Findlay Park Partners 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Findlay Park Partners disclosed 112 US equity positions worth $1.7bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was MTD at 4.2% of the reported book, followed by Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc and American Tower Corp. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 12 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 13 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Findlay Park Partners own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTD Mettler Toledo International | Healthcare | 4.2% | $72.7m | 742,250 | 5% | added |
| 2 | Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc | 4.0% | $69.0m | 1,388,420 | -3% | reduced | |
| 3 | American Tower Corp | 4.0% | $69.0m | 1,918,000 | 31% | added | |
| 4 | RVTY PerkinElmer Inc | Healthcare | 3.7% | $64.1m | 2,565,154 | 15% | added |
| 5 | Covanta Hldg Corp | 3.7% | $63.0m | 2,633,400 | 28% | added | |
| 6 | Airgas Inc | 3.3% | $57.7m | 1,161,400 | -12% | reduced | |
| 7 | RSG Republic Svcs Inc | Industrials | 3.1% | $52.7m | 1,756,500 | 0% | held |
| 8 | XLP STPLS | 2.7% | $46.4m | 1,680,000 | – | new | |
| 9 | Canadian Pac Ry Ltd | 2.7% | $46.1m | 856,000 | 29% | added | |
| 10 | XLY DISCR | 2.6% | $44.4m | 1,590,000 | – | new | |
| 11 | UNP Union Pac Corp | Industrials | 2.5% | $43.9m | 616,450 | 0% | held |
| 12 | National Instrs Corp | 2.3% | $40.1m | 1,336,000 | 35% | added | |
| 13 | Reinsurance Group Amer Inc | 2.0% | $34.4m | 636,500 | 91% | added | |
| 14 | DOX Amdocs Ltd | Technology | 1.9% | $33.1m | 1,210,000 | 7% | added |
| 15 | IMS Health Inc | 1.8% | $31.6m | 1,669,795 | 6% | added | |
| 16 | WCN Waste Connections Inc | Industrials | 1.7% | $29.9m | 872,600 | 0% | held |
| 17 | Laboratory Corp Amer Hldgs | 1.7% | $28.8m | 415,000 | -8% | reduced | |
| 18 | HCC Ins Hldgs Inc | 1.6% | $28.1m | 1,040,875 | -14% | reduced | |
| 19 | WU Western Un Co | Financial Services | 1.6% | $26.9m | 1,090,900 | 79% | added |
| 20 | VT SH | 1.5% | $26.5m | 967,225 | -37% | reduced | |
| 21 | Devry Inc Del | 1.4% | $24.5m | 494,000 | – | new | |
| 22 | K V Pharmaceutical Co | 1.4% | $24.3m | 1,068,878 | -13% | reduced | |
| 23 | CSGP CoStar Group Inc | Real Estate | 1.4% | $23.5m | 516,800 | -10% | reduced |
| 24 | TV REP | 1.3% | $22.5m | 1,030,000 | 4% | added | |
| 25 | SVB Finl Group | 1.2% | $21.2m | 366,550 | -56% | reduced | |
| 26 | NICE National Instrs Corp | Technology | 1.2% | $21.2m | 777,000 | – | new |
| 27 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 1.2% | $21.1m | 684,000 | – | new |
| 28 | Dresser-Rand Group Inc | 1.2% | $20.3m | 646,000 | 42% | added | |
| 29 | BR Broadridge Finl Solutions In | Technology | 1.2% | $19.9m | 1,296,000 | 0% | held |
| 30 | HP Helmerich & Payne Inc | Energy | 1.0% | $17.5m | 405,500 | -17% | reduced |
| 31 | 1987351D ACE Ltd | 1.0% | $17.4m | 322,000 | – | new | |
| 32 | GPN Global Pmts Inc | Industrials | 1.0% | $17.0m | 380,000 | – | new |
| 33 | Dentsply Intl Inc New | 1.0% | $16.6m | 441,740 | 0% | held | |
| 34 | PREJF Partnerre Ltd | 0.9% | $15.8m | 232,000 | – | new | |
| 35 | HSIC Schein Henry Inc | Healthcare | 0.9% | $15.3m | 285,000 | 25% | added |
| 36 | ARW Arrow Electrs Inc | Technology | 0.9% | $15.2m | 579,500 | 0% | held |
| 37 | KMB Kimberly Clark Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.9% | $14.8m | 228,000 | – | new |
| 38 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del | 0.8% | $14.4m | 3,280 | – | new | |
| 39 | Meredith Corp | 0.8% | $14.4m | 512,500 | 13% | added | |
| 40 | Dun & Bradstreet Corp Del Ne | 0.8% | $14.3m | 152,000 | – | new | |
| 41 | OMAB Grupo Aeroportuario CTR Nort SPON | 0.8% | $13.8m | 1,151,600 | -18% | reduced | |
| 42 | ATO Atmos Energy Corp | Utilities | 0.8% | $13.6m | 510,000 | -18% | reduced |
| 43 | Wesco Finl Corp | 0.8% | $13.4m | 37,410 | 0% | held | |
| 44 | CSX CSX Corp | Industrials | 0.8% | $13.2m | 242,200 | 0% | held |
| 45 | SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $12.6m | 247,000 | 19% | added |
| 46 | Seacor Holdings Inc | 0.7% | $12.5m | 158,600 | -58% | reduced | |
| 47 | Cousins Pptys Inc | 0.7% | $12.1m | 480,700 | -35% | reduced | |
| 48 | Assisted Living Concpt Nev N | 0.7% | $12.0m | 1,876,800 | 16% | added | |
| 49 | TTC Toro Co | Industrials | 0.7% | $11.8m | 285,000 | – | new |
| 50 | Alleghany Corp Del | 0.7% | $11.6m | 31,858 | 0% | held |
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.