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Ensemble Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Ensemble Capital Management disclosed 33 US equity positions worth $74.5m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was CVS at 12.8% of the reported book, followed by SCHW and NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 12 and reduced 18 among the top 33 holdings.

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What did Ensemble Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 33 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 CVS CVS CORP Healthcare 12.8%$9.6m332,405 -6% reduced
2 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 10.1%$7.5m463,965 -4% reduced
3 NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC 8.3%$6.2m596,127 3% added
4 CSCO CISCO SYS INC Technology 7.5%$5.6m345,158 -19% reduced
5 COST COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW Consumer Defensive 7.2%$5.4m102,705 -5% reduced
6 PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO INC 5.9%$4.4m126,550 126% added
7 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 5.7%$4.2m237,675 -41% reduced
8 DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW Energy 5.4%$4.0m61,375 7% added
9 PEP PEPSICO INC Consumer Defensive 4.7%$3.5m63,550 14% added
10 ROCKWELL COLLINS INC 3.1%$2.3m59,785 -19% reduced
11 ISHARES TR RUSSELL 3000 3.0%$2.2m43,100 8% added
12 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 2.9%$2.2m134,150 8% added
13 NETEZZA CORP 2.4%$1.8m283,791 63% added
14 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 2.3%$1.7m19,970 -15% reduced
15 NATUS MEDICAL INC DEL 2.1%$1.6m119,700 24% added
16 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO Financial Services 2.0%$1.5m49,320 -15% reduced
17 UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.8%$1.3m25,090 -63% reduced
18 CVX CHEVRON CORP NEW Energy 1.7%$1.3m17,600 -45% reduced
19 FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP 1.7%$1.2m141,900 -32% reduced
20 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 1.2%$858.0k6,000 new
21 STAPLES INC 1.1%$798.0k44,550 -76% reduced
22 EFA ISHARES TR MSCI EAFE IDX 1.0%$758.0k16,900 15% added
23 KKR FINL CORP 0.9%$636.0k402,361 new
24 PHARMACEUTICAL PROD DEV INC 0.7%$552.0k19,025 243% added
25 EMR EMERSON ELEC CO Industrials 0.7%$495.0k13,525 14% added
26 BBY BEST BUY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.6%$454.0k16,145 -35% reduced
27 GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Industrials 0.6%$443.0k27,361 -24% reduced
28 COP CONOCOPHILLIPS Energy 0.6%$425.0k8,196 -24% reduced
29 LQD ISHARES TR IBOXX INV CPBD 0.5%$404.0k3,974 0% held
30 EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 0.5%$387.0k15,500 -10% reduced
31 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 0.4%$329.0k4,125 6% added
32 BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION Financial Services 0.4%$296.0k21,030 -13% reduced
33 ECHELON CORP 0.2%$186.0k22,877 -22% reduced

Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.