John Paulson’s Verizon VZ Stock Holding History

John Paulson’s Portfolio VZ Stock Details VZ Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2015 Q1	–	Sell	-480,000	Closed	-$22.5M	–	66
2014 Q4	$22.5M	Sell	480,000 -7,020,000	-94%	-$343M	0.12%	50
2014 Q3	$375M	Sell	7,500,000 -1,242,725	-14%	-$61.8M	1.56%	25
2014 Q2	$428M	Hold	8,742,725	–	–	1.85%	24
2014 Q1	$416M	Buy	+8,742,725	New	+$413M	2.04%	18

Other funds holding VZ

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Capital Research Global Investors Los Angeles, California $717B AUM 35.42% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $3.37T AUM 44.26% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.26% 1-Year Est. Return

Capital World Investors Los Angeles, California $846B AUM 46.74% 1-Year Est. Return

Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts $580B AUM 38.23% 1-Year Est. Return

Fidelity Investments Boston, Massachusetts $2.3T AUM 54.33% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of New York Mellon New York $609B AUM 40.19% 1-Year Est. Return

BFA

BlackRock Fund Advisors San Francisco, California $542B AUM 18.14% 1-Year Est. Return

Northern Trust Chicago, Illinois $860B AUM 41.15% 1-Year Est. Return

John Paulson's VZ Position: Q1 2015 in Review

John Paulson sold out of Verizon (VZ) in Q1 2015, closing a stake of 480,000 shares — an estimated $22.5M sold.

John Paulson first reported a position in VZ in Q1 2014 and held it in 4 quarters. The position peaked at $428M in Q2 2014. 1,793 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold VZ as of Q1 2015.

John Paulson reported no remaining Verizon position as of Q1 2015 after selling out during the quarter.
John Paulson sold 480,000 Verizon shares in Q1 2015, an estimated $22.5M.
John Paulson first reported a position in Verizon in Q1 2014 and held it in 4 quarters.
John Paulson's Verizon position peaked at $428M in Q2 2014.
1,793 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Verizon as of Q1 2015.

Based on Paulson & Co's 13F filing for Q1 2015, filed 15 May 2015.