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Sands Capital Management

Sands Capital Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $25.5B
1-Year Est. Return 26.46%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+9.63%
1 Year Est. Return
+26.46%
3 Year Est. Return
+130.81%
5 Year Est. Return
+100.92%
10 Year Est. Return
+877.17%
AUM
$33.3B
AUM Growth
+$1.42B
Cap. Flow
-$1.29B
Cap. Flow %
-3.87%
Top 10 Hldgs %
51.59%
Holding
70
New
3
Increased
19
Reduced
46
Closed
1

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
V icon
Visa
V
+$419M
2
SLB icon
SLB Ltd
SLB
+$393M
3
BKNG icon
Booking.com
BKNG
+$322M
4
BIIB icon
Biogen
BIIB
+$317M
5
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$215M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Discretionary 26.54%
2 Communication Services 21.15%
3 Healthcare 18.77%
4 Technology 15.82%
5 Financials 11.27%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
GWRE icon
51
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$13.4B
$10.2M 0.03%
147,985
-34,900
-19% -$2.22M
ANSS
52
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$7.31M 0.02%
60,045
-14,000
-19% -$1.65M
HDB icon
53
HDFC Bank
HDB
$122B
$4.79M 0.01%
220,480
+31,800
+17% +$664K
IPGP icon
54
IPG Photonics
IPGP
$3.52B
$4.43M 0.01%
30,505
-9,600
-24% -$1.29M
TDG icon
55
TransDigm Group
TDG
$72.2B
$1.97M 0.01%
7,319
-145
-2% -$36.8K
ZTS icon
56
Zoetis
ZTS
$32.7B
$1.45M ﹤0.01%
23,184
-475
-2% -$28.1K
AGN
57
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$1.32M ﹤0.01%
5,428
-125
-2% -$29.4K
DG icon
58
Dollar General
DG
$27.7B
$1.31M ﹤0.01%
18,222
-375
-2% -$27K
FMX icon
59
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$42.9B
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
11,806
-250
-2% -$23.3K
VRSK icon
60
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$28.9B
$1.16M ﹤0.01%
13,750
-300
-2% -$24.3K
ICE icon
61
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$86.1B
$1.1M ﹤0.01%
16,645
-350
-2% -$21.5K
BMY icon
62
Bristol-Myers Squibb
BMY
$130B
$935K ﹤0.01%
16,774
-350
-2% -$19K
MCO icon
63
Moody's
MCO
$83.8B
$830K ﹤0.01%
6,824
-150
-2% -$17.6K
UNP icon
64
Union Pacific
UNP
$175B
$767K ﹤0.01%
7,046
-150
-2% -$16.4K
ROST icon
65
Ross Stores
ROST
$80.3B
$640K ﹤0.01%
11,088
-225
-2% -$14K
INTU icon
66
Intuit
INTU
$87.3B
$604K ﹤0.01%
4,549
-100
-2% -$13K
ORLY icon
67
O'Reilly Automotive
ORLY
$74.7B
$535K ﹤0.01%
36,675
-750
-2% -$12.2K
CSCO icon
68
Cisco
CSCO
$460B
$338K ﹤0.01%
10,800
-500
-4% -$16.3K
MSFT icon
69
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.9T
$293K ﹤0.01%
4,250
SLB icon
70
SLB Ltd
SLB
$75.4B
-5,038,227
Closed -$393M

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Sands Capital Management's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2017, Sands Capital Management held 70 positions worth $33.3B, up 4.5% from $31.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 52% of the portfolio.

Sands Capital Management withdrew a net $1.29B in Q2 2017, closing 1 position and reducing 46 holdings. Its most notable exit was SLB Ltd, an estimated $393M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Discretionary at 27% of assets, up from 26% a quarter earlier, followed by Communication Services and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Sands Capital Management opened a new position in Lakefront Biotherapeutics American Depositary Shares worth $164M.

  • Sands Capital Management's largest Q2 2017 buy was Lakefront Biotherapeutics American Depositary Shares: 2,138,491 shares worth $164M.
  • Sands Capital Management added most to Incyte in Q2 2017, an estimated $475M increase.
  • Sands Capital Management's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was Visa, cutting an estimated $419M.
  • Sands Capital Management fully exited SLB Ltd in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $393M.
  • Sands Capital Management's ten largest holdings make up 52% of its $33.3B portfolio in Q2 2017.
  • Sands Capital Management opened 3 new positions and closed 1 in Q2 2017.
  • Sands Capital Management's portfolio value rose 4.5% quarter-over-quarter to $33.3B.

Based on Sands Capital Management's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 14 Aug 2017.