Corvex founder Meister sees big upside for stocks already targeted by others
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) -Activist investor Keith Meister is not embarrassed about lagging behind other corporate agitators, saying his rivals' work has led him to buy companies such as Illumina ILMN.O, Dollar Tree DLTR.O and Fortrea FTRE.O where he argues the stocks are due for big gains.
"They have already done the work and we think they are credible," saidMeister, founder ofCorvex Management, referring to the work of his former boss, Carl Icahn, Paul Hilal who runs Mantle Ridge, and Jeff Smith who runs Starboard Value.
Following other activists into a stock, he said at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York on Tuesday, can be a productive strategy.
Icahn ran a proxy fight at gene-sequencing company Illumina in 2023, won a board seat and soon after saw a new chief executive arrive.
Hilal campaigned for change at retailer Dollar Tree and brought in a new CEO from rival Dollar General DG.N where the executive had already overseen improvements.
Smith nudged contract research organization Fortrea Holdings to make changes.
Meister said these firms have done considerable research and made sensible suggestions that kick-started change. But improvements take time and he said he was able to buy into these names at opportune times.
Meister sees room for Illumina's stock price, which has already gained 24% in the last 52 weeks, to gain 50% more. Similarly, he said Dollar Tree's stock price could rise 50%, having dropped 39% in the last 52 weeks. Fortrea's stock price has dropped 36% in the last 52 weeks and Meister said he thinks the stock can surge as much as 42%.
Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Editing by Rod Nickel
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