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Vulcan Value Partners 13F holdings, Q3 2017

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2017-09-30, filed 2017-11-14

Vulcan Value Partners disclosed 52 US equity positions worth $11.7bn in its Q3 2017 13F filing. Its largest position is ORCL at 9.0% of the reported book, followed by NOVEUR and CVS. Versus Q2 2017 it opened 6 new positions, added to 14, reduced 32 and exited 5.

$11.7bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
52
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
9.0%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
51.8%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
26
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
63
Quarters on file since Q4 2010
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q2 2017: 6 new, 14 added, 32 reduced, 5 exited

50 of 52
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology9.0%$1.1bn21.83m−0.9%reduced
NOVEUR NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC–6.8%$794m22.21m+27%added
CVS CVS HEALTH CORPHealthcare6.1%$710m8.74m+14%added
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services4.7%$548m3.88m−4.7%reduced
V VISA INCFinancial Services4.6%$538m5.12m−4.0%reduced
MCK MCKESSON CORPHealthcare4.4%$508m3.31m+1.2%added
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services4.3%$500m521,201–new
COR CENCORA INCHealthcare4.1%$482m5.82m+11%added
QRVO QORVO INCTechnology4.1%$476m6.74m+72%added
STT STATE STR CORPFinancial Services3.7%$438m4.58m−3.6%reduced
AXIS CAP HLDGS LTD no ticker–3.3%$384m6.69m+1.1%added
SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INCTechnology2.9%$342m3.35m+210%added
EG EVEREST GROUP LTDFinancial Services2.8%$328m1.44m−4.2%reduced
BNY BANK OF NY MELLON CORPFinancial Services2.7%$313m5.90m−1.1%reduced
CAH CARDINAL HEALTH INCHealthcare2.7%$309m4.62m+6.1%added
CBRE CBRE GROUP INCReal Estate2.5%$297m7.84m−1.1%reduced
HLT HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INCConsumer Cyclical2.4%$276m3.97m−6.1%reduced
ORLY OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer Cyclical2.4%$275m1.28m–new
SABR SABRE CORPTechnology2.3%$264m14.58m+33%added
MCO MOODYS CORPFinancial Services1.8%$208m1.49m−8.4%reduced
NTRS NORTHERN TR CORPFinancial Services1.8%$204m2.22m+27%added
AETNA INC NEW no ticker–1.6%$183m1.15m−25%reduced
PH PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPIndustrials1.5%$179m1.02m−5.9%reduced
SPGI S&P GLOBAL INCFinancial Services1.5%$175m1.12m−5.8%reduced
JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INCReal Estate1.4%$166m1.34m−10%reduced
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INCHealthcare1.4%$166m872,391−48%reduced
ACIW ACI WORLDWIDE INCTechnology1.4%$163m7.17m−4.1%reduced
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROU no ticker–1.3%$151m2.86m−0.6%reduced
SELECT COMFORT CORP no ticker–1.1%$131m4.23m+18%added
UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP–0.9%$106m910,077+62%added
ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD no ticker–0.9%$99.4m2.46m−6.3%reduced
ITRN ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROLTechnology0.8%$90.6m2.51m−26%reduced
WCC WESCO INTL INCIndustrials0.6%$72.9m1.25m+62%added
BID1EUR SOTHEBYS–0.5%$60.5m1.31m−15%reduced
MSM MSC INDL DIRECT INCIndustrials0.5%$59.7m789,375–new
NAVIGATORS GROUP INC no ticker–0.5%$55.4m949,155−34%reduced
CACC CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICHFinancial Services0.5%$55.3m197,314−1.0%reduced
VRTS VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INCFinancial Services0.4%$51.0m439,797−41%reduced
WWD WOODWARD INCIndustrials0.4%$49.3m635,427−1.1%reduced
CSL CARLISLE COS INCIndustrials0.4%$43.5m433,793–new
LA QUINTA HLDGS INC no ticker–0.4%$42.8m2.44m−39%reduced
ATUEUR ACTUANT CORP–0.4%$42.5m1.66m−1.3%reduced
LNN LINDSAY CORPIndustrials0.4%$41.3m448,868−21%reduced
CHH CHOICE HOTELS INTL INCConsumer Cyclical0.3%$38.2m597,495−2.1%reduced
MLKN MILLERKNOLL INCConsumer Cyclical0.3%$36.1m1.00m−1.6%reduced
CR CRANE COIndustrials0.3%$34.6m432,754−0.6%reduced
WPP WPP PLC NEWCommunication Services0.3%$32.7m352,268–new
TUP TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP–0.3%$30.4m491,112−19%reduced
OUT OUTFRONT MEDIA INCReal Estate0.2%$27.3m1.08m+79%added
FWRD FORWARD AIR CORPIndustrials0.2%$22.3m389,381−63%reduced

Exited since Q2 2017

5 rows
BA BOEING CO3.3%$367m
DISCKUSD DISCOVERY INC2.5%$275m
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC1.0%$108m
TWXCHF TIME WARNER INC0.9%$100m
NCI1EUR NAVIGANT CONSULTING INC0.3%$31.3m

Sector mix

  • Financial Services24.5%
  • Technology20.5%
  • Healthcare18.6%
  • Unclassified18.0%
  • Consumer Cyclical5.4%
  • Communication Services4.6%
  • Industrials4.3%
  • Real Estate4.2%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (63)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202636$3.3bn
Q1 202633$3.8bn
Q4 202541$5.5bn
Q3 202540$5.5bn
Q2 202538$5.7bn
Q1 202539$5.3bn
Q4 202449$6.0bn
Q3 202443$6.0bn
Q2 202445$7.1bn
Q1 202446$6.9bn
Q4 202346$6.8bn
Q3 202345$6.6bn
Q2 202344$8.0bn
Q1 202343$7.9bn
Q4 202241$7.4bn
Q3 202237$8.5bn
Q2 202239$10.2bn
Q1 202235$16.3bn
Q4 202139$19.6bn
Q3 202140$18.6bn
Q2 202138$18.4bn
Q1 202140$16.9bn
Q4 202038$15.5bn
Q3 202040$12.9bn
Q2 202042$12.7bn
Q1 202040$9.6bn
Q4 201954$13.0bn
Q3 201950$11.8bn
Q2 201958$11.2bn
Q1 201954$11.6bn
Q4 201855$10.8bn
Q3 201855$13.7bn
Q2 201857$12.9bn
Q1 201852$12.4bn
Q4 201757$12.2bn
Q3 201752$11.7bn
Q2 201751$11.2bn
Q1 201755$11.6bn
Q4 201654$11.2bn
Q3 201658$10.9bn
Q2 201655$10.2bn
Q1 201655$11.1bn
Q4 201570$10.8bn
Q3 201555$10.3bn
Q2 201561$10.6bn
Q1 201563$10.0bn
Q4 201466$8.8bn
Q3 201475$7.0bn
Q2 2014102$6.8bn
Q1 201461$5.7bn
Q4 201352$4.8bn
Q3 201353$3.3bn
Q2 201354$2.3bn
Q1 201341$1.4bn
Q4 201237$916m
Q3 201247$619m
Q2 201235$355m
Q1 201231$251m
Q4 201132$196m
Q3 201134$205m
Q2 201132$147m
Q1 201133$105m
Q4 201033$81.9m

Where Vulcan Value Partners was early

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DOV DOVER CORPQ1 20111 of 1331.7%7.8%22Exited by Q3 2016+27%
ITRN ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROLQ2 20112 of 461.8%1.8%61Held at last filing, Q2 2026+333%
AAPL APPLE INCQ2 201121 of 2752.0%9.3%20Exited by Q2 2016+127%
NDSN NORDSON CORPQ3 20111 of 1121.3%1.3%10Exited by Q1 2016+61%
PH Parker-Hannifin CorpQ3 20113 of 1523.8%7.3%34Exited by Q1 2020+226%
UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPQ3 20115 of 1145.1%5.9%19Exited by Q2 2018+79%
BNY BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORPQ3 20118 of 1543.4%7.7%32Exited by Q3 2019+137%
V VISA INCQ3 201121 of 2846.7%6.7%60Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1501%
TUP TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPQ2 20121 of 700.7%1.1%25Exited by Q3 2018−25%
CME CME GROUP INCQ2 20125 of 1616.3%6.3%9Exited by Q1 2015+65%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ2 201213 of 2566.1%9.8%34Exited by Q4 2020+101%
TROW PRICE T ROWE GROUP INCQ3 20128 of 1200.02%2.1%9Exited by Q4 2016+5.1%
CW CURTISS WRIGHT CORPQ4 20121 of 1360.8%1.0%22Exited by Q2 2023+437%
WLY JOHN WILEY & SONS INCQ1 20131 of 830.8%1.2%4Exited by Q1 2014+42%
RVTY PERKIN-ELMER INCQ1 20136 of 1130.7%1.6%4Exited by Q1 2014+23%
ACIW ACI WORLDWIDE INCQ2 20131 of 1051.7%2.5%30Exited by Q4 2020+69%
CHE CHEMED CORP NEWQ2 20131 of 1111.4%2.1%10Exited by Q4 2016+95%
UTI UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INST INCQ2 20131 of 951.2%1.2%7Exited by Q1 2015−4.7%
LYV LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INQ2 20137 of 2161.2%4.5%10Exited by Q1 2025+735%
BEN FRANKLIN RES INCQ2 20139 of 1173.0%5.0%15Exited by Q1 2017−13%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 201318 of 2462.9%3.9%14Exited by Q4 2016+12%
LNN LINDSAY CORPQ3 20131 of 770.6%1.7%19Exited by Q2 2018+12%
NSP INSPERITY INCQ3 20131 of 1000.4%1.2%6Exited by Q1 2015−9.9%
MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEWQ4 20134 of 1823.0%3.6%18Exited by Q1 2025+465%
EBAY EBAY INCQ4 201319 of 1863.6%4.0%6Exited by Q1 2016+19%
VRTS VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INCQ1 20141 of 720.8%1.1%48Exited by Q1 2026−5.8%
ENS ENERSYSQ1 20142 of 1020.6%1.0%35Exited by Q1 2025+33%
NUS NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INCQ1 20145 of 951.1%2.3%10Exited by Q3 2016−44%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCQ1 201412 of 1801.6%2.5%8Exited by Q1 2016−2.8%
SABR Sabre CorpQ2 20142 of 1581.5%3.3%20Exited by Q1 2020+12%
FFIV F5 NETWORKS INCQ2 20147 of 1410.0%2.7%3Exited by Q4 2015+3.9%
STT STATE STR CORPQ2 201412 of 1391.9%4.7%21Exited by Q3 2019−17%
FOSL FOSSIL GROUP INCQ3 20143 of 871.8%4.7%11Exited by Q2 2017−81%
CL COLGATE PALMOLIVE COQ3 20145 of 1311.0%1.1%4Exited by Q3 2015+0.3%
BA BOEING COQ3 201412 of 2212.5%4.4%12Exited by Q3 2017+55%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Co IncQ4 20144 of 1141.5%2.7%18Exited by Q1 2020−3.4%
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INC FORMERLYQ4 20145 of 2271.7%4.3%44Held at last filing, Q2 2026+208%
HLT HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INCQ1 201622 of 2252.3%6.8%21Exited by Q2 2021+162%
JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INCQ2 20167 of 1330.5%4.7%40Held at last filing, Q2 2026+218%
COR AmerisourceBergen CorpQ2 201614 of 1580.3%5.7%15Exited by Q1 2020+7.2%
SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INCQ3 20167 of 1543.5%8.0%37Exited by Q4 2025+1.1%
QRVO QORVO INCQ3 20168 of 1732.5%8.2%40Held at last filing, Q2 2026+67%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCQ3 201623 of 2991.2%7.5%16Held at last filing, Q2 2026+197%
CAH CARDINAL HEALTH INCQ4 20169 of 1262.8%3.0%11Exited by Q3 2019−35%
CBRE CBRE GROUP INCQ4 201615 of 1582.1%4.5%24Exited by Q3 2025+345%
NTRS NORTHERN TR CORPQ1 20179 of 1171.3%2.0%10Exited by Q3 2019+4.0%
MCO MOODYS CORPQ1 201717 of 1761.6%1.8%10Exited by Q3 2019+74%
SPGI S&P Global IncQ1 201719 of 2471.4%3.3%12Exited by Q1 2020+109%
CACC CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICHQ2 201711 of 1020.5%4.2%10Exited by Q4 2020+32%
SNBRQ SLEEP NUMBER CORPQ4 20171 of 951.3%1.3%12Exited by Q1 2023−31%

Concentration and tenure

7.5%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
54.2%
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
3
Median completed holding, quarters