Alphyn Capital Management, an investment management firm, published its second quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A quarterly portfolio net return of 6.6%, and 13.8% gains was recorded by the fund for the second half of 2021, below its S&P 500 TR benchmark that delivered a 15.3% return for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have an idea about their top bets for 2021.
In the Q2 2021 investor letter of Alphyn Capital Management, the fund mentioned Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMEO), and discussed its stance on the firm. Vimeo, Inc. is a New York, New York-based video hosting, sharing, and services platform provider, that currently has a $7.15 billion market capitalization. The stock closed at $45.06 per share on July 16, 2021.
Here is what Alphyn Capital Management has to say about Vimeo, Inc. in its Q2 2021 investor letter:
“Clients will notice a new ticker, VMEO, on your brokerage statements following its spin-out from IAC. I profiled IAC’s companies, including Vimeo, in some detail last year. The pandemic accelerated the use of video by both enterprises and small businesses, and I believe this will continue given the high engagement that video generates. The most recent numbers bear this out: May revenues rose 42% from a year earlier while subscriber base and average revenue per user increased 18%. With its comprehensive set of tools to make video creation more accessible, Vimeo has a great opportunity to capture a share of this growth. It further benefits from an attractive customer acquisition funnel – 65% of Fortune 500 enterprises have at least one self-serve Vimeo subscription (with ARPU6 of $250). The company is building out its sales team to help upsell these into enterprise accounts (with ARPU of $12,000). Finally, by buying IAC shares ahead of the spin, we received a long-term, high-growth SAAS “call option” at a much more palatable valuation than the current 20x price-to-sales. Historically, it has been very rewarding to hold onto IAC spins…”
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Based on our calculations, Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMEO) was not able to clinch a spot in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. VMEO delivered a -0.25% return in the past month.
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