Cliff Asness AQR Capital Management
Cliff Asness is a co-founder of AQR Capital Management, a leading quantitative investment firm spanning equities, alternatives, and factor strategies. He is known for academic-informed research on value, momentum, and other systematic premia, as well as candid market commentary. Asness’s work bridges academic finance and large-scale institutional portfolio management.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Valero Energy
VLO
|
+$394M |
| 2 |
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
|
+$323M |
| 3 |
Booking.com
BKNG
|
+$320M |
| 4 |
FedEx
FDX
|
+$306M |
| 5 |
ConocoPhillips
COP
|
+$278M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
+$291M |
| 2 |
Western Digital
WDC
|
+$285M |
| 3 |
CELG
Celgene Corp
CELG
|
+$262M |
| 4 |
United Airlines
UAL
|
+$247M |
| 5 |
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
|
+$208M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 20.22% |
| 2 | Consumer Discretionary | 13.93% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 13.78% |
| 4 | Industrials | 12.45% |
| 5 | Financials | 12.22% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
26
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$935B
| $639M | 0.64% |
6,129,944
-1,891,953
| -24% | -$208M |
|
27
UnitedHealth
UNH
$350B
| $635M | 0.64% |
2,587,662
+318,094
| +14% | +$76.4M |
|
28
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$181B
| $630M | 0.63% |
8,890,111
-1,763,758
| -17% | -$125M |
|
29
Cigna
CI
$73.3B
| $627M | 0.63% |
3,682,290
+735,429
| +25% | +$127M |
|
30
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$651B
| $623M | 0.63% |
5,132,078
-330,303
| -6% | -$41.2M |
|
31
Texas Instruments
TXN
$241B
| $601M | 0.61% |
5,429,949
+446,907
| +9% | +$48.4M |
|
32
Aflac
AFL
$58.2B
| $590M | 0.59% |
13,627,959
-1,022,419
| -7% | -$45.9M |
|
33
TSMC
TSM
$2.17T
| $587M | 0.59% |
16,058,591
-810,458
| -5% | -$32M |
|
34
Oracle
ORCL
$422B
| $578M | 0.58% |
13,108,371
-3,246,894
| -20% | -$150M |
|
35
Estee Lauder
EL
$36.9B
| $551M | 0.56% |
3,831,136
+830,834
| +28% | +$123M |
|
36
Pfizer
PFE
$160B
| $526M | 0.53% |
15,230,783
-1,656,058
| -10% | -$56.6M |
|
37
Applied Materials
AMAT
$391B
| $511M | 0.51% |
11,006,357
+2,438,653
| +28% | +$126M |
|
38
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.18T
| $510M | 0.51% |
9,142,680
+810,500
| +10% | +$43.8M |
|
39
Baxter International
BAX
$13.6B
| $502M | 0.51% |
6,787,947
+1,314,437
| +24% | +$92.6M |
|
40
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.2T
| $483M | 0.49% |
81,497,720
+34,747,640
| +74% | +$211M |
|
41
eBay
EBAY
$46.3B
| $481M | 0.48% |
13,258,655
-2,153,054
| -14% | -$83.8M |
|
42
Kohl's
KSS
$2B
| $478M | 0.48% |
6,443,447
-362,161
| -5% | -$24.1M |
|
43
Cisco
CSCO
$438B
| $476M | 0.48% |
10,985,977
+5,091,382
| +86% | +$222M |
|
44
Tyson Foods
TSN
$20.6B
| $470M | 0.47% |
6,827,261
+632,411
| +10% | +$44M |
|
45
Capri Holdings
CPRI
$1.55B
| $467M | 0.47% |
6,910,592
+120,327
| +2% | +$7.86M |
|
46
HF Sinclair
DINO
$17.3B
| $454M | 0.46% |
6,572,843
+3,464,097
| +111% | +$231M |
|
47
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$11.8B
| $445M | 0.45% |
2,054,389
+261,322
| +15% | +$60.7M |
|
48
Darden Restaurants
DRI
$25.2B
| $444M | 0.45% |
4,117,586
-343,259
| -8% | -$31.4M |
|
|
49
FedEx
FDX
$76.9B
| $442M | 0.45% |
1,936,432
+1,233,534
| +175% | +$306M |
|
50
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
| $439M | 0.44% |
2,350,493
+252,363
| +12% | +$49.2M |
|
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Cliff Asness's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2018, Cliff Asness held 2,453 positions worth $99.3B, up 7.1% from $92.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 12% of the portfolio.
Cliff Asness deployed $4.81B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 237 new positions and adding to 1,040 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Evergy: 1,097,915 shares worth $61.6M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 20% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was Walt Disney, an estimated $291M trimmed.
- Cliff Asness's largest Q2 2018 buy was Evergy: 1,097,915 shares worth $61.6M.
- Cliff Asness added most to Valero Energy in Q2 2018, an estimated $394M increase.
- Cliff Asness's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Walt Disney, cutting an estimated $291M.
- Cliff Asness fully exited Time Warner Inc in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $99.5M.
- Cliff Asness's ten largest holdings make up 12% of its $99.3B portfolio in Q2 2018.
- Cliff Asness opened 237 new positions and closed 144 in Q2 2018.
- Cliff Asness's portfolio value rose 7.1% quarter-over-quarter to $99.3B.
Based on AQR Capital Management's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 14 Aug 2018.