The pandemic proved to be a big boost for the company as pet ownership soared, but supply chain issues have been a drag on its productivity in recent months, leading to the company downgrading its 2022 guidance in December.

Bridgewater was one of 26 funds long FRPT, up by two quarter-over-quarter.įreshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) shares had a remarkable run between January 2018 and April 2021, gaining nearly 900%, but have fallen by nearly 50% since then.

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates owns 83,999 shares of Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT) as of December 31, ranking the pet food supplier as the tenth-largest small-cap holding in its 13F portfolio. Value of Bridgewater Associates’ 13F Position: $8.00 million Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Top 10 Small-Cap Stock Picks 10. The following list is ranked according to the amount of money Bridgewater Associates has invested in companies that had a market cap of less than $5 billion as of Februaccording to the fund’s latest 13F filing for the Q4 2021 reporting period.Īll hedge fund data is based on the exclusive group of 900+ funds tracked by Insider Monkey that filed 13Fs for the Q4 2021 reporting period. We follow hedge funds like Bridgewater Associates because Insider Monkey’s research has uncovered that their consensus stock picks can deliver outstanding returns. In this article, we’ll take a look at the ten small-cap stocks that Bridgewater Associates likes the most as of December 31, 2021. However, the fund has also shown great conviction in several small-cap stocks, with clothing, food, and education stocks ranking among the favorite small-cap picks of Dalio’s firm. (NYSE: PEP), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA), and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD), all of which rank among the Top 10 Stock Picks of Billionaire Ray Dalio. And Bridgewater also closed out 2021 with a bang, returning 7.8% in December to lift its 2021 returns to 8.14%.īridgewater’s mammoth $17.2 billion 13F portfolio is dominated by large-cap stocks like PepsiCo, Inc. Nonetheless, Dalio is the most successful hedge fund manager of all time as of the end of 2020 according to LCH Investments, posting net gains of $46.5 billion. Sliding returns and a revolving door of executives joining and leaving the firm in recent years have allowed critics to contend that the company’s culture may have spiraled out of control, or that Dalio has simply lost his mojo.

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