Viking Global Investors 13F holdings, Q4 2008
Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Viking Global Investors disclosed 26 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was Apollo Group, Inc at 18.6% of the reported book, followed by BCE and IVZ. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 13 new positions, added to 3 and reduced 7 among the top 26 holdings.
What did Viking Global Investors own in Q4 2008? Top 26 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Group, Inc | 18.6% | $650.2m | 8,555,600 | -22% | reduced | |
| 2 | BCE BCE Inc | Communication Services | 11.2% | $392.4m | 15,613,700 | – | new |
| 3 | IVZ Invesco Limited | Financial Services | 7.7% | $268.8m | 18,612,100 | 3% | added |
| 4 | ITT Educational Services Inc | 6.4% | $225.7m | 2,376,200 | – | new | |
| 5 | BAC Bank of America Corp | Financial Services | 6.3% | $221.3m | 15,714,000 | – | new |
| 6 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | Technology | 5.9% | $208.1m | 5,807,700 | -22% | reduced |
| 7 | DVA DaVita Inc | Healthcare | 5.8% | $201.5m | 4,065,500 | -11% | reduced |
| 8 | Priceline.com | 4.9% | $171.4m | 2,327,100 | 29% | added | |
| 9 | NRG NRG Energy Inc | Utilities | 4.5% | $158.4m | 6,790,000 | – | new |
| 10 | MA Mastercard Inc | Financial Services | 3.9% | $138.0m | 965,600 | – | new |
| 11 | MSCI MSCI Inc | Financial Services | 3.4% | $118.4m | 6,667,800 | 0% | held |
| 12 | JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co | Financial Services | 2.9% | $101.5m | 3,218,000 | – | new |
| 13 | VRSN Verisign INC | Technology | 2.6% | $92.1m | 4,826,400 | 18% | added |
| 14 | FHN First Horizon National Corp | Financial Services | 2.2% | $75.3m | 7,124,410 | -32% | reduced |
| 15 | MCK McKesson Corp | Healthcare | 2.1% | $73.6m | 1,900,400 | – | new |
| 16 | SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company | Basic Materials | 2.1% | $72.4m | 1,211,300 | – | new |
| 17 | ILMN Illumina Inc | Healthcare | 1.7% | $60.0m | 2,302,100 | – | new |
| 18 | Aon Corp | 1.6% | $57.1m | 1,249,000 | -26% | reduced | |
| 19 | KR Kroger Co | Consumer Defensive | 1.6% | $55.0m | 2,084,000 | -30% | reduced |
| 20 | Macrovision Solutions Corp | 1.4% | $49.0m | 3,877,050 | 0% | held | |
| 21 | St Jude Medical Inc | 0.9% | $31.8m | 964,000 | -8% | reduced | |
| 22 | Alcon Inc ADRS STOCKS | 0.8% | $27.2m | 305,000 | – | new | |
| 23 | VMC Vulcan Materials Co | Basic Materials | 0.7% | $24.5m | 358,400 | – | new |
| 24 | Axis Capital Holdings LTD | 0.4% | $14.4m | 495,000 | – | new | |
| 25 | RenaissanceRe Holdings | 0.3% | $11.8m | 229,000 | – | new | |
| 26 | Palm Inc | 0.0% | $312.0k | 101,798 | 0% | held |
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.