David Einhorn is turning up the heat on Chipotle.
The famed short-seller sent the stock down as much as 5 percent this morning after telling a room full of investors that he didn’t like the Mexican eatery’s growth prospects.
Taco Bell, owned by Yum Brands, has “started to eat Chipotle’s lunch,” he said at a conference in Midtown Manhattan.
Chipotle is trading at $303, down about 4.4 percent.
Green Mountain Coffee also got roasted again after Einhorn said his call last year to short the stock is paying off faster than expected.
The stock tanked shortly after his remarks, falling as low as $22.27, before recovering. Green Mountain is now up 2.5 percent to $23.90.
Einhorn — whose investment picks and pans often move markets — famously predicted the demise of Lehman Brothers. He has “Einhorned” other stocks such as real-estate developer St. Joe and HerbaLife.
“Apparently, I’m now a verb,” he said at the Value Investing Conference, where hedge fund heavyweights share some of their investment ideas.
Einhorn said after he told investors to short Green Mountain at last year’s event, “I’m told the stock started falling while I was still clearing my throat.
Despite his boasting, Einhorn admonished people to do their own homework — a lecture that took up the first 12 minutes of his presentation.
“It doesn’t make sense to blindly follow me or anyone else into a stock,” he said. “Do your own work.”
Einhorn also said he likes shares of General Motors and health care company Cigna. General Motors is up 2.38 percent to $23.64, while Cigna Corp. shares are up 1.5 percent to $48.79.
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