BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Varian Medical Systems, Inc. VAR Stock Holding History

BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Portfolio VAR Stock Details VAR Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	$282M	Sell	3,578,016 -95,650	-3%	-$7.74M	0.05%	428
2016 Q3	$321M	Buy	3,673,666 +43,455	+1%	+$3.54M	0.07%	320
2016 Q2	$262M	Buy	3,630,211 +407,476	+13%	+$29.5M	0.06%	369
2016 Q1	$226M	Buy	3,222,735 +311,238	+11%	+$21.1M	0.05%	429
2015 Q4	$206M	Buy	2,911,497 +176,309	+6%	+$12.2M	0.05%	469
2015 Q3	$177M	Buy	2,735,188 +114,548	+4%	+$8.36M	0.05%	508
2015 Q2	$194M	Buy	2,620,640 +317,944	+14%	+$24.9M	0.05%	494
2015 Q1	$190M	Buy	2,302,696 +137,657	+6%	+$11M	0.05%	523
2014 Q4	$164M	Buy	2,165,039 +309,312	+17%	+$23M	0.04%	575
2014 Q3	$130M	Buy	1,855,727 +66,637	+4%	+$4.91M	0.04%	646
2014 Q2	$130M	Sell	1,789,090 -30,072	-2%	-$2.16M	0.04%	679
2014 Q1	$134M	Buy	1,819,162 +106,693	+6%	+$7.68M	0.04%	627
2013 Q4	$117M	Sell	1,712,469 -28,522	-2%	-$1.9M	0.04%	713
2013 Q3	$114M	Buy	1,740,991 +58,358	+3%	+$3.7M	0.04%	649
2013 Q2	$99.5M	Buy	+1,682,633	New	+$101M	0.04%	663

Other funds holding VAR

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Loomis, Sayles & Company Boston, Massachusetts $74.3B AUM 24.01% 1-Year Est. Return

First Eagle Investment Management New York $59B AUM 32.99% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $2.9T AUM 29.55% 1-Year Est. Return

JHIU

Janus Henderson Investors US Denver, Colorado $122B AUM 18.26% 1-Year Est. Return

ATO

Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt Stockholm, Sweden $23.8B AUM 34.25% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

VAM

Veritas Asset Management London, United Kingdom $5.9B AUM 3.19% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina $1.37T AUM 24.88% 1-Year Est. Return

Fiera Capital (Canada) Montreal, Quebec, Canada $29.2B AUM 20.16% 1-Year Est. Return

BlackRock Fund Advisors's VAR Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Fund Advisors reduced its Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) stake by 2.6% in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $7.74M and leaving 3,578,016 shares worth $282M. The position accounts for 0.05% of the portfolio, ranked #428.

BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in VAR in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $321M in Q3 2016. 558 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold VAR as of Q4 2016.

BlackRock Fund Advisors held 3,578,016 shares of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. worth $282M as of Q4 2016.
BlackRock Fund Advisors sold 95,650 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $7.74M.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. made up 0.05% of BlackRock Fund Advisors's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #428 holding.
BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in Varian Medical Systems, Inc. in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
BlackRock Fund Advisors's Varian Medical Systems, Inc. position peaked at $321M in Q3 2016.
558 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Varian Medical Systems, Inc. as of Q4 2016.

Based on BlackRock Fund Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 10 Feb 2017.