IAMGOLD Corporation (IAG): Among Billionaire John Paulson's Stocks with Huge Upside Potential
We recently published a list of Billionaire John Paulson's 10 Stocks with Huge Upside Potential. In this article, we are going to take a look at where IAMGOLD Corporation (NYSE:IAG) stands against other stocks with huge upside potential.
John Alfred Paulson is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who founded Paulson & Co. in 1994. It is a New York-based fund management firm that specializes in private equity and hedge funds. Paulson graduated as valedictorian of his class with a summa cum laude distinction in finance from NYU's College of Business and Public Administration in 1978. He also pursued an MBA at Harvard Business School as a George F. Baker Scholar, which is a prestigious recognition awarded to the top 5% of his class. It's supported by the Sidney J. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs scholarship, which he earned in 1980. With a client base of 20, the firm's latest 13F filing for Q4 2024 revealed ~$1.65 billion in managed 13F securities and a top 10 holdings concentration of 98.55%.
The firm is known for its expertise in event-driven arbitrage strategies, such as merger arbitrage, bankruptcy reorganizations, and other corporate events. Paulson & Co. also pursues investments in distressed debt opportunities throughout the US and Western Europe, with the help of its strategic insights and extensive market experience. John Paulson is now also bullish on gold after 15 years and expects its price to reach ~$5,000 per ounce by 2028. He is the largest shareholder in Perpetua Resources. On April 29, Reuters reported that in a recent interview, Paulson reinforced that his conviction in gold is underpinned by the analysis of central bank buying trends and rising global trade tensions. He highlighted the inclination of central banks and individuals to seek stable stores of value now and suggested that gold will therefore enhance its global standing. Paulson believes that the Western confiscation of Russia's foreign reserve holdings following the Ukraine invasion is one of the reasons behind the anticipated appreciation of gold prices.
Our Methodology
To compile the list of billionaire John Paulson's 10 stocks with huge upside potential, we sifted through Q4 2024 13F filings of Paulson & Co. from Insider Monkey. From these filings, we checked each stock's upside potential from CNN and ranked the stocks in ascending order of this upside potential. We have also added Paulson & Co.'s stake in each company and the hedge fund sentiment around each stock.
Note: All data was sourced on May 2.
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