Wasatch Advisors Portfolio holdings
Wasatch Advisors, which goes by Wasatch Global Investors, is an asset manager founded in 1975 that began by investing in small company stocks. It is owned entirely by its employees, and its stock picking rests on bottom-up research into each company's long-term growth potential. Its Wasatch Funds mutual fund family covers U.S., global, international and emerging markets stocks, including an Emerging India fund and a long/short fund called Long/Short Alpha, and it uses Hoisington Investment Management to run a U.S. Treasury fund. The funds are open to individual investors, and Wasatch also started a group of venture funds, the Cross Creek Funds, in 2006 before they became separate in 2012.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wayfair
W
|
+$29.2M |
| 2 |
PFPT
Proofpoint, Inc.
PFPT
|
+$26.7M |
| 3 |
CyberArk
CYBR
|
+$19.3M |
| 4 |
MakeMyTrip
MMYT
|
+$17.7M |
| 5 |
Trip.com Group
TCOM
|
+$16.8M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FLTX
Fleetmatics Group PLC
FLTX
|
+$55.1M |
| 2 |
NILE
Blue Nile, Inc.
NILE
|
+$52.3M |
| 3 |
HDFC Bank
HDB
|
+$31.2M |
| 4 |
N
Netsuite Inc
N
|
+$28.9M |
| 5 |
CEMP
Cempra, Inc.
CEMP
|
+$21M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 24.11% |
| 2 | Industrials | 18.47% |
| 3 | Financials | 14.97% |
| 4 | Healthcare | 13.8% |
| 5 | Consumer Discretionary | 13.57% |
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Wasatch Advisors's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2016, Wasatch Advisors held 387 positions worth $6.62B, down 1.4% from $6.72B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 25% of the portfolio.
Wasatch Advisors withdrew a net $298M in Q4 2016, closing 27 positions and reducing 168 holdings. Its most notable exit was Fleetmatics Group PLC, an estimated $55.1M position sold in full.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, down from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Financials.
Against the trend, Wasatch Advisors opened a new position in Proofpoint, Inc. worth $25.1M.
- Wasatch Advisors's largest Q4 2016 buy was Proofpoint, Inc.: 355,300 shares worth $25.1M.
- Wasatch Advisors added most to Wayfair in Q4 2016, an estimated $29.2M increase.
- Wasatch Advisors's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was HDFC Bank, cutting an estimated $31.2M.
- Wasatch Advisors fully exited Fleetmatics Group PLC in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $55.1M.
- Wasatch Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 25% of its $6.62B portfolio in Q4 2016.
- Wasatch Advisors opened 29 new positions and closed 27 in Q4 2016.
- Wasatch Advisors's portfolio value fell 1.4% quarter-over-quarter to $6.62B.
Based on Wasatch Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 14 Feb 2017.