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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
+1.27%
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
$11.4B
AUM Growth
+$252M
Cap. Flow
+$139M
Cap. Flow %
1.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
71.5%
Holding
110
New
1
Increased
33
Reduced
49
Closed
2

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PM icon
Philip Morris
PM
+$27.5M
2
BRK.A icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
+$8.15M
3
UN
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
+$6.75M
4
V icon
Visa
V
+$5.72M
5
BF.B icon
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
+$4.79M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CMCSK
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
+$18.2M
2
BF.A icon
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
+$8.83M
3
MO icon
Altria Group
MO
+$2.78M
4
GHC icon
Graham Holdings Company
GHC
+$2.57M
5
SNI
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
+$740K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 28.24%
2 Consumer Staples 24.91%
3 Materials 2.64%
4 Communication Services 0.76%
5 Industrials 0.21%
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 9.18%
5,102
+38
+0.8% +$8.15M
MA icon
2
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$938M 8.24%
10,032,175
+11,686
+0.1% +$1.07M
PM icon
3
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$836M 7.35%
10,428,329
+334,598
+3% +$27.5M
WFC icon
4
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$825M 7.25%
14,675,054
-6,539
-0% -$365K
BUD icon
5
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$628M 5.52%
5,205,103
+17,214
+0.3% +$2.11M
UN
6
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$600M 5.27%
14,334,418
+156,372
+1% +$6.75M
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$337M 2.96%
2,472,536
+3,879
+0.2% +$553K
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$318M 2.79%
6,500,066
-54,882
-0.8% -$2.78M
BF.A icon
9
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$303M 2.66%
6,796,815
-221,185
-3% -$8.83M
MLM icon
10
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$297M 2.61%
2,096,408
+17,825
+0.9% +$2.6M
CMCSK
11
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$250M 2.19%
4,164,417
-303,776
-7% -$18.2M
SNI
12
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$82.7M 0.73%
1,265,716
-10,854
-0.9% -$740K
DEO icon
13
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$53.9M 0.47%
464,807
+3,262
+0.7% +$371K
BF.B icon
14
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$51.8M 0.46%
1,616,978
+157,681
+11% +$4.79M
V icon
15
Visa
V
$693B
$36.5M 0.32%
543,124
+84,364
+18% +$5.72M
XOM icon
16
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$13.6M 0.12%
163,466
-839
-0.5% -$72.1K
MKL icon
17
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$12.9M 0.11%
16,128
-119
-0.7% -$92.5K
AXP icon
18
American Express
AXP
$227B
$11.9M 0.1%
153,088
+25,094
+20% +$1.99M
FMX icon
19
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$11.3M 0.1%
127,035
+19,290
+18% +$1.79M
CXT icon
20
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$9.73M 0.09%
477,171
-6,363
-1% -$136K
MLKN icon
21
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$9.24M 0.08%
319,577
-4,027
-1% -$115K
KO icon
22
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$8.92M 0.08%
227,487
+27,995
+14% +$1.14M
PG icon
23
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$8.07M 0.07%
103,172
-6,015
-6% -$484K
PCP
24
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$6.29M 0.06%
31,465
+90
+0.3% +$18.9K
HRL icon
25
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.1B
$5.96M 0.05%
211,538
-1,364
-0.6% -$38.6K
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Thomas Russo's Q2 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2015, Thomas Russo held 110 positions worth $11.4B, up 2.3% from $11.1B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 71% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q2 2015: portfolio turnover was 2.7%. Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and exited 2, leaving the 110-position portfolio largely intact.

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

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q2 2015 buy was Spectrum Brands: 2,000 shares worth $204K.
  • Thomas Russo added most to Philip Morris in Q2 2015, an estimated $27.5M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q2 2015 reduction was COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW), cutting an estimated $18.2M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Alleghany Corp in Q2 2015, selling an estimated $205K.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 71% of its $11.4B portfolio in Q2 2015.
  • Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and closed 2 in Q2 2015.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value rose 2.3% quarter-over-quarter to $11.4B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q2 2015, filed 11 Aug 2015.