In this article we will take a look at two recent moves made by Eric Bannasch’s Cadian Capital recently. According to a 13G filing with the SEC, Cadian Capital revealed it owns 9.2% of Infoblox Inc. (NYSE:BLOX) with 5.27 million shares, up by 596,100 shares increase compared to the previous stake. Meanwhile, another recently-amended 13G filing revealed that Cadian Capital currently owns 5.38 million shares of Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:QLIK), which represent 5.8% of the company’s common stock, down from 8.27 million shares disclosed in its latest 13F filing.
Cadian Capital Management is a long/short equity hedge fund established by Eric Bannasch in 2007. The New York-based investment firm primarily focuses on the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. Eric Bannasch had served as a portfolio manager at Perry Capital for the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors prior to launching his own firm. Bannasch’s event-driven hedge fund delivered a very strong performance, generating an annualized return of 11.95% with a 17.75% standard deviation since its inception in to January 2012. The fund’s most recent 13F filing reveals that Eric Bannasch and his team manage an equity portfolio with a value of $3.71 billion as of March 31, whereas the fund’s top ten holdings account for 58.94% of its entire portfolio.
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Let’s start with Cadian’s investment in Infoblox Inc. (NYSE:BLOX). Infoblox is a technology company that delivers network control solutions and the fundamental technology that connects end users, devices, and networks. Just a few days ago, the technology company introduced Inflobox DDI for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is a virtual appliance that extends the Infoblox solution for enterprise-grade network services and security to the AWS Cloud. Even though the aforementioned introduction might appear not quite comprehensible for most potential investors in the company, it is clear that Infoblox has been quite successful in developing and promoting its solutions thus far.
Infoblox has also reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 that ended April 30, 2015. The technology company posted a net revenue of $78.1 million for the quarter, up by 28% on the year. At the same time, Infoblox delivered a net loss of $5.14 million, compared to a net loss of $7.44 million reported a year ago. Let’s not forget to mention that the shares of Infoblox have grown by 14% since the beginning of the year. Another hedge fund from our database that is bullish on Infoblox Inc. (NYSE:BLOX) is Malcolm Fairbairn’s Ascend Capital, which owns a stake of 2.17 million shares.
Let’s now move on to Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:QLIK), which is a leader in visual analytics delivering intuitive solutions for self-service data visualization and guided analytics. The shares of Qlik have recently reached an all-time high of over $41 per share, gaining 28% year-to-date. Not so long ago, the company announced a partnership with AFAS Software, which is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider. As a result, AFAS Software will incorporate Qlik Sense, a business intelligence tool designed for the use of different enterprises, in its online solution so as to provide high-end visual analytics for its clients. Therefore, the integration will enable more than 560,000 users of the ERP software to use Qlik’s business intelligence tool. Qlik Technologies, which has just celebrated its five-year listing anniversary, has also reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2015. The company posted a total revenue of $145.8 million, which yields and increase of 11% year-over-year. At the same time, Qlik reported a GAAP net loss of $13 million or $0.14 per share, compared to a loss of $10.2 million reported a year ago. Within our database, Kerr Neilson’s Platinum Asset Management is the second-largest shareholder in Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:QLIK), holding an ownership stake of 5.22 million shares.
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