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Alex Sacerdote Whale Rock Capital Management

AUM $12.5B
1-Year Est. Return 306.52%
 

Alex Sacerdote is the founder of Whale Rock Capital Management, a technology-focused long/short equity firm. The firm researches software, internet, semiconductors, and other innovation-driven industries with an emphasis on fundamental change. Whale Rock’s holdings often surface in discussions of high-growth technology leadership and cyclical tech opportunity.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+0.49%
1 Year Est. Return
+306.52%
3 Year Est. Return
+1,326.44%
5 Year Est. Return
+2,109.16%
10 Year Est. Return
+60,695.71%
AUM
$3.56B
AUM Growth
+$191M
Cap. Flow
+$369M
Cap. Flow %
10.39%
Top 10 Hldgs %
52.82%
Holding
46
New
12
Increased
12
Reduced
16
Closed
6

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$209M
2
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$184M
3
ON icon
ON Semiconductor
ON
+$175M
4
XYZ
Block Inc
XYZ
+$114M
5
WDAY icon
Workday
WDAY
+$86M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$125M
2
MPWR icon
Monolithic Power Systems
MPWR
+$94.4M
3
CRWD icon
CrowdStrike
CRWD
+$93.4M
4
INTU icon
Intuit
INTU
+$89M
5
LITE icon
Lumentum
LITE
+$68.5M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 70.85%
2 Communication Services 15.99%
3 Consumer Discretionary 8.23%
4 Financials 2.99%
5 Real Estate 1.94%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BILL icon
26
BILL Holdings
BILL
$4.76B
$54.8M 1.54%
+413,740
New +$59.4M
MRVL icon
27
Marvell Technology
MRVL
$213B
$44.8M 1.26%
1,043,785
+225,312
+28% +$11.2M
CRWD icon
28
CrowdStrike
CRWD
$195B
$37.9M 1.06%
918,796
-2,042,328
-69% -$93.4M
GOOGL icon
29
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.22T
$35.8M 1.01%
374,101
+2,441
+0.7% +$271K
PDD icon
30
Pinduoduo
PDD
$126B
$32.5M 0.91%
+519,955
New +$30.2M
GTLB icon
31
GitLab
GTLB
$7.04B
$30M 0.84%
+585,764
New +$34.2M
ANET icon
32
Arista Networks
ANET
$238B
$29M 0.81%
+1,027,112
New +$29.6M
PGY icon
33
Pagaya Technologies
PGY
$1.81B
$20.1M 0.56%
924,604
-45,492
-5% -$6.31M
TOST icon
34
Toast
TOST
$21.2B
$17.9M 0.5%
1,070,875
-351,528
-25% -$6.1M
SMAR
35
DELISTED
Smartsheet Inc.
SMAR
$17.3M 0.49%
+502,384
New +$17M
BZ icon
36
Kanzhun
BZ
$7.13B
$16.8M 0.47%
996,147
-498,191
-33% -$11.2M
AYX
37
DELISTED
Alteryx Inc
AYX
$16.1M 0.45%
+288,022
New +$16.9M
HCP
38
DELISTED
HashiCorp, Inc. Class A Common Stock
HCP
$14.2M 0.4%
439,931
-136,367
-24% -$4.71M
MNDY icon
39
monday.com
MNDY
$3.84B
$12.4M 0.35%
+109,139
New +$12.9M
PCOR icon
40
Procore
PCOR
$9.65B
$9.42M 0.26%
190,435
-401,986
-68% -$21.6M
AMPL icon
41
Amplitude
AMPL
$1.66B
– –
-604,558
Closed -$8.64M
COHR icon
42
Coherent
COHR
$56.7B
– –
-1,039,853
Closed -$53M
DDOG icon
43
Datadog
DDOG
$84.6B
– –
-586,661
Closed -$55.9M
ESTC icon
44
Elastic
ESTC
$8.93B
– –
-275,912
Closed -$18.7M
IBM icon
45
IBM
IBM
$222B
– –
-423,363
Closed -$59.8M
LITE icon
46
Lumentum
LITE
$77.7B
– –
-863,115
Closed -$68.5M
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Alex Sacerdote's Q3 2022 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2022, Alex Sacerdote held 46 positions worth $3.56B, up 5.7% from $3.37B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 53% of the portfolio.

Alex Sacerdote deployed $369M of net new capital in Q3 2022, opening 12 new positions and adding to 12 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Meta Platforms (Facebook): 1,288,978 shares worth $175M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 71% of assets, down from 83% a quarter earlier, followed by Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Microsoft, an estimated $125M trimmed.

  • Alex Sacerdote's largest Q3 2022 buy was Meta Platforms (Facebook): 1,288,978 shares worth $175M.
  • Alex Sacerdote added most to Workday in Q3 2022, an estimated $86M increase.
  • Alex Sacerdote's biggest Q3 2022 reduction was Microsoft, cutting an estimated $125M.
  • Alex Sacerdote fully exited Lumentum in Q3 2022, selling an estimated $68.5M.
  • Alex Sacerdote's ten largest holdings make up 53% of its $3.56B portfolio in Q3 2022.
  • Alex Sacerdote opened 12 new positions and closed 6 in Q3 2022.
  • Alex Sacerdote's portfolio value rose 5.7% quarter-over-quarter to $3.56B.

Based on Whale Rock Capital Management's 13F filing for Q3 2022, filed 14 Nov 2022.