Tracking Dinakar Singh’s TPG-Axon Portfolio – Q2 2018 Update


·         Dinakar Singh’s 13F portfolio value decreased from $106M to $78M this quarter.

·         TPG-Axon dropped Time Warner and decreased Facebook, Allergan, Centene, and Alphabet during the quarter.

·         The largest three individual stock positions are Allergan, Centene, and The Stars Group and they add up to ~41% of the portfolio.


Dinakar Singh’s 13F portfolio value decreased ~27% from $106M to $78M this quarter. The portfolio is very concentrated with recent 13F reports showing just a handful of positions. The top five positions are Allergan plc, Centene, The Stars Group, Playa Hotels, and McKesson. They add up to ~64% of the 13F portfolio.



Below is a summary:



Allergan plc (AGN): AGN is currently the largest individual stock position at ~14% of the entire 13F assets. The stake was established in Q3 2015 at prices between $279 and $331. Q2 2016 saw a ~38% increase at prices between $202 and $278 and that was followed with another ~20% increase the following quarter at prices between $231 and $260. Q4 2016 saw an about turn: ~85% reduction at prices between $189 and $243. The stock currently trades at $183. There was a ~17% trimming in Q2 2017 while the following quarter saw a one-third increase at prices between $202 and $256. There was a ~40% selling in Q4 2017 at prices between $164 and $211 while last quarter saw a ~21% increase. This quarter saw a ~37% reduction at prices between $151 and $191.



Below is a spreadsheet that shows the changes to Dinakar Singh's TPG-Axon US long portfolio holdings as of Q2 2018. For a look at how the portfolio has progressed, see our previous update:








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