P.A.W Capital Partners is a technology-focused hedge fund managed by Peter A. Wright. Before starting P.A.W. Capital in 1990, Wright worked with IBM, The Gartner Group, and was the CEO of SoundView Financial Group. The fund recently filed its 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the reporting period of June 30. According to the filing, the sector specific fund had 50% of its public equity portfolio holdings devoted to the technology sector, with the overall market value of the portfolio coming in at $99.15 million. The filing revealed that during the April-June period P.A.W Capital initiated a position in five stocks and liquidated its holdings in nine previously-held stocks. In this article we are going to analyze P.A.W Capital’s top three picks heading into the third quarter: Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ:WWWW), Allot Communications Ltd (NASDAQ:ALLT), and Fairway Group Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:FWM).
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Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ:WWWW) continued to remain P.A.W Capital’s top pick, even though the fund sold 50,000 shares of the company during the second quarter. This share sale can mostly be attributed to profit booking, as shares of Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ:WWWW) posted a 27.8% rise during the second quarter. As of June 30, P.A.W Capital owned over 380,000 shares of Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ:WWWW) worth $9.20 million. The fund’s stake in Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ:WWWW) at the end of June was worth more than its stake in the company at the end of March, despite the sale of shares during the period, given the impressive stock performance. Web.com Group, Inc. provides a range of Internet services to small businesses. The $1.24 billion market cap company offers Domain Name Registration and Services, Do-It-For-Me Web Solutions, Do-It-Yourself Web Solutions, and Online Marketing Services. The company managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations by $0.03, reporting $0.60 in earnings per share for the second quarter on July 30. It posted revenue of $140 million for the period, which also topped the Street’s forecast. Ahmet Okumus‘ Okumus Fund Management remains a devoted (and happy) shareholder of Web.com Group, holding 7.78 million shares of the company as of June 30, ranking it as the fund’s top pick.
