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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
-15.36%
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
$264M
AUM Growth
-$36.2M
Cap. Flow
+$11.3M
Cap. Flow %
4.28%
Top 10 Hldgs %
100%
Holding
11
New
–
Increased
6
Reduced
1
Closed
1

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SPGI icon
S&P Global
SPGI
+$6.78M
2
INTU icon
Intuit
INTU
+$4.61M
3
ADSK icon
Autodesk
ADSK
+$4.3M
4
MCO icon
Moody's
MCO
+$2.34M
5
V icon
Visa
V
+$1.38M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$4.18M
2
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$4.11M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 53.73%
2 Technology 34.83%
3 Consumer Staples 9.89%
4 Consumer Discretionary 0.57%
5 Communication Services 0%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
SPGI icon
1
S&P Global
SPGI
$127B
$69.2M 26.19%
407,407
+37,875
+10% +$6.78M
FICO icon
2
Fair Isaac
FICO
$25.3B
$62.3M 23.56%
333,078
– –
MCO icon
3
Moody's
MCO
$87.2B
$53.9M 20.39%
384,915
+15,500
+4% +$2.34M
MNST icon
4
Monster Beverage
MNST
$93.6B
$26.1M 9.89%
2,124,996
-307,924
-13% -$4.18M
INTU icon
5
Intuit
INTU
$100B
$15.9M 6.01%
80,641
+22,141
+38% +$4.61M
ADSK icon
6
Autodesk
ADSK
$53.6B
$13.9M 5.26%
108,050
+31,850
+42% +$4.3M
V icon
7
Visa
V
$693B
$12.1M 4.59%
92,000
+10,000
+12% +$1.38M
MA icon
8
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$6.74M 2.55%
35,750
+1,000
+3% +$199K
AZPN
9
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$2.61M 0.99%
31,713
– –
AMZN icon
10
Amazon
AMZN
$2.79T
$1.5M 0.57%
20,000
– –
META icon
11
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.4T
– –
-25,000
Closed -$4.11M

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Dev Kantesaria's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, Dev Kantesaria held 11 positions worth $264M, down 12% from $301M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 100% of the portfolio.

Dev Kantesaria deployed $11.3M of net new capital in Q4 2018, adding to 6 existing holdings.

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

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Monster Beverage, an estimated $4.18M trimmed.

  • Dev Kantesaria added most to S&P Global in Q4 2018, an estimated $6.78M increase.
  • Dev Kantesaria's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was Monster Beverage, cutting an estimated $4.18M.
  • Dev Kantesaria fully exited Meta Platforms (Facebook) in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $4.11M.
  • Dev Kantesaria's ten largest holdings make up 100% of its $264M portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria opened 0 new positions and closed 1 in Q4 2018.
  • Dev Kantesaria's portfolio value fell 12% quarter-over-quarter to $264M.

Based on Valley Forge Capital Management's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 14 Feb 2019.