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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. 13F holdings, Q4 2014

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2014-12-31, filed 2015-02-17

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. disclosed 82 US equity positions worth $6.9bn in its Q4 2014 13F filing. Its largest position is ALLERGAN INC at 7.7% of the reported book, followed by COVIDIEN PLC and DIRECTV. Versus Q3 2014 it opened 28 new positions, added to 18, reduced 24 and exited 27.

$6.9bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
82
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
7.7%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
43.7%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
33
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 Q3 2014: 28 new, 18 added, 24 reduced, 27 exited

50 of 82
ALLERGAN INC no ticker–7.7%$531m2.50m+128%added
COVIDIEN PLC no ticker–6.6%$460m4.50m+24%added
DIRECTV no ticker–5.9%$411m4.74m+30%added
SAFEWAY INC no ticker–4.6%$318m9.05m+27%added
HUDSON PAC PPTYS INC no ticker–3.8%$262m8.72m0.0%held
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–3.7%$258m2.56m–new
COCA COLA ENTERPRISES INC NE no ticker–3.0%$209m4.74m−3.3%reduced
BKR BAKER HUGHES INCEnergy2.9%$199m3.56m–new
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOG no ticker–2.8%$195m11.32m+39%added
ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC no ticker–2.6%$184m2.33m–new
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology2.6%$183m3.94m+5.2%added
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HLDGS CORP no ticker–2.6%$181m1.76m+606%added
AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORPReal Estate2.3%$160m1.61m−22%reduced
HUDSON CITY BANCORP no ticker–2.3%$158m15.65m−31%reduced
CAREFUSION CORP no ticker–2.1%$145m2.44m–new
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical2.1%$142m2.54m+13%added
PRICELINE GRP INC no ticker–1.9%$134m117,100+23%added
SIG SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITEDConsumer Cyclical1.9%$133m1.01m−12%reduced
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services1.9%$132m4.38m+5.7%added
DG DOLLAR GEN CORPConsumer Defensive1.9%$131m1.85m+289%added
TWXCHF TIME WARNER INC–1.8%$128m1.50m−37%reduced
GOOGLE INC no ticker–1.8%$123m231,500+68%added
GOOGLE INC no ticker–1.8%$121m230,500+69%added
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.7%$115m77.48m–new
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCIndustrials1.6%$114m580,000−14%reduced
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D no ticker–1.6%$113m675,500−46%reduced
OIEUR OWENS ILL INC–1.6%$112m4.14m−27%reduced
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–1.5%$105m2.73m−47%reduced
FAMILY DLR STORES INC no ticker–1.4%$99.8m1.26m+908%added
STT STATE STR CORPFinancial Services1.4%$96.0m1.22m−46%reduced
AMER RLTY CAP HEALTHCAR TR I no ticker–1.3%$88.1m7.41m–new
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–1.2%$84.4m2.46m–new
KLX INC no ticker–1.2%$81.3m1.97m–new
B/E AEROSPACE INC no ticker–1.1%$77.1m1.33m–new
LAMR LAMAR ADVERTISING CO NEWReal Estate1.0%$71.2m1.33m–new
DRCEUR DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC–0.9%$59.7m729,822–new
CPRT COPART INCIndustrials0.8%$53.3m1.46m−18%reduced
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO no ticker–0.7%$49.5m585,000−44%reduced
CTSH COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIOTechnology0.6%$44.8m850,000−70%reduced
ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–0.6%$44.7m1.39m+48%added
KN KNOWLES CORPTechnology0.6%$40.1m1.70m+26%added
TALISMAN ENERGY INC no ticker–0.5%$37.2m4.75m–new
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INC no ticker–0.5%$35.6m1.75m–new
COPA HOLDINGS SA no ticker–0.5%$34.5m332,594–new
GROUPE CGI INC no ticker–0.5%$31.7m831,300–new
SPANSION INC no ticker–0.4%$30.3m886,659–new
ASH Ashland IncBasic Materials0.4%$27.4m229,000−58%reduced
STARWOOD PPTY TR INC no ticker–0.4%$26.4m24.00m0.0%held
COVANCE INC no ticker–0.4%$26.4m254,000–new
CLUBUSD TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC–0.3%$24.2m4.06m0.0%held

Exited since Q3 2014

27 rows
TIM HORTONS INC no ticker2.7%$163m
ROST ROSS STORES INC2.2%$131m
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC no ticker2.1%$126m
FOSTER WHEELER AG no ticker1.9%$115m
LBEUR L BRANDS INC1.7%$104m
SHIRE PLC no ticker1.4%$84.8m
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO no ticker1.3%$75.5m
COMPUWARE CORP no ticker1.3%$74.5m
NEW ORIENTAL ED & TECHNOLOGY no ticker0.9%$54.8m
MALLINCKRODT PUB LTD CO no ticker0.9%$54.1m
TMUS T-MOBILE US INC0.8%$48.2m
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD0.8%$47.2m
OAK OAKTREE CAP GROUP LLC0.7%$42.9m
DRYSHIPS INC. no ticker0.5%$32.8m
MEOH METHANEX CORP0.5%$29.4m
DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC0.5%$28.3m
T86 TRI POINTE HOMES INC0.4%$22.0m
GWPH GW PHARMACEUTICALS PLC0.3%$19.7m
OIS OIL STS INTL INC0.3%$16.3m
SFLY SHUTTERFLY INC0.2%$14.9m
CLECO CORP NEW no ticker0.2%$12.0m
CLVSEUR CLOVIS ONCOLOGY INC0.2%$10.2m
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker0.2%$9.3m
KIN1USD KINDRED BIOSCIENCES INC0.03%$1.6m
EGRX EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC0.02%$1.3m
FATE FATE THERAPEUTICS INC0.01%$880k
UNIQURE NV no ticker0.01%$463k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified77.2%
  • Consumer Cyclical4.0%
  • Technology3.9%
  • Real Estate3.3%
  • Financial Services3.3%
  • Energy3.0%
  • Industrials2.7%
  • Consumer Defensive1.9%
  • Basic Materials0.4%
  • Healthcare0.3%

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