<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The Parnassus Endeavor Fund (Trades, Portfolio) sold shares of the following stocks during the fourth quarter.” data-reactid=”11″>The Parnassus Endeavor Fund (Trades, Portfolio) sold shares of the following stocks during the fourth quarter.
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The fund exited its Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) position. The portfolio was impacted by -3.79%.
The biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $50.88 billion and an enterprise value of $52.80 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 10 out of 10. The return on equity of 39.92% and return on assets of 20.59% are outperforming 95% of companies in the drug manufacturers industry. Its financial strength is rated 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.7 is below the industry median of 0.93.
<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The largest guru shareholder of the company is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 7.23% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies with 2.14% and the Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.38%.” data-reactid=”34″>The largest guru shareholder of the company is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 7.23% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies with 2.14% and the Vanguard Health Care Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.38%.
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Parnassus reduced its Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) position by 76.8%. The portfolio was impacted by -3.77%.
The company, which provides products that fight eye disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer and inflammation, has a market cap of $37.78 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The return on equity of 23.14% and return on assets of 17.15% are outperforming 95% of companies in the biotechnology industry. Its financial strength is rated 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 4.04 is below the industry median of 8.91.
The largest guru shareholder of the company is the Vanguard Health Care Fund with 1.57% of outstanding shares, followed by Bill Nygren (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.21%, Frank Sands (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.81% and Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.40%.
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The Endeavor Fund reduced the Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) stake by 63.64%, impacting the portfolio by -3.45%.
The company, which designs and manufactures graphics chips, has a market cap of $151.76 billion and an enterprise value of $144.54 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 24.08% and return on assets of 16.85% are outperforming 95% of companies in the semiconductors industry. Its financial strength is rated 8 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 3.83 is above the industry median of 1.31.
The largest guru shareholder of the company is PRIMECAP Management with 0.59% of outstanding shares, followed by Spiros Segalas (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.59% and Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.17%.
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The fund trimmed its Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE:ADS) position by 86.16%. The trade had an impact of -3.39% on the portfolio.
The company has a market cap of $5.04 billion and an enterprise value of $10.48 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. While the return on equity of 21.64% is outperforming the sector, the return on assets of 1.58% is underperforming 54% of companies in the credit services industry. Its financial strength is rated 4 out of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 0.45.
The company’s largest guru shareholders include Jeff Ubben (Trades, Portfolio) with 6.94% of outstanding shares, Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.06% and Jerome Dodson (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.52%.
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Parnassus trimmed its IPG Photonics Corp. (NASDAQ:IPGP) position by 88.71%. The portfolio was impacted by -2.11%.
The company, which manufactures high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and diode lasers, has a market cap of $7.25 billion and an enterprise value of $6.22 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 10 out of 10. The return on equity of 11.39% and return on assets of 9.83% are outperforming 70% of companies in the semiconductors industry. Its financial strength is rated 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 25.31 is far above the industry median of 1.31.
The largest guru shareholder of the company is First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.10% of outstanding shares, followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.39%.
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The fund curbed its position in Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) by 90%. The portfolio was impacted by -1.88%.
The computer-aided design software company has a market cap of $44.01 billion and an enterprise value of $45.03 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 6 out of 10. The return on assets of 3.17% is outperforming 55% of companies in the software industry. Its financial strength is rated 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.50 is below the industry median of 2.19.
The largest guru shareholder of the company is Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.05% of outstanding shares, followed by Fisher with 0.16% and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.08%.
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The fund trimmed its position in Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE:ANET) by 86.42%. The portfolio was impacted by -1.62%.
The computer networking company has a market cap of $18.09 billion and an enterprise value of $15.73 billion.
GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity of 32.95% and return on assets of 23.64% are outperforming 96% of companies in the hardware industry. Its financial strength is rated 9 out of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 28.1.
Pioneer Investments is the largest guru shareholder of the company with 0.59% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons’ firm with 0.43% and the Parnassus Endeavor Fund with 0.05%.
Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.
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