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Thomas Russo

Thomas Russo Gardner Russo & Quinn

AUM $8.93B Turnover 1.16%
1-Year Est. Return 6.79%
 

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
+5.24%
1 Year Est. Return
+6.79%
3 Year Est. Return
+56.72%
5 Year Est. Return
+69.93%
10 Year Est. Return
+168.66%
AUM
$12.9B
AUM Growth
+$1.1B
Cap. Flow
-$46.3M
Cap. Flow %
-0.36%
Top 10 Hldgs %
73.95%
Holding
101
New
5
Increased
29
Reduced
47
Closed
–
Avg Time Held
3.2 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
3.3 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
3.3 years

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$10.2M
2
BF.B icon
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
+$6.12M
3
V icon
Visa
V
+$872K
4
OUT icon
Outfront Media
OUT
+$629K
5
MON
Monsanto Co
MON
+$268K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Miscellaneous 39.5%
2 Financials 27.46%
3 Consumer Staples 26.74%
4 Materials 3.04%
5 Communication Services 2.81%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
BRK.A icon
1
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.22T
$1.22B 9.44%
4,882
-30
-0.6% -$7.53M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
PM icon
2
Philip Morris
PM
$301B
$1.16B 9.01%
10,313,815
-49,996
-0.5% -$5.16M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
MA icon
3
Mastercard
MA
$574B
$1.07B 8.29%
9,525,546
-77,668
-0.8% -$8.51M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
BUD icon
4
AB InBev
BUD
$167B
$773M 5.98%
7,024,906
+95,015
+1% +$10.2M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
WFC icon
5
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$760M 5.88%
13,653,885
-985,960
-7% -$55.9M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
UN icon
6
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$757M 5.86%
15,237,940
-10,881
-0.1% -$487K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
BRK.B icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.22T
$417M 3.22%
2,499,201
-62,831
-2% -$10.5M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
MLM icon
8
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$37.8B
$388M 3.01%
1,779,672
-34,667
-2% -$7.65M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
MO icon
9
Altria Group
MO
$125B
$384M 2.97%
5,380,768
-116,176
-2% -$8.41M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
CMCSA icon
10
Comcast
CMCSA
$86.3B
$269M 2.08%
7,143,906
-97,920
-1% -$3.63M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
BF.A icon
11
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$14.3B
$214M 1.66%
5,678,940
-121,164
-2% -$4.61M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
SNI
12
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$90.3M 0.7%
1,152,605
-12,946
-1% -$1M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
BF.B icon
13
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.9B
$64.4M 0.5%
2,179,834
+205,754
+10% +$6.12M
2013 Q2
15 quarters
DEO icon
14
Diageo
DEO
$56.1B
$54.7M 0.42%
473,651
-6,070
-1% -$681K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
V icon
15
Visa
V
$791B
$48.9M 0.38%
550,171
+10,137
+2% +$872K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
XOM icon
16
ExxonMobil
XOM
$673B
$13.3M 0.1%
161,941
+1,956
+1% +$163K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
AXP icon
17
American Express
AXP
$218B
$12.7M 0.1%
160,993
+2,360
+1% +$185K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
FMX icon
18
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$44.5B
$11.4M 0.09%
128,280
+850
+0.7% +$69.2K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
MKL icon
19
Markel Group
MKL
$23.8B
$11M 0.09%
11,262
-500
-4% -$473K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
CXT icon
20
Crane NXT
CXT
$3.4B
$10.1M 0.08%
388,587
-1,440
-0.4% -$36.8K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
OUT icon
21
Outfront Media
OUT
$5.6B
$7.57M 0.06%
289,782
+24,057
+9% +$629K
2014 Q3
10 quarters
KO icon
22
Coca-Cola
KO
$412B
$7.33M 0.06%
172,757
-9,980
-5% -$416K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
MLKN icon
23
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.53B
$6.57M 0.05%
208,366
-3,500
-2% -$108K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
PG icon
24
Procter & Gamble
PG
$388B
$5.79M 0.04%
64,402
-1,093
-2% -$96.9K
2013 Q2
15 quarters
HRL icon
25
Hormel Foods
HRL
$12.2B
$5.42M 0.04%
156,649
-5,600
-3% -$200K
2013 Q2
15 quarters

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Thomas Russo's Q1 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2017, Thomas Russo held 101 positions worth $12.9B, up 9.3% from $11.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 74% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q1 2017: portfolio turnover was 5%. Thomas Russo opened 5 new positions and made no exits, leaving the 101-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 40% of assets, up from 38% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Consumer Staples.

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q1 2017 buy was Monsanto Co: 2,425 shares worth $275K.
  • Thomas Russo added most to AB InBev in Q1 2017, an estimated $10.2M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q1 2017 reduction was Wells Fargo, cutting an estimated $55.9M.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 74% of its $12.9B portfolio in Q1 2017.
  • Thomas Russo opened 5 new positions and closed 0 in Q1 2017.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value rose 9.3% quarter-over-quarter to $12.9B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q1 2017, filed 11 May 2017.