Baillie Gifford & Co Portfolio holdings
Baillie Gifford & Co., founded in 1908 by Lt Col Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford and headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, is an independent, partnership-owned investment management firm renowned for its long-term, growth-oriented approach, managing over £230 billion ($290 billion USD) in assets as of late 2024. Focusing primarily on global equities, the firm serves institutional clients like pension funds and retail investors through mutual funds and investment trusts, such as the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, emphasizing fundamental research into innovative, high-growth companies—often holding stakes in firms like Tesla and Amazon for decades. With around 2,000 employees across offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and beyond, Baillie Gifford operates without external ownership pressures, allowing its 58 partners to prioritize patience and conviction over short-term market trends. Known for its low-profile culture and ESG integration, the firm has earned a reputation as a thoughtful, contrarian investor in a world of rapid-fire trading.
Top Buys
| 1 |
NetEase
NTES
|
$919M |
| 2 |
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
|
$740M |
| 3 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
|
$460M |
| 4 |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
AJG
|
$459M |
| 5 |
LendingTree
TREE
|
$120M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
SPLK
Splunk Inc
SPLK
|
$484M |
| 2 |
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
|
$347M |
| 3 |
CarMax
KMX
|
$324M |
| 4 |
AMTD
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp
AMTD
|
$269M |
| 5 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
$266M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Consumer Discretionary | 35.81% |
| 2 | Communication Services | 18.65% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 14.84% |
| 4 | Financials | 8.89% |
| 5 | Technology | 8.73% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
| $7.71B | 9.59% | 44,716,351 -858,215 | -2% | -$148M |
|
2
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $7.33B | 9.12% | 6,271,350 -206,248 | -3% | -$241M |
|
3
Baidu
BIDU
$32.8B
| $5.34B | 6.65% | 22,819,720 -783,270 | -3% | -$183M |
|
4
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $4.02B | 4.99% | 12,902,408 -193,750 | -1% | -$60.3M |
|
5
Illumina
ILMN
$15.8B
| $3.88B | 4.82% | 17,756,134 -517,182 | -3% | -$113M |
|
|
6
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $3.69B | 4.59% | 20,919,778 -1,505,243 | -7% | -$266M |
|
7
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
| $2.82B | 3.5% | 2,690,209 -146,693 | -5% | -$153M |
|
8
Trip.com Group
TCOM
$48.2B
| $2.17B | 2.69% | 49,115,174 -2,422,444 | -5% | -$107M |
|
9
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $2.16B | 2.69% | 11,168,755 -53,819 | -0.5% | -$10.4M |
|
10
Mercado Libre
MELI
$125B
| $1.79B | 2.22% | 5,681,830 -113,255 | -2% | -$35.6M |
|
11
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $1.78B | 2.21% | 44,811,070 -218,565 | -0.5% | -$8.67M |
|
12
Ferrari
RACE
$85B
| $1.56B | 1.94% | 14,824,792 -451,672 | -3% | -$47.4M |
|
13
Stellantis
STLA
$27.8B
| $1.4B | 1.74% | 78,283,320 -1,508,431 | -2% | -$27M |
|
14
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $1.34B | 1.66% | 6,957,475 -249,141 | -3% | -$47.8M |
|
15
Royal Caribbean
RCL
$98.7B
| $1.17B | 1.45% | 9,774,760 -1,793,590 | -16% | -$214M |
|
|
16
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $1.15B | 1.43% | 3,156,841 +2,028,034 | +180% | +$740M |
|
17
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
| $1.1B | 1.37% | 4,879,122 -53,016 | -1% | -$11.9M |
|
18
Moody's
MCO
$91.4B
| $984M | 1.22% | 6,664,967 -90,384 | -1% | -$13.3M |
|
|
BLUE
19
DELISTED
bluebird bio
BLUE
| $924M | 1.15% | 5,188,435 -131,767 | -2% | -$23.5M |
|
|
20
NetEase
NTES
$86.2B
| $921M | 1.15% | 2,670,439 +2,664,265 | +43,153% | +$919M |
|
21
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $843M | 1.05% | 5,571,123 -99,195 | -2% | -$15M |
|
|
SGEN
22
DELISTED
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
| $801M | 1% | 14,964,511 -446,686 | -3% | -$23.9M |
|
23
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.46B
| $767M | 0.95% | 25,822,738 +2,098,638 | +9% | +$62.4M |
|
24
New Oriental
EDU
$7.85B
| $726M | 0.9% | 7,718,376 -287,003 | -4% | -$27M |
|
25
Workday
WDAY
$61.6B
| $721M | 0.9% | 7,089,012 -299,925 | -4% | -$30.5M |
|