Polen Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008
Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Polen Capital Management disclosed 20 US equity positions worth $243.5m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was ABT at 7.5% of the reported book, followed by ORCL and MA. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 3 and reduced 12 among the top 20 holdings.
What did Polen Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 20 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABT Abbott Labs | Healthcare | 7.5% | $18.3m | 343,723 | 0% | held |
| 2 | ORCL Oracle Corp | Technology | 7.3% | $17.8m | 1,004,232 | -0% | held |
| 3 | MA Mastercard | Financial Services | 6.6% | $16.1m | 112,341 | 15% | added |
| 4 | Bard (C.R) | 6.4% | $15.7m | 185,997 | -1% | reduced | |
| 5 | ADP Auto Data Processing | Technology | 6.1% | $14.7m | 374,735 | -2% | reduced |
| 6 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | Technology | 6.0% | $14.5m | 405,496 | -5% | reduced |
| 7 | Varian Medical Sys | 5.9% | $14.3m | 409,234 | -6% | reduced | |
| 8 | CSCO Cisco Sys Inc | Technology | 5.8% | $14.2m | 873,120 | -3% | reduced |
| 9 | SYK Stryker | Healthcare | 5.8% | $14.2m | 354,450 | 7% | added |
| 10 | 5.6% | $13.6m | 44,205 | -6% | reduced | ||
| 11 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | Technology | 5.2% | $12.6m | 648,220 | -5% | reduced |
| 12 | Alcon Inc | 4.5% | $11.0m | 123,255 | -6% | reduced | |
| 13 | CHRW CH Robinson Inc | Industrials | 4.5% | $11.0m | 199,644 | -2% | reduced |
| 14 | Accenture Ltd | 3.8% | $9.3m | 284,776 | -2% | reduced | |
| 15 | EXPD Expeditors Intl | Industrials | 3.8% | $9.2m | 275,367 | -3% | reduced |
| 16 | V Visa Inc | Financial Services | 3.4% | $8.3m | 157,771 | 52% | added |
| 17 | Allergan | 3.4% | $8.2m | 202,979 | – | new | |
| 18 | Genentech Inc | 3.3% | $8.0m | 97,022 | – | new | |
| 19 | St. Jude Medical Inc | 3.1% | $7.6m | 231,037 | -42% | reduced | |
| 20 | AMZN Amazon.com | Consumer Cyclical | 2.0% | $4.8m | 93,484 | – | new |
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.