![]() After you receive this post, we will be buying 175 shares of Disney at roughly $170.73. In addition, we will be selling 2,500 shares of Ford at roughly $16.09. Lastly, we will be buying 150 shares of Eli Lilly at roughly $244.78. Following the trades, the Charitable Trust will own 10,000 of Ford, representing 4.03% of the portfolio, 400 shares of Disney, representing 1.71% of the portfolio, and 250 shares of Eli Lilly, representing 1.53% of the portfolio.
We took the other side of the trade in our Investing Club newsletter , arguing that it was way too premature to suggest Disney’s long-term streaming guidance was already out of reach. Management has done nothing but over-deliver on its streaming journey thus far, and if there is one company we have confidence in to create the type of high-quality content necessary to gain and retain subscribers in volume, it is Disney.
Buying more Eli Lilly — Here's why:
As for our investment thesis, Eli Lilly’s product lineup also has very little loss of exclusivity risk and consistently delivers top-tier growth thanks to its leading diabetes franchise, which is most known for Trulicity. In addition to top-line growth, we like how management has a great track record of expanding margins.
We also see a very attractive combination of recently launched and late-stage assets that should continue to support growth well into the future. Specifically, our focus is on Emgality for migraine, Verzenio in breast cancer, Tirzepatide (a potential blockbuster) in diabetes, LOXO 305, and Mirikizumab for ulcerative colitis.
Trimming Ford — Here's why:
Funding our two purchases is the right-sizing of our position in Ford, which entered the day as the largest position in the portfolio. In our newsletter article from last Thursday, we said the time had come to sell Ford following the back-to-back days of positive analyst activity and run to a new 52-week high.
Even though we agreed with the long-term thinking of the analyst calls, we thought it was prudent to capitalize on the cluster of positive analyst activity by selling into strength. Our concern was that sentiment in Ford became too positive ahead of earnings, making expectations lofty into the print.
In addition, this trim is about right-sizing the position. Entering today, Ford represented the largest position in the charitable trust at about 5.1%. It earned this distinction because it has been such a significant outperformer year to date, gaining 83% compared to the 21% move in the S&P 500.
After this incredible run, we think it is only prudent to right-size the position, meaning reduce the weighting to a level that is in line with other positions that carry a similar risk/reward profile and free up cash for new opportunities.
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(Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long DIS, LLY, F.)
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