Chuck Royce ( Trades , Portfolio ), president, co-CIO and portfolio manager of Royce & Associates LLC, made 56 new buys in the fourth quarter. Most were fairly modest, but some were more significant.
Royce's most noteworthy new holding was his purchase of a 1,100,621-share stake in Hubbell Inc. ( HUBB ), a Shelton, Connecticut-based electrical and electronic products company. Royce paid an average price of $95.18 per share in a deal that had a 0.66% impact on his portfolio.
Royce's stake is 1.9% of Hubbell's outstanding shares and 0.66% of Royce's total assets. Royce is Hubbell's only shareholder among the gurus.
Hubbell has a P/E of 17.6, a forward P/E of 15.7, a P/B of 3 and a P/S of 1.6. GuruFocus gives Hubbell a Financial Strength rating of 4/10 and a Profitability and Growth rating of 8/10.
Hubbell sold for $89.8 per share Wednesday.
Royce acquired a 1,173,100-share stake in PTC Inc. ( PTC ), a Needham, Massachusetts-based computer software company, for an average price of $35.11 per share. The transaction had a 0.24% impact on Royce's portfolio.
The stake is 1.02% of PTC's outstanding shares and 0.24% of Royce's total assets. Royce is PTC's leading shareholder among the gurus.
PTC has a P/E of 67.6, a forward P/E of 16.2, a P/B of 3.9 and a P/S of 2.6. GuruFocus gives PTC a Financial Strength rating of 6/10 and a Profitability and Growth rating of 7/10.
Royce bought a 796,495-share stake in Fresh Market Inc. ( TFM ), a Greensboro, North Carolina-based chain of gourmet supermarkets, for an average price of $24.59 per share. The deal had a 0.11% impact on Royce's portfolio.
Royce's stake is 1.7% of Fresh Market's outstanding shares and 0.11% of Royce's total assets. Fresh Market's leading shareholder among the gurus is Columbia Wanger ( Trades , Portfolio ) with a stake of 3,567,748 shares. Columbia Wanger ( Trades , Portfolio )'s stake is 7.59% of Fresh Market's outstanding shares and 0.84% of the guru's total assets.
Fresh Market has a P/E of 14.3, a forward P/E of 11.8, a P/B of 2.6 and a P/S of 0.5. GuruFocus gives Fresh Market a Financial Strength rating of 9/10 and a Profitability and Growth rating of 7/10.
Royce acquired an 828,000-share stake in Huntsman Corp. ( HUN ), a chemical products company based in The Woodlands, Texas. Royce paid an average price of $11.88 per share in a transaction that had a 0.06% impact on his portfolio.
Royce's stake is 0.34% of Huntsman's outstanding shares and 0.06% of the guru's total assets. Huntsman's leading shareholder among the gurus is David Tepper ( Trades , Portfolio ) with a stake of 8,037,950 shares. Tepper's stake is 3.27% of Huntsman's outstanding shares and 2.72% of the guru's total assets.
Huntsman has a P/E of 40.9, a forward P/E of 3.3, a P/B of 1.3 and a P/S of 0.2. GuruFocus gives Huntsman a Financial Strength rating of
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