Whale Rock Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2016
Holdings as of December 31, 2016 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Whale Rock Capital Management disclosed 29 US equity positions worth $1.2bn in its Q4 2016 13F filing. The largest position was AMZN at 10.8% of the reported book, followed by ELLIE MAE INC and GOOGL. Against the Q3 2016 filing, it opened 5 new positions, added to 7 and reduced 14 among the top 29 holdings.
What did Whale Rock Capital Management own in Q4 2016? Top 29 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMZN AMAZON COM INC | Consumer Cyclical | 10.8% | $130.0m | 173,355 | -8% | reduced |
| 2 | ELLIE MAE INC | 7.7% | $92.7m | 1,107,323 | 29% | added | |
| 3 | GOOGL ALPHABET INC | Communication Services | 6.4% | $76.6m | 96,656 | -9% | reduced |
| 4 | META FACEBOOK INC | Communication Services | 5.7% | $68.3m | 593,635 | 1% | added |
| 5 | NTES NETEASE INC | Communication Services | 5.6% | $67.4m | 312,778 | 18% | added |
| 6 | MSFT MICROSOFT CORP | Technology | 5.4% | $65.4m | 1,053,090 | 9% | added |
| 7 | GIGAMON INC | 5.1% | $60.8m | 1,334,312 | 53% | added | |
| 8 | ZENDESK INC | 4.6% | $55.2m | 2,604,721 | -5% | reduced | |
| 9 | NVDA NVIDIA CORP | Technology | 4.4% | $52.3m | 490,199 | 21% | added |
| 10 | SHOP SHOPIFY INC | Technology | 4.2% | $51.0m | 1,190,320 | -15% | reduced |
| 11 | OCLARO INC | 4.2% | $50.6m | 5,656,871 | -15% | reduced | |
| 12 | ARRIS INTL INC | 4.1% | $49.1m | 1,629,849 | -4% | reduced | |
| 13 | SYMANTEC CORP | 3.9% | $46.3m | 1,938,790 | -28% | reduced | |
| 14 | BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD | Consumer Cyclical | 3.2% | $38.6m | 439,583 | -27% | reduced |
| 15 | PEGA PEGASYSTEMS INC | Technology | 3.0% | $35.6m | 988,989 | – | new |
| 16 | NFLX NETFLIX INC | Communication Services | 2.7% | $32.8m | 265,061 | – | new |
| 17 | BENEFITFOCUS INC | 2.4% | $29.2m | 983,140 | – | new | |
| 18 | AAPL APPLE INC | Technology | 2.3% | $27.6m | 238,073 | -36% | reduced |
| 19 | FN FABRINET | Technology | 2.1% | $24.8m | 615,755 | -49% | reduced |
| 20 | EPAM EPAM SYS INC | Technology | 1.9% | $22.3m | 347,272 | -14% | reduced |
| 21 | MPWR MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INC | Technology | 1.7% | $20.3m | 247,998 | 0% | held |
| 22 | LOGMEIN INC | 1.5% | $17.6m | 182,311 | – | new | |
| 23 | MXL MAXLINEAR INC | Technology | 1.4% | $17.3m | 792,310 | -46% | reduced |
| 24 | VONAGE HLDGS CORP | 1.3% | $16.0m | 2,338,977 | 0% | held | |
| 25 | AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC | Technology | 1.3% | $15.5m | 659,441 | 0% | held |
| 26 | CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INC | Technology | 1.1% | $13.0m | 229,587 | -58% | reduced |
| 27 | YELP YELP INC | Communication Services | 1.0% | $12.4m | 325,222 | 19% | added |
| 28 | QUANTENNA COMMUNICATIONS INC | 0.9% | $11.0m | 608,975 | – | new | |
| 29 | W WAYFAIR INC | Consumer Cyclical | 0.1% | $1.2m | 34,939 | -92% | reduced |
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.