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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
MNRO icon
76
Monro
MNRO
$411M
$4.13M 0.35%
+60,000
New +$4.39M
NVEE
77
DELISTED
NV5 Global
NVEE
$4.05M 0.35%
267,268
+76,428
+40% +$1.42M
LIND icon
78
Lindblad Expeditions
LIND
$2.23B
$3.99M 0.34%
+296,565
New +$3.96M
UPLD icon
79
Upland Software
UPLD
$12.8M
$3.91M 0.33%
14,393
+2,786
+24% +$836K
BNFT
80
DELISTED
Benefitfocus, Inc.
BNFT
$3.86M 0.33%
84,495
+16,257
+24% +$679K
CVGW
81
DELISTED
Calavo Growers
CVGW
$3.66M 0.31%
50,126
– –
FN icon
82
Fabrinet
FN
$18.7B
$3.62M 0.31%
+70,500
New +$3.38M
SMAR
83
DELISTED
Smartsheet Inc.
SMAR
$3.58M 0.31%
144,097
+66,500
+86% +$1.65M
NDLS icon
84
Noodles & Co
NDLS
$108M
$3.4M 0.29%
60,836
+9,406
+18% +$700K
LLY icon
85
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.04T
$3.36M 0.29%
+29,000
New +$3.24M
AQ
86
DELISTED
Aquantia Corp. Common Stock
AQ
$3.23M 0.28%
+368,599
New +$3.74M
UPWK icon
87
Upwork
UPWK
$1.18B
$3.2M 0.27%
+176,532
New +$3.28M
RCM
88
DELISTED
R1 RCM Inc. Common Stock
RCM
$3.13M 0.27%
393,869
– –
IRTC icon
89
iRhythm Holdings
IRTC
$4.09B
$3.07M 0.26%
+44,200
New +$3.35M
DIN icon
90
Dine Brands
DIN
$453M
$2.83M 0.24%
41,986
– –
EVH icon
91
Evolent Health
EVH
$346M
$2.74M 0.23%
+137,450
New +$3.18M
HUBG icon
92
HUB Group
HUBG
$2.91B
$2.24M 0.19%
121,044
-338,966
-74% -$7.27M
LOVE
93
LoveSac
LOVE
$269M
$2.11M 0.18%
92,046
+69,736
+313% +$1.44M
MEET
94
DELISTED
The Meet Group, Inc. Common Stock
MEET
$2.09M 0.18%
451,407
+236,017
+110% +$1.01M
NOG icon
95
Northern Oil and Gas
NOG
$2.22B
$1.97M 0.17%
+87,170
New +$2.56M
VCEL icon
96
Vericel Corp
VCEL
$2.32B
$1.4M 0.12%
+80,571
New +$1.21M
FLWS icon
97
1-800-Flowers.com
FLWS
$265M
$1.37M 0.12%
+112,189
New +$1.34M
RCKY icon
98
Rocky Brands
RCKY
$374M
$1.34M 0.11%
51,556
+26,956
+110% +$696K
EGIO
99
DELISTED
Edgio, Inc. Common Stock
EGIO
$1.32M 0.11%
14,072
-49,792
-78% -$7.3M
OOMA icon
100
Ooma
OOMA
$590M
$1.15M 0.1%
+83,020
New +$1.21M
2 3
4
5 6

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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.