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Marshall Wace

Marshall Wace Portfolio holdings

AUM $100B
1-Year Est. Return 35.1%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+16.47%
1 Year Est. Return
+35.1%
3 Year Est. Return
+111.04%
5 Year Est. Return
+146.93%
10 Year Est. Return
+631.22%
AUM
$10.6B
AUM Growth
+$842M
Cap. Flow
-$440M
Cap. Flow %
-4.14%
Top 10 Hldgs %
16.26%
Holding
2,304
New
726
Increased
425
Reduced
494
Closed
615

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MCD icon
McDonald's
MCD
+$240M
2
TMO icon
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
+$151M
3
BSX icon
Boston Scientific
BSX
+$121M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$104M
5
TRU icon
TransUnion
TRU
+$81M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Discretionary 22.87%
2 Healthcare 20.58%
3 Financials 10.9%
4 Technology 10.13%
5 Industrials 8.12%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
ZTS icon
1
Zoetis
ZTS
$31.6B
$335M 3.15%
3,326,227
-285,613
-8% -$25.9M
MCD icon
2
McDonald's
MCD
$188B
$276M 2.59%
1,451,960
+1,321,172
+1,010% +$240M
TMO icon
3
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$211B
$212M 1.99%
775,103
+607,245
+362% +$151M
TFX icon
4
Teleflex
TFX
$5.85B
$180M 1.69%
596,777
+12,502
+2% +$3.49M
BSX icon
5
Boston Scientific
BSX
$65.8B
$169M 1.59%
4,413,791
+3,158,088
+251% +$121M
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.91T
$144M 1.35%
2,442,380
-2,334,800
-49% -$132M
AMZN icon
7
Amazon
AMZN
$2.5T
$131M 1.23%
1,469,020
+1,253,440
+581% +$104M
A icon
8
Agilent Technologies
A
$39.1B
$97.4M 0.92%
1,211,890
-1,600,660
-57% -$122M
RL icon
9
Ralph Lauren
RL
$22.2B
$95.4M 0.9%
735,437
+547,787
+292% +$65.2M
BFAM icon
10
Bright Horizons
BFAM
$3.99B
$89.7M 0.84%
705,514
+240,178
+52% +$28.6M
TRU icon
11
TransUnion
TRU
$14.8B
$87.4M 0.82%
+1,307,679
New +$81M
SBUX icon
12
Starbucks
SBUX
$118B
$87.3M 0.82%
1,173,934
-56,963
-5% -$3.92M
EBAY icon
13
eBay
EBAY
$48.6B
$79.1M 0.74%
+2,129,399
New +$73.9M
RHT
14
DELISTED
Red Hat Inc
RHT
$77.3M 0.73%
422,871
+58,120
+16% +$10.4M
ANSS
15
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$73.7M 0.69%
403,159
-99,408
-20% -$16.8M
NSP icon
16
Insperity
NSP
$1.85B
$73.5M 0.69%
+594,543
New +$67.8M
EEM icon
17
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
EEM
$28B
$70.3M 0.66%
+1,637,006
New +$68.9M
AZPN
18
DELISTED
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
AZPN
$63.8M 0.6%
612,397
-64,040
-9% -$6.68M
SPGI icon
19
S&P Global
SPGI
$126B
$63M 0.59%
299,303
-98,332
-25% -$19M
CDNS icon
20
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
$90B
$61.4M 0.58%
966,927
-379,716
-28% -$20.1M
TAK icon
21
Takeda Pharmaceutical
TAK
$55.1B
$60.4M 0.57%
+2,964,207
New +$59.6M
PTC icon
22
PTC
PTC
$13.7B
$60.2M 0.57%
652,577
+386,364
+145% +$34.2M
MGM icon
23
MGM Resorts International
MGM
$11.7B
$59.1M 0.56%
2,304,842
+1,773,424
+334% +$48.6M
IDXX icon
24
Idexx Laboratories
IDXX
$42.9B
$58.4M 0.55%
261,276
+102,660
+65% +$21.2M
MCO icon
25
Moody's
MCO
$81.7B
$58.4M 0.55%
322,508
+63,688
+25% +$10.5M

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Marshall Wace's Q1 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2019, Marshall Wace held 2,304 positions worth $10.6B, up 8.6% from $9.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 16% of the portfolio.

Marshall Wace withdrew a net $440M in Q1 2019, closing 615 positions and reducing 494 holdings. Its most notable exit was Shire pic, an estimated $166M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Discretionary at 23% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

Against the trend, Marshall Wace opened a new position in TransUnion worth $87.4M.

  • Marshall Wace's largest Q1 2019 buy was TransUnion: 1,307,679 shares worth $87.4M.
  • Marshall Wace added most to McDonald's in Q1 2019, an estimated $240M increase.
  • Marshall Wace's biggest Q1 2019 reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class A, cutting an estimated $132M.
  • Marshall Wace fully exited Shire pic in Q1 2019, selling an estimated $166M.
  • Marshall Wace's ten largest holdings make up 16% of its $10.6B portfolio in Q1 2019.
  • Marshall Wace opened 726 new positions and closed 615 in Q1 2019.
  • Marshall Wace's portfolio value rose 8.6% quarter-over-quarter to $10.6B.

Based on Marshall Wace's 13F filing for Q1 2019, filed 14 May 2019.