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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
+4.94%
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
$10.1B
AUM Growth
+$690M
Cap. Flow
+$196M
Cap. Flow %
1.94%
Top 10 Hldgs %
72.16%
Holding
114
New
1
Increased
29
Reduced
45
Closed
4

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
UN
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
+$44.6M
2
PM icon
Philip Morris
PM
+$30.9M
3
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$27M
4
BRK.A icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
+$21.7M
5
MLM icon
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
+$14.3M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
HAS icon
Hasbro
HAS
+$29.5M
2
MO icon
Altria Group
MO
+$23.4M
3
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$8.31M
4
GHC icon
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
+$3.22M
5
PGR icon
Progressive
PGR
+$1.89M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 26.99%
2 Consumer Staples 24.59%
3 Materials 1.97%
4 Communication Services 1.24%
5 Industrials 0.79%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BRK.A icon
1
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.06T
$903M 8.93%
5,078
+125
+3% +$21.7M
PM icon
2
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$869M 8.59%
9,971,107
+354,368
+4% +$30.9M
MA icon
3
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$828M 8.19%
9,907,470
-111,880
-1% -$8.31M
WFC icon
4
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$660M 6.53%
14,534,770
+626,038
+5% +$27M
BUD icon
5
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$526M 5.21%
4,944,404
+110,577
+2% +$11.3M
UN
6
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$475M 4.7%
11,808,636
+1,147,058
+11% +$44.6M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$275M 2.72%
2,317,684
+55,431
+2% +$6.41M
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$272M 2.69%
7,075,151
-633,180
-8% -$23.4M
CMCSK
9
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$237M 2.34%
4,753,215
+6,072
+0.1% +$303K
BF.A icon
10
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$212M 2.09%
7,172,283
+128,508
+2% +$3.71M
MLM icon
11
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$193M 1.91%
1,931,562
+145,502
+8% +$14.3M
SNI
12
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$121M 1.2%
1,400,871
+7,432
+0.5% +$582K
DEO icon
13
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$54.8M 0.54%
413,704
+1,632
+0.4% +$208K
GHC icon
14
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
$4.94B
$50.3M 0.5%
125,523
-8,314
-6% -$3.22M
BF.B icon
15
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$32.1M 0.32%
1,327,909
-8,429
-0.6% -$198K
V icon
16
Visa
V
$693B
$24.2M 0.24%
433,908
+8,076
+2% +$407K
XOM icon
17
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$21.3M 0.21%
210,918
-1,306
-0.6% -$121K
CXT icon
18
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$11.6M 0.11%
496,777
-19,146
-4% -$420K
AXP icon
19
American Express
AXP
$227B
$11.5M 0.11%
126,595
-370
-0.3% -$30.4K
MKL icon
20
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$11.1M 0.11%
19,127
-650
-3% -$353K
FMX icon
21
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$10.7M 0.11%
109,655
-8,565
-7% -$805K
MLKN icon
22
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$10.6M 0.1%
359,370
-20,100
-5% -$601K
GS icon
23
Goldman Sachs
GS
$303B
$10.1M 0.1%
56,975
-600
-1% -$99K
PG icon
24
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$10.1M 0.1%
123,962
-2,950
-2% -$240K
KO icon
25
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$8.4M 0.08%
203,323
-3,455
-2% -$136K
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Thomas Russo's Q4 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2013, Thomas Russo held 114 positions worth $10.1B, up 7.3% from $9.42B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 72% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2013: portfolio turnover was 4.4%. Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and exited 4, leaving the 114-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 27% of assets, up from 26% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Materials.

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q4 2013 buy was Phillips 66: 2,720 shares worth $210K.
  • Thomas Russo added most to Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q4 2013, an estimated $44.6M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q4 2013 reduction was Altria Group, cutting an estimated $23.4M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Hasbro in Q4 2013, selling an estimated $29.5M.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 72% of its $10.1B portfolio in Q4 2013.
  • Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and closed 4 in Q4 2013.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value rose 7.3% quarter-over-quarter to $10.1B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q4 2013, filed 12 Feb 2014.