Michael Burry Stock Portfolio: 5 Stocks He Sold

2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 140 

Decline in Share Price Over Past Year: 14%  

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories. Burry had bought PUT options on Apple stock in the first quarter of 2022 and sold off these options in the second quarter. 

On November 8, UBS analyst David Vogt maintained a Buy rating on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:APPL) stock and lowered the price target to $180 from $185, noting that iPhone availability across 30 countries indicates that wait times across most markets including the US ticked higher for the second straight week. 

At the end of the third quarter of 2022, 140 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $144 billion in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), compared to 128 in the previous quarter worth $143 billion.

In its Q2 2022 investor letter, Alger Capital, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a leading technology provider in telecommunications. computing and services. Apple’s iOS operating system is the company’s unique intellectual property and competitive strength. This software drives extremely tight engagement with consumers and enterprises. The engagement is fostering the growing purchase of high-margin services like music, apps, and apple pay. Apple’s shares detracted from performance as management lowered its guidance for the second quarter due to headwinds from the war in Ukraine, adverse foreign currency shifts, and dampened consumer demand associated with the coronavirus in China. Additionally, many investors were concerned that lockdowns implemented to curtail the spread of COVID-19 would impact the production of apple products, however, the manufacturing facilities have resumed activity.”