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Sands Capital 13F holdings, Q2 2009

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2009-06-30, filed 2009-08-14

Sands Capital disclosed 42 US equity positions worth $9.5bn in its Q2 2009 13F filing. Its largest position is AAPL at 8.9% of the reported book, followed by AMZN and GOOGLE INC. Versus Q1 2009 it opened 4 new positions, added to 12, reduced 23 and exited 2.

$9.5bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
42
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
8.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
61.1%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
20
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
106
Quarters on file since Q1 1999
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q1 2009: 4 new, 12 added, 23 reduced, 2 exited

42 rows
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology8.9%$838m5.88m−4.3%reduced
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical6.8%$640m7.65m−3.9%reduced
GOOGLE INC no ticker–6.5%$615m1.46m−22%reduced
NOVEUR NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC–6.4%$606m18.57m−4.7%reduced
INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC no ticker–6.0%$568m4.97m−21%reduced
GENZYME no ticker–5.8%$550m9.87m+18%added
V VISA INCFinancial Services5.6%$530m8.51m−3.8%reduced
ALLERGAN INC no ticker–5.4%$513m10.79m−14%reduced
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy5.0%$476m8.81m−5.3%reduced
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology4.7%$441m9.75m+30%added
MONSANTO CO NEW no ticker–3.9%$373m5.02m+51%added
CRM SALESFORCE INCTechnology3.8%$355m9.31m+10.0%added
FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker–3.7%$350m9.31m−1.7%reduced
AVGO BROADCOM CORPTechnology3.6%$343m13.83m−4.7%reduced
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV–3.3%$316m8.15m−4.0%reduced
CME CME GROUP INCFinancial Services3.3%$312m1.00m−4.4%reduced
LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPConsumer Cyclical3.3%$307m39.12m−7.8%reduced
VAREUR VARIAN MED SYS INC–2.7%$251m7.15m−4.2%reduced
MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL LTD no ticker–2.4%$228m8.16m−3.5%reduced
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical2.0%$193m3.73m–new
SYK STRYKER CORPORATIONHealthcare2.0%$192m4.83m−4.1%reduced
MCO MOODYS CORPFinancial Services1.7%$163m6.19m−4.4%reduced
IRON MTN INC no ticker–1.7%$161m5.60m−4.1%reduced
ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE no ticker–0.4%$35.6m965,048−7.9%reduced
ALCON no ticker–0.3%$27.1m233,125+0.2%held
ABBNY ABB LTDIndustrials0.2%$15.8m1.00m−0.2%held
MELI MERCADOLIBREConsumer Cyclical0.1%$13.6m504,5000.0%held
NUVAGBP NUVASIVE INC–0.1%$9.9m220,975−9.6%reduced
CELG CELGENE CORP–0.05%$4.4m92,300+1.3%added
ST JUDE MED INC no ticker–0.04%$4.2m101,300+1.5%added
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INCHealthcare0.04%$4.0m84,600+14%added
BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INCHealthcare0.04%$3.8m243,700+1.0%added
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare0.03%$2.9m80,800+1.3%added
ALNY ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare0.03%$2.7m120,000+1.2%added
BCRUSD BARD C R INC–0.03%$2.6m35,300–new
MYGN MYRIAD GENETICS INCHealthcare0.02%$2.3m65,700–new
MEDAREX no ticker–0.02%$2.0m240,200+1.1%added
HANSEN MEDICAL no ticker–0.02%$1.9m379,133+1.2%added
GHDX GENOMIC HEALTH INC–0.01%$1.4m80,800−41%reduced
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–0.0%$321k24,509−100%reduced
CSCO CISCO SYS INCTechnology0.0%$276k14,800−7.5%reduced
MYRIAD PHARMACEUTICALS no ticker–0.0%$75.0k16,150–new

Exited since Q1 2009

2 rows
ASML no ticker0.1%$11.4m
SEQUENOM INC no ticker0.01%$904k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified48.9%
  • Technology20.9%
  • Consumer Cyclical12.2%
  • Financial Services10.6%
  • Energy5.0%
  • Healthcare2.2%
  • Industrials0.2%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (106)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202671$26.9bn
Q1 202667$25.5bn
Q4 202566$32.9bn
Q3 202564$36.2bn
Q2 202566$34.8bn
Q1 202575$29.4bn
Q4 202471$33.8bn
Q3 202467$32.9bn
Q2 202466$34.0bn
Q1 202476$35.8bn
Q4 202374$32.9bn
Q3 202375$29.4bn
Q2 202366$32.2bn
Q1 202366$30.4bn
Q4 202267$26.5bn
Q3 202267$26.6bn
Q2 202269$28.9bn
Q1 202268$43.5bn
Q4 202171$53.9bn
Q3 202171$60.0bn
Q2 202177$59.0bn
Q1 202175$51.7bn
Q4 202076$52.7bn
Q3 202077$46.2bn
Q2 202077$41.3bn
Q1 202076$30.0bn
Q4 201975$34.4bn
Q3 201978$31.1bn
Q2 201979$33.6bn
Q1 201971$32.4bn
Q4 201871$28.0bn
Q3 201868$35.4bn
Q2 201866$34.9bn
Q1 201867$33.8bn
Q4 201768$33.0bn
Q3 201770$33.4bn
Q2 201769$33.3bn
Q1 201767$31.8bn
Q4 201653$28.7bn
Q3 201651$34.0bn
Q2 201652$32.4bn
Q1 201651$33.9bn
Q4 201553$38.8bn
Q3 201553$35.8bn
Q2 201551$40.7bn
Q1 201549$42.0bn
Q4 201454$42.0bn
Q3 201451$40.2bn
Q2 201449$39.7bn
Q1 201444$38.4bn
Q4 201343$38.2bn
Q3 201342$35.8bn
Q2 201339$29.7bn
Q1 201329$24.7bn
Q4 201231$22.5bn
Q3 201233$21.9bn
Q2 201233$19.3bn
Q1 201235$19.4bn
Q4 201148$15.1bn
Q3 201150$13.0bn
Q2 201149$14.9bn
Q1 201152$14.4bn
Q4 201051$14.0bn
Q3 201045$11.9bn
Q2 201045$10.1bn
Q1 201045$11.5bn
Q4 200947$11.8bn
Q3 200945$11.0bn
Q2 200942$9.5bn
Q1 200940$8.1bn
Q4 200836$6.2bn
Q3 200836$9.3bn
Q2 200838$12.6bn
Q1 200838$11.4bn
Q4 200749$15.1bn
Q1 200751$13.6bn
Q2 200635$11.5bn
Q1 200637$12.7bn
Q4 200543$12.8bn
Q3 200543$11.4bn
Q2 200544$9.2bn
Q1 200540$8.2bn
Q4 200444$11.0bn
Q3 200483$8.5bn
Q2 200440$8.3bn
Q1 200445$6.7bn
Q4 200342$5.3bn
Q3 200338$4.1bn
Q2 200341$2.5bn
Q1 200337$2.0bn
Q4 200238$1.8bn
Q3 200240$1.4bn
Q2 200239$1.3bn
Q1 200235$1.4bn
Q4 200139$1.4bn
Q3 200136$1.0bn
Q2 200137$1.3bn
Q1 200135$1.1bn
Q4 200039$878m
Q3 200042$962m
Q2 200033$917m
Q1 200035$919m
Q4 199933$648m
Q3 199929$533m
Q2 199930$440m
Q1 199925$342m

Where Sands Capital was early

67 rows
ADP Auto Data ProcessingQ2 19991 of 1482.2%5.1%14Exited by Q4 2002−21%
PFE PfizerQ2 19991 of 2080.09%7.2%22Exited by Q4 2004−16%
MDT MedtronicQ1 20001 of 1730.04%5.6%20Exited by Q1 2005−3.4%
TXN TEXAS INSTRS INCQ1 200017 of 2020.03%1.6%36Exited by Q1 2025+134%
NOK Nokia Corp SPONQ3 20001 of 1673.9%5.4%10Exited by Q1 2003−62%
EBAY EBAY INCQ4 20002 of 1861.1%12.4%24Exited by Q4 2007+302%
TROW PRICE T ROWE GROUP INCQ1 20011 of 1201.8%1.9%27Exited by Q4 2008+243%
KSS KOHLS CORPQ2 20011 of 1660.3%4.4%19Exited by Q1 2006−23%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPQ2 20012 of 2270.1%8.7%20Exited by Q2 2006+34%
SBUX STARBUCKS CORPQ3 20011 of 2170.02%7.8%28Exited by Q2 2019+1890%
AMGN AMGEN INCQ3 20012 of 1660.02%5.4%19Exited by Q2 2006+24%
LOW LOWES COS INCQ4 20011 of 2090.1%7.7%21Exited by Q1 2008−2.5%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ4 20013 of 2461.8%7.9%40Exited by Q4 2013+167%
SEIC SEI InvestmentQ2 20021 of 881.6%2.0%6Exited by Q4 2003+16%
MCO MOODY'S CORPQ2 20025 of 1761.6%6.3%39Exited by Q3 2020+1004%
SYK STRYKERQ1 20032 of 1501.5%3.8%26Exited by Q3 2010+46%
TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTDQ4 20033 of 1820.01%7.0%13Exited by Q1 2008+64%
ZBH ZIMMER HLDGS INCQ2 20042 of 1440.0%3.5%11Exited by Q1 2008−25%
GWW WW GRAINGER INCQ3 20042 of 1200.01%3.2%12Exited by Q4 2012+261%
AMZN AMAZON COM INCQ3 20044 of 3780.01%10.3%69Held at last filing, Q2 2026+11566%
AAPL APPLE INCQ1 20056 of 2750.0%11.0%36Held at last filing, Q2 2026+19343%
EXPD EXPEDITORS INTL WASH INCQ1 20063 of 1200.0%3.4%6Exited by Q4 2008−19%
ADBE ADOBE INCQ1 200616 of 2750.0%3.3%38Exited by Q2 2024+1344%
SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTDQ2 20063 of 2114.4%9.0%40Exited by Q2 2017+20%
V VISA INCQ2 20087 of 2846.0%9.8%73Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1588%
FLIR FLIR SYSTEMS INCQ3 20093 of 801.7%1.8%11Exited by Q2 2012−9.5%
ILMN ILLUMINA INCQ3 20093 of 2150.7%4.8%39Exited by Q2 2024+223%
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPQ3 20095 of 2211.1%4.2%39Exited by Q3 2020+76%
EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPQ3 20096 of 1490.02%5.2%49Exited by Q2 2025+1144%
TSM TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACQ4 200930 of 3290.01%7.8%50Held at last filing, Q2 2026+4075%
1885807D ATHENAHEALTH INCQ1 20103 of 810.0%1.8%31Exited by Q4 2017+665%
ALXN ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INCQ2 20103 of 1470.0%5.0%35Exited by Q1 2019+154%
FFIV F5 NETWORKS INCQ3 20102 of 1411.4%3.7%14Exited by Q1 2014−12%
PXGBX PRAXAIR INCQ3 20105 of 682.3%3.6%12Exited by Q3 2013+28%
INCY INCYTE CORPQ4 20104 of 1560.01%3.0%20Exited by Q4 2019+348%
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Q4 20105 of 3011.8%6.9%50Held at last filing, Q2 2026+2745%
BIIB BIOGEN INCQ3 20118 of 1830.01%5.0%22Exited by Q1 2018+242%
BIDU BAIDU INCQ1 201215 of 2310.05%6.1%34Exited by Q4 2020−13%
META META PLATFORMS INCQ2 20122 of 3841.9%8.1%55Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1711%
ASML ASML HLDG NVQ4 20122 of 2344.2%5.9%55Held at last filing, Q2 2026+2990%
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INCQ4 20128 of 1853.0%3.7%21Exited by Q1 2018−2.8%
REGN REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALSQ2 20131 of 1712.4%5.4%30Exited by Q4 2020+149%
ULTA ULTA SALON COSMETCS AND FRAG IQ2 20133 of 1782.4%2.5%4Exited by Q2 2014−2.7%
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCQ2 20135 of 1892.1%2.5%11Held at last filing, Q2 2026+607%
WDAY WORKDAY INCQ1 201411 of 2630.8%3.6%31Exited by Q4 2021+173%
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTDQ3 201417 of 3771.5%8.2%33Held at last filing, Q2 2026+8.0%
CSGP COSTAR GROUP INCQ4 20145 of 1890.01%2.9%39Exited by Q3 2024+304%
PANW PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCQ2 201513 of 2421.0%2.1%23Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1071%
UAA UNDER ARMOUR INCQ3 20154 of 1400.3%2.2%9Exited by Q4 2017−66%
NOW SERVICENOW INCQ2 201611 of 2880.02%5.0%40Exited by Q2 2026+687%

Concentration and tenure

8.6%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
55.5%
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
5
Median completed holding, quarters