MW David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital adds Kenvue, ETFs and exits Southwestern Energy
By Joy Wiltermuth
David Einhorn's hedge fund Greenlight Capital picked up a new stake in Kenvue Inc. (KVUE) - formerly the consumer healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ - in the fourth quarter, according to a public filing Wednesday.
Greenlight acquired about a $12 million stake in Kenvue in the fourth quarter, while also adding a nearly $2.7 million exposure to Israeli generic-drug giant Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. $(TEVA)$, according to a 13F quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The hedge fund also added exposure to a smattering of exchange-traded funds, while keeping a roughly steady stake in the SPDR Gold shares fund GLD of about $74 million.
Gold prices (GC00) closed at a record high of $2,093.10 an ounce in December, before slipping back to about $2,000 on Wednesday, according to FactSet.
Greenlight exited Activision Blizzard Inc. and Southwestern Energy Co., $(SWN)$ according to the filing.
Einhorn founded Greenlight in 1996 and rose to prominence for shorting stocks, including shares of Lehman Brothers months before the company went bankrupt.
-Joy Wiltermuth
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February 14, 2024 18:38 ET (23:38 GMT)
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