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Spark Investment Management Portfolio holdings

AUM $41.6M
1-Year Est. Return 80.97%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.15%
1 Year Est. Return
+80.97%
3 Year Est. Return
+336.74%
5 Year Est. Return
+318.26%
10 Year Est. Return
+1,447.78%
AUM
$643M
AUM Growth
+$65.7M
Cap. Flow
+$50.6M
Cap. Flow %
7.88%
Top 10 Hldgs %
9.12%
Holding
830
New
189
Increased
167
Reduced
152
Closed
160

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$4.17M
2
MUSA icon
Murphy USA
MUSA
+$3.83M
3
CSTM icon
Constellium
CSTM
+$3.31M
4
WWAV
The WhiteWave Foods Company
WWAV
+$3.29M
5
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$3.27M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
NUS icon
Nu Skin
NUS
+$4.7M
2
LL
LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.
LL
+$3.28M
3
IBKR icon
Interactive Brokers
IBKR
+$2.22M
4
HRC
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
HRC
+$2.05M
5
SLCA
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
+$1.93M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 18.01%
2 Technology 16.5%
3 Industrials 15.37%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.11%
5 Energy 6.21%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LEA icon
1
Lear
LEA
$7.19B
$7.39M 1.15%
88,300
-17,300
-16% -$1.38M
ILMN icon
2
Illumina
ILMN
$29.4B
$6.42M 1%
44,410
+28,373
+177% +$4.17M
HII icon
3
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII
$11.3B
$6.22M 0.97%
60,800
– –
BRCD
4
DELISTED
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. NEW
BRCD
$6.21M 0.97%
585,100
+139,000
+31% +$1.34M
CMCSK
5
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$5.84M 0.91%
119,800
– –
COR icon
6
Cencora
COR
$60.3B
$5.59M 0.87%
107,900
+14,900
+16% +$1.01M
CVD
7
DELISTED
COVANCE INC.
CVD
$5.57M 0.87%
53,600
– –
DNKN
8
DELISTED
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.
DNKN
$5.22M 0.81%
104,000
– –
TFCF
9
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
$5.12M 0.8%
164,600
+101,700
+162% +$3.25M
MCK icon
10
McKesson
MCK
$98.5B
$5.05M 0.79%
28,600
– –
LMT icon
11
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$134B
$4.93M 0.77%
30,200
+11,700
+63% +$1.84M
CST
12
DELISTED
CST Brands, Inc.
CST
$4.85M 0.75%
155,300
+63,500
+69% +$2.02M
UTHR icon
13
United Therapeutics
UTHR
$26.3B
$4.72M 0.73%
50,200
– –
XLS
14
DELISTED
EXELIS INC COM STK
XLS
$4.61M 0.72%
259,503
+64,045
+33% +$1.18M
DLB icon
15
Dolby
DLB
$4.72B
$4.45M 0.69%
100,100
– –
CELG
16
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
$4.29M 0.67%
61,400
-11,000
-15% -$871K
WWAV
17
DELISTED
The WhiteWave Foods Company
WWAV
$4.1M 0.64%
143,700
+124,400
+645% +$3.29M
SAVE
18
DELISTED
Spirit Airlines, Inc.
SAVE
$4.03M 0.63%
67,900
– –
NTAP icon
19
NetApp
NTAP
$32.9B
$3.96M 0.62%
107,300
+66,100
+160% +$2.67M
PDLI
20
DELISTED
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
PDLI
$3.95M 0.61%
476,800
-57,600
-11% -$494K
LXK
21
DELISTED
Lexmark Intl Inc
LXK
$3.88M 0.6%
83,800
– –
MUSA icon
22
Murphy USA
MUSA
$11.3B
$3.84M 0.6%
+94,700
New +$3.83M
CSTM icon
23
Constellium
CSTM
$3.96B
$3.71M 0.58%
+126,300
New +$3.31M
NFLX icon
24
Netflix
NFLX
$292B
$3.69M 0.57%
735,000
+364,000
+98% +$2.08M
AMGN icon
25
Amgen
AMGN
$203B
$3.67M 0.57%
29,800
-300
-1% -$36.4K
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Spark Investment Management's Q1 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2014, Spark Investment Management held 830 positions worth $643M, up 11% from $577M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 9.1% of the portfolio.

Spark Investment Management deployed $50.6M of net new capital in Q1 2014, opening 189 new positions and adding to 167 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Murphy USA: 94,700 shares worth $3.84M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Interactive Brokers, an estimated $2.22M trimmed.

  • Spark Investment Management's largest Q1 2014 buy was Murphy USA: 94,700 shares worth $3.84M.
  • Spark Investment Management added most to Illumina in Q1 2014, an estimated $4.17M increase.
  • Spark Investment Management's biggest Q1 2014 reduction was Interactive Brokers, cutting an estimated $2.22M.
  • Spark Investment Management fully exited Nu Skin in Q1 2014, selling an estimated $4.7M.
  • Spark Investment Management's ten largest holdings make up 9.1% of its $643M portfolio in Q1 2014.
  • Spark Investment Management opened 189 new positions and closed 160 in Q1 2014.
  • Spark Investment Management's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $643M.

Based on Spark Investment Management's 13F filing for Q1 2014, filed 13 May 2014.