Ensemble Capital: “Ferrari (RACE)’s Share Price Performance has Lagged for Much of this Year”
Ensemble Capital, an investment management firm, published its “Ensemble Fund” second quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be seen here. A quarterly portfolio net return of 6.93% was recorded by the fund for the second quarter of 2021, below the S&P Midcap 500 Index that delivered an 8.55% gains for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have an idea about their top bets for 2021.
In the Q2 2021 investor letter of Ensemble Capital, the fund mentioned Ferrari N.V. (NYSE: RACE), and discussed its stance on the firm. Ferrari N.V. is a Maranello, Italy-based carmaker company, that currently has a $50.7 billion market capitalization. RACE delivered a -10.42% return since the beginning of the year, while its 12-month revenues are up by 12.34%. The stock closed at $205.61 per share on July 21, 2021.
Here is what Ensemble Capital has to say about Ferrari N.V. in its Q2 2021 investor letter:
"Ferrari: After posting standout performance in 2020, beating the S&P 500 by over 20%, Ferrari’s share price performance has lagged for much of this year. The main issue this quarter was the company pushing out their medium-term financial targets due to development and production delays caused by COVID, but this only led to a 1% decline in the stock price for the full quarter. While we believe the company did a fantastic job maintaining production in light of COVID, it did not surprise us that some of their longer-term, new model introductions might be delayed by a couple of quarters. While disappointing of course, Ferrari is curating a set of extremely exclusive mechanical works of art and we are much happier seeing them take the time to do things right, rather than rushing to meet a self-imposed financial target."
Based on our calculations, Ferrari N.V. (NYSE: RACE) was not able to clinch a spot in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. Ferrari N.V. was in 26 hedge fund portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2021, compared to 29 funds in the fourth quarter of 2020. RACE delivered a -4.26% return in the past 3 months.
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