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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
AMZN icon
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.45T
$2.96B 8.48%
34,846,740
-1,744,520
-5% -$138M
BABA icon
2
Alibaba
BABA
$273B
$2.71B 7.76%
14,609,549
-426,271
-3% -$81.2M
V icon
3
Visa
V
$703B
$2.47B 7.06%
18,624,521
-868,183
-4% -$112M
NFLX icon
4
Netflix
NFLX
$300B
$2.21B 6.34%
56,565,960
-7,106,690
-11% -$242M
META icon
5
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.49T
$1.69B 4.83%
8,684,872
-1,585,819
-15% -$287M
GOOGL icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.07T
$1.53B 4.39%
27,169,800
+2,067,780
+8% +$112M
CRM icon
7
Salesforce
CRM
$152B
$1.3B 3.72%
9,527,225
-2,470,342
-21% -$315M
BKNG icon
8
Booking.com
BKNG
$154B
$1.27B 3.63%
15,635,150
-836,200
-5% -$70.4M
NOW icon
9
ServiceNow
NOW
$118B
$1.22B 3.5%
35,455,895
-1,569,045
-4% -$54.4M
ILMN icon
10
Illumina
ILMN
$29.1B
$1.19B 3.41%
4,389,962
-198,460
-4% -$50.5M
SCHW
11
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$184B
$1.17B 3.35%
22,902,272
-969,937
-4% -$53.7M
ADBE icon
12
Adobe
ADBE
$104B
$1.13B 3.22%
4,619,658
-262,291
-5% -$62M
ALGN icon
13
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.9B
$1.05B 3%
3,059,358
+349,545
+13% +$104M
EW icon
14
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$48.9B
$1.01B 2.88%
20,752,296
+1,185,804
+6% +$55.3M
WDAY icon
15
Workday
WDAY
$41B
$837M 2.4%
6,912,969
+1,951,415
+39% +$250M
REGN icon
16
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$73.3B
$795M 2.28%
2,305,811
-98,276
-4% -$30.7M
PANW icon
17
Palo Alto Networks
PANW
$257B
$728M 2.09%
21,266,094
-1,231,944
-5% -$41.1M
ASML icon
18
ASML
ASML
$591B
$677M 1.94%
3,419,537
-63,600
-2% -$12.8M
NKE icon
19
Nike
NKE
$63.2B
$667M 1.91%
8,366,484
-156,575
-2% -$11M
MNST icon
20
Monster Beverage
MNST
$96.5B
$666M 1.91%
23,249,008
+349,816
+2% +$9.44M
BIDU icon
21
Baidu
BIDU
$35.4B
$663M 1.9%
2,728,717
-4,244,193
-61% -$1.06B
BMRN icon
22
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$12B
$653M 1.87%
6,930,199
-317,652
-4% -$27.8M
CSGP icon
23
CoStar Group
CSGP
$11.9B
$606M 1.74%
14,691,510
+862,430
+6% +$33.2M
SPLK
24
DELISTED
Splunk Inc
SPLK
$543M 1.56%
5,481,472
-302,776
-5% -$32.9M
SBUX icon
25
Starbucks
SBUX
$118B
$528M 1.51%
10,816,762
-428,312
-4% -$24.3M

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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.