A Case of Harnessing Long-Term Perspectives: Horizon Kinetics’ Largest Holding, Texas Pacific Land (TPL)

Investment management company Maran Capital Management recently released its third-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Maran Partners Fund returned +1.0% net of all fees and expenses in the third quarter, which makes the yearly returns +9.0% net. The partnership compounded at a rate greater than 14% annually net, over the past five years, just slightly less than a “five-year double.” In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2024.

Maran Capital Management highlighted stocks like Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL), in the third quarter 2024 investor letter. Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) engages in land and resource management, as well as water services and operations. The one-month return of Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) was 24.38%, and its shares gained 113.50% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On November 4, 2024, Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) stock closed at $1,207.58 per share with a market capitalization of $27.748 billion.

Maran Capital Management stated the following regarding Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:

“The power of a long-term horizon coupled with an aversion to risk but a tolerance for volatility is clearly evidenced by HK’s largest position, Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL), which the firm or its predecessors has owned for over 30 years. TPL’s market capitalization is now greater than $25 billion, but it was a microcap when Horizon first invested. On a split and dividend-adjusted basis, TPL traded for a dollar or so3 per share in 1994, the year of HK’s founding. It recently surpassed $1,000 per share

Owning a stock that turns a few dollars into more than $1,000 (or for those keeping track at home, a few million dollars into more than $1 billion) is obviously an incredible outcome, but high levels of conviction and equanimity in the face of volatility were required to hold onto the stock. Over the course of those 30 years, TPL experienced a 70%+ drawdown, a few 50%+ drawdowns, several more 40%+ drawdowns, and numerous 30%+, 20%+, and 10%+ drawdowns. The longest drawdown lasted almost six years…”(Click here to read the full text)

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Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 21 hedge fund portfolios held Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) at the end of the second quarter which was 24 in the previous quarter. Consolidated revenues of Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) for Q2 2024 were approximately $172 million and consolidated adjusted EBITDA was $153 million, and adjusted EBITDA margin was 89%. While we acknowledge the potential of Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we discussed Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE:TPL) and shared the list of best performing energy stocks in 2024. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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