Ensemble Capital recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 11.60% for the third quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 8.93% in the same quarter. You should check out Ensemble Fund’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the said letter, Ensemble Capital highlighted a few stocks and Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) is one of them. Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) is a provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds and corporate issuers. Year-to-date, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) stock gained 15.1% and on October 9th it had a closing price of $140.84. Here is what Ensemble Capital said:
“Broadridge Financial Solutions: Broadridge was one of the few companies in our portfolio that back in early March we assessed as being more or less unaffected by the pandemic. No matter how bad the virus was, it would continue to be a requirement that all brokerage firms send their customers monthly statements and trade confirms, that bond trades continue to be processed, and that corporate proxy votes occur as scheduled. Broadridge is the “plumbing” on which many key parts of the financial market system depend. And indeed, the revenue and earnings generated in the fiscal year ending on June 30th of this year was nearly the same as what was expected prior to the pandemic as are consensus expectations for the year ahead. The modest performance of the stock this past quarter appears to us to be nothing more than a bit of a pause for this relatively boring, but mission critical business.”
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In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) stock decreased by about 17% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t seem to agree with Broadridge’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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