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Viking Global Investors 13F holdings, Q1 2008

Holdings as of March 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Viking Global Investors disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $4.6bn in its Q1 2008 13F filing. The largest position was MA at 12.9% of the reported book, followed by QCOM and IVZ. Against the Q4 2007 filing, it opened 15 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 4 among the top 39 holdings.

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What did Viking Global Investors own in Q1 2008? Top 39 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2007
1 MA Mastercard Inc Financial Services 12.9%$596.0m2,672,600 7% added
2 QCOM Qualcomm Inc Technology 12.2%$566.8m13,824,000 5% added
3 IVZ Invesco Limited Financial Services 10.5%$486.7m19,980,900 45% added
4 V Visa Inc Financial Services 9.0%$418.6m6,712,000 new
5 Priceline.com 4.9%$227.1m1,879,000 108% added
6 Aon Corp 4.1%$191.6m4,767,000 25% added
7 Transocean Inc 3.9%$180.5m1,335,000 94% added
8 Weatherford Intl Ltd 3.7%$169.5m2,339,000 4% added
9 STT State Street Corp Financial Services 3.5%$160.5m2,032,000 -63% reduced
10 DVA DaVita Inc Healthcare 3.3%$153.2m3,208,500 new
11 Plains Exploration & Production 3.3%$152.0m2,861,000 17% added
12 KR Kroger Co Consumer Defensive 3.1%$142.3m5,603,000 new
13 NII Holdings Inc 2.8%$130.3m4,100,000 490% added
14 Southwestern Energy 2.5%$116.8m3,468,000 20% added
15 Gemstar-TV Guide Int'l Inc 2.5%$115.6m24,601,100 0% held
16 Comverse Technology 2.4%$112.9m7,329,000 new
17 ILMN Illumina Inc Healthcare 2.1%$98.2m1,294,400 8% added
18 GNW Genworth Financial Inc Financial Services 2.0%$92.8m4,101,000 0% held
19 SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company Basic Materials 1.7%$76.9m1,507,000 new
20 FISV Fiserv Inc 1.5%$70.5m1,465,500 -63% reduced
21 Staples Inc 1.4%$66.8m3,020,000 26% added
22 Immucor Inc 1.0%$44.6m2,092,000 new
23 Hercules Offshore Inc 0.9%$40.2m1,600,000 new
24 American Medical Sys 0.9%$39.6m2,794,000 15% added
25 Frontier Oil Corp 0.7%$34.1m1,250,000 new
26 MSCI MSCI Inc Financial Services 0.6%$27.8m934,900 0% held
27 AIZ Assurant Inc Financial Services 0.6%$26.2m431,300 -63% reduced
28 Discovery Holding Company 0.5%$24.7m1,162,000 new
29 EXP Eagle Materials Inc Basic Materials 0.4%$18.0m507,400 new
30 UHS Universal Health Services Inc Healthcare 0.3%$15.7m293,000 new
31 Och-Ziff Capital Management 0.2%$10.5m500,000 -20% reduced
32 HO1 Hologic Inc 0.2%$10.1m182,000 new
33 GT Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Consumer Cyclical 0.1%$6.5m251,000 210% added
34 Federal Mogul Corp 0.1%$5.0m254,000 new
35 Time Warner Cable 0.1%$4.9m197,908 4% added
36 Monster Worldwide Inc 0.0%$1.5m60,500 157% added
37 TSS Total System Services Inc 0.0%$1.2m50,800 new
38 Palm Inc 0.0%$508.0k101,798 0% held
39 MTG MGIC InvestmentCorp Financial Services 0.0%$109.0k10,800 new

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.