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 |
Cloudflare
NET
|
$512M |
| 2 |
Twilio
TWLO
|
$454M |
| 3 |
Workday
WDAY
|
$292M |
| 4 |
S&P Global
SPGI
|
$277M |
| 5 |
CBRE Group
CBRE
|
$268M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
Alibaba
BABA
|
$2.24B |
| 2 |
NVIDIA
NVDA
|
$754M |
| 3 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
$496M |
| 4 |
Trip.com Group
TCOM
|
$432M |
| 5 |
Tesla
TSLA
|
$330M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Consumer Discretionary | 37.05% |
| 2 | Technology | 15.95% |
| 3 | Communication Services | 15.77% |
| 4 | Healthcare | 14.88% |
| 5 | Financials | 6.6% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $12.7B | 9.69% | 11,771,213 -305,203 | -3% | -$330M |
|
|
2
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $11.4B | 8.66% | 4,119,285 -179,934 | -4% | -$496M |
|
|
3
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
| $8.79B | 6.7% | 40,757,011 -10,389,759 | -20% | -$2.24B |
|
4
Illumina
ILMN
$15.8B
| $6.34B | 4.83% | 17,110,115 -508,963 | -3% | -$188M |
|
5
Spotify
SPOT
$140B
| $5.7B | 4.35% | 22,096,060 +418,645 | +2% | +$108M |
|
6
Shopify
SHOP
$184B
| $5.52B | 4.2% | 5,810,601 -213,361 | -4% | -$203M |
|
7
Mercado Libre
MELI
$125B
| $4.73B | 3.61% | 4,800,797 +145,874 | +3% | +$144M |
|
8
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
| $3.56B | 2.71% | 2,517,976 -16,094 | -0.6% | -$22.8M |
|
9
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $3.51B | 2.67% | 7,713,485 -298,815 | -4% | -$136M |
|
10
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $3.32B | 2.53% | 14,603,577 -689,504 | -5% | -$157M |
|
11
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.46B
| $3.12B | 2.38% | 45,604,752 -1,343,075 | -3% | -$91.8M |
|
12
Pinduoduo
PDD
$171B
| $2.21B | 1.69% | 25,783,127 -1,472,111 | -5% | -$126M |
|
13
Ferrari
RACE
$85B
| $2.12B | 1.62% | 12,452,188 -875,764 | -7% | -$149M |
|
|
14
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $2.08B | 1.59% | 5,475,975 -1,983,457 | -27% | -$754M |
|
15
DexCom
DXCM
$29.5B
| $1.84B | 1.4% | 4,541,984 -288,568 | -6% | -$117M |
|
16
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $1.75B | 1.33% | 5,916,543 +45,102 | +0.8% | +$13.3M |
|
17
Zoom
ZM
$24.4B
| $1.69B | 1.29% | 6,668,266 -501,272 | -7% | -$127M |
|
|
18
Workday
WDAY
$61.6B
| $1.61B | 1.23% | 8,612,391 +1,556,531 | +22% | +$292M |
|
19
Moody's
MCO
$91.4B
| $1.55B | 1.18% | 5,645,191 +12,712 | +0.2% | +$3.49M |
|
20
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
| $1.46B | 1.11% | 7,161,344 +51,417 | +0.7% | +$10.5M |
|
21
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $1.35B | 1.03% | 23,843,822 -1,223,574 | -5% | -$69.5M |
|
22
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$58.5B
| $1.28B | 0.98% | 8,648,678 +236,909 | +3% | +$35.1M |
|
23
Atlassian
TEAM
$46.6B
| $1.28B | 0.98% | 7,102,003 -474,011 | -6% | -$85.4M |
|
24
Wayfair
W
$9.67B
| $1.2B | 0.92% | 6,090,849 -76,238 | -1% | -$15.1M |
|
25
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $1.16B | 0.88% | 2,034,814 -131,384 | -6% | -$74.9M |
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