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GFS Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $948M Turnover 60.33%
1-Year Est. Return 41.15%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+8.49%
1 Year Est. Return
+41.15%
3 Year Est. Return
+97.93%
5 Year Est. Return
+98.43%
10 Year Est. Return
+282.69%
AUM
$450M
AUM Growth
+$36.2M
Cap. Flow
+$71.6M
Cap. Flow %
15.9%
Top 10 Hldgs %
43.04%
Holding
145
New
23
Increased
57
Reduced
29
Closed
12
Avg Time Held
1.9 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
2.1 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
1.6 years

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AAPL icon
Apple
AAPL
+$75.9M
2
BBVA icon
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
BBVA
+$4.69M
3
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$3.24M
4
TEF icon
Telefonica
TEF
+$2.52M
5
PEP icon
PepsiCo
PEP
+$2.29M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
JCI icon
Johnson Controls International
JCI
+$16.5M
2
BAC icon
Bank of America
BAC
+$8.64M
3
CAT icon
Caterpillar
CAT
+$5.43M
4
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$3.7M
5
WMT icon
Walmart Inc
WMT
+$3.46M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Miscellaneous 31.09%
2 Financials 13.72%
3 Materials 12.36%
4 Consumer Staples 8.69%
5 Technology 8.3%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
CX icon
1
Cemex
CX
$13.7B
$52.2M 11.6%
6,839,604
-4,238
-0.1% -$31.2K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
AAPL icon
2
Apple
AAPL
$5.01T
$25M 5.55%
3,333,560
+2,868,012
+616% +$75.9M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
BAC icon
3
Bank of America
BAC
$359B
$22.7M 5.05%
1,453,283
-580,184
-29% -$8.64M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
GE icon
4
GE Aerospace
GE
$319B
$22M 4.89%
155,058
-1,059
-0.7% -$158K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
FMX icon
5
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$14.7M 3.26%
159,650
-5,100
-3% -$470K
2014 Q4
7 quarters
SPY icon
6
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$813B
$12.4M 2.75%
57,268
+3,241
+6% +$701K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
BBVA icon
7
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
BBVA
$142B
$12.3M 2.72%
2,094,670
+811,362
+63% +$4.69M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
DIA icon
8
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
DIA
$44.8B
$11.5M 2.55%
62,773
+1,601
+3% +$294K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
JNJ icon
9
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$612B
$11.2M 2.49%
94,927
+7,320
+8% +$888K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
FEZ icon
10
State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF
FEZ
$4.13B
$9.77M 2.17%
298,301
-100,460
-25% -$3.25M
2014 Q1
10 quarters
GM icon
11
General Motors
GM
$72.9B
$9.67M 2.15%
304,406
+53,740
+21% +$1.68M
2014 Q1
10 quarters
PEP icon
12
PepsiCo
PEP
$176B
$8.52M 1.89%
78,310
+21,210
+37% +$2.29M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
TEF icon
13
DELISTED
Telefonica
TEF
$8.45M 1.88%
1,078,835
+325,371
+43% +$2.52M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
VOOG icon
14
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF
VOOG
$27.7B
$8.14M 1.81%
447,600
– –
2016 Q2
1 quarter
AXP icon
15
American Express
AXP
$207B
$8.07M 1.79%
126,072
+29,089
+30% +$1.87M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
VWO icon
16
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$124B
$7.33M 1.63%
194,928
+23,735
+14% +$884K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
PG icon
17
Procter & Gamble
PG
$364B
$7.27M 1.61%
80,982
+24,700
+44% +$2.15M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
RDS.A
18
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$7.2M 1.6%
148,897
+14,650
+11% +$716K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
VOO icon
19
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO
$1.04T
$6.15M 1.37%
30,950
+1,750
+6% +$347K
2016 Q2
1 quarter
TTE icon
20
TotalEnergies
TTE
$198B
$5.88M 1.31%
123,366
+16,372
+15% +$782K
2015 Q1
6 quarters
VOD icon
21
Vodafone
VOD
$35.9B
$5.6M 1.24%
191,971
+59,827
+45% +$1.82M
2016 Q1
2 quarters
SAN icon
22
Banco Santander
SAN
$194B
$5.21M 1.16%
1,231,535
+243,894
+25% +$996K
2013 Q2
13 quarters
MSFT icon
23
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.96T
$5.16M 1.15%
89,633
+57,322
+177% +$3.24M
2013 Q2
13 quarters
TQQQ icon
24
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
TQQQ
$36.1B
$5.09M 1.13%
1,900,800
– –
2016 Q2
1 quarter
VTI icon
25
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
VTI
$694B
$4.9M 1.09%
44,047
+5,320
+14% +$590K
2013 Q2
13 quarters

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GFS Advisors's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2016, GFS Advisors held 145 positions worth $450M, up 8.8% from $414M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 43% of the portfolio.

GFS Advisors deployed $71.6M of net new capital in Q3 2016, opening 23 new positions and adding to 57 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Toyota: 16,750 shares worth $1.94M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 31% of assets, down from 32% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Materials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Bank of America, an estimated $8.64M trimmed.

  • GFS Advisors's largest Q3 2016 buy was Toyota: 16,750 shares worth $1.94M.
  • GFS Advisors added most to Apple in Q3 2016, an estimated $75.9M increase.
  • GFS Advisors's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was Bank of America, cutting an estimated $8.64M.
  • GFS Advisors fully exited Johnson Controls International in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $16.5M.
  • GFS Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 43% of its $450M portfolio in Q3 2016.
  • GFS Advisors opened 23 new positions and closed 12 in Q3 2016.
  • GFS Advisors's portfolio value rose 8.8% quarter-over-quarter to $450M.

Based on GFS Advisors's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 15 Nov 2016.