Cathie Wood Sells Snapchat, DocuSign For Second Straight Day, Buys Spotify

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday booked profit in DocuSign Inc DOCU for a second straight day, after boosting confidence in the e-signature company's ability to draw more customers.

Ark Invest sold 46,938 shares, estimated to be worth about $11.37 million, in DocuSign as shares of the San Francisco, California-based company closed 0.56% higher at $242.32 on Tuesday. Shares of DocuSign have risen about 4% since Friday.

Wood's firm said on Friday, after market hours, DocuSign appears to be gaining traction in international markets and the growth in its Agreement Cloud amid COVID-19 is not a temporary shift. 

Wood’s firm sold the shares in DocuSign via the Ark Innovation ETF ARKK. Ark also holds a stake in the company via the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW.

The popular investment firm’s holding in DocuSign, whose worth is estimated to be about $592.9 million based on Tuesday’s closing price,  is now down to 2.46 million shares. 

See Also: Cathie Wood Sells $26M In DocuSign Days After Spelling Bull Case, Also Sheds $6M In Snapchat

The investment firm also sold 77,407 shares, estimated to be worth about $4.65 million, in Snapchat parent Snap Inc SNAP.

Shares of the social media company closed 1.99% lower at $60.15 on Tuesday.

Wood’s firm sold the shares in Snap via ARKW and also holds a stake in the company via the Ark Fintech Innovation ETF ARKF. Ark’s stake in Snap is now down to 2.75 million shares, lowering its estimated value to about $168.55 million, as of Tuesday. 

The New York-based investment firm also bought 60,383 shares, estimated to be worth $14.64 million, in Spotify Technology SPOT, its second straight buy in the digital music streaming company.

Shares of Spotify closed marginally down at $242.51 on Tuesday.

ARKK made the purchase. It held about 3.12 million shares, worth about $758.4 million, in the company ahead of Tuesday's trade. ARKW too has a stake in Spotify. 

See Also: Cathie Wood Buys Another $1.6M In Netflix And Trims Stake In Chipmaker NXP By $14.8M

Some of the other key Ark Invest sells on Tuesday include NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI and Magna International Inc MGA buys include Unity Software Inc U.

Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs
Comments
Loading...
Posted In:
Benzinga simplifies the market for smarter investing

Trade confidently with insights and alerts from analyst ratings, free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about.

Join Now: Free!