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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
+5.46%
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
$301M
AUM Growth
+$43.3M
Cap. Flow
+$30.9M
Cap. Flow %
10.27%
Top 10 Hldgs %
99.33%
Holding
11
New
1
Increased
3
Reduced
–
Closed
–

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SPGI icon
S&P Global
SPGI
+$13.9M
2
ADSK icon
Autodesk
ADSK
+$10.8M
3
MCO icon
Moody's
MCO
+$3.17M
4
FICO icon
Fair Isaac
FICO
+$3.04M

Top Sells

No sells this quarter

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 51.25%
2 Technology 33.72%
3 Consumer Staples 11.8%
4 Communication Services 1.37%
5 Consumer Discretionary 0.67%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
FICO icon
1
Fair Isaac
FICO
$25.3B
$76.1M 25.33%
333,078
+14,000
+4% +$3.04M
SPGI icon
2
S&P Global
SPGI
$127B
$72.2M 24.03%
369,532
+67,300
+22% +$13.9M
MCO icon
3
Moody's
MCO
$87.2B
$61.8M 20.55%
369,415
+18,000
+5% +$3.17M
MNST icon
4
Monster Beverage
MNST
$93.6B
$35.4M 11.8%
2,432,920
– –
INTU icon
5
Intuit
INTU
$100B
$13.3M 4.43%
58,500
– –
V icon
6
Visa
V
$693B
$12.3M 4.1%
82,000
– –
ADSK icon
7
Autodesk
ADSK
$53.6B
$11.9M 3.96%
+76,200
New +$10.8M
MA icon
8
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$7.74M 2.57%
34,750
– –
META icon
9
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.4T
$4.11M 1.37%
25,000
– –
AZPN
10
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$3.61M 1.2%
31,713
– –
AMZN icon
11
Amazon
AMZN
$2.79T
$2M 0.67%
20,000
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Dev Kantesaria's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, Dev Kantesaria held 11 positions worth $301M, up 17% from $257M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 99% of the portfolio.

Dev Kantesaria deployed $30.9M of net new capital in Q3 2018, opening 1 new position and adding to 3 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Autodesk: 76,200 shares worth $11.9M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 51% of assets, down from 54% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Staples.

  • Dev Kantesaria's largest Q3 2018 buy was Autodesk: 76,200 shares worth $11.9M.
  • Dev Kantesaria added most to S&P Global in Q3 2018, an estimated $13.9M increase.
  • Dev Kantesaria's ten largest holdings make up 99% of its $301M portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria opened 1 new position and closed 0 in Q3 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria's portfolio value rose 17% quarter-over-quarter to $301M.

Based on Valley Forge Capital Management's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 14 Nov 2018.