Nature’s Sunshine Prod. (NATR), Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (CORE): Nelson Obus, Wynnefield Capital Love These Stocks

Finally, we have the $22.8 million position held by Wynnefield in Nature’s Sunshine Prod. (NASDAQ:NATR). The hedge fund reported ownership of more than 1.5 million shares. During the last quarter of 2012, Nelson Obus’ hedge fund disclosed a stake in Nature’s Sunshine Prod. (NASDAQ:NATR) which contained a little below 1.5 million shares, and was worth $21.1 million. The year-to-date return of Nature’s Sunshine Prod. (NASDAQ:NATR)’s stock is about 26%. Aside from Wynnefield, four other hedge funds reported stakes in Nature’s Sunshine Prod. (NASDAQ:NATR) at the end of last quarter.

In total, Wynnefield Capital’s equity portfolio contains stakes in 39 companies and has a value of $293.7 million. In the previous filing, the value of the portfolio amounted to $287.7 million, and involved the same number of companies.

Aside from Wynnefield Capital, we suggest you take a look at the largest picks of Ian Cumming and Joseph Steinberg’s Leucadia National, Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart’s Sageview Capital, and Howard Guberman’s Gruss Asset Management.

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