Longleaf Partners Fund, a Memphis-based fund under Southeastern Asset Management, recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 7.21% for the quarter, underperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 8.93% in the same quarter. You should check out Longleaf Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021.
In the Q3 2020 Investor Letter, Longleaf Partners’ highlighted a few stocks and Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE:AMG) is one of them. Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE:AMG) is an international investment management company. Year-to-date, Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE:AMG) stock gained 17.1% and on December 16th it had a closing price of $99.20. Here is what Longleaf Partners’ said:
“AMG (-8%, -0.46%), the asset management holding company, was the top detractor as the company reported net outflows for the quarter. Over 95% the net outflows came from quantitative strategies, which represent only approximately one quarter of AMG’s total AUM and less than 5% of proportionate EBITDA, meaning that the majority of the company’s affiliates and earning power did not shrink organically. Market appreciation helped AMG’s AUM grow 6%, and our appraisal of the value increased 10% due to the higher recurring fee revenues and substantial FCF in the period. The stock trades at a 5x FCF multiple, which would suggest a permanently impaired, shrinking business. Yet AMG’s alternatives managers, particularly its private equity firms, reported an encouraging $3bn of net inflows with long lock-ups. CEO Jay Horgen intelligently repurchased discounted shares at a 6% annualized pace, while borrowing 2030 bonds at a 3.3% coupon and 2060 bonds at a remarkable 4.75%. The encouraging performance from most affiliates and the extreme spread between the stock’s 20% earnings yield and low cost of long-term debt suggest a substantial mispricing of the equity.”
In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE:AMG) stock remained unchanged from the previous quarter (see the chart here). Our calculations showed that Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE:AMG) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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