We are live on ! Find out more
TR

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
+3.62%
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
$11.8B
AUM Growth
-$201M
Cap. Flow
-$136M
Cap. Flow %
-1.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
73.24%
Holding
101
New
1
Increased
21
Reduced
51
Closed
4

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
UN
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
+$38.3M
2
PM icon
Philip Morris
PM
+$4.61M
3
COTY icon
Coty
COTY
+$931K
4
GOOG icon
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
+$580K
5
BF.B icon
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
+$349K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$720M
2
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$58.8M
3
MLM icon
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
+$52.4M
4
MO icon
Altria Group
MO
+$25.5M
5
MA icon
Mastercard
MA
+$17.8M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 29.51%
2 Consumer Staples 19.68%
3 Materials 3.43%
4 Communication Services 2.85%
5 Energy 0.19%
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
$1.2B 10.15%
4,912
-72
-1% -$16.6M
MA icon
2
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$992M 8.39%
9,603,214
-171,918
-2% -$17.8M
PM icon
3
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$948M 8.02%
10,363,811
+49,798
+0.5% +$4.61M
WFC icon
4
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$807M 6.83%
14,639,845
-1,168,713
-7% -$58.8M
UN
5
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$626M 5.3%
15,248,821
+926,161
+6% +$38.3M
BRK.B icon
6
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$418M 3.53%
2,562,032
-29,469
-1% -$4.54M
MLM icon
7
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$402M 3.4%
1,814,339
-254,997
-12% -$52.4M
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$372M 3.15%
5,496,944
-396,390
-7% -$25.5M
CMCSA icon
9
Comcast
CMCSA
$95.3B
$250M 2.12%
7,241,826
-318,500
-4% -$10.6M
BF.A icon
10
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$215M 1.82%
5,800,104
-112,039
-2% -$4.29M
SNI
11
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$83.2M 0.7%
1,165,551
-12,505
-1% -$846K
BF.B icon
12
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$56.8M 0.48%
1,974,080
+11,941
+0.6% +$349K
DEO icon
13
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$49.9M 0.42%
479,721
-2,298
-0.5% -$242K
V icon
14
Visa
V
$693B
$42.1M 0.36%
540,034
-1,980
-0.4% -$159K
BUD icon
15
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$18.1M 0.15%
171,291
-6,420,874
-97% -$720M
XOM icon
16
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$14.4M 0.12%
159,985
-3,330
-2% -$291K
AXP icon
17
American Express
AXP
$227B
$11.8M 0.1%
158,633
+2,995
+2% +$207K
MKL icon
18
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$10.6M 0.09%
11,762
-225
-2% -$201K
CXT icon
19
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$9.77M 0.08%
390,027
-52,593
-12% -$1.27M
FMX icon
20
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$9.71M 0.08%
127,430
+2,765
+2% +$237K
KO icon
21
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$7.58M 0.06%
182,737
-3,155
-2% -$131K
MLKN icon
22
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$7.25M 0.06%
211,866
-11,677
-5% -$364K
JPM.WS
23
DELISTED
JPMorgan Chase
JPM.WS
$7.12M 0.06%
160,750
-74,000
-32% -$2.56M
OUT icon
24
Outfront Media
OUT
$5.25B
$6.5M 0.06%
265,725
+11,020
+4% +$253K
HRL icon
25
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.1B
$5.65M 0.05%
162,249
-1,600
-1% -$57.8K
1
2 3

Similar funds

SI
Stephens Inc Little Rock, Arkansas $8.93B AUM 25.13% 1-Year Est. Return
YCM
Yousif Capital Management Bloomfield Hills, Michigan $8.94B AUM 42.6% 1-Year Est. Return
AMH
Apollo Management Holdings New York $8.94B AUM 120.19% 1-Year Est. Return
PEA
Platinum Equity Advisors Beverly Hills, California $8.96B AUM 31.4% 1-Year Est. Return
AMH
Aspex Management (HK) Central, Hong Kong $8.89B AUM 39.91% 1-Year Est. Return
IMRF
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Oak Brook, Illinois $8.87B AUM 36.45% 1-Year Est. Return
WJWM
Williams Jones Wealth Management New York $8.86B AUM 22.16% 1-Year Est. Return
RRAM
River Road Asset Management Louisville, Kentucky $8.99B AUM 12.83% 1-Year Est. Return

Thomas Russo's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2016, Thomas Russo held 101 positions worth $11.8B, down 1.7% from $12B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 73% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2016: portfolio turnover was 5%. Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and exited 4, leaving the 101-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 30% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Materials.

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q4 2016 buy was Coty: 45,076 shares worth $825K.
  • Thomas Russo added most to Unilever NV New York Registry Shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $38.3M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was AB InBev, cutting an estimated $720M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Goldman Sachs in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $1.51M.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 73% of its $11.8B portfolio in Q4 2016.
  • Thomas Russo opened 1 new position and closed 4 in Q4 2016.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value fell 1.7% quarter-over-quarter to $11.8B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 13 Feb 2017.