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Viking Global Investors LP 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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Viking Global Investors LP disclosed 26 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is APOLLO ED GROUP INC at 18.6% of the reported book, followed by BCE and IVZ. Versus Q3 2008 it opened 13 new positions, added to 3, reduced 7 and exited 37.

$3.5bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
26
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
18.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
75.3%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
13
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
100
Quarters on file since Q4 1999
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2008: 13 new, 3 added, 7 reduced, 37 exited

26 rows
APOLLO ED GROUP INC no ticker–18.6%$650m8.56m−22%reduced
BCE BCE INCCommunication Services11.2%$392m15.61m–new
IVZ INVESCO LTDFinancial Services7.7%$269m18.61m+2.6%added
ESINQ ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCConsumer Defensive6.4%$226m2.38m–new
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services6.3%$221m15.71m–new
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology5.9%$208m5.81m−22%reduced
DVA DAVITA INCHealthcare5.8%$202m4.07m−11%reduced
PRICELINE GRP INC no ticker–4.9%$171m2.33m+29%added
NRG NRG ENERGY INCUtilities4.5%$158m6.79m–new
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services3.9%$138m965,600–new
MSCI MSCI INCFinancial Services3.4%$118m6.67m0.0%held
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancial Services2.9%$101m3.22m–new
VRSN VERISIGN INCTechnology2.6%$92.1m4.83m+18%added
FHN FIRST HORIZON CORPORATIONFinancial Services2.2%$75.3m7.12m−32%reduced
MCK MCKESSON CORPHealthcare2.1%$73.6m1.90m–new
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COBasic Materials2.1%$72.4m1.21m–new
ILMN ILLUMINA INCHealthcare1.7%$60.0m2.30m–new
Aon Corp no ticker–1.6%$57.1m1.25m−26%reduced
KR KROGER COConsumer Defensive1.6%$55.0m2.08m−30%reduced
Macrovision Solutions Corp no ticker–1.4%$49.0m3.88m0.0%held
ST JUDE MED INC no ticker–0.9%$31.8m964,000−7.9%reduced
Alcon Inc ADRS STOCKS no ticker–0.8%$27.2m305,000–new
VMC VULCAN MATLS COBasic Materials0.7%$24.5m358,400–new
AXIS CAP HLDGS LTD no ticker–0.4%$14.4m495,000–new
RENAISSANCERE HLDGS LTD no ticker–0.3%$11.8m229,000–new
Palm Inc no ticker–0.01%$312k101,7980.0%held

Exited since Q3 2008

37 rows
1987351D ACE LTD3.9%$136m
V VISA INC3.8%$135m
MTD METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL2.7%$95.0m
DGX QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC2.2%$78.2m
BFH BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC1.8%$64.9m
KEY KEYCORP1.8%$62.2m
Beckman Coulter Inc no ticker1.6%$57.3m
HOG HARLEY DAVIDSON INC1.3%$44.8m
BLK BLACKROCK INC1.1%$39.7m
COACH INC no ticker1.0%$36.9m
ADSK AUTODESK INC1.0%$34.9m
BEN FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC0.8%$26.8m
Expedia Inc no ticker0.7%$26.4m
HUM HUMANA INC0.7%$25.8m
THO THOR INDS INC0.7%$24.2m
National City Corp no ticker0.6%$22.4m
HLF HERBALIFE LTD0.6%$22.3m
Transocean Inc no ticker0.6%$22.1m
AVBC AVALONBAY CMNTYS INC0.6%$20.1m
NATIONAL FINL PARTNERS CORP no ticker0.5%$19.0m
The Stanley Works no ticker0.5%$17.5m
Whitney Holding Corporation no ticker0.5%$17.0m
CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC0.5%$16.8m
GBCI GLACIER BANCORP INC NEW0.4%$15.8m
SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES INC P no ticker0.4%$15.6m
Jefferies Group Inc no ticker0.4%$13.9m
Alexander & Baldwin Inc no ticker0.4%$13.3m
SINA CORP no ticker0.4%$13.1m
FICO FAIR ISAAC CORP0.3%$12.3m
ARKANSAS BEST CORP DEL no ticker0.3%$12.1m
OCH ZIFF CAP MGMT GROUP no ticker0.2%$5.8m
FEDERAL MOGUL HOLDINGS CORP no ticker0.1%$5.1m
ASB ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP0.1%$4.6m
R.H. Donnelley Corp no ticker0.1%$3.6m
MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC no ticker0.08%$2.8m
Idearc Inc no ticker0.07%$2.6m
TIDEWATER INC no ticker0.01%$249k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified28.9%
  • Financial Services26.4%
  • Communication Services11.2%
  • Healthcare9.6%
  • Technology8.6%
  • Consumer Defensive8.0%
  • Utilities4.5%
  • Basic Materials2.8%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (100)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202690$35.1bn
Q1 202677$35.7bn
Q4 202576$37.7bn
Q3 202578$38.5bn
Q2 202583$34.6bn
Q1 202591$31.5bn
Q4 202486$30.9bn
Q3 202483$27.4bn
Q2 202482$26.0bn
Q1 202483$26.9bn
Q4 202379$27.3bn
Q3 202380$24.6bn
Q2 202385$24.4bn
Q1 202380$21.3bn
Q4 202275$20.0bn
Q3 202287$21.7bn
Q2 202281$21.9bn
Q1 202290$24.7bn
Q4 2021106$34.7bn
Q3 202196$36.5bn
Q2 202188$33.0bn
Q1 202194$33.6bn
Q4 202096$36.4bn
Q3 202086$27.7bn
Q2 202072$23.1bn
Q1 202064$19.2bn
Q4 201966$21.4bn
Q3 201962$19.2bn
Q2 201959$22.3bn
Q1 201957$17.4bn
Q4 201857$17.6bn
Q3 201864$18.1bn
Q2 201860$17.5bn
Q1 201859$16.6bn
Q4 201759$16.3bn
Q3 201759$15.4bn
Q2 201753$14.8bn
Q1 201764$22.6bn
Q4 201662$22.0bn
Q3 201662$23.2bn
Q2 201655$23.5bn
Q1 201663$22.7bn
Q4 201564$26.5bn
Q3 201563$26.1bn
Q2 201556$26.5bn
Q1 201558$25.8bn
Q4 201462$21.8bn
Q3 201459$24.9bn
Q2 201462$22.9bn
Q1 201460$23.8bn
Q4 201365$21.4bn
Q3 201359$18.1bn
Q2 201359$18.0bn
Q1 201348$13.2bn
Q4 201245$11.5bn
Q3 201250$11.5bn
Q2 201246$9.8bn
Q1 201254$9.0bn
Q4 201143$8.0bn
Q3 201153$8.6bn
Q2 201158$11.9bn
Q1 201161$11.6bn
Q4 201073$12.1bn
Q3 201060$9.2bn
Q1 201057$8.9bn
Q4 200963$8.8bn
Q3 200954$7.8bn
Q2 200948$5.8bn
Q1 200933$3.6bn
Q4 200826$3.5bn
Q3 200850$3.5bn
Q2 200843$5.1bn
Q1 200839$4.6bn
Q4 200769$4.8bn
Q3 200766$3.9bn
Q2 200776$4.4bn
Q1 200794$4.3bn
Q4 200698$3.8bn
Q3 2006105$4.1bn
Q2 200697$4.0bn
Q1 2006114$4.0bn
Q4 2005105$3.2bn
Q3 200594$3.2bn
Q2 200595$2.7bn
Q1 200564$2.0bn
Q4 200441$1.8bn
Q3 200453$1.8bn
Q2 200475$2.2bn
Q1 200479$2.1bn
Q4 200365$1.5bn
Q3 200365$1.6bn
Q2 200373$1.6bn
Q1 200379$1.9bn
Q4 200275$1.7bn
Q1 200143$1.2bn
Q4 200037$1.1bn
Q3 200038$1.3bn
Q2 200034$730m
Q1 200028$422m
Q4 199921$156m

Where Viking Global Investors LP was early

184 rows
EAT D BRINKER INTL INC USD .10Q1 20001 of 1332.3%2.9%2Exited by Q3 2000−1.4%
RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INCQ1 20001 of 853.4%3.4%10Exited by Q4 2024+170%
WFC WELLS FARGO CO NEWQ1 20002 of 2121.8%4.6%13Exited by Q2 2018+157%
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COQ1 20005 of 1971.3%2.8%11Exited by Q1 2022+15%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ2 20001 of 1653.6%3.6%5Exited by Q1 2013+1510%
MET METLIFE INCQ2 20001 of 1261.5%4.1%29Exited by Q2 2025+330%
GAP Gap IncQ3 20001 of 1581.0%4.4%8Exited by Q3 2006−13%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCQ3 20001 of 1800.5%2.7%6Exited by Q4 2017+14%
TGT Target CorpQ3 20003 of 1911.1%1.5%4Exited by Q2 2006+103%
BBY Best BuyQ1 20015 of 1330.9%4.1%8Exited by Q2 2007+205%
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCQ1 20031 of 1600.4%1.1%9Exited by Q1 2016+1030%
BAC BANK AMERICA CORPQ1 20033 of 2320.2%6.3%27Exited by Q1 2026+65%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINL CORPQ1 20033 of 2271.6%6.9%25Held at last filing, Q2 2026+569%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ1 20038 of 2290.4%4.0%8Exited by Q2 2013+116%
EG EVEREST GROUP LTDQ2 20031 of 1151.9%2.6%9Exited by Q1 2024+362%
HAS HASBRO INCQ2 20031 of 1350.7%2.7%8Held at last filing, Q2 2026+372%
HIG HARTFORD FINL SVCS GROUP INCQ2 20031 of 1241.1%2.9%19Exited by Q2 2021+33%
EBAY EBAY INCQ2 20033 of 1865.8%12.0%7Exited by Q4 2015+123%
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCQ2 20033 of 1730.2%3.2%17Exited by Q1 2018+397%
INTC D Intel CorpQ2 20034 of 2801.2%2.3%4Exited by Q2 2004+31%
BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INCQ2 200317 of 1660.1%2.7%35Held at last filing, Q2 2026+486%
ALXN ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INCQ3 20031 of 1472.2%6.6%16Exited by Q3 2015–
BIIB BIOGEN INCQ4 20031 of 1835.2%5.3%21Exited by Q2 2017+645%
ALL ALLSTATE CORPQ4 20032 of 1281.2%1.9%17Exited by Q2 2025+381%
CCL CARNIVAL CORP LTDQ1 20041 of 2111.2%6.9%15Held at last filing, Q2 2026−36%
WMT WAL-MART STORES INCQ1 20041 of 2010.4%1.9%6Exited by Q1 2015+44%
KR Kroger CoQ2 20042 of 1600.04%7.9%5Exited by Q1 2009+45%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ2 20047 of 3200.5%3.6%21Exited by Q3 2023+312%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COQ2 200410 of 2310.7%5.8%29Held at last filing, Q2 2026+744%
PNC PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INCQ3 20043 of 1530.01%4.2%10Exited by Q2 2026+285%
TU Telus CorpQ4 20041 of 671.4%1.4%4Exited by Q3 2006+40%
WSM Williams-Sonoma IncQ4 20041 of 1430.6%3.0%3Exited by Q3 2005+13%
KSS Kohls CorpQ4 20042 of 1667.8%7.8%9Exited by Q4 2007+17%
EXMOC Exxon Mobil CorpQ4 20049 of 1930.7%2.0%5Exited by Q2 2011+64%
LEN LENNAR CORPQ1 20054 of 1991.3%3.8%19Exited by Q3 2025+105%
AIZ ASSURANT INCQ1 20055 of 1110.6%2.7%17Exited by Q1 2022+362%
PHM PULTE GROUP INCQ1 20055 of 1501.7%1.7%5Exited by Q1 2022+55%
NDAQ NASDAQ Stock MarketQ2 20051 of 1281.2%3.0%5Exited by Q4 2006+60%
ORCL Oracle CorporationQ2 20053 of 2564.9%4.9%6Exited by Q4 2010+103%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCQ2 20056 of 2340.4%5.4%41Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1766%
OLN OLIN CORPQ2 200514 of 1600.3%1.0%3Exited by Q4 2018+41%
NUS NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INCQ3 20052 of 950.9%1.4%3Exited by Q1 2014+626%
OXY OCCIDENTAL PETE CORP DELQ3 20052 of 1920.3%1.0%5Exited by Q1 2012+119%
UHS UNIVERSAL HLTH SVCS INCQ4 20051 of 1380.1%2.0%27Exited by Q1 2018+385%
HST HOST HOTELS & RESORTS INCQ4 20052 of 1270.02%1.7%5Exited by Q3 2012−15%
VYX NCR CorporationQ4 20052 of 1962.7%7.9%8Exited by Q4 2007+47%
ADP Automatic Data ProcessingQ4 20054 of 1483.7%4.8%5Exited by Q2 2007+5.5%
REGN REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALSQ4 20055 of 1710.3%3.7%7Exited by Q2 2025+3889%
FNF Fidelity National Finl IncQ1 20061 of 1560.3%2.0%6Exited by Q3 2007+4.1%
LYV Live NationQ1 20061 of 2161.0%1.0%4Exited by Q1 2007+13%

Concentration and tenure

7.7%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
49.1%
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