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 |
Spotify
SPOT
|
$2.18B |
| 2 |
APA Corp
APA
|
$495M |
| 3 |
Zillow
Z
|
$296M |
| 4 |
Albemarle
ALB
|
$228M |
| 5 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$136M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$708M |
| 2 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$476M |
| 3 |
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
|
$327M |
| 4 |
Illumina
ILMN
|
$317M |
| 5 |
Baidu
BIDU
|
$304M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Consumer Discretionary | 34.64% |
| 2 | Communication Services | 19.83% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 15% |
| 4 | Financials | 8.35% |
| 5 | Technology | 8.13% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $9.23B | 9.96% | 5,427,762 -416,570 | -7% | -$708M |
|
2
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
| $8.29B | 8.95% | 44,701,676 -629,699 | -1% | -$117M |
|
|
3
Baidu
BIDU
$32.8B
| $4.92B | 5.31% | 20,235,482 -1,250,323 | -6% | -$304M |
|
|
4
Illumina
ILMN
$15.8B
| $4.62B | 4.98% | 16,536,804 -1,135,127 | -6% | -$317M |
|
|
5
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $4.52B | 4.87% | 13,171,801 +395,727 | +3% | +$136M |
|
6
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $3.72B | 4.02% | 19,149,262 -1,026,625 | -5% | -$199M |
|
7
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $2.98B | 3.22% | 7,620,184 -174,576 | -2% | -$68.3M |
|
8
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
| $2.62B | 2.83% | 2,348,484 -57,082 | -2% | -$63.7M |
|
9
Trip.com Group
TCOM
$48.2B
| $2.59B | 2.79% | 54,348,630 -314,103 | -0.6% | -$15M |
|
|
10
Spotify
SPOT
$140B
| $2.18B | 2.35% | +12,969,536 | New | +$2.18B |
|
11
Ferrari
RACE
$85B
| $1.97B | 2.12% | 14,454,166 -188,074 | -1% | -$25.6M |
|
|
12
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $1.88B | 2.03% | 7,940,231 -2,010,925 | -20% | -$476M |
|
13
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.46B
| $1.79B | 1.93% | 48,626,927 -1,063,215 | -2% | -$39.1M |
|
14
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $1.62B | 1.75% | 44,375,523 +163,884 | +0.4% | +$5.99M |
|
15
Mercado Libre
MELI
$125B
| $1.55B | 1.67% | 5,179,900 -117,270 | -2% | -$35.1M |
|
16
Stellantis
STLA
$27.8B
| $1.44B | 1.56% | 75,688,110 -1,528,679 | -2% | -$29.2M |
|
17
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
| $1.14B | 1.24% | 4,810,073 -47,941 | -1% | -$11.4M |
|
|
18
APA Corp
APA
$8.31B
| $1.14B | 1.24% | 24,490,129 +10,592,806 | +76% | +$495M |
|
|
19
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $1.13B | 1.22% | 2,367,622 -682,514 | -22% | -$327M |
|
20
Moody's
MCO
$91.4B
| $1.11B | 1.2% | 6,535,253 -86,866 | -1% | -$14.8M |
|
21
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $1.11B | 1.2% | 5,640,142 -3,535 | -0.1% | -$695K |
|
|
GRUB
22
DELISTED
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
| $976M | 1.05% | 9,304,281 +638,210 | +7% | +$67M |
|
|
SGEN
23
DELISTED
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
| $944M | 1.02% | 14,219,765 -452,754 | -3% | -$30.1M |
|
|
ABMD
24
DELISTED
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
| $862M | 0.93% | 2,106,320 +61,385 | +3% | +$25.1M |
|
25
Workday
WDAY
$61.6B
| $804M | 0.87% | 6,636,094 -260,748 | -4% | -$31.6M |
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