Seminole Capital’s Top Picks From Latest 13F Include Anthem, Delta Air Lines & Citigroup

During the first three months of 2015, Seminole Capital cut its stake in Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) by 6% on the quarter to 3.37 million shares with a value of $151.51 million. The most admired airline, according to Fortune magazine and the No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for four consecutive years, a first for any airline, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) has a market cap $35.91 billion and its stock climbed by 19% over the last year. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) is also the most popular airline stock among billionaires that we track with Andreas Halvorsen, Dan Loeb, Daniel Och and several others disclosing long positions in their 13F filings.

Michael Messner found some interest in the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), increasing his stake by 25% to 2.87 million shares worth $139.72 million, which represent 6.27% of Seminole’s equity portfolio. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is one of the largest communication technology companies worldwide with a market cap of $202.06 billion a P/E of 20.80 and sports a yield of 4.40%. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) also has Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway among its shareholders with a stake that contains 15 million shares as of the end of December.

Another interesting move that Seminole has disclosed in its latest 13F filing is doubling its stake in Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) to 3.57 million shares valued at $136.85 million. For the first quarter of 2015, the well-known food company  posted revenue of $9.98 billion and the EPS of $0.75 cents, which have exceeded analysts’ expectations. Among the funds that we track, Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group, Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management are also among the shareholders of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) Foods.

Michael Messner cut its stake in Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) by some 984,700 shares, which leaves him with 2.31 million shares, valued at $118.93 million. Amid a drop at the beginning of the year, Citigroup’s stock inched down by 1.50% year-to-date. Nevertheless, in the previous round of 13F filings, Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) ranked as the second most favorite stock among hedge funds, trailing Apple. Eagle Capital Management, run by Boykin Curry, Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management, and Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global are among the hedge funds that we track with stakes in Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) as of the end of 2014.

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