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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
+1%
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
$32.4B
AUM Growth
-$1.5B
Cap. Flow
-$1.38B
Cap. Flow %
-4.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
51.1%
Holding
53
New
2
Increased
12
Reduced
35
Closed
1

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 22.67%
2 Consumer Discretionary 20.98%
3 Technology 16.56%
4 Healthcare 16.43%
5 Financials 11.9%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
V icon
1
Visa
V
$697B
$2.77B 8.56%
37,356,470
-2,750,714
-7% -$215M
META icon
2
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.51T
$2.61B 8.07%
22,841,482
-1,263,142
-5% -$146M
CRM icon
3
Salesforce
CRM
$149B
$1.82B 5.62%
22,902,432
-1,464,556
-6% -$115M
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.48T
$1.7B 5.26%
47,568,160
+1,104,220
+2% +$37.3M
BABA icon
5
Alibaba
BABA
$276B
$1.58B 4.9%
19,915,897
-1,244,557
-6% -$97.4M
BKNG icon
6
Booking.com
BKNG
$154B
$1.47B 4.56%
29,530,450
+4,918,950
+20% +$255M
GOOGL icon
7
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.08T
$1.33B 4.1%
37,708,480
-2,126,060
-5% -$78M
BIDU icon
8
Baidu
BIDU
$35.6B
$1.23B 3.81%
7,459,256
-653,568
-8% -$115M
MON
9
DELISTED
Monsanto Co
MON
$1.01B 3.12%
9,769,011
-1,261,642
-11% -$125M
ADBE icon
10
Adobe
ADBE
$99B
$1B 3.1%
10,453,355
-671,527
-6% -$64.5M
EW icon
11
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$48.2B
$959M 2.97%
28,857,765
-1,661,199
-5% -$56.8M
ILMN icon
12
Illumina
ILMN
$29.2B
$933M 2.89%
6,835,768
+1,072,028
+19% +$152M
REGN icon
13
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$72.9B
$929M 2.87%
2,659,741
-728,180
-21% -$280M
SCHW
14
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$184B
$880M 2.72%
34,774,985
-1,967,120
-5% -$55.9M
BMRN icon
15
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$12B
$849M 2.63%
10,918,317
-643,187
-6% -$54.7M
LNKD
16
DELISTED
LinkedIn Corporation
LNKD
$795M 2.46%
4,202,770
-3,141,753
-43% -$435M
NFLX icon
17
Netflix
NFLX
$301B
$724M 2.24%
79,136,280
+14,870,650
+23% +$143M
CMG icon
18
Chipotle Mexican Grill
CMG
$43B
$724M 2.24%
89,837,200
+11,946,800
+15% +$104M
BIIB icon
19
Biogen
BIIB
$30.4B
$718M 2.22%
2,970,230
-170,879
-5% -$45M
CERN
20
DELISTED
Cerner Corp
CERN
$675M 2.09%
11,518,519
-698,960
-6% -$38.9M
GOOG icon
21
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.07T
$646M 2%
18,656,500
-1,016,780
-5% -$36.5M
PANW icon
22
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$260B
$571M 1.76%
27,924,636
+2,166,630
+8% +$50.2M
ALXN
23
DELISTED
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
ALXN
$569M 1.76%
4,874,758
-337,121
-6% -$47.8M
SPLK
24
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
$548M 1.69%
10,120,458
-662,895
-6% -$35M
SLB icon
25
SLB Ltd
SLB
$74.2B
$520M 1.61%
6,578,384
-456,273
-6% -$35M

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Sands Capital Management's Q2 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2016, Sands Capital Management held 53 positions worth $32.4B, down 4.4% from $33.9B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 51% of the portfolio.

Sands Capital Management withdrew a net $1.38B in Q2 2016, closing 1 position and reducing 35 holdings. Its most notable exit was iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund, an estimated $9.23M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 23% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Technology.

Against the trend, Sands Capital Management opened a new position in Under Armour Class C worth $309M.

  • Sands Capital Management's largest Q2 2016 buy was Under Armour Class C: 8,480,965 shares worth $309M.
  • Sands Capital Management added most to Booking.com in Q2 2016, an estimated $255M increase.
  • Sands Capital Management's biggest Q2 2016 reduction was LinkedIn Corporation, cutting an estimated $435M.
  • Sands Capital Management fully exited iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund in Q2 2016, selling an estimated $9.23M.
  • Sands Capital Management's ten largest holdings make up 51% of its $32.4B portfolio in Q2 2016.
  • Sands Capital Management opened 2 new positions and closed 1 in Q2 2016.
  • Sands Capital Management's portfolio value fell 4.4% quarter-over-quarter to $32.4B.

Based on Sands Capital Management's 13F filing for Q2 2016, filed 12 Aug 2016.