Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management
Joel Greenblatt is a co-founder of Gotham Asset Management and a well-known value investor, professor, and author. He gained wide recognition for The Little Book That Beats the Market and for popularizing a systematic value approach often called the “magic formula.” Greenblatt’s career spans special-situation investing, quantitative value strategies, and investor education.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TFCFA
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A
TFCFA
|
+$63.7M |
| 2 |
Lam Research
LRCX
|
+$55.3M |
| 3 |
IM
Ingram Micro
IM
|
+$54.2M |
| 4 |
PARA
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
|
+$52.4M |
| 5 |
Edgewell Personal Care
EPC
|
+$50.8M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bunge Global
BG
|
+$103M |
| 2 |
OCR
OMNICARE INC
OCR
|
+$81.2M |
| 3 |
Motorola Solutions
MSI
|
+$71.8M |
| 4 |
Textron
TXT
|
+$69.5M |
| 5 |
Hormel Foods
HRL
|
+$64.3M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industrials | 24.19% |
| 2 | Technology | 20.6% |
| 3 | Consumer Discretionary | 17.49% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 11.18% |
| 5 | Healthcare | 11.03% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
901
Ametek
AME
$54.9B
| – | – |
-54,068
| Closed | -$2.96M |
|
902
Abercrombie & Fitch
ANF
$4.84B
| – | – |
-48,443
| Closed | -$1.04M |
|
903
Archrock
AROC
$5.58B
| – | – |
-20,823
| Closed | -$680K |
|
904
AptarGroup
ATR
$8.57B
| – | – |
-57,890
| Closed | -$3.69M |
|
905
Astronics
ATRO
$3.35B
| – | – |
-358,611
| Closed | -$13.9M |
|
|
AVNS
906
DELISTED
Avanos Medical
AVNS
| – | – |
-593,223
| Closed | -$24M |
|
907
American States Water
AWR
$3.51B
| – | – |
-12,279
| Closed | -$459K |
|
|
AXON
908
Axon Enterprise
AXON
$51B
| – | – |
-22,672
| Closed | -$755K |
|
909
AXIS Capital
AXS
$7.2B
| – | – |
-4,653
| Closed | -$248K |
|
910
Booz Allen Hamilton
BAH
$9.27B
| – | – |
-823,458
| Closed | -$20.8M |
|
911
BlackBerry
BB
$4.71B
| – | – |
-1,690,355
| Closed | -$13.8M |
|
912
Bath & Body Works
BBWI
$3.92B
| – | – |
-373,778
| Closed | -$25.9M |
|
913
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$52.3B
| – | – |
-18,194
| Closed | -$2.51M |
|
914
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
| – | – |
-24,359
| Closed | -$781K |
|
915
Bread Financial
BFH
$4.07B
| – | – |
-56,424
| Closed | -$13.1M |
|
|
916
Bunge Global
BG
$21.7B
| – | – |
-1,170,547
| Closed | -$103M |
|
917
Brookfield
BN
$93.1B
| – | – |
-21,849
| Closed | -$268K |
|
918
Bruker
BRKR
$9.07B
| – | – |
-126,102
| Closed | -$2.57M |
|
919
Cboe Global Markets
CBOE
$31.4B
| – | – |
-80,775
| Closed | -$4.62M |
|
920
Celanese
CE
$5.14B
| – | – |
-17,999
| Closed | -$1.29M |
|
921
Church & Dwight Co
CHD
$23.4B
| – | – |
-551,766
| Closed | -$22.4M |
|
922
Choice Hotels
CHH
$4.93B
| – | – |
-8,550
| Closed | -$464K |
|
923
Cincinnati Financial
CINF
$25.8B
| – | – |
-4,054
| Closed | -$203K |
|
924
Cleveland-Cliffs
CLF
$6.43B
| – | – |
-150,836
| Closed | -$653K |
|
925
CME Group
CME
$98.9B
| – | – |
-20,798
| Closed | -$1.94M |
|
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Joel Greenblatt's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2015, Joel Greenblatt held 1,147 positions worth $10.2B, down 14% from $12B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 7.6% of the portfolio.
Joel Greenblatt withdrew a net $510M in Q3 2015, closing 252 positions and reducing 326 holdings. Its most notable exit was Bunge Global, an estimated $103M position sold in full.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 24% of assets, up from 22% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.
Against the trend, Joel Greenblatt opened a new position in Edgewell Personal Care worth $45.8M.
- Joel Greenblatt's largest Q3 2015 buy was Edgewell Personal Care: 561,866 shares worth $45.8M.
- Joel Greenblatt added most to Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A in Q3 2015, an estimated $63.7M increase.
- Joel Greenblatt's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Motorola Solutions, cutting an estimated $71.8M.
- Joel Greenblatt fully exited Bunge Global in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $103M.
- Joel Greenblatt's ten largest holdings make up 7.6% of its $10.2B portfolio in Q3 2015.
- Joel Greenblatt opened 239 new positions and closed 252 in Q3 2015.
- Joel Greenblatt's portfolio value fell 14% quarter-over-quarter to $10.2B.
Based on Gotham Asset Management's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 16 Nov 2015.