David Einhorn

For value investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch, it doesn’t get much better than a low PE ratio and a high-yielding dividend. Unfortunately, not every stock that gets cheap becomes a value for investors. Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ: FTR), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ...

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLRE)’s first-quarter shareholder letter prompted a 3.5-percent spike in Perrigo Company plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE: PRGO) and 1-percent pop in Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE: SIG) Tuesday, as it highlighted a new stake in the former and closed short in the...

Should General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) split its stock? According to David Einhorn-founded hedge fund Greenlight Capital in a recent presentation, there's a case for two classes of GM shares to unlock value. The Problem And The Solution The firm's contention was GM stock trades at a...

Did credit agencies misinterpret David Einhorn's proposal to General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) Wednesday? That is the question that remains regarding Wednesday's press releases from S&P Global and Moody's, which both backed GM's view that Greenlight's proposal of a dual-...

Tuesday was a pretty big day for the auto industry, struck with news from several of the major players in the business. Einhorn And GM Activist investor David Einhorn unveiled a plan for General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to split its stock into two classes, much like the plan he proposed for...

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) shares spiked Tuesday after Greenlight Capital activist investor David Einhorn released a new report pressuring GM management to take measures that Einhorn believes would boost the stock’s share price. According to the report, Einhorn wants GM to create two...

One of the best things about being a retail investor is that there is no penalty for cheating off of the smart kids. Thanks to SEC disclosure laws, hedge funds must reveal every stock they own on a quarterly basis, and retail investors can take the chance to study and mimic some of the greatest...

Plenty of investors follow the smart money during 13-F filing season. If the managers running billion-dollar hedge funds are all buying or selling the same stock, it may serve as a strong indication that retail investors should be doing the same. However, sometimes the smart money doesn’t...

Hedge fund guru David Einhorn has nothing but positive reviews for Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) and its stock. Back on May 2, 2016, Einhorn disclosed that Greenlight Capital had taken a huge new position in Yelp. “We purchased Yelp at an average price of $21.16,” Einhorn said in a letter to...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results after Wednesday's market close, but investors shouldn't be rushing in to buy the stock ahead of the print. RBC Capital Market's Mark Mahaney was a guest on CNBC's "Halftime Report" and argued that expectations are set...

Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn thinks President-elect Donald Trump’s policies could accelerate the economy — and he has a range of investment ideas designed to capitalize on the incoming Trump administration. If the policies Trump has outlined — corporate tax cuts,...

In the heat of American politics, many have reacted to government activity with brash investments, thus launching certain market shares to deceptively high values. One of the fortunate — though temporary — benefactors of this trend is Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), which the founder of...

According to new analysis from UBS Group, actively-managed funds are more underweight Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) than any other stock relative to its benchmark weighting. TD Ameritrade data confirms the UBS evidence that traders seem to be taking profits in Apple. As of December 15, Apple was among...

David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital released its quarterly letter to investors and stakeholders on Tuesday. The firm's funds saw a 2.6 percent loss in the second quarter (net of fees and expenses), bringing its year-to-date net return to 0.4 percent. Here are some of the notable highlights from the...

Bill Ackman’s 2016 just keeps getting worse. With shares of Ackman’s most notorious long Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX) already down 77.4 percent this year, Ackman short Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is spiking 18.1 percent on Friday following a $200 million settlement with...