Carnival Corp (CCL), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Edinburgh Partners’ 13F Shows Exposure to Tech, Consumer Stocks

The second largest position in Edinburgh Partners’ equity portfolio, at the end of first quarter of 2015 was Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) with a market cap of $107 million. The total number of shares held by Edinburgh Partners in the company has decreased by around 474,600 (21,79%), during the first three months of 2015 to 2.18 million shares. Comparing with the previous quarter, Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) ranked up two positions in Edinburgh Partners’ equity portfolio. The company has reported its financial results for the first quarter with a 3% annual drop in revenue to $9.20 billion and a net income of $529 million, equal to $0.80 per share, from $261 million, or $0.39 per share a year earlier. Jim Simons, Israel Englander and Mario Gabelli are among billionaire investors that are bullish on Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) and own substantial positions in the company.

The Edinburgh Partners’ investment in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s equity portfolio has decreased by 22.33% in the first quarter to 2.61 million shares valued at $107.97 million as the stock declined by 11.84% during the same period. Yesterday, Microsoft Corp reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2015 with revenue up by 6.5% on the year to $21.73 billion. The company’s operating income and diluted earnings per share for the period amounted to $6.59 billion and $0.61 per share, respectively, versus $6.97 billion and $0.68 a year earlier. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) returned $7.5 billion to its shareholders in share repurchases and dividends during the first quarter of 2015. The financial results note the impact of restructuring and integration expenses on the Microsoft Corp’s financial performance. Other investors with large positions in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) include ValueAct Capital managed by Jeffrey Ubben, followed by Jean-Marie Eveillard’s First Eagle Investment Management and Eagle Capital Management run by Boykin Curry.

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