Blue Hawk Investment Takes Profit in Peloton Inc. (PTON) Amid Valuation Concerns

Blue Hawk Investment Group published its fourth-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 7.48% was recorded by the fund for the Q4 of 2020, below its S&P 500 benchmark that delivered an 11.69% return. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.

The fund in its Q4 letter said that Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) was one of the top contributors for their long book. Peloton Interactive, Inc. is an exercise equipment and media company that currently has a $42.7 billion market cap. For the past 3 months, PTON delivered a decent 44.98% return and settled at $144.99 per share at the closing of February 8th.

Here is what Blue Hawk Investment Group has to say about Peloton Interactive, Inc. in their Q4 2020 investor letter:

“We also exited Peloton after the stock price doubled from where we initiated our position no more than three months prior. The valuation continued to run up quickly, to the point where we thought the risk/reward tradeoff was much better in other parts of the portfolio.”

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Last month, we published an article that talks about Stifel’s bullish investment thesis on Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON), emphasizing its acquisition of the fitness equipment provider, Precor. PTON delivered a massive 406.96% return in the past 12 months.

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