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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
+2.36%
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
$14.1B
AUM Growth
+$589M
Cap. Flow
+$36.1M
Cap. Flow %
0.26%
Top 10 Hldgs %
74.74%
Holding
104
New
2
Increased
29
Reduced
39
Closed
2

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 27.74%
2 Consumer Staples 19.9%
3 Materials 3%
4 Communication Services 2.07%
5 Energy 0.14%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
MA icon
1
Mastercard
MA
$509B
$1.34B 9.49%
9,501,788
-56,917
-0.6% -$7.53M
BRK.A icon
2
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.06T
$1.32B 9.36%
4,815
-19
-0.4% -$5.04M
PM icon
3
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$1.13B 8%
10,190,340
+1,048
+0% +$122K
UN
4
DELISTED
Unilever NV New York Registry Shares
UN
$887M 6.27%
15,026,289
-55,093
-0.4% -$3.21M
WFC icon
5
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$701M 4.96%
12,704,228
+55,602
+0.4% +$2.96M
BRK.B icon
6
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$462M 3.27%
2,518,342
+8,624
+0.3% +$1.52M
MLM icon
7
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$420M 2.97%
2,034,151
+268,198
+15% +$56.7M
MO icon
8
Altria Group
MO
$110B
$360M 2.55%
5,683,852
+337,555
+6% +$22.5M
CMCSA icon
9
Comcast
CMCSA
$95.3B
$276M 1.95%
7,160,960
+78,893
+1% +$3.11M
BF.A icon
10
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$13.3B
$247M 1.75%
5,551,439
-68,644
-1% -$2.9M
BF.B icon
11
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$83M 0.59%
2,388,791
+125,518
+6% +$4.08M
DEO icon
12
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$61M 0.43%
461,365
-10,405
-2% -$1.34M
V icon
13
Visa
V
$693B
$59.7M 0.42%
567,051
+4,865
+0.9% +$493K
AXP icon
14
American Express
AXP
$227B
$15M 0.11%
165,351
+539
+0.3% +$46.3K
XOM icon
15
ExxonMobil
XOM
$679B
$13.2M 0.09%
160,552
-767
-0.5% -$60.9K
FMX icon
16
Fomento Económico Mexicano
FMX
$41.1B
$12.8M 0.09%
133,775
-85
-0.1% -$8.47K
SNI
17
DELISTED
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A
SNI
$12.7M 0.09%
147,901
-1,004,270
-87% -$82.7M
MKL icon
18
Markel Group
MKL
$22.2B
$11.7M 0.08%
10,908
-204
-2% -$211K
CXT icon
19
Crane NXT
CXT
$2.89B
$10.6M 0.08%
383,261
-4,175
-1% -$112K
OUT icon
20
Outfront Media
OUT
$5.25B
$8.2M 0.06%
331,020
+15,331
+5% +$338K
KO icon
21
Coca-Cola
KO
$392B
$7.42M 0.05%
164,777
-4,750
-3% -$216K
MLKN icon
22
MillerKnoll
MLKN
$1.57B
$7.37M 0.05%
205,416
-100
-0% -$3.37K
PG icon
23
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
$5.67M 0.04%
62,267
-2,125
-3% -$193K
HRL icon
24
Hormel Foods
HRL
$13.1B
$5.12M 0.04%
159,273
+3,424
+2% +$112K
DOV icon
25
Dover
DOV
$27.2B
$4.91M 0.03%
66,439
-2,178
-3% -$151K

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Thomas Russo's Q3 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2017, Thomas Russo held 104 positions worth $14.1B, up 4.3% from $13.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 75% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q3 2017: portfolio turnover was 3.8%. Thomas Russo opened 2 new positions and exited 2, leaving the 104-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 28% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Staples and Materials.

  • Thomas Russo's largest Q3 2017 buy was DuPont de Nemours: 19,009 shares worth $3.33M.
  • Thomas Russo added most to Martin Marietta Materials in Q3 2017, an estimated $56.7M increase.
  • Thomas Russo's biggest Q3 2017 reduction was Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc Common Class A, cutting an estimated $82.7M.
  • Thomas Russo fully exited Du Pont De Nemours E I in Q3 2017, selling an estimated $3.03M.
  • Thomas Russo's ten largest holdings make up 75% of its $14.1B portfolio in Q3 2017.
  • Thomas Russo opened 2 new positions and closed 2 in Q3 2017.
  • Thomas Russo's portfolio value rose 4.3% quarter-over-quarter to $14.1B.

Based on Gardner Russo & Quinn's 13F filing for Q3 2017, filed 14 Nov 2017.