Greenlight Capital Buys Yahoo!, Trims Apple, Sells BP in Q4

In the hedge fund’s latest 13-F filing, the David Einhorn-founded Greenlight Capital disclosed changes to its holdings that occurred during Q4 of 2014.

Here’s a list of some of the moves the fund made to its largest positions during the quarter.

Buys

  • Acquired position in California Resources Corp CRC 2.2% totaling 1,968,722 shares
  • Acquired position in Chicago Bridge & Iron Co CBI 2.19% totaling 2,940,000 shares
  • Acquired position in Green Brick Partners Inc GRBK 2.19% totaling 15,641,805 shares
  • Acquired position in Green Dot Corp GDOT 2.24% totaling 1,250,000 shares
  • Acquired position in Halyard Health Inc HYH 1.18% totaling 2,353,181 shares
  • Acquired position in Time Warner Inc TWX 0.67% totaling 3,795,700 shares
  • Acquired position in Tri Pointe Homes Inc TPH 0.97% totaling 4,408,647 shares
  • Acquired position in Yahoo! Inc YHOO 1.13% totaling 2,025,000

Increases

  • Increased position in Aecom Technology ACM 3.04% by 3,613,204 shares
  • Increased position in Micron Technology Inc MU 0.28% by 781,377 shares

Reductions

  • Reduced position in Aetna Inc AET 0.99% by 1,659,637 shares
  • Reduced position in Apple Inc AAPL 0.49% by 566,500 shares

Liquidations

  • Liquidated position in American Capital Agency Corp AGNC 0.97%
  • Liquidated position in Anadarko Petroleum Corp APC 2.44%
  • Liquidated position in Babcock & Wilcox BWC 2.79%
  • Liquidated position in Biofuel Energy Corp (NASDAQ: BIOF)
  • Liquidated position in BP PLC BP 1.43%
  • Liquidated position in Chemtura Corp CHMT 3.38%
  • Liquidated position in Cigna Corp CI 0.44%
  • Liquidated position in Colony Financial Inc CLNY 0.97%
  • Liquidated position in Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: BAGL)
  • Liquidated position in Interpublic Group of Companies Inc IPG 4.44%
  • Liquidated position in Intrexon Corp XON 2.75%
  • Liquidated position in National Oilwell Varco Inc NOV 1.52%
  • Liquidated position in Synchrony Financial SYF 2.41%

These changes to Greenlight Capital’s holdings that occurred during Q4 are merely some of the many adjustments the fund made to its portfolio. The fund’s full 13-F filing can be found here.

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