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Dev Kantesaria Valley Forge Capital Management

AUM $3.12B
1-Year Est. Return 11.87%
 

Dev Kantesaria is the founder of Valley Forge Capital Management, known for an extremely concentrated portfolio of high-quality compounders. The firm’s 13F disclosures typically show a short list of businesses with strong pricing power and multi-year holding periods. Investors follow Valley Forge as a pure-play example of quality-growth concentration rather than broad diversification.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+14.6%
1 Year Est. Return
-11.87%
3 Year Est. Return
+49.01%
5 Year Est. Return
+69.08%
10 Year Est. Return
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AUM
$128M
AUM Growth
+$18.9M
Cap. Flow
+$2.89M
Cap. Flow %
2.25%
Top 10 Hldgs %
100%
Holding
8
New
–
Increased
1
Reduced
–
Closed
–

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
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Monster Beverage
MNST
+$2.89M

Top Sells

No sells this quarter

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 69.09%
2 Consumer Staples 18.75%
3 Consumer Discretionary 5.43%
4 Technology 5.28%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MCO icon
1
Moody's
MCO
$87.2B
$39.4M 30.64%
351,415
– –
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2
S&P Global
SPGI
$127B
$38.2M 29.73%
292,209
– –
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3
Monster Beverage
MNST
$93.6B
$24.1M 18.75%
2,086,980
+258,284
+14% +$2.89M
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4
Visa
V
$693B
$7.29M 5.67%
82,000
– –
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5
Nike
NKE
$60.5B
$6.97M 5.43%
125,084
– –
INTU icon
6
Intuit
INTU
$100B
$6.79M 5.28%
58,500
– –
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7
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$3.91M 3.04%
34,750
– –
AZPN
8
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$1.87M 1.45%
31,713
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Dev Kantesaria's Q1 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2017, Dev Kantesaria held 8 positions worth $128M, up 17% from $110M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 100% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q1 2017: portfolio turnover was 0%. Dev Kantesaria opened no new positions and made no exits, leaving the 8-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 69% of assets, up from 68% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary.

  • Dev Kantesaria added most to Monster Beverage in Q1 2017, an estimated $2.89M increase.
  • Dev Kantesaria's ten largest holdings make up 100% of its $128M portfolio in Q1 2017.
  • Dev Kantesaria opened 0 new positions and closed 0 in Q1 2017.
  • Dev Kantesaria's portfolio value rose 17% quarter-over-quarter to $128M.

Based on Valley Forge Capital Management's 13F filing for Q1 2017, filed 15 May 2017.