Nelson Roberts Investment Advisors, an employee-owned investment advisory firm that provides asset and wealth management published its third-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. The Firm’s focal point and target is to maintain a long term value and growth of assets over time. You can view the fund’s top 10 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Nelson Roberts Investment Advisors’ in their Q3 2020 Investor Letter talked about Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL). Quidel Corporation is a manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare products that currently has a $8.6 billion market cap. For the past 3 months, QDEL delivered a -19.89% return and settled at $204.49 per share at the closing of January 15th.
Here is what Nelson Roberts Investment Advisors has to say about Quidel Corporation in their Investor Letter:
“We bought a position in Quidel (NASDAQ: QDEL), a company that helps make healthcare more efficient by focusing on point-of-care diagnostic testing. Though Quidel has benefited from the release of its SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay and antigen tests, we believe there is opportunity for point-of-care testing in many other applications beyond the pandemic. Furthermore, as flu season kicks into full gear, it will be crucial to differentiate COVID-19 cases from flu cases. “
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Last December 2020, we published an article telling that Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) was in 42 hedge funds’ portfolio, its all time high statistics. Quidel Corporation delivered a 182.02% return for the past 12 months.
As of September 2020, Nelson Roberts Investment Advisors had a 30K share position in VTR that amounted to $6.6 million. However, our calculations showed that Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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