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David Shaw D.E. Shaw & Co

AUM $210B
1-Year Est. Return 57.28%
 

David Shaw founded D. E. Shaw & Co., a pioneering quantitative investment firm that helped define systematic trading at scale. With a background in computer science, Shaw built teams that applied advanced computation to markets across equities, derivatives, and other assets. The firm remains one of the most important quant platforms in global finance, even as Shaw’s own public role has shifted over time.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.83%
1 Year Est. Return
+57.28%
3 Year Est. Return
+174.63%
5 Year Est. Return
+213.1%
10 Year Est. Return
+910%
AUM
$104B
AUM Growth
-$8.26B
Cap. Flow
-$18.3B
Cap. Flow %
-17.65%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.93%
Holding
4,712
New
825
Increased
1,119
Reduced
1,773
Closed
730

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TSLA icon
Tesla
TSLA
+$862M
2
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$752M
3
TME icon
Tencent Music
TME
+$426M
4
KO icon
Coca-Cola
KO
+$424M
5
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$383M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$981M
2
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$673M
3
BRK.B icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
+$574M
4
MRNA icon
Moderna
MRNA
+$442M
5
DD icon
DuPont de Nemours
DD
+$415M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 16.45%
2 Consumer Discretionary 10.49%
3 Communication Services 9.04%
4 Healthcare 8.89%
5 Financials 6.45%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
FDUS icon
2926
Fidus Investment
FDUS
$750M
$1.07M ﹤0.01%
68,540
+45,727
+200% +$652K
FITB
2927
PUT
Fifth Third Bancorp
FITB
$49.8B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
28,400
+8,400
+42% +$285K
FPI
2928
Farmland Partners
FPI
$448M
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
94,899
-114,890
-55% -$1.31M
CMI icon
2929
PUT
Cummins
CMI
$78.8B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
4,100
-6,700
-62% -$1.67M
SHG icon
2930
Shinhan Financial Group
SHG
$36.1B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
31,649
+14,945
+89% +$453K
LOKM.U
2931
DELISTED
Live Oak Mobility Acquisition Corp. Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, and one-fifth of one warrant
LOKM.U
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
+106,400
New +$1.08M
CLNE icon
2932
Clean Energy Fuels
CLNE
$346M
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
77,192
+7,388
+11% +$94.7K
PK icon
2933
Park Hotels & Resorts
PK
$3.26B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
+49,062
New +$975K
IRM icon
2934
PUT
Iron Mountain
IRM
$36B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
+28,600
New +$956K
NWBI icon
2935
Northwest Bancshares
NWBI
$2.24B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
73,215
+46,166
+171% +$649K
MCB icon
2936
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp
MCB
$1.13B
$1.06M ﹤0.01%
20,965
+10,525
+101% +$487K
GBX icon
2937
The Greenbrier Companies
GBX
$1.43B
$1.05M ﹤0.01%
+22,311
New +$953K
ADSK icon
2938
CALL
Autodesk
ADSK
$53B
$1.05M ﹤0.01%
3,800
-20,200
-84% -$5.83M
GRUB
2939
PUT
DELISTED
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
$1.05M ﹤0.01%
8,750
-40,350
-82% -$5.61M
FANG icon
2940
Diamondback Energy
FANG
$56B
$1.05M ﹤0.01%
14,278
-570,608
-98% -$39.1M
PZZA icon
2941
Papa John's
PZZA
$794M
$1.05M ﹤0.01%
11,813
+9,276
+366% +$876K
EEX
2942
DELISTED
Emerald Holding
EEX
$1.04M ﹤0.01%
189,180
-90,238
-32% -$473K
HZON
2943
DELISTED
Horizon Acquisition Corporation II
HZON
$1.04M ﹤0.01%
+102,386
New +$1.09M
CYRX icon
2944
CALL
CryoPort
CYRX
$847M
$1.04M ﹤0.01%
+20,000
New +$1.22M
BNTX icon
2945
BioNTech
BNTX
$28.6B
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
9,459
-46,439
-83% -$4.93M
ASND icon
2946
PUT
Ascendis Pharma A/S
ASND
$16.6B
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
+8,000
New +$1.22M
NCMI icon
2947
National CineMedia
NCMI
$256M
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
22,293
+8,386
+60% +$370K
EFX icon
2948
Equifax
EFX
$22.5B
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
5,680
+2,932
+107% +$518K
ODT
2949
DELISTED
Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock
ODT
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
300,832
+149,732
+99% +$2.83M
SLACU
2950
DELISTED
Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant
SLACU
$1.03M ﹤0.01%
+103,236
New +$1.07M

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David Shaw's Q1 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2021, David Shaw held 4,712 positions worth $104B, down 7.4% from $112B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.9% of the portfolio.

David Shaw withdrew a net $18.3B in Q1 2021, closing 730 positions and reducing 1,773 holdings. Its most notable exit was AstraZeneca, an estimated $214M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 16% of assets, up from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services.

Against the trend, David Shaw opened a new position in Baidu worth $627M.

  • David Shaw's largest Q1 2021 buy was Baidu: 2,881,724 shares worth $627M.
  • David Shaw added most to Tesla in Q1 2021, an estimated $862M increase.
  • David Shaw's biggest Q1 2021 reduction was Amazon, cutting an estimated $981M.
  • David Shaw fully exited AstraZeneca in Q1 2021, selling an estimated $214M.
  • David Shaw's ten largest holdings make up 9.9% of its $104B portfolio in Q1 2021.
  • David Shaw opened 825 new positions and closed 730 in Q1 2021.
  • David Shaw's portfolio value fell 7.4% quarter-over-quarter to $104B.

Based on D.E. Shaw & Co's 13F filing for Q1 2021, filed 17 May 2021.