Posted on March 19th, 2012
Coatue Management released a new Schedule 13G today disclosing ownership of 3,127,341 shares of Equinix (EQIX). The transaction date occurred on March 8th and represents a 6.7% stake in the company.
Coatue last held EQIX from the 4th quarter of 2007 through the 2nd quarter of 2010.
Posted on March 19th, 2012
Mount Kellett Capital just disclosed an increased ownership position in Mueller Water Products (MWA). They now have a 5.2% stake in the company owning 8,151,207 shares, an increase of 5,358,200 from their 13F filing for 12/31/2011.
Posted on March 19th, 2012
Our #4 ranked stock after Q4 2011 is RedHat, Inc. RedHat, Inc is a leading provider of open source software solutions to enterprises worldwide based on the Linux platform.
13 out of the 119 funds used in the heat map were holders of this stock with 10 of those increasing their position. Coatue Management opened a new position representing 1.63% of their 13F portfolio. DE Shaw, Wellington Management and SAC Capital among others also increased their stakes.
Only 4 filers reduced or closed their position. Alkeon Capital reduced their position by 717,067 shares but still held 1,789,210 shares representing 2.71% of their 13F portfolio. Goldman Sachs, Carlson Capital and Blackrock Investment Management also reduced or sold their position in Q4.
Since the 12/31/11 quarter ended, several large institutional investors have released ownership increases in RHT: Blackrock upped their position from 798,235 to 14,203,255 shares and Prudential increased their position from 266,084 to 11,535,759 shares.
Posted on March 9th, 2012
Liberty Media was the #1 pick for this quarter’s heat map. To find out why it placed so high, let’s look at the key data points.
22 out of the 119 funds used in the heat map calculation held this stock and LMCA represented a large percentage of several funds portfolios: Jana Partners 4.42%, Kynikos Associates 3.32%, Greenlight Capital 1.46%, Tiger Global 2.6% and Third Point 1.56%. Even Berkshire Hathaway deemed LMCA a worthy investment purchasing 1,701,400 shares during the quarter. Sixteen of those 22 funds increased or established their position during the quarter versus only 8 funds closing or reducing their position.
The stock closed at $78.05 on 12/30/2011, the last trading day of the fourth quarter. It closed at $86.50/share on 2/15/2012 when Q4 positions would have been disclosed and last closed at $87.50/share on 3/8/2012 when this article was written.
Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range of media, communications, and entertainment businesses.
Posted on March 8th, 2012
Robert Karr’s Joho Capital released a new 13G disclosing ownership in 1,617,106 shares of VNET. That’s up from 363,775 shares reported on their 12/31/2011 13F and represents a 5.37% stake in the company. They’re not the only ones showing an interest in VNET. Matrix Partners China disclosed a 19,994,350 share position on 2/6 and Jericho Capital and Waddell & Reed all reaffirmed positions previously disclosed on their 13F filings.
Those are just from recent 13D/G filings within the past month. According to their 13F filings, SAC Capital, Citadel and DE Shaw among others all opened or increased positions in VNET during the 4th quarter of 2011.
21Vianet Group is a provider of carrier-neutral Internet data center services in China and has been trading in the US since April 2011.