Whale Rock Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2017
Holdings as of March 31, 2017 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Whale Rock Capital Management disclosed 25 US equity positions worth $1.5bn in its Q1 2017 13F filing. The largest position was AMZN at 10.0% of the reported book, followed by ELLIE MAE INC and NTES. Against the Q4 2016 filing, it opened 5 new positions, added to 8 and reduced 10 among the top 25 holdings.
What did Whale Rock Capital Management own in Q1 2017? Top 25 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q4 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMZN AMAZON COM INC | Consumer Cyclical | 10.0% | $146.4m | 165,188 | -5% | reduced |
| 2 | ELLIE MAE INC | 6.8% | $99.7m | 994,501 | -10% | reduced | |
| 3 | NTES NETEASE INC | Communication Services | 6.8% | $99.7m | 350,951 | 12% | added |
| 4 | META FACEBOOK INC | Communication Services | 6.6% | $97.0m | 683,074 | 15% | added |
| 5 | NFLX NETFLIX INC | Communication Services | 6.6% | $97.0m | 656,082 | 148% | added |
| 6 | AAPL APPLE INC | Technology | 6.4% | $93.5m | 650,821 | 173% | added |
| 7 | GOOGL ALPHABET INC | Communication Services | 5.1% | $75.5m | 89,083 | -8% | reduced |
| 8 | SHOP SHOPIFY INC | Technology | 4.8% | $70.8m | 1,040,337 | -13% | reduced |
| 9 | ZENDESK INC | 4.8% | $69.9m | 2,492,628 | -4% | reduced | |
| 10 | AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC | Technology | 4.4% | $64.9m | 1,155,356 | 75% | added |
| 11 | LITE LUMENTUM HLDGS INC | Technology | 3.5% | $51.3m | 962,339 | – | new |
| 12 | SYMANTEC CORP | 3.4% | $50.6m | 1,648,826 | -15% | reduced | |
| 13 | NVDA NVIDIA CORP | Technology | 3.3% | $47.9m | 440,068 | -10% | reduced |
| 14 | MSFT MICROSOFT CORP | Technology | 3.2% | $46.6m | 708,096 | -33% | reduced |
| 15 | OCLARO INC | 3.1% | $46.0m | 4,686,495 | -17% | reduced | |
| 16 | PEGA PEGASYSTEMS INC | Technology | 3.0% | $43.4m | 989,934 | 0% | held |
| 17 | BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD | Consumer Cyclical | 2.9% | $41.9m | 388,955 | -12% | reduced |
| 18 | FN FABRINET | Technology | 2.6% | $38.5m | 915,836 | 49% | added |
| 19 | MXL MAXLINEAR INC | Technology | 2.3% | $34.4m | 1,224,602 | 55% | added |
| 20 | LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORP | Technology | 2.1% | $30.7m | 238,936 | – | new |
| 21 | MELI MERCADOLIBRE INC | Consumer Cyclical | 2.1% | $30.3m | 143,385 | – | new |
| 22 | INSTRUCTURE INC | 1.8% | $26.0m | 1,111,122 | – | new | |
| 23 | ACIA ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS INC | 1.6% | $23.5m | 400,928 | – | new | |
| 24 | MPWR MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INC | Technology | 1.6% | $22.9m | 248,233 | 0% | held |
| 25 | QUANTENNA COMMUNICATIONS INC | 1.3% | $19.0m | 912,601 | 50% | added |
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.