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Viking Global Investors LP 13F holdings, Q4 2015

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Viking Global Investors LP disclosed 64 US equity positions worth $26.5bn in its Q4 2015 13F filing. Its largest position is AVGO at 7.4% of the reported book, followed by ALLERGAN PLC and AMZN. Versus Q3 2015 it opened 26 new positions, added to 19, reduced 18 and exited 25.

$26.5bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
64
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
7.4%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
52.0%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
27
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 2015: 26 new, 19 added, 18 reduced, 25 exited

50 of 64
AVGO BROADCOM CORPTechnology7.4%$2.0bn33.75m+43%added
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker–7.0%$1.9bn5.98m−17%reduced
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical6.5%$1.7bn2.57m−15%reduced
TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTDHealthcare6.2%$1.6bn25.04m+182%added
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services5.4%$1.4bn1.85m–new
PXDEUR PIONEER NAT RES CO–4.4%$1.2bn9.37m+41%added
WBA WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC–4.1%$1.1bn12.77m−45%reduced
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD no ticker–4.0%$1.1bn7.36m+6.1%added
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INCHealthcare3.5%$932m6.69m+13%added
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Communication Services3.4%$897m7.84m+74%added
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services3.3%$870m1.15m–new
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV no ticker–3.1%$811m9.33m−31%reduced
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL no ticker–3.0%$792m7.79m+56%added
HUM HUMANA INCHealthcare2.9%$773m4.33m+12%added
APD AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS IBasic Materials2.6%$701m5.39m−9.0%reduced
LNG CHENIERE ENERGY INCEnergy2.2%$593m15.92m+22%added
MCK MCKESSON CORPHealthcare2.1%$545m2.76m+21%added
CANADIAN PAC RY LTD no ticker–1.9%$511m4.00m−3.8%reduced
PRICELINE GRP INC no ticker–1.9%$501m393,214–new
QUNAR CAYMAN IS LTD no ticker–1.7%$449m8.52m+78%added
99803EUR LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS–1.5%$397m3.21m−37%reduced
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCIndustrials1.4%$366m1.60m+40%added
BNY BANK OF NY MELLON CORPFinancial Services1.4%$363m8.81m−14%reduced
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INCConsumer Cyclical1.2%$331m689,383–new
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical1.2%$329m5.26m+197%added
ENDO INTL PLC no ticker–1.0%$277m4.52m–new
CCI CROWN CASTLE INCReal Estate1.0%$259m3.00m−33%reduced
TXT TEXTRON INCIndustrials0.9%$244m5.82m+57%added
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare0.9%$240m7.42m–new
CTRA COTERRA ENERGY INC–0.9%$237m13.41m–new
HAL HALLIBURTON COEnergy0.9%$227m6.67m–new
APC3EUR ANADARKO PETE CORP–0.8%$223m4.59m–new
C CITIGROUP INCFinancial Services0.8%$221m4.27m−4.4%reduced
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HLDGS IN no ticker–0.8%$203m7.81m−21%reduced
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare0.7%$179m1.42m+5.7%added
CTRPUSD CTRIP COM INTL LTD–0.7%$175m3.77m−23%reduced
KHC KRAFT HEINZ COConsumer Defensive0.6%$152m2.08m–new
KITE PHARMA INC no ticker–0.5%$136m2.21m−11%reduced
AETNA INC NEW no ticker–0.5%$135m1.25m−64%reduced
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTDConsumer Cyclical0.5%$132m1.63m−34%reduced
WUBAUSD 58 COM INC–0.5%$123m1.87m+8.7%added
BIIB BIOGEN INCHealthcare0.4%$113m368,864–new
PRU PRUDENTIAL FINL INCFinancial Services0.4%$98.8m1.21m–new
1987351D ACE LTD–0.4%$97.2m831,759−27%reduced
LMEUR LEGG MASON INC–0.4%$96.9m2.47m0.0%held
MRSH MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INCFinancial Services0.3%$88.3m1.59m–new
MONSANTO CO NEW no ticker–0.3%$88.3m895,800–new
SWN1EUR SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO–0.3%$83.0m11.67m–new
CALPINE CORP no ticker–0.3%$70.6m4.88m–new
AKRXEUR AKORN INC–0.3%$68.7m1.84m–new

Exited since Q3 2015

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GOOGLE INC no ticker6.2%$1.6bn
GOOGLE INC no ticker2.6%$682m
SEE1GBP SEALED AIR CORP NEW1.5%$402m
MHK MOHAWK INDS INC1.4%$360m
HLT HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INC1.3%$352m
STARWOOD HOTELS&RESORTS WRLD no ticker1.3%$346m
ILMN ILLUMINA INC1.2%$315m
ALL ALLSTATE CORP1.1%$290m
MALLINCKRODT PUB LTD CO no ticker1.0%$250m
ETN EATON CORP PLC0.8%$209m
DVA DAVITA INC0.8%$198m
EBAY EBAY INC.0.7%$177m
AMP AMERIPRISE FINL INC0.7%$174m
AIG American International Group0.6%$160m
JD JD.COM INC0.5%$121m
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC0.4%$91.9m
CLVSEUR CLOVIS ONCOLOGY INC0.3%$76.9m
BLUEBIRD BIO INC no ticker0.2%$52.7m
AAP ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC0.2%$40.0m
AMGN AMGEN INC0.1%$31.9m
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP0.1%$26.5m
DE DEERE & CO0.06%$15.9m
WHITING PETE CORP NEW no ticker0.06%$15.8m
CHKEUR CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP0.05%$14.2m
A AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC0.03%$7.5m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified40.9%
  • Healthcare16.7%
  • Communication Services12.1%
  • Consumer Cyclical9.8%
  • Technology7.4%
  • Energy3.4%
  • Financial Services3.2%
  • Basic Materials2.6%
  • Industrials2.4%
  • Real Estate1.0%
  • Consumer Defensive0.6%

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

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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