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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
+29.32%
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
$378M
AUM Growth
+$113M
Cap. Flow
+$34.6M
Cap. Flow %
9.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
100%
Holding
10
New
–
Increased
3
Reduced
–
Closed
1

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
V icon
Visa
V
+$51.6M
2
MCO icon
Moody's
MCO
+$5.92M
3
INTU icon
Intuit
INTU
+$3.24M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MNST icon
Monster Beverage
MNST
+$26.1M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 63.7%
2 Technology 34.95%
3 Consumer Discretionary 0.47%
4 Consumer Staples 0%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
FICO icon
1
Fair Isaac
FICO
$25.3B
$90.5M 23.95%
333,078
– –
SPGI icon
2
S&P Global
SPGI
$127B
$85.8M 22.7%
407,407
– –
MCO icon
3
Moody's
MCO
$87.2B
$76.2M 20.17%
420,915
+36,000
+9% +$5.92M
V icon
4
Visa
V
$693B
$70.3M 18.6%
449,922
+357,922
+389% +$51.6M
INTU icon
5
Intuit
INTU
$100B
$24.7M 6.55%
94,641
+14,000
+17% +$3.24M
ADSK icon
6
Autodesk
ADSK
$53.6B
$16.8M 4.46%
108,050
– –
MA icon
7
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$8.42M 2.23%
35,750
– –
AZPN
8
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$3.31M 0.88%
31,713
– –
AMZN icon
9
Amazon
AMZN
$2.79T
$1.78M 0.47%
20,000
– –
MNST icon
10
Monster Beverage
MNST
$93.6B
– –
-2,124,996
Closed -$26.1M

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Dev Kantesaria's Q1 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2019, Dev Kantesaria held 10 positions worth $378M, up 43% from $264M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 100% of the portfolio.

Dev Kantesaria deployed $34.6M of net new capital in Q1 2019, adding to 3 existing holdings.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 64% of assets, up from 54% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Discretionary.

On the sell side, the most notable exit was Monster Beverage, an estimated $26.1M sold.

  • Dev Kantesaria added most to Visa in Q1 2019, an estimated $51.6M increase.
  • Dev Kantesaria fully exited Monster Beverage in Q1 2019, selling an estimated $26.1M.
  • Dev Kantesaria's ten largest holdings make up 100% of its $378M portfolio in Q1 2019.
  • Dev Kantesaria opened 0 new positions and closed 1 in Q1 2019.
  • Dev Kantesaria's portfolio value rose 43% quarter-over-quarter to $378M.

Based on Valley Forge Capital Management's 13F filing for Q1 2019, filed 15 May 2019.