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Thomas Russo Gardner Russo & Quinn

AUM $8.93B
1-Year Est. Return 6.76%
 

Thomas Russo is a partner at Gardner Russo & Quinn and one of the best-known global value investors focused on consumer franchises. He is closely associated with long-term ownership of branded businesses that can reinvest abroad, often summarized as capacity to suffer and capacity to reinvest. Russo’s talks and holdings are staples in global quality-value circles.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+2.82%
1 Year Est. Return
+6.76%
3 Year Est. Return
+56.55%
5 Year Est. Return
+70.68%
10 Year Est. Return
+174.82%
AUM
$11B
AUM Growth
+$357M
Cap. Flow
+$104M
Cap. Flow %
0.95%
Top 10 Hldgs %
71.98%
Holding
112
New
2
Increased
27
Reduced
51
Closed
3

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
UN
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
+$27.5M
2
MLM icon
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
+$8.55M
3
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$5.59M
4
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$2.07M
5
MTB.WS
M&T Bank Corporation
MTB.WS
+$472K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PM icon
Philip Morris
PM
+$32.5M
2
MO icon
Altria Group
MO
+$8.01M
3
GHC icon
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
+$5.5M
4
BRK.A icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
+$4.76M
5
CMCSK
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
+$3.94M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 29.46%
2 Consumer Staples 24.14%
3 Materials 2.1%
4 Communication Services 0.9%
5 Industrials 0.68%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ABBV icon
26
AbbVie
ABBV
$468B
$5.67M 0.05%
86,718
-59
-0.1% -$3.72K
HRL icon
27
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.1B
$5.59M 0.05%
214,714
-7,392
-3% -$195K
DOV icon
28
Dover
DOV
$27.2B
$5.43M 0.05%
93,786
-805
-0.9% -$49.9K
CVX icon
29
Chevron
CVX
$403B
$5.01M 0.05%
44,630
-2,797
-6% -$318K
RDS.A
30
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
$4.69M 0.04%
74,992
-846
-1% -$54.7K
PEP icon
31
PepsiCo
PEP
$196B
$4M 0.04%
42,264
-1,125
-3% -$108K
ABT icon
32
Abbott
ABT
$202B
$3.85M 0.04%
85,400
-1,103
-1% -$48K
WFC.WS
33
DELISTED
Wells Fargo & Company Ws
WFC.WS
$3.8M 0.03%
177,750
– –
JPM.WS
34
DELISTED
JPMorgan Chase
JPM.WS
$3.76M 0.03%
180,750
– –
GS icon
35
Goldman Sachs
GS
$303B
$3.66M 0.03%
18,868
-4,025
-18% -$756K
MTB.WS
36
DELISTED
M&T Bank Corporation
MTB.WS
$3.18M 0.03%
61,500
+9,500
+18% +$472K
MKC icon
37
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$14.9B
$3.18M 0.03%
85,510
– –
MSFT icon
38
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.59T
$2.77M 0.03%
59,550
-300
-0.5% -$14.1K
DD
39
DELISTED
Du Pont De Nemours E I
DD
$2.65M 0.02%
37,752
+2,441
+7% +$163K
CMCSA icon
40
Comcast
CMCSA
$95.3B
$2.1M 0.02%
72,262
+364
+0.5% +$9.97K
WMT icon
41
Walmart Inc
WMT
$825B
$1.77M 0.02%
61,827
-450
-0.7% -$12.2K
PNC icon
42
PNC Financial Services
PNC
$97B
$1.73M 0.02%
18,944
-2,500
-12% -$217K
EVF
43
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust
EVF
$89.9M
$1.72M 0.02%
275,982
+1,951
+0.7% +$12.4K
TFC icon
44
Truist Financial
TFC
$61.6B
$1.63M 0.01%
41,860
+261
+0.6% +$9.82K
IBM icon
45
IBM
IBM
$222B
$1.58M 0.01%
10,302
-634
-6% -$101K
PX
46
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$1.54M 0.01%
11,900
-3,750
-24% -$475K
BTI icon
47
British American Tobacco
BTI
$121B
$1.49M 0.01%
27,710
-288
-1% -$16.2K
GOOG icon
48
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.18T
$1.26M 0.01%
47,691
+12,535
+36% +$336K
BAC icon
49
Bank of America
BAC
$431B
$886K 0.01%
49,500
– –
COST icon
50
Costco
COST
$420B
$802K 0.01%
5,655
– –
1
2
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Thomas Russo's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, Thomas Russo held 112 positions worth $11B, up 3.4% from $10.6B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 72% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2014: portfolio turnover was 4.5%. Thomas Russo opened 2 new positions and exited 3, leaving the 112-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 29% of assets, up from 28% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Materials.

  • Thomas Russo added most to Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q4 2014, an estimated $27.5M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was Philip Morris, cutting an estimated $32.5M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Deere & Co in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $2.33M.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 72% of its $11B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • Thomas Russo opened 2 new positions and closed 3 in Q4 2014.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value rose 3.4% quarter-over-quarter to $11B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 12 Feb 2015.