JD - Forget Berkshire Hathaway: This Investment Company Has the Ideal Coronavirus Portfolio
U.S. investors may not be familiar with Prosus (OTC: PROSY), one of the largest and newest European tech stocks. Prosus is a new company formed last September when South African media and investment firm Naspers (OTC: NPSNY) spun off its global internet investments from its core South African media and e-commerce operations into a stand-alone company.
Though Prosus is a spinoff, it was the largest part of Naspers, accounting for almost all of Naspers' net asset value. That was mainly due to Prosus' 31% stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY), which began as a $32 million investment in 2001, but has since grown into a massive $142 billion asset.
However, Prosus owns a large portfolio of global internet businesses above and beyond just its stake in Tencent. Taken together, it seems poised to benefit from the long-term digital trends likely to be accelerated by coronavirus. Even better, Prosus trades at a significant discount to the value of those assets.