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Howard Marks

Howard Marks Oaktree Capital Management

AUM $7.21B Turnover 17.09%
1-Year Est. Return 45.97%
 

Howard Marks is co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a leading firm in credit, distressed debt, and alternative credit strategies. He is equally well known for his widely read client memos on market cycles, risk, and investor psychology. Marks’s investing philosophy stresses second-level thinking, asymmetric risk/reward, and the importance of understanding where markets sit in the credit cycle.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+11.06%
1 Year Est. Return
+45.97%
3 Year Est. Return
+88.04%
5 Year Est. Return
+157.91%
10 Year Est. Return
+691.44%
AUM
$7.45B
AUM Growth
+$262M
Cap. Flow
-$1.38B
Cap. Flow %
-18.48%
Top 10 Hldgs %
53.95%
Holding
201
New
20
Increased
3
Reduced
19
Closed
9
Avg Time Held Equity + Options
1.4 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held Equity + Options
2.2 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held Equity + Options
2.1 years
Avg Time Held Equity only
1.4 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held Equity only
2.2 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held Equity only
2.1 years

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Energy 19.98%
2 Miscellaneous 16.25%
3 Industrials 12.16%
4 Financials 11.58%
5 Utilities 11.55%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
EXE icon
1
Expand Energy Corp
EXE
$20.5B
$620M 8.32%
11,939,117
– –
2021 Q1
1 quarter
SBLK icon
2
Star Bulk Carriers
SBLK
$3.29B
$597M 8.01%
25,993,242
-13,012,775
-33% -$257M
2013 Q3
31 quarters
VST icon
3
Vistra
VST
$45.8B
$555M 7.46%
29,936,602
– –
2017 Q2
16 quarters
TRMD icon
4
TORM
TRMD
$3.71B
$476M 6.4%
53,812,988
– –
2018 Q3
11 quarters
COLD icon
5
Americold
COLD
$4.55B
$446M 5.98%
11,771,646
– –
2020 Q4
2 quarters
ALLY icon
6
Ally Financial
ALLY
$11.3B
$343M 4.6%
6,874,687
-4,300,000
-38% -$221M
2014 Q2
28 quarters
PCG icon
7
PG&E
PCG
$28.7B
$305M 4.1%
30,000,000
+7,500,000
+33% +$80.5M
2020 Q2
4 quarters
INFN icon
8
DELISTED
Infinera Corporation Common Stock
INFN
$257M 3.45%
25,175,384
– –
2018 Q4
10 quarters
STKL
9
DELISTED
SunOpta
STKL
$219M 2.94%
20,726,126
– –
2017 Q1
17 quarters
CX icon
10
Cemex
CX
$15B
$201M 2.69%
23,873,758
-77,825
-0.3% -$619K
2018 Q2
12 quarters
EGLE icon
11
DELISTED
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
EGLE
$179M 2.4%
3,781,561
-105,663
-3% -$4.79M
2014 Q4
26 quarters
SHLS icon
12
Shoals Technologies Group
SHLS
$1.41B
$177M 2.37%
4,977,751
– –
2021 Q1
1 quarter
VALE icon
13
Vale
VALE
$48.3B
$142M 1.91%
6,245,576
-122,581
-2% -$2.56M
2020 Q3
3 quarters
ITUB icon
14
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
$81B
$125M 1.68%
28,591,255
-5,886,182
-17% -$23.7M
2014 Q3
27 quarters
NMIH icon
15
NMI Holdings
NMIH
$2.9B
$109M 1.47%
4,865,000
– –
2014 Q3
27 quarters
FYBR icon
16
DELISTED
Frontier Communications
FYBR
$105M 1.41%
+3,982,849
New +$100M
2021 Q2
0 quarters
PBR icon
17
Petrobras
PBR
$117B
$104M 1.39%
8,474,167
-1,074,640
-11% -$10.6M
2020 Q1
5 quarters
BBD icon
18
Banco Bradesco
BBD
$28.1B
$87.5M 1.18%
18,770,470
-366,747
-2% -$1.59M
2019 Q4
6 quarters
BRY icon
19
DELISTED
Berry Corp
BRY
$86.8M 1.17%
12,913,313
– –
2019 Q1
9 quarters
IBN icon
20
ICICI Bank
IBN
$124B
$86.7M 1.16%
5,070,309
-96,953
-2% -$1.61M
2014 Q3
27 quarters
SMCI icon
21
Super Micro Computer
SMCI
$18.1B
$79.6M 1.07%
22,636,100
-5,863,900
-21% -$21.6M
2018 Q3
11 quarters
KRC icon
22
Kilroy Realty
KRC
$4.2B
$63.4M 0.85%
910,011
– –
2021 Q1
1 quarter
FTAI icon
23
FTAI Aviation
FTAI
$18.9B
$61.8M 0.83%
2,158,282
+234,200
+12% +$5.9M
2021 Q1
1 quarter
AU icon
24
AngloGold Ashanti
AU
$44.7B
$61.4M 0.83%
3,306,807
-63,300
-2% -$1.39M
2013 Q4
30 quarters
XOG
25
DELISTED
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Common Stock
XOG
$61.2M 0.82%
1,113,995
– –
2021 Q1
1 quarter

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Howard Marks's Q2 2021 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2021, Howard Marks held 201 positions worth $7.45B, up 3.6% from $7.18B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 54% of the portfolio.

Howard Marks withdrew a net $1.38B in Q2 2021, closing 9 positions and reducing 19 holdings. Its most notable exit was Vivmark Residential, an estimated $66.4M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Energy at 20% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Miscellaneous and Industrials.

Against the trend, Howard Marks opened a new position in Frontier Communications worth $105M.

  • Howard Marks's largest Q2 2021 buy was Frontier Communications: 3,982,849 shares worth $105M.
  • Howard Marks added most to PG&E in Q2 2021, an estimated $80.5M increase.
  • Howard Marks's biggest Q2 2021 reduction was Star Bulk Carriers, cutting an estimated $257M.
  • Howard Marks fully exited Vivmark Residential in Q2 2021, selling an estimated $66.4M.
  • Howard Marks's ten largest holdings make up 54% of its $7.45B portfolio in Q2 2021.
  • Howard Marks opened 20 new positions and closed 9 in Q2 2021.
  • Howard Marks's portfolio value rose 3.6% quarter-over-quarter to $7.45B.

Based on Oaktree Capital Management's 13F filing for Q2 2021, filed 16 Aug 2021.