Rowan Street Capital, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund generated a +26.2% (net of fees) return in the first half of the year surpassing the +15.3% return for the S&P 500 index in the same period. The fund has generated a net return of +43.2% over the past 12 months, ending June 30. This figure outperforms the S&P 500’s +24.6% return. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2024.
Rowan Street Capital highlighted stocks like Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) in its Q2 2024 investor letter. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) provides a cloud-based commerce platform and services. The one-month return of Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) was -1.90%, and its shares gained 3.79% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On September 6, 2024, Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) stock closed at $67.01 per share with a market capitalization of $86.864 billion.
Rowan Street Capital stated the following regarding Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) in its Q2 2024 investor letter:
Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) has been an incredibly rewarding investment for those lucky enough to get in early after the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2015. The shares have delivered a return of 2,600% or 42% annual. Its revenues have grown at 49% per annum since the end of 2014 from $105 million to estimated $8.6 billion in 2024. The massive e-commerce market is a huge opportunity, as the company’s growth indicates. As you tell from the chart below, revenues are forecasted to grow above 20% for the next 3 years. Keep in mind, Shopify has been around for more than a decade — and it’s still growing at these high rates.
We have owned Shopify for only 2.5 years, establishing our position in the first quarter of 2022 at a cost basis of $60, after the stock collapsed from its highs of $169 in November 2021. In hindsight, our entry may have been a bit premature, as the stock continued to plunge, eventually reaching a low of $27 in October 2022. However, such market movements are inherently unpredictable, and we seized the opportunity to invest in a company we had long admired…” (Click here to read the full text)
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Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 56 hedge fund portfolios held Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) at the end of the second quarter which was 65 in the previous quarter. Shopify Inc.’s (NYSE:SHOP) second-quarter revenue was $2 billion, up 21% year-over-year. While we acknowledge the potential of Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we discussed Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) and shared Baron Focused Growth Fund’s views on the company. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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