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FPA Capital Fund Buys DeVry, Newfield Exploration, InterDigital and Patterson-UTI in Q2 (DV, NFX, IDCC, PTEN)

FPA Capital Fund has an excellent long-term track record. The fund has always invested conservatively. As of June 30, 2012, the fund had 30% of its assets in cash.

FPA Capital was earlier run by Robert Rodriguez, a legendary value investor. Following Rodriguez’s retirement, the fund has been run by Dennis Bryan and Rikard Ekstrand.

According to a recent filing by FPA Capital, the fund bought shares in DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV), Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX), InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) and Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) during the second quarter of 2012.

Based in Downers Grove, Illinois, DeVry is a provider of educational services. It is the parent company of Advanced Academics, Becker Professional Education, Carrington College and Carrington College California, Chamberlain College of Nursing, DeVry Brasil, DeVry University and Ross University.

DeVry shares fell 1.10% to finish at $27.88 on Friday. Year-to-date, the stock has fallen 27.51%, underperforming the S&P 500.

Newfield Exploration shares fell 1.84% to finish at $32.05 on Friday. NFX shares have also underperformed the S&P 500 this year, falling 15.05%, year-to-date.

Woodlands, Texas-based Newfield Exploration is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids.

InterDigital shares fell 2.20% to finish at $27.54 on Friday. The stock has fallen 36.79% this year, compared to a gain of 12.28% for the NASDAQ.

IDCC is a designer and developer of advanced technologies.

Patterson-UTI Energy owns and operates fleets of land-based drilling rigs in the U.S.

On Friday, PTEN shares ended 0.56% higher at $15.26 on above average volume of 4.31 million.

 


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