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David Shaw

David Shaw D.E. Shaw & Co

AUM $210B Turnover 26.1%
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
+4.48%
1 Year Est. Return
+57.28%
3 Year Est. Return
+174.63%
5 Year Est. Return
+213.1%
10 Year Est. Return
+910%
AUM
$58.9B
AUM Growth
+$2.19B
Cap. Flow
-$1.02B
Cap. Flow %
-1.74%
Top 10 Hldgs %
8.76%
Holding
3,804
New
462
Increased
1,382
Reduced
1,255
Closed
397
Avg Time Held Equity + Options
1.8 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held Equity + Options
0.4 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held Equity + Options
0.7 years
Avg Time Held Equity only
1.8 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held Equity only
0.3 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held Equity only
0.5 years

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$408M
2
MDT icon
Medtronic
MDT
+$271M
3
NXPI icon
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
+$270M
4
GILD icon
Gilead Sciences
GILD
+$253M
5
HPE icon
Hewlett Packard
HPE
+$211M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$424M
2
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$391M
3
LNKD
LinkedIn Corporation
LNKD
+$323M
4
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$280M
5
VMW
VMware, Inc
VMW
+$264M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Miscellaneous 27.99%
2 Technology 11.19%
3 Healthcare 10.41%
4 Financials 9.12%
5 Communication Services 8.45%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
MCD icon
1
McDonald's
MCD
$193B
$713M 1.21%
5,857,233
+1,124,977
+24% +$132M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
DIS icon
2
Walt Disney
DIS
$206B
$598M 1.01%
5,733,158
+1,280,795
+29% +$125M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
AAPL icon
3
Apple
AAPL
$5.2T
$545M 0.93%
18,808,988
-7,924,596
-30% -$225M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
BKNG icon
4
PUT
Booking.com
BKNG
$119B
$525M 0.89%
8,945,000
-702,500
-7% -$42M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
BIIB icon
5
Biogen
BIIB
$37.3B
$514M 0.87%
1,811,083
+199,699
+12% +$59.2M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
GOOG icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.59T
$487M 0.83%
12,624,960
+4,361,120
+53% +$170M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
NFLX icon
7
Netflix
NFLX
$257B
$467M 0.79%
37,729,080
+34,453,770
+1,052% +$408M
2016 Q3
1 quarter
V icon
8
Visa
V
$796B
$444M 0.75%
5,694,999
-384,897
-6% -$30.9M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
JRVR icon
9
James River Group Holdings
JRVR
$143M
$440M 0.75%
10,597,238
-3,450,000
-25% -$134M
2014 Q4
8 quarters
GOOGL icon
10
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.63T
$426M 0.72%
10,758,180
+3,528,540
+49% +$141M
2015 Q4
4 quarters
YHOO
11
DELISTED
Yahoo Inc
YHOO
$416M 0.71%
10,768,865
+2,601,261
+32% +$107M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
AMZN icon
12
Amazon
AMZN
$2.87T
$405M 0.69%
10,789,520
-10,827,960
-50% -$424M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
TWX
13
DELISTED
Time Warner Inc
TWX
$374M 0.63%
3,870,627
+1,000,181
+35% +$89M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
WMT icon
14
Walmart Inc
WMT
$1.01T
$356M 0.61%
15,470,820
-5,227,230
-25% -$122M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
BKNG icon
15
CALL
Booking.com
BKNG
$119B
$343M 0.58%
5,850,000
-135,000
-2% -$8.06M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
GILD icon
16
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$209B
$331M 0.56%
4,629,123
+3,408,774
+279% +$253M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
BRK.B icon
17
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.26T
$327M 0.55%
2,003,618
-319,171
-14% -$49.1M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
SYF icon
18
Synchrony
SYF
$22.5B
$302M 0.51%
8,318,252
+266,774
+3% +$8.52M
2015 Q1
7 quarters
CMCSA icon
19
Comcast
CMCSA
$89.2B
$300M 0.51%
8,694,218
+1,233,988
+17% +$41.2M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
C icon
20
Citigroup
C
$204B
$294M 0.5%
4,953,207
+344,064
+7% +$18.6M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
SPGI icon
21
S&P Global
SPGI
$137B
$274M 0.47%
2,546,872
+1,078,680
+73% +$129M
2016 Q2
2 quarters
BABA icon
22
PUT
Alibaba
BABA
$234B
$273M 0.46%
3,106,300
+1,456,600
+88% +$140M
2014 Q3
9 quarters
HPE icon
23
Hewlett Packard
HPE
$63.7B
$272M 0.46%
20,230,281
+15,828,648
+360% +$211M
2015 Q4
4 quarters
NXPI icon
24
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
$66B
$272M 0.46%
2,773,617
+2,721,411
+5,213% +$270M
2013 Q2
14 quarters
RTX icon
25
RTX Corp
RTX
$267B
$268M 0.46%
3,884,096
-1,203,776
-24% -$79.8M
2013 Q2
14 quarters

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David Shaw's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, David Shaw held 3,804 positions worth $58.9B, up 3.9% from $56.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 8.8% of the portfolio.

David Shaw's Q4 2016 filing shows 462 new, 1,382 increased, 1,255 reduced and 397 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Deere & Co: 1,429,259 shares worth $147M. The largest sale was Amazon, an estimated $424M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 28% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Healthcare.

  • David Shaw's largest Q4 2016 buy was Deere & Co: 1,429,259 shares worth $147M.
  • David Shaw added most to Netflix in Q4 2016, an estimated $408M increase.
  • David Shaw's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Amazon, cutting an estimated $424M.
  • David Shaw fully exited LinkedIn Corporation in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $323M.
  • David Shaw's ten largest holdings make up 8.8% of its $58.9B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • David Shaw opened 462 new positions and closed 397 in Q4 2016.
  • David Shaw's portfolio value rose 3.9% quarter-over-quarter to $58.9B.

Based on D.E. Shaw & Co's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 14 Feb 2017.