Alan Fournier's Pennant Capital Buys More Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP) ~ market folly

Friday, October 21, 2011

Alan Fournier's Pennant Capital Buys More Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP)

Alan Fournier's hedge fund Pennant Capital filed an amended 13G with the SEC regarding their position in Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP). In it, they disclose a 10.04% ownership stake in USAP with 685,770 shares.

This marks a 27% increase in their position size since the end of the second quarter when Pennant owned 538,400 shares. We've covered the rest of Pennant's holdings in our Hedge Fund Wisdom newsletter.

About Pennant Capital

Prior to founding Pennant Capital, Alan Fournier was responsible for the global equitiy portfolio for David Tepper's Appaloosa Management. He pursues a long/short equity strategy and graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology's Mechanical Engineering program.

About Universal Stainless & Alloy Products

Per Google Finance, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is "manufactures and markets semi-finished and finished specialty steel products, including stainless steel, tool steel and certain other alloyed steels. The Company’s manufacturing process involves melting, remelting, heat treating, hot and cold rolling, machining and cold drawing of semi-finished and finished specialty steels. The Company’s products are sold to rerollers, forgers, service centers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and wire redrawers."


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