Sands Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2009
Holdings as of December 31, 2009 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Sands Capital Management disclosed 47 US equity positions worth $11.8bn in its Q4 2009 13F filing. The largest position was AMZN at 8.2% of the reported book, followed by AAPL and GOOGLE. Against the Q3 2009 filing, it opened 4 new positions, added to 7 and reduced 25 among the top 47 holdings.
What did Sands Capital Management own in Q4 2009? Top 47 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMZN AMAZON.COM | Consumer Cyclical | 8.2% | $964.4m | 7,169,185 | -5% | reduced |
| 2 | AAPL APPLE | Technology | 8.1% | $954.6m | 4,530,156 | -6% | reduced |
| 3 | 7.2% | $846.3m | 1,365,086 | -5% | reduced | ||
| 4 | NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO | 6.0% | $702.6m | 15,934,926 | -5% | reduced | |
| 5 | V VISA INC | Financial Services | 5.9% | $698.8m | 7,990,434 | -5% | reduced |
| 6 | QCOM QUALCOMM | Technology | 5.7% | $672.4m | 14,535,166 | 20% | added |
| 7 | ALLERGAN | 5.4% | $639.3m | 10,146,656 | -5% | reduced | |
| 8 | CRM SALESFORCE.COM | Technology | 5.4% | $639.1m | 8,663,797 | -4% | reduced |
| 9 | SLB SCHLUMBERGER | Energy | 4.8% | $567.3m | 8,715,094 | -4% | reduced |
| 10 | GENZYME | 4.6% | $543.5m | 11,089,588 | -4% | reduced | |
| 11 | INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE | 4.4% | $522.8m | 4,655,575 | -4% | reduced | |
| 12 | MONSANTO | 4.3% | $510.8m | 6,247,962 | -4% | reduced | |
| 13 | FMC TECHNOLOGIES | 4.2% | $497.6m | 8,602,372 | -4% | reduced | |
| 14 | AMERICA MOVIL S.A.B DE C.V. SPON | 3.1% | $359.8m | 7,658,748 | -5% | reduced | |
| 15 | NKE NIKE | Consumer Cyclical | 2.7% | $317.7m | 4,808,154 | -5% | reduced |
| 16 | VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS | 2.7% | $314.9m | 6,720,503 | -5% | reduced | |
| 17 | CME CME GROUP | Financial Services | 2.6% | $311.3m | 926,573 | -6% | reduced |
| 18 | AVGO BROADCOM | Technology | 2.2% | $255.8m | 8,128,179 | -10% | reduced |
| 19 | LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS | Consumer Cyclical | 2.1% | $245.3m | 16,417,753 | -10% | reduced |
| 20 | STAPLES | 2.0% | $241.0m | 9,799,196 | 22% | added | |
| 21 | FLIR FLIR SYSTEMS INC | 1.8% | $208.8m | 6,378,939 | -5% | reduced | |
| 22 | ILMN ILLUMINA INC | Healthcare | 1.7% | $198.0m | 6,452,895 | 239% | added |
| 23 | SCHW CHARLES SCHWAB | Financial Services | 1.5% | $173.3m | 9,210,792 | 45% | added |
| 24 | IRON MOUNTAIN | 1.0% | $118.8m | 5,220,012 | -5% | reduced | |
| 25 | SYK STRYKER | Healthcare | 0.9% | $103.2m | 2,048,755 | -57% | reduced |
| 26 | MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL | 0.3% | $38.0m | 1,120,603 | -81% | reduced | |
| 27 | MELI MERCADOLIBRE | Consumer Cyclical | 0.2% | $28.2m | 543,800 | 8% | added |
| 28 | ALCON | 0.2% | $21.8m | 132,530 | -40% | reduced | |
| 29 | ABBNY ABB LTD | Industrials | 0.2% | $20.6m | 1,079,750 | 8% | added |
| 30 | BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMS | Healthcare | 0.0% | $4.7m | 247,300 | 0% | held |
| 31 | CELG CELGENE | 0.0% | $4.3m | 76,750 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | NUVASIVE | 0.0% | $3.8m | 120,175 | -49% | reduced | |
| 33 | ST. JUDE MEDICAL | 0.0% | $3.8m | 102,600 | 0% | held | |
| 34 | GILD GILEAD SCIENCES | Healthcare | 0.0% | $3.7m | 85,900 | 0% | held |
| 35 | VRTX VERTEX PHARMS | Healthcare | 0.0% | $3.5m | 82,000 | 0% | held |
| 36 | CR BARD INC | 0.0% | $3.5m | 44,860 | 0% | held | |
| 37 | EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP | Healthcare | 0.0% | $3.3m | 38,460 | 0% | held |
| 38 | DENTSPLY INTL | 0.0% | $3.2m | 90,600 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES | 0.0% | $2.9m | 96,100 | 0% | held | |
| 40 | MYGN MYRIAD GENETICS | Healthcare | 0.0% | $2.7m | 103,800 | 0% | held |
| 41 | ISHARES RUSS 1000 GROWTH INDX RUSSELL1000GRW | 0.0% | $1.9m | 37,395 | – | new | |
| 42 | ISIS PHARMACEUTICAL | 0.0% | $1.8m | 158,800 | – | new | |
| 43 | ALNY ALNYLAM PHARMS | Healthcare | 0.0% | $1.6m | 92,275 | -24% | reduced |
| 44 | VIVUS INC | 0.0% | $1.6m | 176,500 | 72% | added | |
| 45 | SEATTLE GENETICS INC | 0.0% | $1.4m | 141,400 | – | new | |
| 46 | TSM TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG | Technology | 0.0% | $1.3m | 117,200 | – | new |
| 47 | CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS | Technology | 0.0% | $335.0k | 14,000 | 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.