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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
MSFT icon
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$42M 3.59%
413,605
– –
CIEN icon
2
Ciena
CIEN
$57.7B
$30.1M 2.57%
887,399
+184,100
+26% +$5.83M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$27.2M 2.33%
362,420
-212,260
-37% -$17.6M
CRM icon
4
Salesforce
CRM
$129B
$25.8M 2.21%
188,379
– –
TTD icon
5
Trade Desk
TTD
$7.89B
$25.6M 2.19%
2,203,710
-350
-0% -$4.38K
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.88T
$23.7M 2.03%
454,420
– –
CME icon
7
CME Group
CME
$91.9B
$22.7M 1.94%
120,639
– –
TNDM icon
8
Tandem Diabetes Care
TNDM
$1.16B
$22.3M 1.91%
588,221
+88,366
+18% +$3.12M
AMD icon
9
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD
$880B
$21.4M 1.83%
1,157,816
-241,569
-17% -$5.22M
GPN icon
10
Global Payments
GPN
$21.3B
$21.4M 1.83%
207,100
+375
+0.2% +$41.3K
DECK icon
11
Deckers Outdoor
DECK
$13.4B
$21.1M 1.8%
987,966
+19,320
+2% +$392K
MA icon
12
Mastercard
MA
$469B
$20.7M 1.77%
109,800
+36,100
+49% +$7.17M
V icon
13
Visa
V
$669B
$20.5M 1.75%
155,057
– –
ABT icon
14
Abbott
ABT
$175B
$19.5M 1.66%
269,000
– –
BAH icon
15
Booz Allen Hamilton
BAH
$7.9B
$19.4M 1.66%
430,000
– –
TMO icon
16
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$213B
$19M 1.63%
85,014
-58
-0.1% -$13.6K
DLTR icon
17
Dollar Tree
DLTR
$22.6B
$19M 1.62%
+209,828
New +$17.7M
PANW icon
18
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$265B
$18.8M 1.61%
+600,000
New +$18.7M
FL
19
DELISTED
Foot Locker
FL
$18.6M 1.59%
350,000
– –
FIVE icon
20
Five Below
FIVE
$11.1B
$18.1M 1.55%
+177,382
New +$19.6M
BKNG icon
21
Booking.com
BKNG
$134B
$17.7M 1.52%
257,575
+30,800
+14% +$2.26M
KEYS icon
22
Keysight
KEYS
$55.6B
$17.6M 1.5%
+283,200
New +$17M
WWW icon
23
Wolverine World Wide
WWW
$1.51B
$17.5M 1.5%
549,090
– –
BC icon
24
Brunswick
BC
$5.17B
$16.7M 1.42%
+358,550
New +$19.2M
TJX icon
25
TJX Companies
TJX
$170B
$16.4M 1.4%
366,120
– –
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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.