Sands Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2011
Holdings as of December 31, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Sands Capital Management disclosed 48 US equity positions worth $15.1bn in its Q4 2011 13F filing. The largest position was V at 9.4% of the reported book, followed by AAPL and GOOGLE. Against the Q3 2011 filing, it opened 4 new positions, added to 27 and reduced 6 among the top 48 holdings.
What did Sands Capital Management own in Q4 2011? Top 48 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V VISA INC | Financial Services | 9.4% | $1.4bn | 13,874,399 | 5% | added |
| 2 | AAPL APPLE | Technology | 8.7% | $1.3bn | 3,224,445 | 4% | added |
| 3 | 7.6% | $1.1bn | 1,760,809 | 27% | added | ||
| 4 | AMZN AMAZON.COM | Consumer Cyclical | 6.3% | $954.9m | 5,516,385 | -11% | reduced |
| 5 | QCOM QUALCOMM | Technology | 6.3% | $952.1m | 17,405,858 | -9% | reduced |
| 6 | CRM SALESFORCE.COM | Technology | 6.3% | $943.6m | 9,299,842 | 5% | added |
| 7 | ALXN ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 4.2% | $628.4m | 8,789,249 | 0% | held | |
| 8 | SLB SCHLUMBERGER | Energy | 4.1% | $623.1m | 9,121,304 | 8% | added |
| 9 | NKE NIKE | Consumer Cyclical | 4.1% | $611.3m | 6,343,414 | 7% | added |
| 10 | ALLERGAN | 3.9% | $581.4m | 6,626,474 | 6% | added | |
| 11 | FMC TECHNOLOGIES | 3.8% | $579.3m | 11,090,606 | 6% | added | |
| 12 | NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO | 3.8% | $578.8m | 8,513,725 | 10% | added | |
| 13 | ASML | 3.6% | $547.9m | 13,110,020 | 9% | added | |
| 14 | FFIV F5 NETWORKS INC | Technology | 3.5% | $530.8m | 5,001,582 | 0% | held |
| 15 | LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS | Consumer Cyclical | 3.4% | $515.8m | 12,072,031 | 26% | added |
| 16 | PXGBX PRAXAIR, INC | 3.2% | $489.1m | 4,574,991 | 8% | added | |
| 17 | GWW WW GRAINGER INC | Industrials | 3.2% | $487.1m | 2,602,303 | 1% | added |
| 18 | INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE | 3.1% | $474.0m | 3,931,881 | 6% | added | |
| 19 | COACH, INC | 2.4% | $355.1m | 5,817,288 | – | new | |
| 20 | ILMN ILLUMINA INC | Healthcare | 2.2% | $337.0m | 11,056,466 | -1% | reduced |
| 21 | SCHW CHARLES SCHWAB | Financial Services | 2.2% | $330.7m | 29,373,298 | 6% | added |
| 22 | SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY | 2.0% | $300.0m | 9,393,067 | 0% | held | |
| 23 | NFLX NETFLIX INC | Communication Services | 1.0% | $144.1m | 2,080,269 | 1% | added |
| 24 | MELI MERCADOLIBRE | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $84.0m | 1,056,335 | 67% | added |
| 25 | ABBNY ABB LTD | Industrials | 0.2% | $34.5m | 1,833,975 | 79% | added |
| 26 | ARM HOLDINGS PLC | 0.1% | $15.5m | 561,685 | -10% | reduced | |
| 27 | NETSUITE INC | 0.1% | $14.8m | 365,500 | 2% | added | |
| 28 | ATHENAHEALTH, INC | 0.1% | $13.5m | 274,002 | 3% | added | |
| 29 | AKX ANSYS INC | 0.1% | $10.6m | 185,155 | 25% | added | |
| 30 | CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 0.1% | $9.5m | 187,644 | 28% | added | |
| 31 | FLIR FLIR SYSTEMS INC | 0.1% | $9.3m | 372,130 | 2% | added | |
| 32 | SILICON GRAPHICS INTL CORP | 0.1% | $8.0m | 698,405 | 29% | added | |
| 33 | ISHARES TR RUSSELL 1000 GROWTH RUSSELL1000GRW | 0.0% | $7.4m | 127,930 | – | new | |
| 34 | BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMS | Healthcare | 0.0% | $5.9m | 171,450 | 0% | held |
| 35 | CREE INC | 0.0% | $5.5m | 249,600 | -20% | reduced | |
| 36 | DDD 3D SYSTEMS CORP | Technology | 0.0% | $4.7m | 326,410 | 2% | added |
| 37 | VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS | 0.0% | $3.8m | 56,650 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | CELG CELGENE | 0.0% | $2.6m | 37,750 | 10% | added | |
| 39 | EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP | Healthcare | 0.0% | $2.3m | 32,970 | 0% | held |
| 40 | BIIB BIOGEN IDEC, INC | Healthcare | 0.0% | $2.1m | 19,325 | 45% | added |
| 41 | MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL | 0.0% | $2.1m | 80,650 | 0% | held | |
| 42 | CERNER CORP | 0.0% | $1.9m | 31,125 | – | new | |
| 43 | VOLCANO CORP | 0.0% | $1.9m | 80,050 | 0% | held | |
| 44 | NUVASIVE | 0.0% | $1.8m | 145,350 | 0% | held | |
| 45 | STERICYCLE | 0.0% | $1.8m | 23,175 | – | new | |
| 46 | NXSTAGE MEDICAL INC | 0.0% | $1.4m | 77,150 | 0% | held | |
| 47 | SEATTLE GENETICS INC | 0.0% | $686.0k | 41,025 | -34% | reduced | |
| 48 | CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS | Technology | 0.0% | $253.0k | 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.