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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. 13F holdings, Q1 2008

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-03-31, filed 2008-05-15

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. disclosed 125 US equity positions worth $5.7bn in its Q1 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is IWM at 13.9% of the reported book, followed by SHW and CAPITALSOURCE INC. Versus Q4 2007 it opened 49 new positions, added to 36, reduced 28 and exited 62.

$5.7bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
125
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
13.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
46.7%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
24
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
113
Quarters on file since Q1 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q4 2007: 49 new, 36 added, 28 reduced, 62 exited

50 of 125
IWM ISHARES TR–13.9%$785m11.50m−20%reduced
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COBasic Materials7.0%$394m7.72m+162%added
CAPITALSOURCE INC no ticker–5.9%$332m34.36m+3.2%added
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV–3.4%$192m3.02m−0.7%reduced
EEM ISHARES TR–3.2%$180m1.34m+230%added
FDX FEDEX CORPIndustrials3.0%$168m1.82m−23%reduced
WMB WILLIAMS COS INCEnergy2.9%$164m4.98m−12%reduced
JBHT HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INCIndustrials2.7%$152m4.83m+45%added
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services2.4%$136m7.21m+5.5%added
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services2.4%$135m603,200−50%reduced
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology2.4%$133m930,000+490%added
ARCH CAP GROUP LTD no ticker–2.3%$131m1.91m0.0%held
CVCEUR CABLEVISION SYS CORP–2.3%$128m5.96m+213%added
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy2.2%$126m1.45m+232%added
WENDYS INTL INC no ticker–2.2%$125m5.43m0.0%held
STAPLES INC no ticker–2.2%$125m5.66m−30%reduced
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INCHealthcare2.1%$121m2.35m+90%added
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVTechnology2.1%$118m3.09m−12%reduced
MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEWConsumer Cyclical1.9%$108m3.14m+930%added
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY no ticker–1.9%$108m5.15m−23%reduced
MI DEVS INC no ticker–1.7%$96.5m3.36m0.0%held
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology1.7%$93.9m4.80m−6.0%reduced
MDS INC no ticker–1.6%$91.2m4.67m−5.6%reduced
AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.6%$89.4m3.06m+14%added
HOSPIRA INC no ticker–1.6%$89.2m2.08m−9.5%reduced
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology1.5%$83.8m2.04m+16%added
XLK SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR–1.4%$80.3m3.58m–new
TV GRUPO TELEVISA S A BCommunication Services1.3%$74.6m3.08m−65%reduced
BEA SYS INC no ticker–1.2%$68.4m3.57m–new
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT no ticker–1.2%$67.4m2.98m–new
KNOLOGY INC no ticker–1.1%$64.4m4.97m+0.9%added
BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C no ticker–1.1%$61.1m663,000−30%reduced
HTH HILLTOP HLDGS INCFinancial Services1.0%$58.8m5.65m0.0%held
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–1.0%$58.2m4.06m+112%added
STARWOOD HOTELS&RESORTS WRLD no ticker–1.0%$57.7m1.11m−9.0%reduced
CELG CELGENE CORP–1.0%$54.5m889,997–new
SEALY CORP no ticker–0.9%$49.4m6.51m+2.6%added
IBB ISHARES TR–0.8%$42.6m562,800+52%added
ZBH ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INCHealthcare0.7%$40.1m514,900+0.3%held
ALKERMES INC no ticker–0.7%$37.3m3.14m−28%reduced
CLUBUSD TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC–0.6%$34.2m5.33m0.0%held
DIGITAL RIV INC no ticker–0.5%$29.0m935,000+109%added
INFORMATICA CORP no ticker–0.5%$28.8m1.69m−20%reduced
OSI PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–0.5%$27.9m747,500+53%added
ALGN ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INCHealthcare0.4%$23.8m2.15m−20%reduced
ALCON INC no ticker–0.4%$20.8m146,500–new
CEPHALON INC no ticker–0.3%$19.0m295,000–new
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–0.3%$17.7m1.04m+421%added
GTLSGBP CHART INDS INC–0.3%$17.2m507,500−6.0%reduced
RAIL FREIGHTCAR AMER INCIndustrials0.3%$16.3m474,977+469%added

Exited since Q4 2007

62 rows
HARRAHS ENTMT INC no ticker5.3%$399m
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust1.5%$117m
TIME WARNER CABLE INC no ticker1.4%$108m
FOSTER WHEELER LTD no ticker1.1%$86.0m
FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GO no ticker0.9%$71.1m
WALGREEN CO no ticker0.9%$67.0m
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO no ticker0.8%$63.0m
FLR FLUOR CORP0.8%$58.1m
LAWSON SOFTWARE INC NEW no ticker0.7%$51.5m
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V no ticker0.6%$48.9m
TGT TARGET CORP0.6%$47.9m
CSX CSX CORP0.6%$46.8m
COACH INC no ticker0.6%$45.4m
EXC EXELON CORP0.5%$38.5m
COMCAST CORP NEW no ticker0.4%$32.7m
BARE ESCENTUALS INC no ticker0.4%$32.1m
SHAW GROUP INC no ticker0.4%$30.7m
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP I no ticker0.4%$26.9m
ETR ENTERGY CORP NEW0.4%$26.7m
CMI CUMMINS INC0.4%$26.7m
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP0.3%$25.6m
CX CEMEX SAB DE CV0.3%$25.1m
ENERGY PARTNERS LTD no ticker0.3%$24.2m
FPL GROUP INC no ticker0.3%$23.2m
FCX FREEPORT MCMORAN INC0.3%$22.8m
KBR KBR INC0.3%$21.8m
HSBC HSBC HLDGS PLC0.3%$20.9m
KENEXA CORP no ticker0.3%$20.4m
PHARMION CORP no ticker0.2%$18.5m
SLM SLM CORP0.2%$15.0m
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW0.2%$14.6m
ACE LTD no ticker0.2%$12.0m
RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC0.2%$11.9m
KSS KOHLS CORP0.1%$10.5m
APOLLO INVT CORP no ticker0.05%$3.9m
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIA ENTRP no ticker0.04%$2.9m
I2 TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker0.03%$2.2m
JMP GROUP LLC no ticker0.02%$1.5m
LII LENNOX INTL INC0.01%$448k
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker0.01%$446k
CTCMEUR CTC MEDIA INC0.01%$438k
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC0.01%$423k
NVR NVR INC0.01%$421k
DIANA SHIPPING INC no ticker0.01%$421k
SCCO SOUTHERN COPPER CORP0.01%$418k
SNPS SYNOPSYS INC0.01%$416k
ALBERTO CULVER CO NEW no ticker0.01%$415k
DST SYS INC DEL no ticker0.01%$413k
SFD SMITHFIELD FOODS INC0.01%$413k
BYD BOYD GAMING CORP0.01%$408k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified60.6%
  • Technology8.2%
  • Basic Materials7.0%
  • Industrials6.5%
  • Financial Services5.8%
  • Energy5.1%
  • Healthcare3.3%
  • Consumer Cyclical2.1%
  • Communication Services1.4%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (113)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202686$17.1bn
Q1 2026170$16.9bn
Q4 2025148$19.2bn
Q3 2025139$17.7bn
Q2 2025143$21.9bn
Q1 2025144$18.5bn
Q4 2024146$19.0bn
Q3 2024160$18.2bn
Q2 2024162$16.9bn
Q1 2024172$17.0bn
Q4 2023157$16.0bn
Q3 2023163$17.7bn
Q2 2023171$16.7bn
Q1 2023192$16.5bn
Q4 2022242$15.5bn
Q3 2022309$16.3bn
Q2 2022313$17.0bn
Q1 2022319$18.1bn
Q4 2021298$17.7bn
Q3 2021298$18.6bn
Q2 2021295$20.7bn
Q1 2021235$19.2bn
Q4 2020134$16.1bn
Q3 2020120$14.1bn
Q2 2020117$12.4bn
Q1 2020100$10.9bn
Q4 2019112$13.0bn
Q3 201997$12.2bn
Q2 2019103$14.3bn
Q1 201993$12.1bn
Q4 201894$11.4bn
Q3 2018101$14.2bn
Q2 201894$13.6bn
Q1 201884$12.0bn
Q4 201779$10.0bn
Q3 201783$9.6bn
Q2 201779$8.8bn
Q1 201769$8.1bn
Q4 201668$6.6bn
Q3 201666$5.8bn
Q2 201661$5.3bn
Q1 201670$7.5bn
Q4 201562$8.2bn
Q3 201579$6.3bn
Q2 201594$7.4bn
Q1 201592$6.8bn
Q4 201482$6.9bn
Q3 201481$6.0bn
Q2 201493$6.6bn
Q1 201486$5.0bn
Q4 201377$4.7bn
Q3 201376$4.8bn
Q2 201380$5.1bn
Q1 201352$3.5bn
Q4 201258$3.2bn
Q3 201246$2.6bn
Q2 201249$2.9bn
Q1 201250$3.6bn
Q4 201148$3.4bn
Q3 201153$3.0bn
Q2 201149$2.7bn
Q1 201151$2.7bn
Q4 201044$2.0bn
Q3 201044$1.9bn
Q2 201042$1.6bn
Q1 201026$1.1bn
Q4 200936$1.7bn
Q3 200935$1.2bn
Q2 200928$858m
Q1 200917$413m
Q4 200818$805m
Q3 200872$3.2bn
Q2 200873$5.0bn
Q1 2008125$5.7bn
Q4 2007138$7.6bn
Q3 2007136$7.1bn
Q2 2007226$9.9bn
Q1 2007120$9.1bn
Q4 2006108$7.7bn
Q3 2006110$6.6bn
Q2 200693$5.7bn
Q1 200683$5.4bn
Q4 200577$3.5bn
Q3 200570$2.8bn
Q2 200574$2.9bn
Q1 200584$2.8bn
Q4 2004129$4.5bn
Q3 2004114$4.9bn
Q2 2004117$4.3bn
Q1 2004121$4.1bn
Q4 2003129$3.9bn
Q3 2003115$3.0bn
Q2 2003105$2.2bn
Q1 2003105$2.5bn
Q4 2002120$2.4bn
Q3 2002131$2.3bn
Q2 2002140$2.1bn
Q1 2002148$2.2bn
Q4 2001117$1.9bn
Q3 2001112$2.3bn
Q2 2001119$2.3bn
Q1 2001124$2.7bn
Q4 2000117$2.8bn
Q3 2000151$3.8bn
Q2 2000150$3.5bn
Q1 2000146$2.9bn
Q4 1999129$2.7bn
Q3 1999141$2.8bn
Q2 1999125$2.2bn
Q1 1999102$2.0bn
Q3 199815$563m
Q2 199831$842m
Q1 199837$892m

Where Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. was early

122 rows
KFY Korn/Ferry InternationalQ1 19991 of 890.07%1.4%21Exited by Q2 2004+22%
MCK MCKESSON CORPQ2 19991 of 1701.2%2.0%10Exited by Q2 2026+2589%
NWL Newell Rubbermaid IncQ2 19991 of 1561.1%1.1%3Exited by Q1 2000−37%
L LOEWS CORPQ2 19992 of 930.4%2.7%13Exited by Q3 2007+287%
INTC Intel CorpQ3 19991 of 2801.5%1.5%7Exited by Q2 2001−29%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPQ3 199912 of 3740.1%5.6%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+724%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ4 19991 of 1690.5%3.7%10Held at last filing, Q2 2026+445%
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELQ4 19993 of 1400.3%1.7%27Exited by Q3 2006+109%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ1 20007 of 1420.5%1.1%5Exited by Q4 2008−83%
TEO Telecom Argentina STET-FRAN SPONQ2 20001 of 491.1%1.1%10Exited by Q4 2002−97%
PFE PFIZER INCQ3 20004 of 2080.6%6.8%8Exited by Q3 2014−34%
MLM Martin Marietta MaterialsQ4 20001 of 1840.4%1.6%8Exited by Q4 2002−23%
AVGO BROADCOM INCQ4 200021 of 3230.1%9.2%13Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
FITB Fifth Third BancorpQ1 20011 of 1172.4%2.4%5Exited by Q2 2002+26%
PCG PG&E CORPQ1 20011 of 2090.3%3.3%29Exited by Q3 2024+47%
SRE Sempra EnergyQ1 20011 of 1190.5%1.2%9Exited by Q2 2003+7.2%
USB U S BancorpQ1 20012 of 1623.3%3.3%4Exited by Q1 2002−9.8%
CNA CNA Financial CorpQ2 20011 of 780.4%1.8%6Exited by Q4 2002−37%
CVX CHEVRON CORP NEWQ3 20011 of 19714.4%14.4%11Exited by Q1 2012+151%
JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INCQ1 20022 of 1330.5%6.7%14Exited by Q1 2011+279%
WAT WATERS CORPQ2 20021 of 1371.6%1.8%9Exited by Q4 2006+70%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ2 20027 of 2560.4%7.9%33Exited by Q3 2014+328%
DRI DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCQ4 20021 of 1410.4%1.2%7Exited by Q3 2007+115%
WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DELQ2 20033 of 2071.0%4.9%24Exited by Q3 2015+791%
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPONQ4 20035 of 600.2%6.6%16Exited by Q4 2009+381%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ1 20042 of 2531.8%3.7%18Exited by Q2 2026+291%
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOQ1 20042 of 2230.5%1.4%13Exited by Q3 2013+41%
ABR ARBOR RLTY TR INCQ2 20041 of 800.2%1.2%11Exited by Q1 2007+51%
BAC Bank of AmericaQ2 20047 of 2328.7%8.7%3Exited by Q1 2005+11%
SNDK SANDISK CORPQ2 200416 of 2330.3%6.1%3Exited by Q2 2016–
TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SPQ3 20041 of 790.5%3.6%17Exited by Q4 2008+66%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ3 20044 of 1650.1%2.8%5Exited by Q3 2013+448%
EXEL EXELIXIS INCQ4 20042 of 1360.2%4.6%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+473%
STT STATE STR CORPQ4 20045 of 1390.8%5.2%28Exited by Q4 2015+37%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ1 20056 of 1331.0%1.5%3Exited by Q4 2005+21%
RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INCQ3 20053 of 851.5%1.7%8Exited by Q1 2008+129%
IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000Q3 20054 of 23318.4%21.7%14Exited by Q4 2009−9.3%
CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INCQ4 20052 of 1580.3%1.3%9Exited by Q1 2024+458%
IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDXQ1 20061 of 1201.4%1.7%9Exited by Q3 2008−6.7%
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVQ1 20062 of 2250.7%12.8%47Exited by Q4 2021+200%
IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL ESTQ1 20062 of 980.4%1.8%5Exited by Q2 2007+16%
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPQ1 20063 of 1930.6%4.0%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+85%
EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKTQ2 20062 of 1340.2%3.5%10Exited by Q4 2008+9.2%
TGT TARGET CORPQ2 20065 of 1912.7%6.5%13Exited by Q3 2012+19%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 20068 of 2460.5%4.6%19Exited by Q2 2018+38%
MA MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDQ3 20062 of 2631.6%23.1%32Exited by Q2 2026+7002%
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COQ3 20062 of 1920.7%7.4%36Exited by Q4 2024+1953%
AMG AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUPQ3 20063 of 1080.0%1.6%4Exited by Q4 2015+71%
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPQ1 20072 of 2213.0%6.3%27Exited by Q2 2026+414%
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWQ1 20073 of 2191.4%4.8%15Exited by Q4 2017+197%

Concentration and tenure

10.3%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
47.9%
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