Will a Negative Sign from Groupon Inc.’s Holiday Business Alienate These Top Institutional Shareholders?

Groupon Inc.(NASDAQ:GRPN) spent all of Wednesday posting gains on the stock chart, only to trip over its fourth-quarter and fiscal full-year 2012 results, as well as crash 28 percent in after-market trading. This morning’s theme seems to be wider-than-expected losses, with Groupon reporting a fourth-quarter GAAP loss of $0.12 per share. The company also reported that it was forced to sacrifice revenue over the holidays in order to retain merchants, an all-around negative sign for the business.

Will Groupon Inc.’s shareholders decrease their holdings? They reported owning a total of 399.229 million shares on 12/31/2012. The shares closed at $4.86 on 12/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in Groupon Inc at close of trading on December 31, 2012.

NEA Management Company LLC. held 87,453,072 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $425,021,942. This brought the portfolio total to 31.43%.

Tiger Global Management LLC. held 65,000,000 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $315,900,009. This brought the portfolio total to 5.87%.

Morgan Stanley held 53,778,164 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $261,361,884. This brought the portfolio total to 0.15%.

Technology Crossover Management Vii Ltd. held 19,043,356 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $92,550,713. This brought the portfolio total to 12.54%.

Davis Selected Advisers held 16,501,861 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $80,199,047. This brought the portfolio total to 0.21%.

Vanguard Group Inc. held 15,402,024 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $74,853,839. This brought the portfolio total to 0.01%.

Price T. Rowe Associates Inc. /MD/ held 9,979,679 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $48,501,241. This brought the portfolio total to 0.01%.

DST Managers Ltd. held 7,929,388 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $38,536,827. This brought the portfolio total to 42.58%.

Coatue Management LLC. held 7,479,338 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $36,349,584. This brought the portfolio total to 0.6%.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held 7,317,234 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $35,561,758. This brought the portfolio total to 0.01%.

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