Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (KORS)’s Shares Fall Amid Alert From Analysts & Upcoming Earnings Results

Overall, it has been a rough year for Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE:KORS) with its shares declining by 47.98% year-to-date. Smart money held a bearish outlook for the company at the end of the first quarter with 40 hedge funds holding $1.90 billion worth of stock. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2014, 46 investors from our database had positions worth $1.94 billion in aggregate. Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital was the largest shareholder of Michael Kors, among the funds we track, with a stake worth $738.05 million containing 11.23 million shares. Rob Citrone’s Discovery Capital Management and Bain Capital’s Brookside Capital are among other major stakeholders of the company. In terms of insider activity, there have not been any transactions year-to-date indicating a stable insider sentiment.

We would recommend investors to be watchful of the stock and wait for its earnings results before initiating new positions in the company.

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