Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, a high value-added investment management firm, published its ‘Artisan Mid Cap Fund’ fourth quarter 2020 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 16.82% was recorded by its Investor Class: ARTMX, 16.87% by its Advisor Class: APDMX, and 16.89% by its Institutional Class: APHMX, in the fourth quarter of 2020, all below its Russell Midcap Growth Benchmark that delivered a 19.02% return and its Russel Midcap Index that was up by 19.91% in the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Artisan Mid Cap Fund, in their Q4 2020 investor letter, mentioned Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) and emphasized their views on the company. Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is a California-based communications technology company that currently has a $96.8 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, Zoom delivered a -1.52% return, but its 12-month gains are still up by 179.82%. As of March 16, 2021, the stock closed at $331.83 per share.
Here is what Artisan Mid Cap Fund has to say about Zoom Video Communications, Inc. in their Q4 2020 investor letter:
“Among our bottom individual contributors was Zoom Video Communications. Shares of Zoom Video Communications were pressured amid the strong vaccine data released during the quarter. Furthermore, the company’s Q3 results, while incredibly strong, showed signs of deceleration from prior quarters’ torrid pace. While there will be a reduced need for some videoconferencing use cases on the other side of the pandemic, we believe there is a strong case to be made that the pandemic has prompted a permanent inflection in videoconferencing’s importance—sustainably higher remote work arrangements, more online learning options and less business travel. Furthermore, the company’s dramatically expanded user base (up 485% YOY in Q3) positions it well to cross sell additional services, Zoom Phone in particular. The long-term future remains bright, but we harvested our position during the quarter with the market cap far exceeding our mid-cap mandate. We saw this as a natural point to exit our position, capping a successful investment campaign.”
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Our calculations show that Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) does not belong in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. was in 59 hedge fund portfolios, compared to 56 funds in the third quarter. ZM delivered a -17.78% return in the past 3 months.
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