Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones’ Top Picks Show Modest Returns but Lots of Potential

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#3 Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

– Shares Owned by Tudor Investment (as of December 31): 50,900

– Value of Holding (as of December 31): $39.60 Million

A nearly 7% slide in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s stock price since the beginning of the year also didn’t sit well with Tudor, especially given the firm appreciated its holding in the Mountain View-based company by 33% in the fourth quarter. The company posted EPS of $7.50 for the first quarter, below the estimates of $7.97, while the revenue of $20.26 billion was lower than the expected $20.37 billion. Earlier this month, Axiom Securities reiterated its ‘Buy’ rating and $1,001 price target for Alphabet’s stock. Barry Dargan’s Intermede Investment Partners boosted its stake in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 42% to 69,080 shares during the first quarter.

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#2 Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

– Shares Owned by Tudor Investment (as of December 31): 379,000

– Value of Holding (as of December 31): $42.21 Million

The $13.85 billion global provider of information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services saw a decent bump of 8% in its stock price year-to-date. In its financial results for the first quarter Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) managed to beat both- the top and bottom-line estimates, delivering EPS of $1.23 on revenue of $728.30 million, versus expectations of $1.15 and $699.06 million, respectively. The company also recently closed its $1.9 billion acquisition of the leading information solutions provider in Australia and New Zealand, Veda Group. Cliff Asness‘ AQR CApital Management was also bullish on the company as it raised its stake by 31% to 1.37 million shares during the October-December period.

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#1 Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

– Shares Owned by Tudor Investment (as of December 31): 1.68 Million

– Value of Holding (as of December 31): $176.10 Million

Turning a little bearish perhaps, Tudor cut its stake in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) by 23% during the fourth quarter. However, the stock price has gained 14% since the beginning of the year, boosted by solid results reported by the company. For the first quarter, Facebook posted EPS of $0.77 on revenue of $5.38 billion, beating the estimates. In addition, the company registered an increase in monthly active users to 1.65 billion and significant growth in mobile monthly active users. Egerton Capital Limited, which is led by John Armitrage, fully capitalized on this hike as it hiked its Facebook holding by 23% during the fourth quarter. The bank’s price target of $145 on Mark Zuckerberg’s company provides an upside of 33% to the current trading levels.

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