Go Global - T. Rowe Price Japan Fund's High-Impact Sell Outs

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Oct 21, 2013
The third quarter portfolio of the T. Rowe Price Japan Fund shows 93 stocks, 14 of them new. The fund’s total value is $285 million, with a quarter-over-quarter turnover of 18%. The portfolio is currently weighted with top three sectors: consumer cyclical at 24.7%, technology at 14.8% and financial services at 13.8%.

In the third quarter of 2013, T. Rowe Price Japan Fund reduced or sold out a total of 28 stocks that trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Here’s a look at three of the fund’s highest-impact sell outs, as of the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2013. Prices are quoted in Japanese yen or ¥. (Currency conversion: 1 JPY = $0.010 USD).

Here’s a recent GuruFocus feature about the T. Rowe Price Japan Fund’s new buys.



Canon Inc. (TSE:7751, Financial)

Sold Out

Impacts Portfolio: -1.3%

Up 18% over 12 months, Canon Inc., the business equipment company, has a market cap of ¥3.62 trillion; its shares were traded at around ¥3210 with a P/E of 16.50 and a P/B of 1.36. The dividend yield is 3.58%.

Global Guru Action: As of Sept. 30, 2013, T. Rowe Price Japan Fund sold out its position, selling 102,500 shares in the average price range of ¥3179.08 per share. Trading in six quarters, the fund had mixed results. The highest gain was 13.4% on 14,800 shares bought at an average price of ¥2751.24 per share in the third quarter of 2012.

As of the second quarter, there were two other guru stakeholders and no insider activity reported.

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SECOM Co. Ltd. (TSE:9735, Financial)

Sold Out

Impacts Portfolio: -1.1%

Up 48% over 12 months, SECOM Co. Ltd., a security company, has a market cap of ¥1.33 trillion; its shares were traded at around ¥6100 with a P/E of 19.700 and a P/B of 1.33. The dividend yield is 1.54%.

Global Guru Action: As of Sept. 30, 2013, T. Rowe Price Japan Fund sold out its position, selling 53,800 shares in the average price range of ¥5773.17 per share for a gain of 5.7%. The fund held for two quarters only, with the highest gain of 16.9% in the second quarter of 2013 when it made a new buy of 53,800 shares at an average price of ¥5219.11 per share.

As of the second quarter of 2013, there were three other guru stakeholders and no insider activity found.

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Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. (TSE:9831, Financial)

Sold Out

Impacts Portfolio: -1%

Down 14% over 12 months, Yamada Denki Co. Ltd., an electronic appliance retailer, has a market cap of ¥264.73 billion; its shares were traded at around ¥280 with a P/E of 21.70 and a P/B of 0.03. The dividend yield is 1.92%.

Global Guru Action: As of Sept. 30, 2013, T. Rowe Price Japan Fund sold out its position, selling 639,100 shares at an average price of ¥360.47 per share, for a loss of 22.3%.

In six losing quarters, the fund’s lowest low was a loss of 36.2% on 369,300 shares bought at an average price of ¥438.83 per share in the second quarter of 2012.

As of the third quarter of 2013, there were no guru stakeholders and no insider activity reported.

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