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Maverick Capital Ltd 13F holdings, Q3 2008

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-09-30, filed 2009-02-17

Maverick Capital Ltd disclosed 74 US equity positions worth $6.6bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is AAPL at 4.5% of the reported book, followed by FSLR and AMXN. Versus Q2 2008 it opened 26 new positions, added to 19, reduced 21 and exited 20.

$6.6bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
74
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
4.5%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
39.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
39
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
104
Quarters on file since Q1 1999
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q2 2008: 26 new, 19 added, 21 reduced, 20 exited

50 of 74
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology4.5%$295m2.60m−4.9%reduced
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INCTechnology4.3%$279m1.48m+23%added
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV–4.1%$272m5.86m−29%reduced
RTN1USD RAYTHEON CO–4.0%$265m4.96m−3.2%reduced
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD no ticker–4.0%$264m28.37m+45%added
APOLLO ED GROUP INC no ticker–4.0%$263m4.44m–new
AMGN AMGEN INCHealthcare4.0%$260m4.39m–new
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INCHealthcare3.5%$231m5.07m+1.3%added
CVS CVS HEALTH CORPHealthcare3.5%$228m6.76m+14%added
BAX BAXTER INTL INCHealthcare3.2%$210m3.20m−37%reduced
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCHealthcare2.9%$192m3.50m+3.8%added
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCTechnology2.9%$190m36.13m−34%reduced
MEDIA CORP NEW SER A no ticker–2.6%$173m6.93m−5.6%reduced
MONSANTO CO NEW no ticker–2.4%$157m1.59m+7.0%added
CIGNA CORPORATION no ticker–2.2%$143m4.20m+43%added
ATVIEUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC–2.2%$141m9.14m–new
COVIDIEN LTD no ticker–2.0%$133m2.48m−54%reduced
NORTHN SANTE FE C no ticker–1.9%$123m1.33m−35%reduced
PLOUGH CORP no ticker–1.8%$119m6.43m–new
DEVRY ED GROUP INC no ticker–1.8%$117m2.35m–new
HATHAWAY INC DEL no ticker–1.8%$116m26,372+112%added
MRSH MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INCFinancial Services1.7%$115m3.61m−45%reduced
WU WESTERN UN COFinancial Services1.7%$114m4.60m−51%reduced
WYETH no ticker–1.7%$113m3.07m−9.6%reduced
HN9 HANESBRANDS INC–1.7%$112m5.15m–new
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVTechnology1.7%$112m6.05m−3.0%reduced
DKS DICKS SPORTING GOODS INCConsumer Cyclical1.7%$111m5.67m−25%reduced
DISH DISH NETWORK CORPORATION–1.7%$109m5.20m+20%added
TXT TEXTRON INCIndustrials1.6%$108m3.69m+10.0%added
LENDER PROCESSING SVCS INC no ticker–1.4%$94.8m3.11m–new
CTSH COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIOTechnology1.4%$88.6m3.88m+33%added
COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–1.2%$81.0m5.79m+20%added
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–1.2%$80.6m617+0.2%held
BBTUSD BB&T CORP–1.2%$79.4m2.10m–new
MS MORGAN STANLEYFinancial Services1.2%$76.5m3.33m–new
POT1EUR POTASH CORP SASK INC–1.1%$72.5m549,057−44%reduced
DIRECTV GROUP INC no ticker–1.0%$67.9m2.59m−28%reduced
DIGITAL RIV INC no ticker–1.0%$66.9m2.06m+4.6%added
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services1.0%$65.7m736,217–new
ENERGY HLDG CO no ticker–1.0%$64.2m5.82m–new
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancial Services1.0%$64.0m500,000–new
INFNEUR INFINERA CORP–0.9%$59.1m6.18m−9.8%reduced
PALM INC NEW no ticker–0.9%$58.4m9.77m−7.9%reduced
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO no ticker–0.7%$47.7m1.54m0.0%held
1885807D ATHENAHEALTH INC–0.7%$46.7m1.40m+13%added
FCX FREEPORT MCMORAN INCBasic Materials0.7%$45.5m801,000–new
LEAP WIRELESS INTL INC no ticker–0.7%$43.4m1.14m+12%added
HOME INNS & HOTELS MGMT INC no ticker–0.6%$39.8m2.86m−9.4%reduced
LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPConsumer Cyclical0.5%$35.3m978,588–new
GMARKET INC SPON no ticker–0.5%$30.2m1.30m+27%added

Exited since Q2 2008

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BNY BANK OF NY MELLON CORP4.1%$353m
ESINQ ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC2.3%$200m
ZBH ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC2.2%$193m
M Macy's, Inc2.0%$175m
LXKEUR LEXMARK INTL INC1.8%$159m
AVPUSD AVON PRODS INC1.8%$153m
LAUREN CORP no ticker1.8%$153m
HOLDING CO no ticker1.6%$135m
MYLAN INC no ticker1.4%$122m
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.2%$99.8m
GME GAMESTOP CORP1.0%$90.5m
PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker0.8%$65.4m
FOREST LABS INC no ticker0.7%$62.2m
V VISA INC0.5%$45.9m
STRATEGIES no ticker0.4%$33.4m
LIQUIDATORS INC no ticker0.3%$28.7m
CHINA NEPSTAR CHAIN DRUGSTOR no ticker0.2%$20.6m
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker0.2%$18.1m
SOHU SOHU COM INC0.1%$12.0m
CORT CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC0.01%$1.1m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified56.5%
  • Healthcare17.1%
  • Technology15.0%
  • Financial Services6.9%
  • Consumer Cyclical2.2%
  • Industrials1.6%
  • Basic Materials0.7%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (104)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 2026177$11.1bn
Q1 2026239$8.6bn
Q4 2025178$9.3bn
Q3 2025201$7.5bn
Q2 2025249$6.5bn
Q1 2025232$5.6bn
Q4 2024224$5.6bn
Q3 2024229$5.1bn
Q2 2024267$5.3bn
Q1 2024403$5.2bn
Q4 2023344$4.8bn
Q3 2023298$4.3bn
Q2 2023390$4.7bn
Q1 2023447$3.9bn
Q4 2022375$4.1bn
Q3 2022343$4.4bn
Q2 2022210$4.0bn
Q1 2022225$5.6bn
Q4 2021304$8.3bn
Q3 2021620$9.1bn
Q2 2021660$10.6bn
Q1 2021685$10.7bn
Q4 2020661$6.2bn
Q3 2020561$5.4bn
Q2 2020563$4.8bn
Q1 2020466$4.7bn
Q4 2019337$6.9bn
Q3 2019333$6.8bn
Q2 2019281$6.9bn
Q1 2019274$7.5bn
Q4 2018257$6.8bn
Q3 2018238$8.0bn
Q2 2018235$8.6bn
Q1 2018218$7.7bn
Q4 2017175$7.9bn
Q3 2017176$7.9bn
Q2 2017178$8.0bn
Q1 2017130$7.8bn
Q4 2016124$7.7bn
Q3 2016128$8.4bn
Q2 2016132$7.4bn
Q1 2016132$6.3bn
Q4 2015122$6.9bn
Q3 2015116$5.8bn
Q2 2015120$6.6bn
Q1 2015119$6.2bn
Q4 201445$6.4bn
Q3 201444$6.6bn
Q2 201447$6.4bn
Q1 201450$7.1bn
Q4 201364$7.7bn
Q3 201364$7.4bn
Q2 201358$7.4bn
Q1 201339$4.9bn
Q4 201239$4.0bn
Q3 201237$4.4bn
Q2 201240$3.9bn
Q1 201250$4.8bn
Q4 201154$5.7bn
Q3 201158$5.8bn
Q2 201153$8.1bn
Q1 201158$7.6bn
Q4 201056$7.1bn
Q3 201052$6.5bn
Q2 201051$5.9bn
Q1 201052$7.0bn
Q4 200974$7.2bn
Q3 200964$6.9bn
Q2 200962$5.4bn
Q1 200967$4.5bn
Q4 200853$3.9bn
Q3 200874$6.6bn
Q2 200868$8.6bn
Q1 200860$7.3bn
Q4 200764$8.4bn
Q3 200758$8.1bn
Q2 200760$7.0bn
Q1 200756$7.2bn
Q4 200660$7.1bn
Q3 200666$8.0bn
Q2 200660$7.8bn
Q1 200658$7.1bn
Q4 200569$9.3bn
Q3 200566$8.4bn
Q2 200574$8.9bn
Q1 200578$7.8bn
Q4 200480$7.7bn
Q3 200472$6.5bn
Q2 200473$6.2bn
Q1 200469$6.6bn
Q4 200362$5.9bn
Q3 200370$6.3bn
Q2 200366$6.3bn
Q1 200361$5.5bn
Q4 200269$5.9bn
Q3 200282$5.4bn
Q2 200285$6.2bn
Q4 200088$5.0bn
Q3 200094$4.5bn
Q2 2000141$6.1bn
Q1 2000107$4.2bn
Q4 1999101$4.1bn
Q2 1999113$3.9bn
Q1 1999117$3.3bn

Where Maverick Capital Ltd was early

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COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPQ2 19991 of 2273.8%4.2%27Held at last filing, Q2 2026+260%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ2 19991 of 2291.3%2.3%24Exited by Q1 2024+434%
TJX TJX COS INC NEWQ2 19991 of 1853.4%3.4%33Exited by Q2 2026+3735%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCQ2 19992 of 2340.03%4.2%21Exited by Q2 2024+2797%
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCQ4 19991 of 3402.9%5.1%27Held at last filing, Q2 2026+3915%
BAX BAXTER INTL INCQ4 19991 of 1463.5%3.8%34Exited by Q2 2024+151%
CX CEMEX SAB DE CVQ4 19991 of 941.6%1.6%12Exited by Q3 2017−11%
PBI PITNEY BOWES INCQ4 19991 of 1060.2%2.1%4Exited by Q4 2000−18%
WMB WILLIAMS COS INCQ4 19991 of 2072.5%2.5%7Exited by Q1 2024+52%
AMGN AMGEN INCQ4 19993 of 1662.2%4.6%23Exited by Q4 2023+347%
AAPL APPLE INCQ4 19997 of 2750.07%8.2%63Exited by Q4 2025+27638%
KMB KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPQ1 20001 of 1301.3%1.3%11Exited by Q2 2026+79%
NKE NIKE INCQ1 20001 of 2082.3%3.5%29Exited by Q1 2026+1186%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATIONQ1 20001 of 3970.6%7.2%38Held at last filing, Q2 2026+113582%
SNDK SANDISK CORPQ1 20001 of 2330.5%3.8%9Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
TGT TARGET CORPQ1 20001 of 1913.2%4.6%35Exited by Q2 2026+224%
CSCO CISCO SYS INCQ1 20002 of 1701.0%2.5%24Held at last filing, Q2 2026+52%
FLEX FLEX LTDQ2 20001 of 1851.4%2.5%8Held at last filing, Q2 2026+526%
L LOEWS CORPQ2 20001 of 930.5%2.1%9Exited by Q4 2021+439%
CDNS CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEM INCQ3 20001 of 1871.5%2.4%26Exited by Q2 2024+1112%
UNP UNION PAC CORPQ3 20002 of 2112.1%3.6%22Exited by Q1 2026+2276%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESQ3 20003 of 1812.1%3.0%19Exited by Q2 2026+381%
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COQ3 20003 of 1973.5%3.5%17Exited by Q2 2021+15%
CAT CATERPILLAR INCQ3 20003 of 1870.5%1.9%10Exited by Q2 2024+2264%
MET METLIFE INCQ3 20007 of 1262.4%3.7%10Exited by Q1 2024+183%
HD HOME DEPOT INCQ4 20001 of 2122.8%5.3%47Exited by Q3 2025+703%
PEP PEPSICO INCQ4 20004 of 1392.2%3.8%23Exited by Q1 2026+190%
EL LAUDER ESTEE COS INCQ3 20021 of 1611.4%2.4%22Held at last filing, Q2 2026+449%
IP INTERNATIONAL PAPER COQ3 20023 of 1292.5%2.5%20Exited by Q1 2025+73%
CTSH COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIOQ4 20021 of 1490.09%4.0%30Exited by Q2 2024+2335%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ4 20022 of 1331.8%5.0%35Exited by Q1 2026+316%
LOW LOWES COS INCQ4 20022 of 2091.9%4.8%45Exited by Q1 2026+1186%
PG PROCTER AND GAMBLE COQ4 20022 of 1640.6%1.1%18Exited by Q4 2025+258%
MO ALTRIA GROUP INCQ1 20031 of 1532.2%4.7%23Held at last filing, Q2 2026+140%
9990302D APACHE CORPQ1 20034 of 841.1%2.3%6Exited by Q1 2021–
NUE NUCOR CORPQ2 20031 of 1651.0%1.8%18Exited by Q2 2024+1520%
BAC BANK AMERICA CORPQ2 20034 of 2322.2%5.0%22Exited by Q4 2025+31%
KSS KOHLS CORPQ3 20033 of 1661.9%4.9%23Exited by Q1 2022−7.7%
WFC WELLS FARGO CO NEWQ3 20034 of 2121.8%4.9%18Exited by Q1 2025+173%
BIIB BIOGEN INCQ4 20035 of 1831.8%2.3%18Exited by Q1 2024+605%
CVX CHEVRON CORP NEWQ4 20035 of 1972.3%3.8%16Exited by Q4 2023+290%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ4 20039 of 2530.7%5.2%13Exited by Q2 2026+319%
MAN MANPOWERGROUP INC WISQ1 20041 of 990.6%1.4%11Exited by Q2 2026−37%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCQ1 20041 of 2990.3%4.2%48Exited by Q3 2025+868%
AIZ ASSURANT INCQ1 20043 of 1110.6%1.1%6Exited by Q4 2015+214%
DKS DICKS SPORTING GOODS INCQ3 20041 of 1871.7%3.0%34Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1174%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COQ3 20047 of 2313.3%5.5%23Exited by Q2 2024+404%
PNC PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INCQ4 20042 of 1530.6%1.9%6Exited by Q3 2020+83%
LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPQ4 20044 of 1880.07%2.7%20Exited by Q3 2024−7.8%
MRSH MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INCQ4 20044 of 1401.2%2.5%11Exited by Q4 2023+478%

Concentration and tenure

5.6%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
43.7%
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