Giovine Capital Group’s Keeps Betting on Consumer Discretionary Sector; Still Bullish on Apple Inc (AAPL)

Thomas A Giovine is the CEO of Giovine Capital Group which was founded in 1998. Tom Giovine previously worked at Morgan Stanley and follows an activist strategy at Giovine Capital. In the latest 13F filing, Giovine Capital revealed an equity portfolio valued at $182.81 million, with a total of 49 positions. The fund has invested 21% of its portfolio in consumer discretionary, 16% in industrial and 15% in information technology sectors. According to the latest 13F filing, the largest positions of Giovine Capital Group are represented by Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), Masonite International Corp (NYSE:DOOR), Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH), and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL).

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On the first spot is Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), in which Giovine Capital Group disclosed a $7.91 million position that contains 69,601 shares, which represent 4.33% of the fund’s equity portfolio. The company has a market cap of $144.4 billion and its stock gained almost 40% during the last 52 weeks. The Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, has the intention to introduce Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Pay at its more than 2,200 stores. Following the introduction of Apple Pay, Home Depot will become the largest retailer that uses Apple’s mobile payment system in the US. Aside from Giovine Capital, other shareholders of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) include Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management, John Armitage’s Egerton Capital Limited and Cliff Asness’s Aqr Capital Management.

The second largest position in Giovine Capital Group’ equity portfolio, at the end of the March was Masonite International Corp (NYSE:DOOR), in which the fund owns 114,965 shares, worth $7.73 million. For the first quarter of 2015, Masonite International Corp (NYSE:DOOR) reported net sales of $434.5 million, an increase of 2.8% on the year, include a 4.9% negative impact of foreign exchange. The company’s net loss in the first three months of 2015 expanded to $1.03 per share. Howard Marks’s Oaktree Capital Management, Joel Ramin’s 12 West Capital Management and Eric Edidin and Josh Lobel’s Archer Capital Management are also among Masonite International Corp (NYSE:DOOR)’s shareholders.