Miller Value Partners recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Opportunity Equity Fund posted a return of 13.01% for the quarter (net of fees), outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 8.93% in the same quarter. You should check out Miller Value Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the said letter, Miller Value Partners highlighted a few stocks and Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) is one of them. Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) is an online luxury fashion retail platform that sells products from over 700 boutiques and brands from around the world. Year-to-date, Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) stock gained 171.8% and on October 30th it had a closing price of $28.13. Here is what Miller Value Partners said:
“Farfetch Ltd (FTCH)continued to gain during the quarter returning 45.6% as the company reported another quarter that beat expectations while providing strong guidance. The company reported Digital Platform Gross Merchandise Values (GMV) grew +34% above prior guidance of 25-30% and consensus for +26%. The company added ~500k new customers, growing its active customer base by 42%. The company had lower promotional spend leading to order contribution margins increasing to 35% with earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) loss beating at -$25M versus -$30m expected. The company reiterated EBITDA profitability in 2021. The company guided for 3Q digital platform GMV growth of 40-45% (+30% consensus) with order contribution margins of 32-35% (consensus 31%) leading to EBITDA of -$25M to -$20M (consensus of -$34M).”
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In July, we published an article revealing Miller Value Partners bullish investment thesis on Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) stock in its Q2 2020 investor letter. This suggests that the investment firm has been bullish for a long time on Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH).
In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) stock increased by about 68% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in Farfetch’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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