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Soros Fund Management 13F holdings, Q3 2016

Family officeSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2016-09-30, filed 2016-11-14

Soros Fund Management disclosed 211 US equity positions worth $3.6bn in its Q3 2016 13F filing. Its largest position is 8L8C at 17.8% of the reported book, followed by JDS UNIPHASE CORP and FIREEYE INC. Versus Q2 2016 it opened 122 new positions, added to 29, reduced 34 and exited 73.

$3.6bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
211
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
17.8%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
53.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
19
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 Q2 2016: 122 new, 29 added, 34 reduced, 73 exited

50 of 211
8L8C LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP–17.8%$636m8.90m+0.1%held
JDS UNIPHASE CORP no ticker–7.5%$269m269.26m+7.4%added
FIREEYE INC no ticker–5.5%$198m213.60m+17%added
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–5.4%$192m190.26m+2.5%added
AGRO ADECOAGRO S AConsumer Defensive3.8%$136m11.92m0.0%held
INVENSENSE INC no ticker–3.2%$115m120.24m+8.0%added
WMB WILLIAMS COS INCEnergy2.7%$97.5m3.17m–new
EEM ISHARES TR–2.6%$91.9m2.45m–new
PROS HOLDINGS INC no ticker–2.4%$85.2m86.10m+1.8%added
ROVI CORP no ticker–2.4%$84.5m84.31m−14%reduced
CAESARS ACQUISITION CO no ticker–2.3%$80.9m6.51m0.0%held
TIVOEUR TIVO CORP–2.2%$80.3m4.12m–new
TWITTER INC no ticker–2.1%$73.8m76.47m+194%added
CHDN CHURCHILL DOWNS INCConsumer Cyclical1.6%$56.7m387,3810.0%held
NOVATEL WIRELESS INC no ticker–1.4%$51.5m51.27m+25%added
ABX BARRICK GOLD CORPFinancial Services1.4%$50.5m2.85m+166%added
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYS I no ticker–1.4%$50.5m50.88m+37%added
ZTS ZOETIS INCHealthcare1.2%$43.3m831,619−34%reduced
LINKEDIN CORP no ticker–1.1%$37.8m38.00m0.0%held
SERVICESOURCE INTL INC no ticker–1.0%$37.5m38.58m–new
TRAVELPORT WORLDWIDE LTD no ticker–1.0%$36.1m2.40m0.0%held
VMWEUR VMWARE INC–1.0%$35.4m482,094+369%added
DXJ WISDOMTREE TR–1.0%$34.1m795,000–new
PYPL PAYPAL HLDGS INCFinancial Services0.9%$33.2m811,385−0.7%reduced
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical0.9%$33.1m39,510+215%added
MODNEUR MODEL N INC–0.8%$30.0m2.70m+26%added
HPE HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CTechnology0.8%$29.6m1.30m–new
SUPV GRUPO SUPERVIELLE S.A.Financial Services0.8%$28.4m1.92m+40%added
CHIPMOS TECH BERMUDA LTD no ticker–0.8%$27.2m1.37m0.0%held
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical0.8%$27.1m822,251−53%reduced
INTC INTEL CORPTechnology0.7%$25.9m685,500–new
CZREUR CAESARS ENTMT CORP–0.7%$24.6m3.30m0.0%held
FXI ISHARES TR–0.7%$24.1m633,059–new
WUBAUSD 58 COM INC–0.6%$22.3m468,698+150%added
AMAT APPLIED MATLS INCTechnology0.6%$21.3m706,882+89%added
KHC KRAFT HEINZ COConsumer Defensive0.6%$21.1m235,733−39%reduced
COMMUNICATIONS SALES&LEAS IN no ticker–0.6%$21.0m667,334−8.7%reduced
UBNTEUR UBIQUITI NETWORKS INC–0.5%$19.2m359,361–new
BOTTOMLINE TECH DEL INC no ticker–0.5%$19.0m18.50m–new
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker–0.5%$18.6m80,7350.0%held
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.5%$18.4m656,534–new
FHB FIRST HAWAIIAN INCFinancial Services0.5%$17.4m646,400–new
EXA CORP no ticker–0.5%$16.8m1.05m−27%reduced
SYMCEUR SYMANTEC CORP–0.4%$15.8m630,392–new
CRCEUR CALIFORNIA RES CORP–0.4%$15.5m1.24m–new
CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD no ticker–0.4%$13.8m279,100+41%added
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INCConsumer Defensive0.4%$13.6m310,031−34%reduced
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Communication Services0.4%$13.5m137,166–new
MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION CO no ticker–0.4%$13.1m165,200−8.2%reduced
EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COConsumer Defensive0.4%$12.9m162,2280.0%held

Exited since Q2 2016

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CIENA CORP no ticker5.9%$204m
POLYCOM INC no ticker2.6%$89.2m
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP NEW no ticker2.5%$86.5m
ROVIEUR ROVI CORP1.8%$63.6m
GLPI GAMING & LEISURE P1.8%$62.1m
OCLARO INC no ticker1.8%$62.0m
TIVO INC no ticker1.8%$60.8m
CITUSD CIT GROUP INC1.1%$38.0m
ESNT ESSENT GROUP LTD0.9%$32.3m
GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST0.9%$30.4m
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODS INC no ticker0.7%$25.2m
E M C CORP MASS no ticker0.6%$20.7m
JD JD.COM INC0.5%$18.0m
W WAYFAIR INC0.4%$13.8m
SYNA SYNAPTICS INC0.3%$10.6m
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW0.3%$10.6m
HUM HUMANA INC0.2%$6.8m
POWI POWER INTEGRATIONS INC0.2%$6.6m
QLOGIC CORP no ticker0.2%$5.8m
LOW LOWES COS INC0.2%$5.8m
TWXCHF TIME WARNER INC0.1%$5.1m
BAC BANK OF AMER CORP0.1%$4.7m
CVS CVS HEALTH CORP0.1%$3.9m
NETSUITE INC no ticker0.1%$3.9m
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V0.1%$3.8m
MXL MAXLINEAR INC0.1%$3.8m
AETNA INC NEW no ticker0.10%$3.4m
COTIVITI HLDGS INC no ticker0.10%$3.4m
ST JUDE MED INC no ticker0.09%$3.0m
USFD US FOODS HLDG CORP0.09%$3.0m
CAVM CAVIUM INC0.09%$2.9m
CME CME GROUP INC0.08%$2.9m
CNC CENTENE CORP DEL0.08%$2.8m
MNST MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP NEW0.08%$2.6m
SERVUSD SERVICEMASTER GLOBAL HLDGS I0.07%$2.4m
MONSANTO CO NEW no ticker0.07%$2.4m
INVENSENSE INC no ticker0.07%$2.2m
BUD ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA NV0.06%$2.1m
CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND INC no ticker0.06%$2.1m
GM General Motors Corp0.05%$1.8m
HSY HERSHEY CO0.04%$1.5m
C&J ENERGY SVCS LTD no ticker0.03%$1.2m
JAZZ JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC0.03%$1.1m
AKRXEUR AKORN INC0.03%$1.1m
PRO PROS HOLDINGS INC0.03%$988k
PRGO PERRIGO CO PLC0.03%$979k
MEDIVATION INC no ticker0.02%$772k
SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC0.02%$753k
ALK ALASKA AIR GROUP INC0.02%$752k
ALLE ALLEGION PLC0.02%$734k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified76.3%
  • Consumer Defensive5.4%
  • Financial Services3.9%
  • Technology3.9%
  • Consumer Cyclical3.8%
  • Energy2.9%
  • Healthcare2.0%
  • Communication Services1.1%
  • Basic Materials0.4%
  • Industrials0.2%
  • Real Estate0.1%
  • Utilities0.01%

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