One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling

As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple we’re always interested in superinvestors 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 stocks that superinvestors have sold, or reduced in their portfolios, according to their latest 13f’s. So we’re now providing a new weekly feature article called ‘One Stock Superinvestors Are Selling‘. This week we’ll take a look at:

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking and asset management firm. Approximately 20% of its revenue comes from investment banking, 45% from trading, 20% from asset management and 15% from wealth management and retail financial services. Around 60% of the company’s net revenue is generated in the Americas, 15% in Asia, and 25% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2008, Goldman reorganized itself as a financial holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve System.

A quick look at the price chart below for the company shows us that the stock is up 19.46% in the past twelve months.

GS data by YCharts

Superinvestors who reduced, or sold out of the company’s stock, according to their latest 13Fs, include:

(Remaining shares)

Rich Pzena – 514,382

John Rogers – 264,437

Donald Yacktman – 190,156

Steve Cohen – 36,876

Joel Greenblatt – 6,345

Mario Gabelli – 5,861

Ray Dalio – SOLD OUT