Polen Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2008
Holdings as of March 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Polen Capital Management disclosed 21 US equity positions worth $516.0m in its Q1 2008 13F filing. The largest position was MA at 8.2% of the reported book, followed by CSCO and ORCL. Against the Q4 2007 filing, it opened 5 new positions, added to 1 and reduced 15 among the top 21 holdings.
What did Polen Capital Management own in Q1 2008? Top 21 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q4 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MA Mastercard | Financial Services | 8.2% | $42.4m | 190,017 | 21% | added |
| 2 | CSCO Cisco Sys Inc | Technology | 7.0% | $36.0m | 1,492,978 | -6% | reduced |
| 3 | ORCL Oracle Corp | Technology | 6.4% | $33.1m | 1,689,912 | -22% | reduced |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | Technology | 6.3% | $32.4m | 1,140,350 | -6% | reduced |
| 5 | ABT Abbott Labs | Healthcare | 6.1% | $31.6m | 573,495 | -7% | reduced |
| 6 | Alcon Inc | 6.0% | $31.1m | 218,821 | -6% | reduced | |
| 7 | SYK Stryker | Healthcare | 6.0% | $30.8m | 473,250 | -6% | reduced |
| 8 | Bard (C.R) | 5.8% | $29.9m | 310,391 | -6% | reduced | |
| 9 | KO Coca-Cola CO | Consumer Defensive | 5.4% | $27.8m | 456,253 | -28% | reduced |
| 10 | PEP Pepsico Inc | Consumer Defensive | 5.4% | $27.8m | 384,626 | -24% | reduced |
| 11 | ADP Auto Data Processing | Technology | 5.3% | $27.3m | 643,526 | -6% | reduced |
| 12 | Staples Inc | 5.1% | $26.1m | 1,182,141 | -6% | reduced | |
| 13 | ADBE Adobe Systems | Technology | 5.0% | $25.8m | 725,511 | -6% | reduced |
| 14 | ADSK Autodesk | Technology | 4.6% | $23.8m | 755,238 | -6% | reduced |
| 15 | St. Jude Medical Inc | 4.5% | $23.4m | 541,205 | – | new | |
| 16 | EXPD Expeditors Intl | Industrials | 3.5% | $18.1m | 400,255 | – | new |
| 17 | Accenture Ltd | 3.3% | $16.9m | 480,958 | -6% | reduced | |
| 18 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | Technology | 3.1% | $16.0m | 389,420 | – | new |
| 19 | CHRW CH Robinson Inc | Industrials | 1.6% | $8.0m | 147,500 | – | new |
| 20 | Varian Medical Sys | 1.4% | $7.4m | 158,580 | – | new | |
| 21 | Bershire Hathaway B | 0.1% | $403.0k | 90 | -33% | reduced |
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.