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Discovery Capital Management, LLC 13F holdings, Q1 2012

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Discovery Capital Management, LLC disclosed 73 US equity positions worth $4.2bn in its Q1 2012 13F filing. Its largest position is AAPL at 25.9% of the reported book, followed by QCOM and VWO. Versus Q4 2011 it opened 39 new positions, added to 12, reduced 12 and exited 22.

$4.2bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
73
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
25.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
60.3%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
11
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
79
Quarters on file since Q4 2006
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q4 2011: 39 new, 12 added, 12 reduced, 22 exited

50 of 73
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology25.9%$1.1bn1.81m−19%reduced
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology8.2%$344m5.06m+42%added
VWO VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F–4.9%$204m4.70m−50%reduced
V VISA INCFinancial Services4.5%$190m1.61m+9.6%added
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare3.7%$154m4.55m0.0%held
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–3.0%$124m2.36m+26%added
NOVEUR NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC–2.8%$118m1.48m+39%added
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical2.6%$111m1.02m–new
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical2.6%$108m2.92m–new
BIDU BAIDU INCCommunication Services2.1%$89.8m615,800–new
LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPConsumer Cyclical1.9%$78.6m1.36m–new
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP no ticker–1.7%$72.3m25.38m−15%reduced
RIG TRANSOCEAN LTDEnergy1.7%$70.9m1.30m–new
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy1.7%$70.4m1.01m–new
IWM ISHARES TR–1.7%$70.1m846,500–new
EWW ISHARES INC–1.5%$62.0m991,200+18%added
COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPFinancial Services1.4%$60.7m1.09m–new
WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.4%$59.1m881,418−23%reduced
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker–1.3%$53.5m2.67m−31%reduced
SINA CORP no ticker–1.2%$52.1m802,100–new
MRK MERCK & CO. INCHealthcare1.2%$51.7m1.35m+12%added
TAM SA SP no ticker–1.2%$51.2m2.04m−13%reduced
NEW ORIENTAL ED & TECHNOLOGY no ticker–1.1%$48.0m1.75m−21%reduced
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INCConsumer Cyclical1.1%$46.6m111,420+347%added
MLCO MELCO RESORTS AND ENTMNT LTDConsumer Cyclical1.1%$46.1m3.39m–new
PBR/A PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S A–1.0%$41.5m1.62m–new
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.9%$39.7m1.98m–new
MNST MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPConsumer Defensive0.9%$38.7m623,700–new
TOL TOLL BROTHERS INCConsumer Cyclical0.8%$31.8m1.32m–new
ABX BARRICK GOLD CORPFinancial Services0.7%$29.1m668,0000.0%held
NBIS NEBIUS GROUP N.V.Communication Services0.7%$27.3m1.01m–new
CRREUR CARBO CERAMICS INC–0.6%$26.1m247,500–new
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology0.6%$25.8m3.19m–new
PNC PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INCFinancial Services0.6%$25.6m396,400+0.1%held
MARKET VECTORS ETF TR JR GOLD MINERS E no ticker–0.6%$25.5m1.04m–new
EQIX EQUINIX INCReal Estate0.6%$24.2m153,900–new
MICHAEL KORS HLDGS LTD no ticker–0.6%$23.1m495,000–new
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancial Services0.5%$22.4m180,200–new
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COBasic Materials0.5%$22.2m204,400–new
PXDEUR PIONEER NAT RES CO–0.5%$21.3m190,700–new
LEN LENNAR CORPConsumer Cyclical0.5%$21.2m780,100–new
YM BIOSCIENCES INC no ticker–0.5%$20.9m11.23m+94%added
PWR QUANTA SVCS INCIndustrials0.5%$19.9m953,2000.0%held
LOW LOWES COS INCConsumer Cyclical0.5%$18.9m603,900–new
HFCUSD HOLLYFRONTIER CORP–0.4%$17.6m547,400+58%added
TV GRUPO TELEVISA S A BCommunication Services0.4%$16.7m792,000–new
XLE SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR–0.4%$16.1m224,780–new
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCHealthcare0.4%$16.1m272,400−64%reduced
STM STMICROELECTRONICS N VTechnology0.4%$15.0m1.83m–new
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.4%$14.8m35,100–new

Exited since Q4 2011

22 rows
GREEN MTN COFFEE ROASTERS IN no ticker2.4%$76.9m
EEM ISHARES TR2.3%$75.9m
HAL HALLIBURTON CO2.2%$72.5m
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp1.5%$47.4m
RF MICRODEVICES INC no ticker1.4%$45.6m
SYMCEUR SYMANTEC CORP1.4%$43.8m
MNTA MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC1.2%$40.1m
VRSN VERISIGN INC1.0%$32.0m
DFSEUR DISCOVER FINL SVCS1.0%$31.0m
NII HLDGS INC no ticker0.9%$30.7m
FITB FIFTH THIRD BANCORP0.5%$17.6m
CORE LABORATORIES N V no ticker0.5%$16.7m
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker0.5%$15.8m
TGT TARGET CORP0.5%$15.2m
KEY KEYCORP0.3%$10.7m
GNTX GENTEX CORP0.3%$9.5m
GGAL GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A0.3%$8.8m
KRE SPDR SERIES TRUST0.2%$7.0m
AGO ASSURED GUARANTY LTD0.2%$6.6m
GRAFTECH INTL LTD no ticker0.1%$4.5m
KKR & CO L P DEL no ticker0.06%$1.9m
TRANSCANADA CORP no ticker0.04%$1.2m

Sector mix

  • Technology35.0%
  • Unclassified28.5%
  • Consumer Cyclical11.0%
  • Financial Services8.8%
  • Healthcare5.3%
  • Energy3.9%
  • Communication Services3.2%
  • Industrials1.4%
  • Basic Materials1.3%
  • Consumer Defensive0.9%
  • Real Estate0.6%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (79)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 2026113$2.4bn
Q1 202677$1.9bn
Q4 202588$1.8bn
Q3 202586$1.8bn
Q2 202572$1.3bn
Q1 202556$836m
Q4 202477$1.5bn
Q3 202459$819m
Q2 202451$754m
Q1 202452$736m
Q4 202349$661m
Q3 202339$554m
Q2 202353$857m
Q1 202344$740m
Q4 202247$674m
Q3 202246$639m
Q2 202253$751m
Q1 202266$1.1bn
Q4 202165$1.3bn
Q3 202167$1.3bn
Q2 202157$1.3bn
Q1 202160$720m
Q4 202052$807m
Q3 202058$637m
Q2 202052$539m
Q1 202031$363m
Q4 201921$313m
Q3 201926$576m
Q2 201934$976m
Q1 201929$826m
Q4 201841$1.2bn
Q3 201848$1.6bn
Q2 201848$1.7bn
Q1 201845$2.4bn
Q4 201748$2.8bn
Q3 201757$4.0bn
Q2 201749$3.8bn
Q1 201790$5.1bn
Q4 201697$5.9bn
Q3 201676$4.6bn
Q2 201670$4.0bn
Q1 201692$6.1bn
Q4 201583$7.3bn
Q3 2015106$8.7bn
Q2 201595$7.6bn
Q1 201586$8.4bn
Q4 2014114$9.5bn
Q3 201491$8.7bn
Q2 2014115$10.5bn
Q1 2014132$13.4bn
Q4 2013133$13.4bn
Q3 2013121$11.1bn
Q2 2013102$8.9bn
Q1 201357$5.1bn
Q4 201264$4.9bn
Q3 201267$5.0bn
Q2 201248$4.0bn
Q1 201273$4.2bn
Q4 201156$3.2bn
Q3 201149$2.5bn
Q2 201150$2.7bn
Q1 201148$2.2bn
Q4 201032$1.4bn
Q3 201029$1.5bn
Q2 201028$902m
Q1 201041$1.1bn
Q4 200929$703m
Q3 200928$682m
Q2 200926$726m
Q1 200919$574m
Q4 200811$303m
Q3 200812$331m
Q2 200819$564m
Q1 200818$871m
Q4 200726$812m
Q3 200729$541m
Q2 200722$455m
Q1 200719$245m
Q4 200622$246m

Where Discovery Capital Management, LLC was early

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GGAL GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.AQ1 20071 of 960.07%7.8%40Held at last filing, Q2 2026+380%
SNDK SANDISK CORPQ1 20073 of 2332.5%19.6%19Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
BBD BANCO BRADESCO S AQ1 20075 of 715.1%5.1%6Exited by Q1 2024–
EBAY EBAY INCQ1 200716 of 1865.5%6.3%14Exited by Q1 2015+69%
TX TERNIUM SA SPONQ2 20072 of 521.3%1.3%2Exited by Q4 2007+3.7%
BIDU BAIDU INCQ2 20079 of 2317.0%17.6%24Exited by Q1 2026+678%
SFD SMITHFIELD FOODS INCQ3 20071 of 904.4%4.4%2Exited by Q1 2008−8.2%
CX CEMEX SA EURO MTN BE 144AQ3 20074 of 941.9%5.0%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026−47%
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN INCQ3 20075 of 2235.3%6.6%12Exited by Q3 2025−17%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COQ4 20076 of 2313.6%19.9%20Held at last filing, Q2 2026+650%
AAPL APPLE INCQ4 200710 of 27511.9%43.1%29Exited by Q1 2017+309%
EWY ISHARES INC MSCI S KOREAQ1 20082 of 1130.9%3.6%2Exited by Q3 2008−8.5%
MEOH METHANEX CORPQ2 20082 of 10811.0%16.0%2Exited by Q4 2008−29%
PBR/A PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROQ2 20083 of 707.3%9.4%20Exited by Q2 2019−75%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ2 20085 of 2294.6%10.8%12Held at last filing, Q2 2026+478%
MS MORGAN STANLEYQ2 20085 of 1783.7%6.9%11Exited by Q2 2017+19%
V VISA INCQ2 200819 of 2845.8%8.3%30Exited by Q3 2022+869%
RIG TRANSOCEAN LTDQ1 20091 of 1899.4%9.4%18Exited by Q3 2022−94%
WFRD WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LT REGQ2 20092 of 261.8%2.8%2Exited by Q4 2009+6.0%
MLCO MELCO CROWN ENTMT LTDQ2 20094 of 1080.5%2.1%14Exited by Q2 2016+267%
RRC RANGE RES CORPQ2 20094 of 1470.6%1.7%5Exited by Q3 2025−1.8%
FXI ISHARES TRQ2 20097 of 1357.4%7.4%8Exited by Q2 2022−17%
MNTA MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS INCQ4 20091 of 890.5%1.8%27Exited by Q3 2017–
AMGN AMGEN INCQ4 20096 of 1661.4%1.4%4Exited by Q2 2014+118%
G GENPACT LIMITEDQ1 20103 of 1010.8%3.3%4Exited by Q1 2011−9.4%
PNC PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INCQ1 20106 of 1531.1%1.8%10Exited by Q2 2023+113%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ1 201010 of 2534.1%4.1%14Exited by Q4 2021+385%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCQ1 201010 of 2991.4%6.6%11Exited by Q3 2025+855%
ITUB ITAU UNIBANCO HLDG S AQ2 20107 of 850.3%3.7%13Exited by Q1 2024−6.6%
YPF YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMAQ3 20101 of 1010.02%4.5%41Held at last filing, Q2 2026+17%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ3 201011 of 1420.8%2.0%7Exited by Q3 2022+427%
TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTDQ3 201013 of 1821.1%2.7%3Exited by Q1 2016+24%
HAL HALLIBURTON COQ4 20105 of 1822.9%3.9%11Held at last filing, Q2 2026−17%
VWO VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX FQ1 20112 of 550.9%11.2%15Exited by Q4 2019−18%
IBN ICICI BANK LIMITEDQ1 20113 of 1091.9%5.9%23Exited by Q3 2022+96%
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSQ1 20114 of 1553.1%3.1%2Exited by Q3 2011−5.9%
SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTDQ1 20116 of 2113.3%3.3%5Exited by Q1 2017−10.0%
SLM SLM CORPQ1 20119 of 1220.6%3.0%12Exited by Q1 2026+395%
KEY KEYCORP NEWQ1 201113 of 1320.3%1.2%5Exited by Q2 2017+100%
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCQ1 201116 of 3400.5%7.0%16Held at last filing, Q2 2026+6655%
MPC MARATHON PETE CORPQ3 20112 of 1940.3%3.8%13Exited by Q1 2019+336%
RDN RADIAN GROUP INCQ3 20116 of 1200.02%1.4%16Exited by Q1 2021+825%
MRK MERCK & CO INCQ4 20113 of 1951.4%1.8%4Exited by Q2 2017+69%
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INCQ4 20116 of 1850.3%1.6%4Exited by Q1 2017+12%
BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COQ4 20118 of 1975.0%5.0%3Exited by Q3 2012+2.0%
KRE SPDR SERIES TRUSTQ4 201115 of 1590.2%2.1%8Exited by Q4 2018+143%
NBIS NEBIUS GROUP N.V.Q1 20123 of 2490.7%7.9%30Exited by Q3 2025+54%
LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPQ1 20125 of 1881.9%5.8%10Exited by Q2 2017−0.9%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ1 20126 of 3200.6%4.8%27Held at last filing, Q2 2026+14150%
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COQ1 20126 of 1920.5%2.5%6Exited by Q3 2013+63%

Concentration and tenure

14.0%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
60.3%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
2
Median completed holding, quarters