What Kind Of Company Does The Average Activist Target?

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Activism At Large Cap Companies

Activist investing splits opinions. On the one hand, activists argue that shaking up a company can produce better returns for investors, stop wasteful behavior and generally inspire a desire to do better among management. On the other hand, there are those that activist investors only care about short-term returns and their demands improve equity returns at the expense of jobs and long-term investment. [activistinvesting] Research shows the main criticisms regarding activism aren’t backed up by the data. According to the Harvard Law, an analysis of 2,000 activist hedge fund interventions during the period of 1994 to 2007 showed that in the five years after an…

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk