Tufton Capital Management’s Staples Inc SPLS Stock Holding History

Tufton Capital Management’s Portfolio SPLS Stock Details SPLS Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2015 Q4	–	Sell	-416,651	Closed	-$4.89M	–	110
2015 Q3	$4.89M	Sell	416,651 -19,032	-4%	-$268K	1.07%	38
2015 Q2	$6.67M	Sell	435,683 -15,489	-3%	-$252K	1.35%	25
2015 Q1	$7.35M	Sell	451,172 -1,619	-0.4%	-$27.2K	1.35%	24
2014 Q4	$8.21M	Sell	452,791 -3,390	-0.7%	-$47.3K	1.5%	19
2014 Q3	$5.52M	Sell	456,181 -91	-0%	-$1.07K	1.04%	38
2014 Q2	$4.95M	Sell	456,272 -215,007	-32%	-$2.55M	1%	46
2014 Q1	$7.61M	Buy	671,279 +276,554	+70%	+$3.61M	1.59%	19
2013 Q4	$6.27M	Sell	394,725 -193	-0%	-$3.01K	1.34%	31
2013 Q3	$5.79M	Sell	394,918 -6,872	-2%	-$108K	1.36%	29
2013 Q2	$6.38M	Buy	+401,790	New	+$5.75M	1.53%	23

Other funds holding SPLS

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Fidelity Investments Boston, Massachusetts $1.9T AUM 41.92% 1-Year Est. Return

Pzena Investment Management New York $30.8B AUM 11.29% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $2.9T AUM 29.55% 1-Year Est. Return

AIG

American International Group New York $609M AUM 23.67% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of New York Mellon New York $544B AUM 28.31% 1-Year Est. Return

Schroder Investment Management Group London, United Kingdom $122B AUM 29.27% 1-Year Est. Return

Goldman Sachs New York $871B AUM 31.28% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

TIM

Thornburg Investment Management Santa Fe, New Mexico $9.63B AUM 35.65% 1-Year Est. Return

Tufton Capital Management's SPLS Position: Q4 2015 in Review

Tufton Capital Management sold out of Staples Inc (SPLS) in Q4 2015, closing a stake of 416,651 shares — an estimated $4.89M sold.

Tufton Capital Management first reported a position in SPLS in Q2 2013 and held it in 10 quarters. The position peaked at $8.21M in Q4 2014. 495 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold SPLS as of Q4 2015.

Tufton Capital Management reported no remaining Staples Inc position as of Q4 2015 after selling out during the quarter.
Tufton Capital Management sold 416,651 Staples Inc shares in Q4 2015, an estimated $4.89M.
Tufton Capital Management first reported a position in Staples Inc in Q2 2013 and held it in 10 quarters.
Tufton Capital Management's Staples Inc position peaked at $8.21M in Q4 2014.
495 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Staples Inc as of Q4 2015.

Based on Tufton Capital Management's 13F filing for Q4 2015, filed 19 Jan 2016.