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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
+23.51%
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
+$4.42B
Cap. Flow
-$1.44B
Cap. Flow %
-4.44%
Top 10 Hldgs %
52.81%
Holding
76
New
5
Increased
19
Reduced
46
Closed
5

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
INTU icon
Intuit
INTU
+$499M
2
APTV icon
Aptiv
APTV
+$376M
3
TWLO icon
Twilio
TWLO
+$232M
4
ABMD
Abiomed Inc
ABMD
+$149M
5
MTCH icon
Match Group
MTCH
+$123M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 26.83%
2 Consumer Discretionary 22.95%
3 Healthcare 20%
4 Communication Services 16.49%
5 Financials 8.89%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
BABA icon
1
Alibaba
BABA
$275B
$2.62B 8.07%
14,345,101
-640,436
-4% -$108M
V icon
2
Visa
V
$701B
$2.48B 7.65%
15,897,277
-616,647
-4% -$88.9M
AMZN icon
3
Amazon
AMZN
$2.47T
$2.34B 7.22%
26,305,480
-1,385,820
-5% -$115M
NFLX icon
4
Netflix
NFLX
$300B
$1.81B 5.59%
50,827,970
-2,687,950
-5% -$93.2M
NOW icon
5
ServiceNow
NOW
$115B
$1.55B 4.76%
31,355,950
-2,421,230
-7% -$106M
EW icon
6
Edwards Lifesciences
EW
$48.3B
$1.47B 4.54%
23,083,002
-788,976
-3% -$45M
GOOGL icon
7
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.1T
$1.34B 4.14%
22,850,460
-1,162,100
-5% -$65.6M
CRM icon
8
Salesforce
CRM
$150B
$1.19B 3.68%
7,533,854
-915,355
-11% -$142M
WDAY icon
9
Workday
WDAY
$39.8B
$1.17B 3.6%
6,064,395
-183,764
-3% -$33.4M
ILMN icon
10
Illumina
ILMN
$29.6B
$1.16B 3.56%
3,821,987
-101,388
-3% -$29.6M
META icon
11
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.51T
$995M 3.07%
5,971,247
+559,275
+10% +$88.9M
ADBE icon
12
Adobe
ADBE
$100B
$936M 2.89%
3,512,972
-358,645
-9% -$90.4M
ALGN icon
13
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.9B
$908M 2.8%
3,192,102
-93,009
-3% -$22.2M
REGN icon
14
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$73.2B
$816M 2.52%
1,987,713
-93,116
-4% -$38.3M
TEAM icon
15
Atlassian
TEAM
$25.6B
$709M 2.18%
6,306,608
-186,750
-3% -$19.1M
CSGP icon
16
CoStar Group
CSGP
$11.6B
$701M 2.16%
15,028,150
-863,810
-5% -$35.7M
NKE icon
17
Nike
NKE
$63.2B
$640M 1.97%
7,599,435
-35,516
-0.5% -$2.93M
ASML icon
18
ASML
ASML
$607B
$598M 1.84%
3,182,597
-13,010
-0.4% -$2.3M
INTU icon
19
Intuit
INTU
$87.4B
$578M 1.78%
2,211,905
+2,158,950
+4,077% +$499M
MNST icon
20
Monster Beverage
MNST
$96.3B
$573M 1.77%
21,006,800
-1,231,154
-6% -$35.1M
MTCH icon
21
Match Group
MTCH
$9.2B
$569M 1.75%
10,049,288
+2,324,356
+30% +$123M
SHOP icon
22
Shopify
SHOP
$169B
$555M 1.71%
26,856,410
-168,650
-0.6% -$2.98M
BMRN icon
23
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
BMRN
$11.9B
$522M 1.61%
5,881,446
-226,014
-4% -$20.9M
SRPT icon
24
Sarepta Therapeutics
SRPT
$1.63B
$431M 1.33%
3,617,094
+522,327
+17% +$67.2M
APTV icon
25
Aptiv
APTV
$12.5B
$400M 1.23%
5,030,750
+4,898,730
+3,711% +$376M

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Sands Capital Management's Q1 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2019, Sands Capital Management held 76 positions worth $32.4B, up 16% from $28B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 53% of the portfolio.

Sands Capital Management withdrew a net $1.44B in Q1 2019, closing 5 positions and reducing 46 holdings. Its most notable exit was Alexion Pharmaceuticals, an estimated $269M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 27% of assets, up from 25% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Sands Capital Management opened a new position in Twilio worth $267M.

  • Sands Capital Management's largest Q1 2019 buy was Twilio: 2,064,208 shares worth $267M.
  • Sands Capital Management added most to Intuit in Q1 2019, an estimated $499M increase.
  • Sands Capital Management's biggest Q1 2019 reduction was Booking.com, cutting an estimated $443M.
  • Sands Capital Management fully exited Alexion Pharmaceuticals in Q1 2019, selling an estimated $269M.
  • Sands Capital Management's ten largest holdings make up 53% of its $32.4B portfolio in Q1 2019.
  • Sands Capital Management opened 5 new positions and closed 5 in Q1 2019.
  • Sands Capital Management's portfolio value rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $32.4B.

Based on Sands Capital Management's 13F filing for Q1 2019, filed 15 May 2019.