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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
-6.38%
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
$35.8B
AUM Growth
-$4.88B
Cap. Flow
-$1.26B
Cap. Flow %
-3.53%
Top 10 Hldgs %
49.87%
Holding
56
New
6
Increased
12
Reduced
32
Closed
4

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$883M
2
MBLY
Mobileye N.V.
MBLY
+$642M
3
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$350M
4
BABA icon
Alibaba
BABA
+$312M
5
EW icon
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
+$192M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 19.68%
2 Consumer Discretionary 17.86%
3 Healthcare 17.52%
4 Technology 15.85%
5 Financials 13.87%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
V icon
1
Visa
V
$703B
$3.22B 9%
46,271,842
-1,996,107
-4% -$142M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.49T
$2.25B 6.29%
25,069,333
-2,173,014
-8% -$199M
GOOG icon
3
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.06T
$1.93B 5.4%
61,571,100
-3,320,700
-5% -$102M
REGN icon
4
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$73.3B
$1.92B 5.37%
4,138,184
-80,784
-2% -$43.4M
CRM icon
5
Salesforce
CRM
$152B
$1.65B 4.6%
23,735,958
-1,380,947
-5% -$97.9M
BIDU icon
6
Baidu
BIDU
$35.4B
$1.48B 4.14%
10,779,865
+1,083,771
+11% +$179M
BKNG icon
7
Booking.com
BKNG
$154B
$1.46B 4.07%
29,489,550
-3,710,475
-11% -$184M
BABA icon
8
Alibaba
BABA
$274B
$1.39B 3.87%
23,493,338
+4,285,905
+22% +$312M
LNKD
9
DELISTED
LinkedIn Corporation
LNKD
$1.35B 3.77%
7,094,183
-306,079
-4% -$60.8M
BIIB icon
10
Biogen
BIIB
$31.8B
$1.2B 3.36%
4,121,400
-611,545
-13% -$202M
BMRN icon
11
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$12B
$1.2B 3.35%
11,395,866
-231,741
-2% -$31M
SCHW
12
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$184B
$1.2B 3.35%
42,012,034
-824,328
-2% -$26.5M
NKE icon
13
Nike
NKE
$63.2B
$1.11B 3.1%
18,078,468
-8,054,858
-31% -$456M
CMG icon
14
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$43.6B
$1.07B 2.98%
74,125,550
-16,234,550
-18% -$231M
MON
15
DELISTED
Monsanto Co
MON
$1.05B 2.94%
12,348,234
-255,915
-2% -$25.3M
ALXN
16
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$998M 2.79%
6,379,857
-139,689
-2% -$25.5M
ASML icon
17
ASML
ASML
$591B
$961M 2.68%
10,921,794
-254,399
-2% -$24.1M
ADBE icon
18
Adobe
ADBE
$104B
$920M 2.57%
11,190,108
-514,488
-4% -$41.7M
AMZN icon
19
Amazon
AMZN
$2.45T
$894M 2.5%
+34,911,080
New +$883M
CERN
20
DELISTED
Cerner Corp
CERN
$879M 2.46%
14,665,256
-270,399
-2% -$17.7M
ILMN icon
21
Illumina
ILMN
$29.1B
$762M 2.13%
4,456,231
+1,729,741
+63% +$350M
WFM
22
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
$628M 1.75%
19,845,100
+4,130,918
+26% +$146M
SPLK
23
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
$606M 1.69%
10,948,738
-490,885
-4% -$32.1M
SLB icon
24
SLB Ltd
SLB
$74.1B
$605M 1.69%
8,767,912
-6,998,198
-44% -$554M
ATHN
25
DELISTED
Athenahealth, Inc.
ATHN
$587M 1.64%
4,399,018
-97,341
-2% -$12.7M

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Sands Capital Management's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2015, Sands Capital Management held 56 positions worth $35.8B, down 12% from $40.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 50% of the portfolio.

Sands Capital Management withdrew a net $1.26B in Q3 2015, closing 4 positions and reducing 32 holdings. Its most notable exit was Southwestern Energy Company, an estimated $265M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 20% of assets, down from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Sands Capital Management opened a new position in Amazon worth $894M.

  • Sands Capital Management's largest Q3 2015 buy was Amazon: 34,911,080 shares worth $894M.
  • Sands Capital Management added most to Illumina in Q3 2015, an estimated $350M increase.
  • Sands Capital Management's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A, cutting an estimated $664M.
  • Sands Capital Management fully exited Southwestern Energy Company in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $265M.
  • Sands Capital Management's ten largest holdings make up 50% of its $35.8B portfolio in Q3 2015.
  • Sands Capital Management opened 6 new positions and closed 4 in Q3 2015.
  • Sands Capital Management's portfolio value fell 12% quarter-over-quarter to $35.8B.

Based on Sands Capital Management's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 13 Nov 2015.