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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
BRK.A icon
1
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.06T
$1.14B 10.41%
5,060
-22
-0.4% -$4.76M
MA icon
2
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$860M 7.83%
9,982,281
+25,318
+0.3% +$2.07M
PM icon
3
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$804M 7.32%
9,873,952
-378,543
-4% -$32.5M
WFC icon
4
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$801M 7.29%
14,607,509
-30,389
-0.2% -$1.61M
BUD icon
5
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$578M 5.27%
5,147,302
+50,431
+1% +$5.59M
UN
6
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$547M 4.98%
14,000,433
+702,818
+5% +$27.5M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$368M 3.35%
2,449,094
-8,298
-0.3% -$1.2M
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$342M 3.12%
6,943,963
-164,425
-2% -$8.01M
CMCSK
9
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$267M 2.44%
4,646,790
-68,486
-1% -$3.94M
BF.A icon
10
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$247M 2.25%
7,042,438
-38,957
-0.6% -$1.4M
MLM icon
11
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$226M 2.06%
2,047,918
+72,309
+4% +$8.55M
SNI
12
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$94.5M 0.86%
1,255,149
-23,683
-2% -$1.81M
GHC icon
13
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
$4.94B
$51.3M 0.47%
98,314
-11,179
-10% -$5.5M
DEO icon
14
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$49.4M 0.45%
433,253
+1,760
+0.4% +$205K
BF.B icon
15
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$37.5M 0.34%
1,333,906
-19,144
-1% -$554K
V icon
16
Visa
V
$693B
$30.1M 0.27%
458,496
+7,232
+2% +$435K
XOM icon
17
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$15M 0.14%
162,014
+1,588
+1% +$148K
AXP icon
18
American Express
AXP
$227B
$11.9M 0.11%
127,999
-536
-0.4% -$48K
MKL icon
19
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$11.3M 0.1%
16,521
-1,425
-8% -$966K
PG icon
20
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$10.2M 0.09%
112,437
-8,065
-7% -$710K
CXT icon
21
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$9.87M 0.09%
484,110
-1,439
-0.3% -$29.8K
MLKN icon
22
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$9.81M 0.09%
333,204
-12,250
-4% -$373K
FMX icon
23
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$9.48M 0.09%
107,740
-1,705
-2% -$156K
KO icon
24
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$8.61M 0.08%
203,967
-1,220
-0.6% -$52.1K
PCP
25
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$5.95M 0.05%
24,690
+10
+0% +$2.31K
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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.