ClearBridge Investments, an investment management company, released its “ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Strategy” third quarter 2023 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. The strategy underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, in the quarter. The strategy gained two out of 10 sectors in which it invested during the quarter, on an absolute basis. Communication services and consumer discretionary sectors were the sole contributors while the information technology (IT) and utilities sectors detracted. Overall stock selection and sector allocation detracted on a relative basis. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2023.
ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Strategy highlighted stocks like JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) in the third quarter 2023 investor letter. Headquartered in New York, New York, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is a financial services company. On December 27, 2023, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) stock closed at $169.40 per share. One-month return of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) was 8.53%, and its shares gained 27.16% of their value over the last 52 weeks. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has a market capitalization of $489.737 billion.
ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Strategy made the following comment about JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) in its Q3 2023 investor letter:
“In addition to business models that support biodiversity, it is also important to provide financing for efforts to improve biodiversity. Large financial firms such as ClearBridge holding JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) have a key role here through green bond underwritings that support natural capital protection. In 2021 JPM announced a target to finance and facilitate $1 trillion toward green initiatives by 2030 as part of its broader $2.5 billion sustainable development target. The green initiatives include biodiversity-linked areas such as water management, circular economy and waste management, in addition to conservation and biodiversity, which focuses on improving terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity ecosystems or forests.
As part of this target, in 2022 JPM served as the lead underwriter for a $350 million green bond issued by The Nature Conservancy, the largest green bond issuance by a conservation nonprofit ever. The issuance is expected to help The Nature Conservancy avoid or sequester 3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), and conserve 650 million hectares of healthy land, 30 million hectares of freshwater and 4 billion hectares of oceans.”
Supannee Hickman / Shutterstock.com
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is in 18th position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 109 hedge fund portfolios held JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) at the end of third quarter which was 106 in the previous quarter.
We discussed JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) in another article and shared the list of prominent NYSE stocks that hit 52-week highs this week. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2023 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
Suggested Articles:
- 15 Best Fast Growth Stocks to Buy Now
- 11 Most Promising Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Stocks According to Analysts
- 15 Best Long Term Care Insurance Companies Heading into 2024
Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
