Darsana’s Double-Digit Gain in January Matches 2018 Performance

The firm’s $2.4 billion portfolio of long U.S. stock bets was spread across just 12 companies at the end of last year, according to a regulatory filing.

Anand Desai, chief executive officer of Darsana Capital Partners (Jacob Kepler/Bloomberg)

Anand Desai, chief executive officer of Darsana Capital Partners

(Jacob Kepler/Bloomberg)

Anand Desai’s Darsana Capital Partners has been a top-performing long-short manager for more than two years, producing double-digit returns since 2017.

The hedge fund firm returned 11.9 percent in January, after posting the same gain for 2018, according to a person familiar with Darsana’s performance.

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