Arisaig Partners, an investment management firm, published its first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. Arisaig’s three Funds all ended the quarter down between 4 and 6%, with a positive start to the year reversing course around mid-February. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Arisaig Partners, in its Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: JD), and shared their insights on the company. JD.com, Inc. is a Beijing, China-based e-commerce company that currently has an $109.2 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, JD delivered a -17.20% return, while its 12-month gains are up by 54.75%. As of May 11, 2021, the stock closed at $72.78 per share.
Here is what Arisaig Partners has to say about JD.com, Inc. in its Q1 2021 investor letter:
“Our largest holding as a firm, JD.com, we expect to grow earnings at an annualised rate of 30% over the next five years, implying it will trade on an EV / EBITDA of 7.5x at the end of this period. Is this a growth stock or a value stock? Does anyone care? Do these labels really matter?
For the Asia Fund, with a higher pre-existing allocation to our core FMCG holdings coming into the year, we took advantage of capital market volatility to further concentrate on our highest conviction names. JD.com has been the main destination for our limited reallocations as evidence continues to emerge supporting our thesis that the company has a strong right-to-win in the large and highly fragmented USD1.8th Chinese grocery market. We have also been encouraged by the fact that after years of persistence, the company is beginning to engage with us on ESG issues (we have specifically discussed data protection, climate change and the circular economy). ESG is now being considered at the board level, and specific sustainability reporting should follow in the coming months. Having long displayed a healthy obsession with customer service, we interpret these latest conversations as a sign that JD is beginning to develop a more sophisticated understanding of its impact on all stakeholders.”
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Our calculations show that JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: JD) does not belong in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, JD.com, Inc. was in 89 hedge fund portfolios, compared to 85 funds in the third quarter. JD delivered a -25.02% return in the past 3 months.
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