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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
+5.3%
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
$214M
AUM Growth
+$24.2M
Cap. Flow
+$14.6M
Cap. Flow %
6.82%
Top 10 Hldgs %
100%
Holding
9
New
1
Increased
3
Reduced
–
Closed
–

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$4.81M
2
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$4.49M
3
EFX icon
Equifax
EFX
+$3.42M
4
SPGI icon
S&P Global
SPGI
+$1.85M

Top Sells

No sells this quarter

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 61.02%
2 Consumer Staples 16.29%
3 Industrials 14.89%
4 Technology 4.75%
5 Communication Services 1.87%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
SPGI icon
1
S&P Global
SPGI
$127B
$57.7M 27.04%
302,232
+10,023
+3% +$1.85M
MCO icon
2
Moody's
MCO
$87.2B
$56.7M 26.54%
351,415
– –
MNST icon
3
Monster Beverage
MNST
$93.6B
$34.8M 16.29%
2,432,920
+307,924
+14% +$4.81M
EFX icon
4
Equifax
EFX
$22.6B
$31.8M 14.89%
270,003
+28,500
+12% +$3.42M
INTU icon
5
Intuit
INTU
$100B
$10.1M 4.75%
58,500
– –
V icon
6
Visa
V
$693B
$9.81M 4.59%
82,000
– –
MA icon
7
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$6.09M 2.85%
34,750
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META icon
8
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.4T
$4M 1.87%
+25,000
New +$4.49M
AZPN
9
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$2.5M 1.17%
31,713
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Dev Kantesaria's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, Dev Kantesaria held 9 positions worth $214M, up 13% from $189M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 100% of the portfolio.

Dev Kantesaria deployed $14.6M of net new capital in Q1 2018, opening 1 new position and adding to 3 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Meta Platforms (Facebook): 25,000 shares worth $4M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 61% of assets, down from 61% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Industrials.

  • Dev Kantesaria's largest Q1 2018 buy was Meta Platforms (Facebook): 25,000 shares worth $4M.
  • Dev Kantesaria added most to Monster Beverage in Q1 2018, an estimated $4.81M increase.
  • Dev Kantesaria's ten largest holdings make up 100% of its $214M portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria opened 1 new position and closed 0 in Q1 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria's portfolio value rose 13% quarter-over-quarter to $214M.

Based on Valley Forge Capital Management's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 15 May 2018.