Oakmark Funds, an investment management firm, published its “Oakmark Equity and Income Fund” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be seen here. A return of 10.3% was reported by the fund for the Q1 of 2021, outperforming its Lipper Balanced Fund benchmark that delivered a 5.4% return for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, in their Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) and shared their insights on the company. Fiserv, Inc. is a Brookfield, Wisconsin-based financial services provider that currently has an $82.7 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, FISV delivered a 9.02% return, extending its 12-month gains to 28.17%. As of April 12, 2021, the stock closed at $124.13 per share.
Here is what Oakmark Equity and Income Fund has to say about Fiserv, Inc. in their Q1 2021 investor letter:
“Our second new purchase was Fiserv. Following its transformative acquisition of First Data Corporation in 2019, Fiserv is now a top provider of digital banking solutions, core account processing software and merchant acquiring services in the U.S. The company’s mission-critical software and services generate recurring revenue and are tied to strong secular growth trends within both digital payments and banking. We expect Fiserv’s revenue to grow in the mid- to high-single-digits over the coming years and that the company will enjoy significant margin expansion as it realizes the cost synergies from the First Data acquisition. In our estimate, this would produce near-term earnings per share growth of over 20%. Furthermore, with its significant free cash flow generation and excess debt capacity, the company should be able to return something like 35% of its market capitalization through dividends and share repurchases over the next five years, in our view. We believe the risk-adjusted return potential is attractive for this well-managed, above-average business that’s trading for a market multiple on our estimate of normal earnings.”
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