John Burbank
is an investor noted for his 23% annualized returns since
founding his hedge fund, $17 billion Passport Capital, in 2000.
In
his second-quarter letter
, He said that he was "very bearish today on much of the world."
Nevertheless, he bought 73 new stocks, a significant turnover for
his portfolio of 152 stocks. Of these, the largest are: Kinder
Morgan (
KMI
), HollyFrontier (
HFC
), Alcatel Lucent (
ALU
), Lockheed Martin (
LMT
) and Goodrich Corp. (
GR
).
Kinder Morgan (
KMI
)
Burbank bought 2,061,070 shares of Kinder Morgan (
KMI
) at an average price of $35.50 in the second quarter of 2012.
Burbank's top two buys are involved in oil, something he
mentioned in his letter: "While the price of surplus of global
labor and domestic housing presents no near-term U.S. inflation
risks, oil is rapidly rising to defeat the printing-press
strategy for overleveraged sovereigns and increase deflationary
concerns." He is also long Brent Crude.
Kinder Morgan is the third-largest energy company by enterprise
value in North America with 75,000 miles of pipeline and 180
terminals.
Kinder Morgan Inc has a market cap of $27.84 billion; its shares
were traded at around $34.81 with a P/E ratio of 36.5 and P/S
ratio of 3.4. The dividend yield of Kinder Morgan Inc. stocks is
4%.
HollyFrontier (
HFC
)
Burbank bought 1,222,900 shares of HollyFrontier (
HFC
) at an average price of $31 in the second quarter. The price has
risen 32% since then to a new 52-week high of
HollyFrontier is engaged in refining petroleum. HollyFrontier has
a market cap of $7.96 billion; its shares were traded at around
$40.42 with a P/E ratio of 5.4 and P/S ratio of 0.5. The dividend
yield of HollyFrontier stocks is 1.6%. HollyFrontier had an
annual average earnings growth of 22.5% over the past 10 years.
GuruFocus rated HollyFrontier
the business predictability rank of 3-star
.
HollyFrontier's second-quarter profit more than doubled, and
revenue rose 62%. The growth was largely due to expanded
operations.
Alcatel Lucent (
ALU
)
Burbank bought 18,864,400 shares of Alcatel Lucent (
ALU
) at an average price of $1.68 in the second quarter. The stock's
price has dropped 32% to trade for $1.15 per share on Tuesday,
less than half of book value. The stock is down almost 90% from
its price five years ago.
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated
end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to established
and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide.
Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) has a market cap of $2.76 billion; its
shares were traded at around $1.16 with a P/E ratio of 7.6 and
P/S ratio of 0.1.
Alcatel's revenue per share has been declining at a rate of 6.7%
annually over the last ten years. The company is facing a
deteriorating macros environment and competitive pricing
environment in certain regions, it said.
Lockheed Martin (
LMT
)
Burbank bought 274,600 shares of Lockheed Martin at an average
price of $86 in the second quarter of 2012. It has increased 6%
since.
Lockheed Martin is a global enterprise principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture and integration of
advanced-technology systems, products and services. Lockheed
Martin has a market cap of $29.55 billion; its shares were traded
at around $91.3 with a P/E ratio of 10.1 and P/S ratio of 0.6.
The dividend yield of Lockheed Martin stocks is 4.4%. Lockheed
Martin had an annual average earnings growth of 13.5% over the
past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Lockheed Martin
the business predictability rank of 4.5-star
.
Goodrich Corp. (
GR
)
Burbank bought 165,300 shares of Goodrich (
GR
) at an average price of $126 in the second quarter. Goodrich
Corporation is a global supplier of systems and services to
aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. It was acquired
by United Technologies (
UTX
) on July 26, 2012, for $127.50 per share, or $16.5 billion in
cash.
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