Polen Capital, an investment management firm, published its “Polen Global Growth” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 1.39% was delivered by the fund for the Q1 of 2021, trailing its MSCI All-Country World benchmark that delivered a 4.58% return for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Polen Global Growth Fund, in its Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and shared their insights on the company. Microsoft Corporation is a Redmond, Washington-based technology company that currently has a $1.8 trillion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, MSFT delivered an 11.31% return, extending its 12-month gains to 35.17%. As of May 13, 2021, the stock closed at $243.03 per share.
Here is what Polen Global Growth Fund has to say about Microsoft Corporation in its Q1 2021 investor letter:
“We have written extensively about Microsoft in recent commentaries. It was our leading contributor last year and one of our largest weightings within the Portfolio. It continues to experience business momentum through several dominant, essential, and competitively advantaged businesses, like Office 365 and Azure. The markets it competes for are enormous, which gives the company the ability to compound at scale. In the past quarter alone, the company generated over $40 billion in revenue, representing a 17% growth rate. The inherent operating leverage in Microsoft’s business model continues and led to 34% earnings growth this past quarter. Despite the broad rotation we saw in the first quarter and Microsoft’s robust performance in 2020, we think its business fundamentals continue to exhibit strength, and the stock continues to reflect the fundamentals.”
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