Third Point Trims Baxter Stake ~ market folly

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Third Point Trims Baxter Stake

Dan Loeb's hedge fund firm Third Point has filed a 13D and Form 4 with the SEC regarding its stake in Baxter International (BAX). Per the 13D, Third Point now owns 7.5% of BAX with 41 million shares.

The Form 4 indicates Third Point sold 5 million shares on June 1st at $59.5. After this sale, they still own over 41 million shares.

For more from this fund, check out Third Point's Q1 letter.

Per Google Finance, Baxter "provides renal and hospital products. The Company operates through two segments: Hospital Products and Renal. Its Hospital Products business manufactures sterile intravenous (IV) solutions and administration sets, premixed drugs and drug-reconstitution systems, pre-filled vials and syringes for injectable drugs, IV nutrition products, parenteral nutrition therapies, infusion pumps, inhalation anesthetics and biosurgery products. The Renal business offers a portfolio to meet the needs of patients with end-stage renal disease, or irreversible kidney disease and acute kidney injuries, including technologies and therapies for peritoneal dialysis (PD), hemodialysis (HD), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and additional dialysis services. Its products are used by hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, doctors' offices and by patients at home under physician supervision. ."


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