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Needham Investment Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.96B
1-Year Est. Return 101.23%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.57%
1 Year Est. Return
+101.23%
3 Year Est. Return
+267.12%
5 Year Est. Return
+252.76%
10 Year Est. Return
+1,102.05%
AUM
$332M
AUM Growth
-$24.3M
Cap. Flow
-$36.4M
Cap. Flow %
-10.97%
Top 10 Hldgs %
39.33%
Holding
96
New
4
Increased
23
Reduced
21
Closed
11

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PDFS icon
PDF Solutions
PDFS
+$2.55M
2
UCTT
Ultra Clean Holdings
UCTT
+$1.92M
3
AQ
Aquantia Corp. Common Stock
AQ
+$1.29M
4
ASPN icon
Aspen Aerogels
ASPN
+$1.17M
5
TENB icon
Tenable Holdings
TENB
+$665K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
SMCI icon
Super Micro Computer
SMCI
+$16M
2
REIS
Reis, Inc.
REIS
+$5.84M
3
FMI
Foundation Medicine, Inc.
FMI
+$5.47M
4
ESRX
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
+$2.98M
5
BA icon
Boeing
BA
+$2.81M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 44.77%
2 Healthcare 18.19%
3 Industrials 12.86%
4 Communication Services 10.78%
5 Consumer Discretionary 2.42%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
TMO icon
1
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$211B
$18.2M 5.48%
74,500
-10,000
-12% -$2.3M
FORM icon
2
FormFactor
FORM
$8.11B
$15.8M 4.75%
1,146,450
+27,500
+2% +$379K
ENTG icon
3
Entegris
ENTG
$19.7B
$14.5M 4.37%
500,500
– –
KVHI icon
4
KVH Industries
KVHI
$177M
$13.5M 4.06%
1,027,498
-50,000
-5% -$629K
VSAT icon
5
Viasat
VSAT
$9.79B
$12.8M 3.87%
200,600
-30,625
-13% -$2.02M
GILD icon
6
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$161B
$11.3M 3.42%
147,000
-9,000
-6% -$680K
BA icon
7
Boeing
BA
$165B
$11.3M 3.42%
30,500
-8,000
-21% -$2.81M
CMCSA icon
8
Comcast
CMCSA
$79.1B
$11.2M 3.36%
315,000
– –
HQL
9
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
HQL
$585M
$11M 3.31%
538,359
-3,366
-0.6% -$67K
PDFS icon
10
PDF Solutions
PDFS
$2.13B
$11M 3.31%
1,216,000
+253,500
+26% +$2.55M
AMBR
11
DELISTED
Amber Road Inc
AMBR
$10.6M 3.21%
1,105,850
-1,000
-0.1% -$8.9K
HQH
12
abrdn Healthcare Investors
HQH
$1.23B
$9.19M 2.77%
397,090
+2,000
+0.5% +$45.3K
COHR icon
13
Coherent
COHR
$55.2B
$8.49M 2.56%
179,500
+7,500
+4% +$341K
KMX icon
14
CarMax
KMX
$8.27B
$8.03M 2.42%
107,500
-500
-0.5% -$38.1K
ORBK
15
DELISTED
Orbotech Ltd
ORBK
$7.96M 2.4%
134,000
+9,000
+7% +$563K
TTD icon
16
Trade Desk
TTD
$8.13B
$7.92M 2.39%
525,000
– –
NVMI
17
Nova
NVMI
$13.9B
$7.8M 2.35%
296,500
– –
EFII
18
DELISTED
Electronics for Imaging
EFII
$7.77M 2.34%
228,000
+5,000
+2% +$170K
MKSI icon
19
MKS Inc
MKSI
$22.2B
$7.62M 2.29%
95,000
+2,000
+2% +$183K
LH icon
20
Labcorp
LH
$24.3B
$6.73M 2.03%
45,120
– –
PLAB icon
21
Photronics
PLAB
$1.79B
$6.06M 1.83%
615,250
– –
BDX icon
22
Becton Dickinson
BDX
$43.1B
$5.94M 1.79%
23,319
-1,794
-7% -$442K
EHC icon
23
Encompass Health
EHC
$11.2B
$5.46M 1.64%
87,990
– –
MDT icon
24
Medtronic
MDT
$107B
$5.35M 1.61%
54,406
– –
AAPL icon
25
Apple
AAPL
$4.89T
$5.29M 1.59%
93,800
– –
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Needham Investment Management's Q3 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2018, Needham Investment Management held 96 positions worth $332M, down 6.8% from $356M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 39% of the portfolio.

Needham Investment Management withdrew a net $36.4M in Q3 2018, closing 11 positions and reducing 21 holdings. Its most notable exit was Super Micro Computer, an estimated $16M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 45% of assets, down from 47% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Industrials.

Against the trend, Needham Investment Management opened a new position in Tenable Holdings worth $777K.

  • Needham Investment Management's largest Q3 2018 buy was Tenable Holdings: 20,000 shares worth $777K.
  • Needham Investment Management added most to PDF Solutions in Q3 2018, an estimated $2.55M increase.
  • Needham Investment Management's biggest Q3 2018 reduction was Express Scripts Holding Company, cutting an estimated $2.98M.
  • Needham Investment Management fully exited Super Micro Computer in Q3 2018, selling an estimated $16M.
  • Needham Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 39% of its $332M portfolio in Q3 2018.
  • Needham Investment Management opened 4 new positions and closed 11 in Q3 2018.
  • Needham Investment Management's portfolio value fell 6.8% quarter-over-quarter to $332M.

Based on Needham Investment Management's 13F filing for Q3 2018, filed 14 Nov 2018.