L1 Capital, an investment management firm, published its ‘L1 Capital International Fund’ first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A net return of 15% was recorded by the fund outperforming the benchmark by 8.7%. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
L1 Capital International Fund, in its Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX), and shared their insights on the company. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based building material company that currently has a $7.4 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, LPX delivered a 86.28% return, impressively extending its 12-month gains to 246.03%. As of May 06, 2021, the stock closed at $69.24 per share.
Here is what L1 Capital International Fund has to say about Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in its Q1 2021 investor letter:
“Contributors to the gains were broad based, with the decision to selectively increase exposure to more cyclical sectors such as U.S. housing delivering strong returns. Recently, we further increased our exposure to U.S. housing through a new top 10 investment in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. Louisiana-Pacific is a business in transition – rapidly evolving from a commodity-oriented forest products company to a specialty building solutions company. We expect a significant improvement in the quality of earnings over the coming years and near term we believe the market is significantly under-appreciating profitability during highly favourable operating conditions.”
Our calculations show that Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) 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, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation was in 41 hedge fund portfolios, compared to 40 funds in the third quarter. LPX delivered a 67.41% return in the past 3 months.
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