Q4 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios

The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling.

Takeaways From 13F Season

Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was buying and selling in the quarter, but other investors may be more interested in overall themes from 13F filings. Overall, it appears fund managers were doing more selling than buying of many popular tickers.

• FANG stocks endured heavy selling from top fund managers in the fourth quarter. Soros buying Alphabet was the lone exception.
• Among the FANG stocks, managers were most bearish on Amazon, with Cooperman, Coleman and Soros all reducing their stakes.
• Apple kicked off 2019 with a major guidance cut, but fund managers seemed to be ahead of the game. Coleman, Soros, Buffett and Rosenstein were all selling Apple in the fourth quarter.
• Fund managers were bearish on Alibaba, with Rosenstein dumping Alibaba stock and Einhorn and Klarman selling Altaba shares.
• Warren Buffett made a rare about-face on Oracle, completely liquidating his holding after starting it just last quarter.

Related Link: Form 13F: What It Is And Why It's Important

Here’s a rundown of how the smart money was playing some of the most popular stocks last quarter.

David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• Chemours Co CC
• Dillards, Inc. DDS
• Echostar Corporation SATS
• Shutterfly, Inc. SFLY
• Hilton Grand Vacations Inc HGV

Notable Q4 Sells/Decreases:

• Tractor Supply Company TSCO
• Altaba, Inc. AABA
• General Motors Company GM

Seth Klarman’s Baupest Group

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• Liberty Global PLC Class C LBTYK
• eBay Inc EBAY
• CBS Corporation CBS

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• Altaba Inc AABA
• PG&E Corporation PCG
• Tribune Company TRCO
• Cardinal Health, Inc. CAH
• Twenty-First Century Fox Inc FOXFOXA

Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• CVS Health Corp CVS

Notable Q4 Sells/Decreases:

• Microsoft Corporation MSFT
• Citigroup Inc C
• United Continental Holdings Inc UAL
• Amazon
• Alphabet
• Facebook
• Micron

Barry Rosenstein’s Jana Partners

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• Tiffany & Co. TIF
• Mastercard Inc MA
• Microsoft

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• General Motors Company GM
• United States Steel Corporation X
• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd TEVA
• Apple

Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• JD.Com Inc JD

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• Twilio Inc TWLO
• Netflix, Inc. NFLX
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Alibaba
• Apple
• Amazon

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM
• Suncor Energy Inc. SU
• General Motors Company GM
• Bank of America

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• Oracle Corporation ORCL
• Wells Fargo & Co. WFC
• United Continental Holdings, Inc. UAL
• Apple

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George Soros’ Soros Fund Management

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• Alphabet, Inc. GOOG GOOGL
• Conagra Brands Inc CAG

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• Pinduoduo Inc PDD
• Walt Disney Co DIS
• AT&T Inc. T
• Amazon
• Apple
• Bank of America

Carl Icahn’s Icahn Capital

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• Newell Brands Inc NWL
• Dell Technologies Inc DELL
• Diamondback Energy Inc FANG
• Tenneco Inc TEN

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• VMware, Inc. VMW
• Dell Technologies Inc DVMT
• Energen Corporation EGN
• American Railcar Industries Inc ARII

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• United Technologies Corporation UTX
• Lowe’s Companies, Inc. LOW
• Starbucks Corporation SBUX
• Hilton Hotels Corporation HLT
• Automatic Data Processing ADP

Notable Q4 Sells/Reductions:

• Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG
• Howard Hughes Corp HHC
• Restaurant Brands International Inc QSR

Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners

Notable Q4 Buys/Increases:

• PPG Industries, Inc. PPG

Notable Q4 Sells/Decreases:

• SYSCO Corporation SYY
• Pentair PLC PNR