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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
+10.95%
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
$34.9B
AUM Growth
+$1.12B
Cap. Flow
-$2.07B
Cap. Flow %
-5.94%
Top 10 Hldgs %
53.13%
Holding
70
New
3
Increased
27
Reduced
32
Closed
4

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BIDU icon
Baidu
BIDU
+$1.06B
2
INCY icon
Incyte
INCY
+$342M
3
CRM icon
Salesforce
CRM
+$315M
4
META icon
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
+$287M
5
NFLX icon
Netflix
NFLX
+$242M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Consumer Discretionary 25.96%
2 Technology 22.17%
3 Communication Services 19.03%
4 Healthcare 17.03%
5 Financials 10.7%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
GWRE icon
51
Guidewire Software
GWRE
$13.9B
$13.5M 0.04%
152,445
+22,475
+17% +$1.99M
ICE icon
52
Intercontinental Exchange
ICE
$87.2B
$12.8M 0.04%
173,551
+1,000
+0.6% +$72.8K
VRSK icon
53
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$27.9B
$11.4M 0.03%
106,197
+550
+0.5% +$58.5K
DG icon
54
Dollar General
DG
$28.4B
$10.5M 0.03%
106,001
+600
+0.6% +$57.7K
INTU icon
55
Intuit
INTU
$91.1B
$9.91M 0.03%
48,530
+10,816
+29% +$2.07M
ROST icon
56
Ross Stores
ROST
$80.8B
$9.85M 0.03%
116,196
+650
+0.6% +$52.9K
APTV icon
57
Aptiv
APTV
$12.3B
$9.45M 0.03%
103,085
+675
+0.7% +$62.9K
ANSS
58
DELISTED
Ansys
ANSS
$9.06M 0.03%
52,045
-1,100
-2% -$183K
FMX icon
59
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.2B
$8.67M 0.02%
98,780
+500
+0.5% +$44.2K
UNP icon
60
Union Pacific
UNP
$174B
$8.33M 0.02%
58,796
+375
+0.6% +$52.3K
IPGP icon
61
IPG Photonics
IPGP
$3.4B
$6.68M 0.02%
30,300
MCO icon
62
Moody's
MCO
$83.7B
$5.99M 0.02%
35,093
+175
+0.5% +$29.6K
LYV icon
63
Live Nation Entertainment
LYV
$42.9B
$5.35M 0.02%
110,167
+600
+0.5% +$25.7K
CSCO icon
64
Cisco
CSCO
$443B
$465K ﹤0.01%
10,800
MSFT icon
65
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.9T
$419K ﹤0.01%
4,250
HAPN
66
Happen Inc
HAPN
$2.14B
$267K ﹤0.01%
14,088
AGN
67
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
-45,058
Closed -$7.58M
NETS
68
DELISTED
Netshoes (Cayman) Limited
NETS
-1,329,225
Closed -$7.87M
MULE
69
DELISTED
MuleSoft, Inc.
MULE
-368,443
Closed -$16.2M
CELG
70
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
-65,744
Closed -$5.87M

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Sands Capital Management's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, Sands Capital Management held 70 positions worth $34.9B, up 3.3% from $33.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 53% of the portfolio.

Sands Capital Management withdrew a net $2.07B in Q2 2018, closing 4 positions and reducing 32 holdings. Its most notable exit was MuleSoft, Inc., an estimated $16.2M position sold in full.

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

Against the trend, Sands Capital Management opened a new position in Atlassian worth $298M.

  • Sands Capital Management's largest Q2 2018 buy was Atlassian: 4,774,240 shares worth $298M.
  • Sands Capital Management added most to Workday in Q2 2018, an estimated $250M increase.
  • Sands Capital Management's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Baidu, cutting an estimated $1.06B.
  • Sands Capital Management fully exited MuleSoft, Inc. in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $16.2M.
  • Sands Capital Management's ten largest holdings make up 53% of its $34.9B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • Sands Capital Management opened 3 new positions and closed 4 in Q2 2018.
  • Sands Capital Management's portfolio value rose 3.3% quarter-over-quarter to $34.9B.

Based on Sands Capital Management's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 14 Aug 2018.