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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. 13F holdings, Q3 2015

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2015-09-30, filed 2015-11-16

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. disclosed 79 US equity positions worth $6.3bn in its Q3 2015 13F filing. Its largest position is TIME WARNER CABLE INC at 9.6% of the reported book, followed by AVGO and SIGMA ALDRICH CORP. Versus Q2 2015 it opened 22 new positions, added to 40, reduced 10 and exited 37.

$6.3bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
79
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
9.6%
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.
31
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 Q2 2015: 22 new, 40 added, 10 reduced, 37 exited

50 of 79
TIME WARNER CABLE INC no ticker–9.6%$606m3.38m+52%added
AVGO BROADCOM CORPTechnology5.6%$356m6.92m+23%added
SIGMA ALDRICH CORP no ticker–4.4%$278m2.00m+0.5%added
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker–3.8%$243m894,411−2.7%reduced
GOOGLE INC no ticker–3.7%$235m386,000+115%added
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D no ticker–3.5%$225m1.28m+11%added
SIG SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITEDConsumer Cyclical3.5%$222m1.63m+33%added
B/E AEROSPACE INC no ticker–3.3%$208m4.73m+125%added
HUM HUMANA INCHealthcare3.2%$204m1.14m+376%added
CIGNA CORPORATION no ticker–3.1%$197m1.46m+252%added
ALSN ALLISON TRANSMISSION HLDGS IConsumer Cyclical3.0%$188m7.04m+90%added
ALTERA CORP no ticker–2.8%$178m3.54m+296%added
AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORPReal Estate2.7%$174m1.98m+16%added
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–2.7%$174m6.43m+62%added
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services2.6%$164m5.75m+22%added
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology2.5%$156m3.53m+20%added
ETN EATON CORP PLCIndustrials2.4%$150m2.92m–new
KLX INC no ticker–2.2%$142m3.96m+25%added
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCIndustrials2.0%$124m583,500+0.6%added
SOLERA HOLDINGS INC no ticker–1.9%$120m2.22m–new
FLT1EUR FLEETCOR TECHNOLOGIES INC–1.8%$117m848,000+36%added
HDSUSD HD SUPPLY HLDGS INC–1.7%$110m3.83m+36%added
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical1.7%$110m4.49m+153%added
HUDSON PAC PPTYS INC no ticker–1.6%$104m3.62m0.0%held
PREJF PARTNERRE LTDFinancial Services1.6%$98.8m711,239+1191%added
SOLARWINDS INC no ticker–1.5%$95.7m2.44m–new
STT STATE STR CORPFinancial Services1.5%$92.8m1.38m+14%added
AMG AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUPFinancial Services1.4%$91.1m532,500+5.4%added
PRICELINE GRP INC no ticker–1.4%$89.7m72,500−15%reduced
RDUSEUR RADIUS HEALTH INC–1.1%$72.5m1.05m+28%added
HERBALIFE LTD no ticker–1.1%$68.4m77.35m+0.6%added
NQ MOBILE INC no ticker–0.9%$60.2m79.48m0.0%held
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP no ticker–0.9%$59.1m963,407–new
WUXI PHARMATECH CAYMAN INC no ticker–0.9%$55.9m1.29m–new
CYTEC INDS INC no ticker–0.8%$52.0m704,560–new
HEALTH NET INC no ticker–0.8%$50.6m840,000–new
UIL HLDG CORP no ticker–0.7%$47.5m945,333−8.7%reduced
HUDSON CITY BANCORP no ticker–0.7%$47.2m4.64m−9.5%reduced
RYANAIR HLDGS PLC no ticker–0.7%$42.2m539,480–new
ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–0.6%$40.0m340,000−55%reduced
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare0.6%$39.3m722,000+153%added
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP no ticker–0.6%$35.7m155,330−84%reduced
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL no ticker–0.5%$34.3m192,500+95%added
ODPEUR OFFICE DEPOT INC–0.5%$32.0m4.99m+0.5%added
DEPOMED INC no ticker–0.5%$30.3m1.61m–new
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INCIndustrials0.5%$29.2m752,500+88%added
INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION no ticker–0.5%$29.1m1.35m+27%added
TOWERS WATSON & CO no ticker–0.4%$28.2m240,000–new
GRFS GRIFOLS S AHealthcare0.4%$26.8m880,684+59%added
CB CHUBB CORPFinancial Services0.4%$22.7m185,100–new

Exited since Q2 2015

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HOSPIRA INC no ticker8.9%$663m
DIRECTV no ticker7.8%$580m
CATAMARAN CORP no ticker5.6%$416m
TWXCHF TIME WARNER INC3.5%$258m
MYLAN NV no ticker1.7%$125m
DRCEUR DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC1.6%$116m
GOOGLE INC no ticker1.3%$97.2m
EXPE EXPEDIA GROUP INC1.1%$84.7m
FAMILY DLR STORES INC no ticker1.1%$80.8m
PERFECT WORLD CO LTD no ticker1.0%$75.1m
PRGO PERRIGO CO PLC0.5%$38.8m
WMB WILLIAMS COS INC0.5%$36.7m
CPRT COPART INC0.4%$32.3m
PDCOEUR PATTERSON COS INC0.4%$32.2m
TMUS T-MOBILE US INC0.3%$24.8m
ICPTUSD INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN0.3%$22.0m
AETNA INC NEW no ticker0.3%$19.4m
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD0.2%$18.2m
GRAFTECH INTL LTD no ticker0.2%$17.4m
A AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC0.2%$17.2m
KN KNOWLES CORP0.2%$15.6m
WRIGHT MED GROUP INC no ticker0.2%$15.4m
OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS INC no ticker0.2%$11.7m
BIO-REFERENCE LABS INC no ticker0.1%$10.1m
YELP YELP INC0.1%$9.3m
DISH DISH NETWORK CORPORATION0.1%$9.1m
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC0.1%$7.9m
GWPH GW PHARMACEUTICALS PLC0.10%$7.4m
AXIALL CORP no ticker0.08%$6.3m
MEADOWBROOK INS GROUP INC no ticker0.08%$6.1m
SOUFUN HLDGS LTD no ticker0.07%$5.1m
ADAPY ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC0.06%$4.6m
LAMR LAMAR ADVERTISING CO NEW0.05%$4.1m
LPG DORIAN LPG LTD0.04%$2.6m
CELYAD SA no ticker0.02%$1.6m
AVALANCHE BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN no ticker0.01%$1.1m
CHC GROUP LTD no ticker0.0%$220k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified63.7%
  • Consumer Cyclical8.5%
  • Technology8.3%
  • Financial Services7.4%
  • Industrials4.8%
  • Healthcare4.3%
  • Real Estate2.7%
  • Energy0.2%
  • Basic Materials0.1%

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