Name | Company | Ticker | Time | Industry | Category | Summary | Return | CAGR | Source | |
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Peter Lynch | Maine Sugar | OTC:MSUG | 1967-1969 | Sugar Beet Refinery Plant | Whisper Stock | Whisper Stock | -100% | -100% | One Up on WS | |
Peter Lynch | L'eggs/Hanes | NYSE:HBI | 1969-1979 | Clothing Manufacturer | Growth | Biggest Product of 70s | 600% | 18% | One Up on WS | |
* | Peter Lynch | Service Corporation International | NYSE:SCI | 1969-1987 | Funeral | Roll-Up | Rollup mom and pops in a boring industry | 14,400% | 30% | One Up on WS |
Peter Lynch | Kaiser Industries | - | 1971-1977 | Conglomerate | Sum of Parts | $10 for $40 breakup value, dropped to $4 | 130% | 13% | One Up on WS | |
Peter Lynch | Polaroid | NSYE:PRD | 1973-1974 | Camera | Blue Chip | Overpriced blue chip | -89% | -77% | One Up on WS | |
Peter Lynch | Warner Communication | NYSE:WCI | 1977-1977 | Media | Wonderful/Cultural | Mistake of selling b/c of technical reason, not fundamental | 46% | 46% | One Up on WS | |
* | Peter Lynch | Fannie Mae | NYSE:FNM | 1977-1993 | Mortgages & MBS | Cyclical/Growth/Low Cost | Cyclical play + low cost operator + growing a wonderful business | 1,570% | 17% | Beating the Street |
* | Peter Lynch | Toys R Us | NASDAQ:TOYS | 1978-1985 | Discount Toy Retailer | Low Cost Operator/Wonderful | Short-term market action underestimated strong fundamentals | 5,700% | 65% | One Up on WS |
* | Peter Lynch | La Quinta Motor Inns | NYSE:LQ | 1978-1987 | Hotel | Growth/Niche | Underpriced growth stock because of insider selling, early in growth | 1,100% | 27% | One Up on WS |
Peter Lynch | The Limited | NYSE:LTD | 1979-1987 | Clothing Retailer | Growth/Cutting-Edge Fashion | Ignoring what's in front of you | 10,500% | 80% | One Up on WS | |
* | Peter Lynch | Chrysler | NYSE:C | 1982-1987 | Car | Cyclical/Turn Around | A low cost producer in a cyclical environment, turning it around | 1,500% | 75% | One Up on WS |
* | Peter Lynch | Blockbuster | NYSE:BBI | 1984-1992 | Video Rentals | Growth | A legendary story | 15,000% | 85% | Beating the Street |
* | Peter Lynch | Bildner and Sons | - | 1986-1988 | Premium Sandwiches | Growth | Great business, poor execution | -95% | -60% | One Up on WS |
Peter Lynch | CML Group (NordicTrack) | NYSE:CML | 1990-1992 | Exercise Machines | Growth | Do your homework! | 1,000% | 315% | Beating the Street | |
Peter Lynch | Pier 1 Imports/Sunbelt Nursery | NYSE:PIR | 1991-1993 | Furniture | Growth | 10x PE with growth | 300% | 12% | Beating the Street | |
Peter Lynch | General Host | NYSE:GH | 1991-1993 | Garden Nursery | Relative Value | Discount retailing doesn't work everywhere | 0% | 0% | Beating the Street | |
* | Peter Lynch | Sun Distributors | NYSE:SDP.B | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | Beating the Street |
Michael Burry | DiamondCluster International | NASDAQ:HLTH | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
Michael Burry | Spherion/Michael Page | NASDAQ:HLTH | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
Michael Burry | Adobe(short) | NASDAQ:HLTH | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
Michael Burry | Cisco | NASDAQ:HLTH | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
Michael Burry | Intel | NASDAQ:HLTH | 1991-1993 | Autoparts and Glass | Special Situation | MLP + strange capital structure, incentive to realize breakup value | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
* | Peter Lynch | Saving & Loan Banks | - | 1991-1996 | S&L Banks | Special Situation/Low Cost Operator | Special situation and great operators | 44% | 20% | Beating the Street |
* | Peter Lynch | Body Shop | LSE:BOSU | 1992-1993 | Natural Skincare/Cosmetics | Growth | A great industry, business, expensive price | -57% | -57% | Beating the Street |
Peter Lynch | GM | NYSE:GM | 1992-1993 | Car | Cyclical | A cyclical play with myopic management, but strong business | 87% | 37% | Beating the Street | |
Peter Lynch | Supercuts | NASDAQ:CUTS | 1992-1995 | Discount Haircuts | Growth | Cheap but bad haircuts, poor execution | 0% | 0% | Beating the Street | |
* | Li Lu | Lukoil | MCX:LKOH | 1993-1998 | Russian Oil | Special Situation | Buying proven oil reserve at $0.10/barrel, despite Financial Crisis | 1,000% | 60% | SF State 2012 |
Nick Sleep | Union Cement | PSE:UCC | 1997-1997 | Phillipines Cement | Distressed/Replacement Cost | Asian crisis shopping, 1/4 replacement cost | 500% | 500% | Nomad Letters | |
* | Li Lu | Timberland | NYSE:TBL | 1998-2000 | Shoes | Wonderful Brand/Legal/Cultural | 5x PE, growth, high integrity but uncommunicative management | 700% | 265% | Columbia 2006 |
Li Lu | Kweichow Moutai | SHA:600519 | 2000- | Alcohol | Wonderful Brand/Contrarian/Cultural | Undiscussed publicly | -% | -% | - | |
* | Michael Burry | Senior Housing Properties | NYSE:SNH | 2000-2001 | Senior Housing REIT | Legal | Gained value through bankruptcy proceeding of leasee | 30% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money |
* | Michael Burry | Caterpillar | NYSE:CAT | 2000-2003 | Engineering Equipment | Accounting/Cyclical | Buying a strong company in a down cycle, misconception about debt | 175% | 25% | 2000 MSN Money |
Michael Burry | Deswell Industries | NASDAQ:HLTH | 2000-2003 | Hong Kong Plastics, Electronics | Foreign | Foreign trading on NASDAQ, but 4x EV/Earnings w/ growth | 120% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money | |
* | Michael Burry | Paccar | NASDAQ:PCAR | 2000-2005 | Heavy Trucks | Accounting/Cyclical | Buying a strong company in a down cycle, misconception about debt | 360% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money |
Michael Burry | Healtheon/WebMD | NASDAQ:HLTH | 2000-2005 | Healthcare Software | Growth | Best in industry product, 4.5 years of cash to burn | 108% | 15% | 2000 MSN Money | |
* | Michael Burry | Clayton Homes | NYSE:CMH | 2000-2005 | Manufactured Homes | Cyclical/Best-of-Breed | Great Management in a cyclical downtown | 350% | 30% | 2000 MSN Money |
Michael Burry | Carnival Corp | NYSE:CCL | 2000-2005 | Cruise Line | Cyclical/Best-of-Breed | Best-of-breed in a cylical downturn, maturing business | 200% | 15% | 2000 MSN Money | |
Michael Burry | Huttig Building Products | NYSE:HBP | 2000-2005 | Distributor (Doors, Windows, Trim) | Cyclical | 160 years of profitability in a cyclical industry, 5x FCF | 100% | 15% | 2000 MSN Money | |
* | Michael Burry | Axent Technologies/Symantec | NASDAQ:AXNT | 2000-2006 | Movies | Best-of-Breed | High quality, unattractive temporarily due to dry quarters | 400% | 25% | 2000 MSN Money |
* | Michael Burry | Pixar Animation Studios | NASDAQ:PIXR | 2000-2006 | Movies | Wonderful | High quality, unattractive temporarily due to dry quarters | 400% | 25% | 2000 MSN Money |
Nick Sleep | Monsanto | NYSE:MON | 2002-2002 | Agriculture | Legal | Sold due to uncertainty around legal | -% | -% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | Conseco | - | 2002-2002 | Mortgages | Deep Value | Went bankrupt, underestimated loan book severity | -100% | -100% | Nomad Letters | |
* | Nick Sleep | Stagecoach | LSE:SGC | 2002-2003 | UK Public Transportation (Bus) | Turn Around/Debt Buyback | Founder returns, divest non-core, cheap debt buyback | 700% | 700% | Nomad Letters |
Nick Sleep | Lucent Preferred 8% | - | 2002-2004 | Telecommunications | Special Situation/Despised | Forced preferred shares buyback | 300% | 75% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | Xerox | NASDAQ:XRX | 2002-2005 | Printer | Stalwart/Despised/Accounting | Myopic business but accounting underestimates earning | 75% | 15% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | International Speedway | NASDAQ:ISCA | 2002-? | NASCAR Tracks | Pickaxe & Shovel | Beneficiary of NASCAR boom | 25% | 10% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | Matichon | BKK:MATI | 2002-? | Thailand Newspaper | Value/Asset Light Brand | 4x FCF | 100% | 15% | Nomad Letters | |
* | Nick Sleep | Costco | NASDAQ:COST | 2002-Present | Discount Retailer | Low Cost/Wonderful Management | Wonderful business, cheap based on store/population density | 2,000% | 15% | Nomad Letters |
* | Li Lu | BYD (Build Your Dreams) | SHE:002594 | 2002-Present | Chinese Batteries and EVs | Wonderful | Undiscussed publicly | 5,000% | 20% | - |
Nick Sleep | Weetabix | OFEX:? | 2003-2003 | UK Cereal | Value | Highly illiquid OTC but very strong business | 260% | 260% | Nomad Letters | |
* | Li Lu | Hyundai Department Stores | NASDAQ:ISCA | 2004-2007 | Korean Conglomerate | Sum of Parts | Trading for under cash, 2x PE, ridiculous amount of hidden assets | 500% | 50% | Columbia 2006 |
* | Li Lu | Megastudy | KOSDAQ:072870 | 2004-2008 | Korean Online Tutoring | Contrarian | 8x PE, industry leader in an important pubescent industry, | 600% | 60% | Columbia 2012 |
* | Nick Sleep | Amazon | NASDAQ:AMZN | 2004-Present | Online Retailer | Low Cost/Wonderful Management | Underestimated FCF, wonderful management | 8,000% | 25% | Nomad Letters |
Nick Sleep | Zimcem (& Others) | - | 2005-2013 | Zimbabwe Cement | Distressed/Replacement Cost | War-torn country but trading 1/70th replacement cost | 300-800% | 13-26% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | Games Workshop | LON:GAW | 2006- | Board Game/Figurines | Strong Brand | Not well discussed publicly | -% | -% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | AirAsia | KLSE:CAPITALA | 2008- | Asian Airline | Low Cost | Not well discussed publicly | -% | -% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | MBIA | NYSE:MBI | 2008- | Insurance | - | Not well discussed publicly | -% | -% | Nomad Letters | |
Nick Sleep | ASOS | LON:ASC | 2010- | Online Retailer | Growth | Not well discussed publicly | -% | -% | Nomad Letters | |
* | Li Lu | Amorepacific | KRX:090430 | 2012-2016 | Korean Cosmetics & Skincare | Special Situation | Preferred shares trading like bonds, but were basically equities | 1,000% | 60% | Columbia 2012 |