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Friess Associates Portfolio holdings

AUM $59.9M
1-Year Est. Return 3.42%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-10.7%
1 Year Est. Return
+3.42%
3 Year Est. Return
+255.77%
5 Year Est. Return
+639.06%
10 Year Est. Return
–
AUM
$1.17B
AUM Growth
-$264M
Cap. Flow
-$119M
Cap. Flow %
-10.13%
Top 10 Hldgs %
22.41%
Holding
160
New
44
Increased
39
Reduced
13
Closed
45

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FIVE icon
Five Below
FIVE
+$19.6M
2
BC icon
Brunswick
BC
+$19.2M
3
PANW icon
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
+$18.7M
4
DLTR icon
Dollar Tree
DLTR
+$17.7M
5
TREX icon
Trex
TREX
+$17.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TECH icon
Bio-Techne
TECH
+$28.9M
2
XPO icon
XPO
XPO
+$28.9M
3
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$28.5M
4
GRUB
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
+$24.8M
5
MTCH icon
Match Group
MTCH
+$23.8M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 26.04%
2 Consumer Discretionary 20.97%
3 Healthcare 19.07%
4 Industrials 9.88%
5 Financials 8.63%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
P
51
Everpure Inc
P
$28.2B
$11.6M 0.99%
+718,600
New +$14.2M
CSCO icon
52
Cisco
CSCO
$483B
$11.5M 0.98%
+265,000
New +$12.1M
HMSY
53
DELISTED
HMS Holdings Corp.
HMSY
$11.4M 0.98%
406,311
-6,100
-1% -$197K
GH icon
54
Guardant Health
GH
$22.1B
$10.9M 0.93%
+290,909
New +$10.7M
ILMN icon
55
Illumina
ILMN
$30.1B
$9.25M 0.79%
+31,714
New +$9.82M
TRHC
56
DELISTED
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. Common Stock
TRHC
$9.16M 0.78%
+143,648
New +$10.2M
ITGR icon
57
Integer Holdings
ITGR
$4.24B
$8.24M 0.7%
+108,000
New +$8.66M
PRAH
58
DELISTED
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
PRAH
$7.08M 0.61%
77,032
– –
GDOT icon
59
Green Dot
GDOT
$743M
$6.6M 0.56%
83,047
– –
CALX icon
60
Calix
CALX
$2.39B
$6.5M 0.56%
666,901
+148,229
+29% +$1.29M
BJ icon
61
BJs Wholesale Club
BJ
$12.3B
$6.5M 0.56%
293,207
+17,607
+6% +$405K
CROX icon
62
Crocs
CROX
$6.65B
$6.39M 0.55%
+246,107
New +$5.76M
ESTA icon
63
Establishment Labs
ESTA
$2.73B
$6.27M 0.54%
228,656
+132,871
+139% +$3.25M
WMGI
64
DELISTED
Wright Medical Group Inc
WMGI
$6.26M 0.54%
230,010
– –
EXAS
65
DELISTED
Exact Sciences
EXAS
$6.19M 0.53%
98,110
+6,110
+7% +$419K
DAY
66
DELISTED
Dayforce
DAY
$6.04M 0.52%
175,190
– –
CTAS icon
67
Cintas
CTAS
$80.3B
$5.96M 0.51%
+141,800
New +$6.34M
SMPL icon
68
Simply Good Foods
SMPL
$993M
$5.89M 0.5%
311,750
+58,799
+23% +$1.11M
WOLF icon
69
Wolfspeed
WOLF
$1.32B
$5.39M 0.46%
+126,000
New +$5.11M
GLUU
70
DELISTED
Glu Mobile Inc.
GLUU
$5.36M 0.46%
664,477
+104,126
+19% +$740K
CDNA icon
71
CareDx
CDNA
$2.4B
$5.2M 0.44%
206,995
+84,195
+69% +$2.16M
CARG icon
72
CarGurus
CARG
$3.29B
$5.07M 0.43%
150,192
-4,544
-3% -$182K
CYRX icon
73
CryoPort
CYRX
$767M
$4.9M 0.42%
+444,347
New +$4.83M
VAPO
74
DELISTED
Vapotherm, Inc. Common Stock
VAPO
$4.79M 0.41%
+30,018
New +$4.33M
STIM icon
75
Neuronetics
STIM
$158M
$4.67M 0.4%
241,284
+197,712
+454% +$4.34M
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Friess Associates's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, Friess Associates held 160 positions worth $1.17B, down 18% from $1.43B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 22% of the portfolio.

Friess Associates withdrew a net $119M in Q4 2018, closing 45 positions and reducing 13 holdings. Its most notable exit was Bio-Techne, an estimated $28.9M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 26% of assets, up from 26% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Friess Associates opened a new position in Five Below worth $18.1M.

  • Friess Associates's largest Q4 2018 buy was Five Below: 177,382 shares worth $18.1M.
  • Friess Associates added most to Elanco Animal Health in Q4 2018, an estimated $13.3M increase.
  • Friess Associates's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was Amazon, cutting an estimated $17.6M.
  • Friess Associates fully exited Bio-Techne in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $28.9M.
  • Friess Associates's ten largest holdings make up 22% of its $1.17B portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • Friess Associates opened 44 new positions and closed 45 in Q4 2018.
  • Friess Associates's portfolio value fell 18% quarter-over-quarter to $1.17B.

Based on Friess Associates's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 14 Feb 2019.