim Cramer just said on CNBC's Squawk Box. Cramer compared fossil fuel companies to the stigmatized tobacco companies, saying oil stocks are in the “death knell phase.” But if that's true, I wonder why billionaire oil tycoon and hotelier Bob...
NASCAR has always ruled auto racing in the U.S., and though attendance has declined in recent years, NASCAR produced revenue of $660 million in 2017. But internationally, the king of racing is Formula 1, generating revenue of over $1.83 billion in 2017. With 21 events held around the world last...
Whale Rock filed a 13G on cloud software company Datadog Inc. (DDOG) on Nov. 1, disclosing a new 1.88 million share position. The $61 million stake represents 6.81% of DDOG's outstanding shares. We recently profiled Whale Rock Capital, noting that the fund's returns, based...
In a 13D filed Friday after market hours, Ault Global disclosed a 9.96% position in NTN Buzztime (NTN), a provider of interactive entertainment to sports bars and other venues across North America. Ault called NTN "undervalued and represented an attractive investment opportunity." On Jan....
Legion Partners disclosed a 5.15% stake in Landec Corp (LNDC) after market hours on Thursday. The hedge fund stated it believes LNDC's stock price "does not reflect the Issuer’s intrinsic value." Legion believes that Landec is "engaged in an odd combination of businesses that will never achieve...