Viking Global Investors 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Viking Global Investors disclosed 50 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was Apollo Group, Inc at 18.4% of the reported book, followed by IVZ and QCOM. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 28 new positions, added to 9 and reduced 10 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Viking Global Investors own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Group, Inc | 18.4% | $649.8m | 10,957,000 | -27% | reduced | |
| 2 | IVZ Invesco Limited | Financial Services | 10.8% | $380.6m | 18,140,200 | -11% | reduced |
| 3 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | Technology | 9.1% | $320.3m | 7,454,200 | -15% | reduced |
| 4 | DVA DaVita Inc | Healthcare | 7.4% | $259.4m | 4,549,400 | -12% | reduced |
| 5 | MSCI MSCI Inc | Financial Services | 4.5% | $160.0m | 6,667,800 | 82% | added |
| 6 | 1987351D ACE Ltd | 3.9% | $136.0m | 2,513,100 | – | new | |
| 7 | V Visa Inc | Financial Services | 3.8% | $135.2m | 2,201,820 | – | new |
| 8 | Priceline.com | 3.5% | $123.9m | 1,810,000 | -12% | reduced | |
| 9 | VRSN Verisign INC | Technology | 3.0% | $106.3m | 4,077,000 | – | new |
| 10 | FHN First Horizon National Corp | Financial Services | 2.8% | $98.3m | 10,500,681 | 5% | added |
| 11 | MTD Mettler-Toledo International Inc | Healthcare | 2.7% | $95.0m | 969,600 | 2282% | added |
| 12 | KR Kroger Co | Consumer Defensive | 2.3% | $82.2m | 2,990,700 | -79% | reduced |
| 13 | DGX Quest Diagnostics | Healthcare | 2.2% | $78.2m | 1,513,400 | – | new |
| 14 | Aon Corp | 2.1% | $75.4m | 1,677,000 | -62% | reduced | |
| 15 | BFH Alliance Data Systems Corp | Financial Services | 1.8% | $64.9m | 1,044,000 | – | new |
| 16 | KEY Key Corp | Financial Services | 1.8% | $62.2m | 5,211,300 | -39% | reduced |
| 17 | Macrovision Solutions Corp | 1.7% | $59.6m | 3,877,050 | 0% | held | |
| 18 | Beckman Coulter Inc | 1.6% | $57.3m | 807,200 | – | new | |
| 19 | St Jude Medical Inc | 1.3% | $45.5m | 1,047,000 | -24% | reduced | |
| 20 | HOG Harley-Davidson Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 1.3% | $44.8m | 1,223,100 | – | new |
| 21 | BLK Blackrock Inc | Financial Services | 1.1% | $39.7m | 208,000 | – | new |
| 22 | Coach Inc | 1.0% | $36.9m | 1,502,000 | – | new | |
| 23 | ADSK Autodesk Inc | Technology | 1.0% | $34.9m | 1,059,500 | – | new |
| 24 | BEN Franklin Resources Inc | Financial Services | 0.8% | $26.8m | 309,600 | – | new |
| 25 | Expedia Inc | 0.7% | $26.4m | 1,750,000 | – | new | |
| 26 | HUM Humana Inc | Healthcare | 0.7% | $25.8m | 625,000 | 2% | added |
| 27 | THO Thor Industries | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $24.2m | 996,802 | – | new |
| 28 | National City Corp | 0.6% | $22.4m | 12,781,400 | – | new | |
| 29 | HLF Herbalife | Consumer Defensive | 0.6% | $22.3m | 573,400 | – | new |
| 30 | Transocean Inc | 0.6% | $22.1m | 201,400 | -89% | reduced | |
| 31 | AVBC AvalonBay Communities Inc | Financial Services | 0.6% | $20.1m | 208,000 | – | new |
| 32 | National Financial Partners Corp | 0.5% | $19.0m | 1,289,936 | 184% | added | |
| 33 | The Stanley Works | 0.5% | $17.5m | 426,000 | – | new | |
| 34 | Whitney Holding Corporation | 0.5% | $17.0m | 713,000 | – | new | |
| 35 | CRL Charles River Laboratories | Healthcare | 0.5% | $16.8m | 308,000 | – | new |
| 36 | GBCI Glacier Bancorp Inc | Financial Services | 0.4% | $15.8m | 650,800 | – | new |
| 37 | Susquehanna Bancshares Inc | 0.4% | $15.6m | 815,000 | – | new | |
| 38 | Jefferies Group Inc | 0.4% | $13.9m | 630,000 | – | new | |
| 39 | Alexander & Baldwin Inc | 0.4% | $13.3m | 308,700 | – | new | |
| 40 | SINA Corp ADRS STOCKS | 0.4% | $13.1m | 373,000 | – | new | |
| 41 | FICO Fair Isaac Corporation | Technology | 0.3% | $12.3m | 545,000 | – | new |
| 42 | Arkansas Best Corporation | 0.3% | $12.1m | 365,800 | – | new | |
| 43 | Och-Ziff Capital Management | 0.2% | $5.8m | 500,000 | 0% | held | |
| 44 | Federal Mogul Corp | 0.1% | $5.1m | 404,000 | 59% | added | |
| 45 | ASB Associated Banc-Corp | Financial Services | 0.1% | $4.6m | 235,200 | – | new |
| 46 | R.H. Donnelley Corp | 0.1% | $3.6m | 1,832,000 | 49% | added | |
| 47 | Monster Worldwide INC | 0.1% | $2.8m | 189,000 | 40% | added | |
| 48 | Idearc Inc | 0.1% | $2.6m | 2,080,000 | 395% | added | |
| 49 | Palm Inc | 0.0% | $607.0k | 101,798 | 0% | held | |
| 50 | Tidewater Inc | 0.0% | $249.0k | 4,500 | – | 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.