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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q1 1999

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 1999-03-31, filed 1999-11-22

Soros Fund Management disclosed 127 US equity positions worth $3.9bn in its Q1 1999 13F filing. Its largest position is AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS INC at 23.4% of the reported book, followed by WM and MCI WORLDCOM INC. Versus Q4 1998 it opened 125 new positions, added to 0, reduced 0 and exited 1.

$3.9bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
127
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
23.4%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
69.6%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
10
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
114
Quarters on file since Q1 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q4 1998: 125 new, 0 added, 0 reduced, 1 exited

50 of 127
AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–23.4%$911m9.43m–new
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELIndustrials16.4%$637m14.36m–new
MCI WORLDCOM INC no ticker–5.6%$219m2.47m–new
UNION CARBIDE CORP no ticker–4.4%$171m3.78m–new
ENRON CORP no ticker–4.2%$165m2.57m–new
PERKIN ELMER CORP no ticker–4.1%$159m1.63m–new
GLOBALSTAR TELECOMMUNICTN LTD no ticker–3.0%$117m8.40m–new
MEYER FRED INC DEL NEW no ticker–2.9%$113m1.91m0.0%held
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–2.9%$112m878,700–new
AT&T CORP no ticker–2.7%$104m1.98m–new
ENRON OIL & GAS CO no ticker–2.4%$92.6m5.57m–new
LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS no ticker–2.0%$76.8m5.32m–new
TRANSAMERICA CORP no ticker–1.9%$72.8m1.02m–new
MORTON INTL INC IND NEW no ticker–1.6%$63.6m1.73m–new
METRONET COMMUNICATIONS CORP no ticker–1.6%$61.3m1.11m–new
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy1.5%$57.9m962,027–new
CRYSTAL OIL CO no ticker–1.4%$54.1m1.63m–new
SUNDSTRAND CORP no ticker–1.4%$52.8m759,000–new
AZO AUTOZONE INCConsumer Cyclical1.2%$45.6m1.50m–new
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services1.1%$42.0m1.35m–new
STAPLES INC no ticker–1.1%$41.4m1.26m–new
DELTA & PINE LD CO no ticker–0.9%$36.8m1.20m–new
APEX SILVER MINES LTD no ticker–0.9%$36.6m3.41m–new
CONTINENTAL AIRLS INC no ticker–0.9%$36.0m947,800–new
ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–0.9%$33.5m400,000–new
AMERICAN BANKERS INS GROUP INC no ticker–0.9%$33.1m637,000–new
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC no ticker–0.7%$28.4m1.47m–new
SENSORMATIC ELECTRS CORP no ticker–0.6%$24.5m2.58m–new
TRIANGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker–0.5%$21.3m1.99m–new
IRSUSD IRSA INVERSIONES Y REP S A–0.5%$17.9m677,197–new
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC no ticker–0.4%$17.0m200,000–new
GENERAL INSTR CORP DEL no ticker–0.4%$16.5m545,500–new
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GRP no ticker–0.4%$13.9m1.38m–new
AMR CORP no ticker–0.3%$13.4m229,000–new
BANKBOSTON CORP no ticker–0.3%$12.1m280,300–new
CURAGEN CORP no ticker–0.3%$11.8m1.78m–new
ORTEC INTL INC no ticker–0.2%$7.9m823,800–new
CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC no ticker–0.2%$7.6m274,000–new
PARK PL ENTMT CORP no ticker–0.2%$7.2m956,100–new
AMERICAN STORES CO NEW no ticker–0.2%$6.6m200,0000.0%held
SEVEN SEAS PETE INC no ticker–0.2%$5.9m1.18m–new
INTC INTEL CORPTechnology0.1%$5.6m47,100–new
AMAT APPLIED MATLS INCTechnology0.1%$5.5m89,400–new
HAL HALLIBURTON COEnergy0.1%$5.3m136,382–new
BURLINGTON RES INC no ticker–0.1%$4.9m123,850–new
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP no ticker–0.1%$4.9m97,500–new
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–0.1%$4.9m100,000–new
UNITED INTL HLDGS INC no ticker–0.1%$4.8m111,250–new
CORINTHIAN COLLEGES INC no ticker–0.1%$4.7m215,000–new
ALTERA CORP no ticker–0.1%$4.5m76,000–new

Exited since Q4 1998

1 row
SEQUUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker19.3%$29.4m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified79.0%
  • Industrials16.6%
  • Energy1.6%
  • Consumer Cyclical1.2%
  • Communication Services1.1%
  • Technology0.5%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (114)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 2026251$7.6bn
Q1 2026246$7.3bn
Q4 2025227$7.5bn
Q3 2025173$6.3bn
Q2 2025167$5.8bn
Q1 2025183$5.6bn
Q4 2024169$5.7bn
Q3 2024157$5.0bn
Q2 2024154$4.4bn
Q1 2024157$4.3bn
Q4 2023152$5.3bn
Q3 2023150$4.9bn
Q2 2023118$4.6bn
Q1 2023135$5.3bn
Q4 2022155$5.9bn
Q3 2022244$5.3bn
Q2 2022243$5.0bn
Q1 2022251$5.5bn
Q4 2021263$6.8bn
Q3 2021242$5.1bn
Q2 2021248$5.5bn
Q1 2021221$5.0bn
Q4 2020139$5.0bn
Q3 2020124$4.0bn
Q2 2020133$3.7bn
Q1 2020113$2.0bn
Q4 2019165$3.0bn
Q3 2019171$3.5bn
Q2 2019146$3.9bn
Q1 2019160$3.9bn
Q4 2018157$3.1bn
Q3 2018172$4.1bn
Q2 2018179$4.9bn
Q1 2018199$5.5bn
Q4 2017180$4.1bn
Q3 2017212$3.8bn
Q2 2017187$3.6bn
Q1 2017251$4.1bn
Q4 2016192$3.5bn
Q3 2016211$3.6bn
Q2 2016162$3.5bn
Q1 2016212$3.5bn
Q4 2015227$5.4bn
Q3 2015212$5.9bn
Q2 2015247$8.0bn
Q1 2015214$8.8bn
Q4 2014174$8.5bn
Q3 2014245$10.1bn
Q2 2014347$10.1bn
Q1 2014292$9.4bn
Q4 2013208$9.2bn
Q3 2013208$7.8bn
Q2 2013173$7.1bn
Q1 2013151$6.9bn
Q4 2012136$6.8bn
Q3 2012135$7.7bn
Q2 2012135$5.6bn
Q1 2012159$5.9bn
Q4 2011108$3.6bn
Q3 2011343$4.5bn
Q2 2011431$5.5bn
Q1 2011550$6.3bn
Q4 2010624$6.2bn
Q3 2010607$6.0bn
Q2 2010682$4.5bn
Q1 2010680$7.1bn
Q4 2009551$7.2bn
Q3 2009456$5.6bn
Q2 2009185$4.0bn
Q1 200991$4.3bn
Q4 200886$4.4bn
Q3 200884$3.3bn
Q2 2008103$2.6bn
Q1 2008360$2.0bn
Q4 2007305$1.8bn
Q3 2007519$2.6bn
Q2 2007410$2.4bn
Q1 2007331$2.3bn
Q4 2006171$2.2bn
Q3 2006284$2.4bn
Q2 2006222$1.9bn
Q1 2006239$2.6bn
Q4 2005183$2.2bn
Q3 2005185$2.3bn
Q2 2005148$1.7bn
Q1 2005155$2.1bn
Q4 200491$1.9bn
Q3 200490$1.5bn
Q2 200480$1.2bn
Q1 200488$1.6bn
Q4 200392$1.5bn
Q3 2003105$1.8bn
Q2 2003110$1.4bn
Q1 2003112$1.5bn
Q4 2002128$1.8bn
Q3 2002205$1.9bn
Q2 2002198$2.0bn
Q1 2002236$2.2bn
Q4 2001232$1.6bn
Q3 2001215$1.6bn
Q2 2001215$1.4bn
Q1 2001163$1.4bn
Q4 2000134$1.1bn
Q3 2000310$2.1bn
Q2 2000206$1.5bn
Q1 2000252$5.9bn
Q4 1999216$6.4bn
Q3 1999169$3.5bn
Q2 1999130$4.5bn
Q1 1999127$3.9bn
Q4 19983$152m
Q3 19984$858m
Q2 19988$1.9bn
Q1 199810$1.5bn

Where Soros Fund Management was early

163 rows
AVGO BROADCOM INCQ1 19991 of 3230.06%1.1%29Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
CAT CATERPILLAR INC DELQ1 19991 of 1870.07%2.2%7Exited by Q3 2011+364%
CSCO CISCO SYS INCQ1 19991 of 1700.03%2.6%35Exited by Q2 2017+23%
HAL HALLIBURTON COQ1 19991 of 1820.1%3.2%28Exited by Q1 2022+19%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ1 19991 of 3200.01%2.8%35Held at last filing, Q2 2026+4691%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ1 19991 of 2560.01%7.5%32Exited by Q4 2024+2484%
SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTDQ1 19991 of 2111.5%2.4%32Exited by Q3 2020−39%
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELQ1 19991 of 14016.4%17.3%17Exited by Q1 2011−17%
INTC INTEL CORPQ1 19992 of 2800.1%1.6%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+370%
AAPL APPLE INCQ1 19994 of 2750.01%4.0%50Held at last filing, Q2 2026+90080%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ1 19997 of 1651.2%2.0%14Exited by Q2 2017+2280%
EBAY EBAY INCQ1 19997 of 1860.02%2.5%32Exited by Q4 2019+440%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 19991 of 2460.7%8.1%44Exited by Q2 2024+844%
NKE NIKE INCQ2 19996 of 2080.07%1.2%35Exited by Q3 2025+797%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPQ2 19999 of 2270.3%1.1%24Held at last filing, Q2 2026+260%
WFC WELLS FARGO CO NEWQ2 199913 of 2120.1%1.8%29Exited by Q3 2020+20%
GLW CORNING INCQ3 19991 of 1960.1%1.3%24Exited by Q2 2025+100%
LSCC LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPQ3 19991 of 1460.03%1.1%34Exited by Q4 2016−56%
CVS CVS HEALTH CORPQ3 19995 of 2160.2%3.1%19Exited by Q3 2016+369%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ4 19991 of 1422.8%4.9%16Exited by Q4 2017−44%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ4 19999 of 1690.1%3.1%28Held at last filing, Q2 2026+445%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPQ4 199912 of 2360.01%1.8%17Exited by Q2 2018+446%
LLY ELI LILLY & COQ1 20001 of 2410.2%1.1%22Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1815%
ROK ROCKWELL AUTOQ1 20001 of 1400.04%1.5%5Exited by Q2 2005+35%
BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COQ1 20002 of 1970.3%1.1%15Exited by Q4 2015+8.9%
CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INCQ1 20002 of 1080.02%1.4%11Exited by Q2 2017+233%
HD HOME DEPOT INCQ1 20002 of 2121.1%3.3%30Exited by Q4 2015+79%
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COQ1 20008 of 2420.07%3.2%19Exited by Q2 2024−44%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ1 20009 of 2290.9%1.5%45Exited by Q4 2025+657%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCQ1 20009 of 2340.2%1.3%16Exited by Q2 2018+913%
AMGN AMGEN INCQ2 20001 of 1661.0%1.0%17Exited by Q2 2017+134%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ2 20001 of 1330.08%6.1%18Exited by Q4 2014+19%
PEP PEPSICO INCQ2 200012 of 1390.07%1.1%25Exited by Q4 2016+145%
MGM MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONALQ3 20001 of 2120.03%2.7%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026+150%
F FORD MTR CO DELQ4 20003 of 1810.1%1.5%11Exited by Q1 2014−34%
DGX QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCQ1 20011 of 1320.5%1.3%23Exited by Q3 2010+124%
IART HLDGS CPQ1 20011 of 1020.2%7.1%23Exited by Q2 2011+248%
MGA MAGNA INTL INCQ1 20011 of 1011.0%1.6%16Exited by Q4 2011+43%
FDX FEDEX CORPQ1 20012 of 1981.2%2.5%26Exited by Q3 2025+445%
UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPQ1 20012 of 1140.1%3.3%14Exited by Q2 2015+42%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COQ1 200111 of 2310.2%1.8%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+629%
9990302D APACHE CORPQ2 20011 of 841.6%2.3%20Exited by Q4 2014+177%
AA ALCOA CORPQ2 20011 of 1850.04%1.3%14Exited by Q2 2026−31%
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPONQ2 20011 of 600.2%1.3%17Exited by Q2 2013+168%
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH COQ2 20013 of 1460.09%1.4%19Exited by Q4 2017−68%
LOW LOWES COS INCQ2 20017 of 2090.05%2.3%22Exited by Q3 2025+1123%
LEN LENNAR CORPQ2 200116 of 1990.2%1.0%28Exited by Q4 2023+447%
ADM ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COQ3 20011 of 1360.02%1.6%18Held at last filing, Q2 2026+507%
NEM NEWMONT MINING CORPQ3 20011 of 1701.5%1.5%25Exited by Q3 2012+106%
BAC BK OF AMERICA CORPQ3 20015 of 2320.1%1.8%29Exited by Q3 2020−19%

Concentration and tenure

11.6%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
44.6%
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
2
Median completed holding, quarters