Lorem Ipsum Management headed by John Segrich and Michael Molnar just filed its 13-F form for the end of second quarter reporting period with the SEC. According to the data, the fund oversees a public equity portfolio valued at $155.32 million, which shows a nominal increase of $3.84 million from the previous quarter. The largest bets of the fund are concentrated in the information technology sector, where Lorem Ipsum allocated around 32% of the managed money, as well as in the energy and materials sectors, with 24% and 16% respectively. Over the second quarter Lorem Ipsum’s managers initiated nine new positions, and in this article we are going to review the three largest of these new holdings, represented by Scorpio Tankers Inc (NYSE:STNG), Solaredge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SEDG) and Teekay Tankers Ltd (NYSE:TNK).
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The first on the list is Scorpio Tankers Inc (NYSE:STNG) in which Lorem Ipsum held exactly 800,000 shares valued at some $8.07 million as of June 30. Scorpio Tankers Inc (NYSE:STNG) is a $1.91 billion provider of seaborne transportation of refined petroleum products and crude oil to the international shipping markets. This year the stock has returned 18.53%, in addition to carrying a nice dividend yield of 4.79%. The quarterly earnings report issued on July 29 for the second quarter showed rather positive signs for Scorpio Tankers Inc (NYSE:STNG), as it beat both revenue and earnings expectations for the period, posting $188.46 million in sales, a beat by $16.02 million, and EPS of $0.32, $0.05 ahead of the consensus estimate. In spite of that, the share price recoiled by 4% after the announcement and has not come back yet, offering a good buying opportunity for potential investors. Among the other prominent investors that we track, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates owns around 1.48 million shares with a market value of $14.94 million as of June 30. Compared to the end of the first quarter of 2015, the mutual fund cut its holdings by 4%.
