Here’s Why Artisan Small Cap Trimmed their Cree Inc. (CREE) Position
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, a high value-added investment management firm, published its ‘Artisan Small Cap Fund’ fourth quarter 2020 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 27.07% was recorded by its Investor Class: ARTSX, 27.14% by its Advisor Class: APDSX, and 27.15% by its Institutional Class: APHSX, in the fourth quarter of 2020, all below its Russell 2000 Growth Benchmark that delivered a 29.61% return and its Russel 2000 Index that was up by 31.37% in the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Artisan Small Cap Fund, in their Q4 2020 investor letter, mentioned Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) and emphasized their views on the company. Cree, Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina-based manufacturer and marketer of semiconductors that currently has a $12.1 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, CREE delivered a -0.45% return, extending its 12-month gains to 179.04%. As of March 18, 2021, the stock closed at $105.42 per share.
Here is what Artisan Small Cap Fund has to say about Cree, Inc. in their Q4 2020 investor letter:
"We also trimmed our position in Cree. Cree is a producer of semiconductors used in electric vehicles (EVs). Investors are increasingly recognizing Cree’s critical role as the electrification of autos accelerates. In our view, we are still in the early innings of this implementation which could accelerate quickly in the coming years as EVs are expected to reach price parity with internal combustion engine vehicles. However, with shares of Cree appreciating meaningfully in Q4 and beyond our PMV estimate, we pared our exposure accordingly."
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