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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q1 2016

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2016-03-31, filed 2016-05-16

Soros Fund Management disclosed 212 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q1 2016 13F filing. Its largest position is ABX at 7.5% of the reported book, followed by JDS UNIPHASE CORP and NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. Versus Q4 2015 it opened 113 new positions, added to 28, reduced 43 and exited 128.

$3.5bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
212
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
7.5%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
41.0%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
40
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 2015: 113 new, 28 added, 43 reduced, 128 exited

50 of 212
ABX BARRICK GOLD CORPFinancial Services7.5%$264m19.42m–new
JDS UNIPHASE CORP no ticker–5.8%$206m210.18m+21%added
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–5.1%$180m179.28m0.0%held
AGRO ADECOAGRO S AConsumer Defensive4.6%$161m13.97m−46%reduced
CIENA CORP no ticker–4.1%$144m146.09m+128%added
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP NEW no ticker–2.9%$103m120.12m–new
ZTS ZOETIS INCHealthcare2.9%$103m2.32m−32%reduced
INVENSENSE INC no ticker–2.9%$103m111.29m+13%added
POLYCOM INC no ticker–2.6%$91.1m8.17m−7.7%reduced
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical2.5%$88.4m3.70m+7.9%added
VIAV VIAVI SOLUTIONS INCTechnology1.9%$68.4m9.97m−1.4%reduced
EQIX EQUINIX INCReal Estate1.9%$68.2m206,215+112%added
OCLARO INC no ticker–1.9%$68.2m23.50m–new
TIME WARNER CABLE INC no ticker–1.9%$66.3m323,865−19%reduced
ROVI CORP no ticker–1.7%$61.1m63.70m–new
CHDN CHURCHILL DOWNS INCConsumer Cyclical1.6%$57.3m387,3810.0%held
GLPI GAMING & LEISURE PReal Estate1.6%$55.8m1.81m+30%added
PYPL PAYPAL HLDGS INCFinancial Services1.5%$53.0m1.37m−54%reduced
CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND INC no ticker–1.4%$50.7m50.95m+300%added
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services1.4%$50.5m442,696−46%reduced
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker–1.3%$46.9m51,0000.0%held
CITUSD CIT GROUP INC–1.2%$43.5m1.40m0.0%held
CAESARS ACQUISITION CO no ticker–1.1%$40.0m6.54m+0.8%added
KHC KRAFT HEINZ COConsumer Defensive1.1%$39.7m505,133−32%reduced
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker–1.1%$38.4m143,277−61%reduced
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INCIndustrials1.1%$37.5m913,374−50%reduced
BAXALTA INC no ticker–1.0%$35.8m887,071–new
RACE FERRARI N VConsumer Cyclical1.0%$35.4m850,000–new
JD JD.COM INCConsumer Cyclical1.0%$34.4m1.30m+56%added
CZREUR CAESARS ENTMT CORP–1.0%$34.1m5.02m0.0%held
TRAVELPORT WORLDWIDE LTD no ticker–0.9%$32.8m2.40m−9.4%reduced
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INCConsumer Defensive0.9%$31.0m772,731−28%reduced
ESNT ESSENT GROUP LTDFinancial Services0.9%$30.8m1.48m0.0%held
CCI CROWN CASTLE INCReal Estate0.9%$30.7m354,519–new
AVGO BROADCOM LTDTechnology0.7%$25.0m161,743−82%reduced
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical0.7%$24.4m41,140−61%reduced
CHIPMOS TECH BERMUDA LTD no ticker–0.7%$23.9m1.37m0.0%held
SLB SLB LIMITEDEnergy0.7%$23.8m322,261–new
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.6%$21.6m571,007−45%reduced
DISH DISH NETWORK CORPORATION–0.6%$21.2m458,458−65%reduced
TMUS T-MOBILE US INCCommunication Services0.6%$20.6m537,113−1.1%reduced
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–0.6%$20.4m766,761+156%added
AETNA INC NEW no ticker–0.6%$19.8m175,965–new
QLOGIC CORP no ticker–0.6%$19.7m1.47m+4.3%added
STARWOOD HOTELS&RESORTS WRLD no ticker–0.5%$19.3m231,787+125%added
EXA CORP no ticker–0.5%$18.5m1.43m0.0%held
BAX BAXTER INTL INCHealthcare0.5%$18.4m448,200−9.5%reduced
OGE OGE ENERGY CORPUtilities0.5%$17.7m619,336–new
IBB ISHARES TR–0.5%$17.6m67,600–new
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare0.5%$17.5m419,181−37%reduced

Exited since Q4 2015

128 rows
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker3.2%$173m
DOW CHEM CO no ticker3.0%$161m
ENDO INTL PLC no ticker2.5%$132m
WEBMD HEALTH CORP no ticker1.9%$103m
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC1.9%$101m
HYG ISHARES TR1.4%$74.9m
COLUMBIA PIPELINE GROUP INC no ticker1.4%$74.8m
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp1.2%$62.0m
QUNAR CAYMAN IS LTD no ticker1.1%$60.0m
MCD MCDONALDS CORP1.1%$58.4m
BUD ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA NV1.0%$54.1m
YUM YUM BRANDS INC0.9%$47.8m
FERRARI N V no ticker0.8%$40.8m
BKR BAKER HUGHES INC0.6%$31.6m
ARCPEUR VEREIT INC0.6%$30.8m
ALLY ALLY FINL INC0.5%$28.3m
ZAYOEUR ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC0.5%$28.1m
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V0.5%$27.8m
AGO ASSURED GUARANTY LTD0.4%$22.5m
SABR SABRE CORP0.4%$22.2m
WEBMD HEALTH CORP no ticker0.4%$21.9m
DHT DHT HOLDINGS INC0.4%$20.4m
KRE SPDR SERIES TRUST0.4%$19.9m
XLF SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR0.4%$19.1m
YPF YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA0.4%$19.1m
WIX WIX COM LTD0.4%$18.9m
CALIFORNIA RES CORP no ticker0.3%$18.6m
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORP0.3%$17.3m
LITE LUMENTUM HLDGS INC0.3%$15.6m
HPE HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE C0.3%$14.4m
P EVERPURE INC0.2%$12.5m
STWD STARWOOD PPTY TR INC0.2%$10.8m
AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP no ticker0.2%$10.4m
MBI MBIA INC0.2%$8.7m
VSTOEUR VISTA OUTDOOR INC0.2%$8.4m
SYTUSD SYNGENTA AG0.2%$8.1m
VRSK VERISK ANALYTICS INC0.1%$6.8m
SMTC SEMTECH CORP0.1%$6.2m
REPUBLIC AWYS HLDGS INC no ticker0.1%$6.1m
ENERGEN CORP no ticker0.1%$6.1m
CMBT CMB.TECH NV0.1%$5.5m
HCA HCA HEALTHCARE INC0.1%$5.4m
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC no ticker0.10%$5.2m
ARRIS GROUP INC NEW no ticker0.10%$5.1m
PANDORA MEDIA INC no ticker0.09%$5.0m
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC no ticker0.09%$4.9m
WFC WELLS FARGO & CO0.09%$4.6m
VIAB VIACOM INC NEW0.08%$4.1m
EXPE EXPEDIA GROUP INC0.07%$4.0m
VYX NCR VOYIX CORPORATION0.07%$3.7m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified53.6%
  • Financial Services10.6%
  • Consumer Cyclical7.7%
  • Consumer Defensive7.1%
  • Real Estate5.1%
  • Healthcare5.0%
  • Technology4.3%
  • Communication Services2.4%
  • Industrials2.1%
  • Energy1.5%
  • Utilities0.7%

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