Chou Associates Management recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. In U.S. dollars, a Series A unit of Chou Associates Fund decreased by 32.3% in the first half of 2020 while the S&P 500 Total Return Index decreased by 3.1% in the same period. You should check out Chou Associates Management’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.
In the said letter, Chou Associates Management highlighted a few stocks and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) is one of them. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) is an automobile company. Year-to-date, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) stock lost 22.9% and on September 9th it had a closing price of $11.32. Here is what Chou Associates Management said:
“We initiated a position in FIAT back in late 2018 since it was a cheap stock with good amounts of cash. It caught our attention when the controlling shareholders wanted to unlock value either by paying special dividends, buybacks of shares or through strategic merger and acquisition. Since our purchase in December 2018, we have received US$2.70 in regular and special dividends, accounting for over 30% of the original price paid. We expect the regular and special dividend payments to continue once the COVID-19 crisis abates.”
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In July, we published an article revealing that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) was one of the best automobile stock in 2020, according to hedge funds.
In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) stock increased by about 9% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers seem to agree with Fiat’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE:FCAU) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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