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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
+0.39%
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
$10.6B
AUM Growth
-$199M
Cap. Flow
+$113M
Cap. Flow %
1.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
71.44%
Holding
113
New
1
Increased
42
Reduced
36
Closed
3

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
UN
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
+$16.1M
2
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$6.65M
3
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$5.12M
4
BRK.B icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
+$3.36M
5
PCP
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
+$3.28M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GS icon
Goldman Sachs
GS
+$2.68M
2
GHC icon
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
+$1.51M
3
BF.A icon
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
+$1.36M
4
MO icon
Altria Group
MO
+$1.06M
5
CMCSK
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
+$774K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 27.7%
2 Consumer Staples 25.05%
3 Materials 2.44%
4 Communication Services 0.97%
5 Industrials 0.69%
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
$1.05B 9.9%
5,082
+10
+0.2% +$2M
PM icon
2
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$855M 8.05%
10,252,495
+28,298
+0.3% +$2.39M
WFC icon
3
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$759M 7.15%
14,637,898
-7,873
-0.1% -$405K
MA icon
4
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$736M 6.93%
9,956,963
+67,233
+0.7% +$5.12M
BUD icon
5
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$565M 5.32%
5,096,871
+59,552
+1% +$6.65M
UN
6
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$528M 4.97%
13,297,615
+386,285
+3% +$16.1M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$339M 3.2%
2,457,392
+25,233
+1% +$3.36M
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$327M 3.07%
7,108,388
-24,803
-0.3% -$1.06M
MLM icon
9
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$255M 2.4%
1,975,609
+3,197
+0.2% +$412K
BF.A icon
10
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$253M 2.38%
7,081,395
-37,345
-0.5% -$1.36M
CMCSK
11
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$252M 2.37%
4,715,276
-14,468
-0.3% -$774K
SNI
12
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$99.9M 0.94%
1,278,832
-626
-0% -$50.4K
DEO icon
13
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$49.8M 0.47%
431,493
+7,509
+2% +$909K
GHC icon
14
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
$4.94B
$46.3M 0.44%
109,493
-3,515
-3% -$1.51M
BF.B icon
15
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$39.1M 0.37%
1,353,050
+2,244
+0.2% +$65.9K
V icon
16
Visa
V
$693B
$24.1M 0.23%
451,264
+2,660
+0.6% +$143K
XOM icon
17
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$15.1M 0.14%
160,426
+6,260
+4% +$623K
MKL icon
18
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$11.4M 0.11%
17,946
-556
-3% -$359K
AXP icon
19
American Express
AXP
$227B
$11.3M 0.11%
128,535
-1,235
-1% -$111K
CXT icon
20
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$10.7M 0.1%
485,549
-3,455
-0.7% -$83.7K
MLKN icon
21
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$10.3M 0.1%
345,454
-1,432
-0.4% -$43K
PG icon
22
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$10.1M 0.1%
120,502
-1,285
-1% -$105K
FMX icon
23
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$10.1M 0.09%
109,445
-1,115
-1% -$106K
KO icon
24
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$8.75M 0.08%
205,187
-3,190
-2% -$132K
DOV icon
25
Dover
DOV
$27.2B
$6.14M 0.06%
94,591
-2,753
-3% -$194K
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Thomas Russo's Q3 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2014, Thomas Russo held 113 positions worth $10.6B, down 1.8% from $10.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 71% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q3 2014: portfolio turnover was 3.5%. Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and exited 3, leaving the 113-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 28% of assets, up from 26% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Materials.

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q3 2014 buy was Outfront Media: 12,763 shares worth $286K.
  • Thomas Russo added most to Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q3 2014, an estimated $16.1M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q3 2014 reduction was Goldman Sachs, cutting an estimated $2.68M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Monsanto Co in Q3 2014, selling an estimated $212K.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 71% of its $10.6B portfolio in Q3 2014.
  • Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and closed 3 in Q3 2014.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value fell 1.8% quarter-over-quarter to $10.6B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q3 2014, filed 13 Nov 2014.