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It doesn't matter how you look at it. Trian’s investment track record — from the day they purchase to the day they sell their investments — is completely underwhelming.
From 2019 to 2023, Trian’s cumulative return in its investment fund was 59% (the S&P 500 was 87%, by comparison).
Trian underperformed the S&P 500 by more than 4% annually over the last five years, with 9.7% annualized returns for Trian vs. 14% annualized returns for the S&P 500 during the same period.
Will Disney be the next case study of Mr. Peltz's board failures?
#thefutureofdisney #disneydeservesthebest
Nelson Peltz has moved the goalposts.
Trian doesn't dispute that of the 22 instances that Nelson Peltz or Trian joined company boards, 70% of those companies underperformed the S&P 500 during Trian’s board tenure.
But now, Trian is urging critics to "measure performance from the time of Trian’s involvement through Nelson Peltz’s board tenure and beyond" — not just the time between when Mr. Peltz joined and left boards.
Trian used to brag about the same methodology it now dismisses. Is Trian moving the goalposts to obscure its negative share price impact during its Board tenures?
#thefutureofdisney #disneydeservesthebest