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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
PGR icon
76
Progressive
PGR
$127B
– –
-20,133
Closed -$509K
PSX icon
77
Phillips 66
PSX
$96.9B
– –
-2,720
Closed -$221K
1 2 3
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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.