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Whale Rock Capital Management LLC 13F holdings, Q4 2017

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Whale Rock Capital Management LLC disclosed 28 US equity positions worth $2.1bn in its Q4 2017 13F filing. Its largest position is AMZN at 12.4% of the reported book, followed by SHOP and BABA. Versus Q3 2017 it opened 4 new positions, added to 13, reduced 7 and exited 8.

$2.1bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
28
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
12.4%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
64.0%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
18
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
79
Quarters on file since Q4 2006
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2017: 4 new, 13 added, 7 reduced, 8 exited

28 rows
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical12.4%$264m226,104+27%added
SHOP SHOPIFY INCTechnology7.7%$165m1.64m+24%added
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTDConsumer Cyclical7.5%$159m922,429+16%added
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services7.3%$155m879,392+17%added
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services6.5%$138m130,840+46%added
LNWO LIGHT & WONDER INCConsumer Cyclical5.0%$107m2.09m−0.1%held
YYEUR YY INC–5.0%$106m935,962+241%added
MELI MERCADOLIBREConsumer Cyclical4.9%$105m333,839+80%added
LITE LUMENTUM HLDGS INCTechnology4.0%$84.4m1.73m+8.6%added
KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA INDS INCTechnology3.8%$81.4m3.35m+17%added
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Communication Services3.7%$78.7m409,734−0.1%held
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology3.5%$74.4m869,972–new
ELLIE MAE INC no ticker–3.3%$70.5m789,136−12%reduced
ZEN1EUR ZENDESK INC–2.9%$61.1m1.81m+25%added
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPTechnology2.9%$61.0m331,596−31%reduced
MULEUSD MULESOFT INC–2.8%$59.0m2.54m+2502%added
NTES NETEASE COM INCCommunication Services2.6%$55.0m159,456−23%reduced
NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATIONTechnology2.4%$51.5m266,117−49%reduced
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology2.2%$46.8m1.14m+84%added
ASML ASML HLDG NVTechnology2.0%$42.5m244,287−38%reduced
RNG RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology1.7%$36.0m743,568−26%reduced
HIMX HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology1.5%$31.7m3.04m+76%added
MPWR MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INCTechnology1.3%$27.8m247,392−0.1%held
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology1.1%$24.3m143,840–new
BOX BOX INCTechnology0.8%$16.9m798,418–new
PRO PROS HOLDINGS INC–0.8%$16.1m608,485–new
APPN APPIAN CORPTechnology0.4%$7.7m244,143−0.1%held
BL BLACKLINE INCTechnology0.3%$6.1m185,152−73%reduced

Exited since Q3 2017

8 rows
PEGA PEGASYSTEMS INC3.1%$59.4m
TSLA TESLA INC2.8%$53.4m
CGNX COGNEX CORP2.6%$49.8m
XYZ BLOCK INC2.3%$44.3m
STMP STAMPS COM INC1.5%$28.5m
INSTEUR INSTRUCTURE INC1.3%$25.4m
OKTA OKTA INC0.1%$2.7m
ROKU ROKU INC0.07%$1.3m

Sector mix

  • Technology35.5%
  • Consumer Cyclical29.8%
  • Communication Services20.0%
  • Unclassified14.7%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (79)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202635$12.5bn
Q1 202635$7.7bn
Q4 202532$7.8bn
Q3 202536$8.5bn
Q2 202542$7.2bn
Q1 202532$5.8bn
Q4 202438$8.4bn
Q3 202436$7.1bn
Q2 202439$7.1bn
Q1 202433$6.7bn
Q4 202338$5.6bn
Q3 202340$5.0bn
Q2 202341$5.8bn
Q1 202341$4.5bn
Q4 202239$3.0bn
Q3 202240$3.6bn
Q2 202234$3.4bn
Q1 202249$8.1bn
Q4 202149$11.8bn
Q3 202169$15.2bn
Q2 202162$15.3bn
Q1 202149$12.2bn
Q4 202052$15.0bn
Q3 202046$14.7bn
Q2 202042$12.5bn
Q1 202049$7.3bn
Q4 201940$5.9bn
Q3 201939$5.4bn
Q2 201943$5.7bn
Q1 201938$5.3bn
Q4 201828$3.1bn
Q3 201835$4.5bn
Q2 201833$3.5bn
Q1 201830$2.9bn
Q4 201728$2.1bn
Q3 201732$1.9bn
Q2 201728$1.4bn
Q1 201725$1.5bn
Q4 201629$1.2bn
Q3 201630$1.3bn
Q2 201631$1.2bn
Q1 201635$1.1bn
Q4 201533$1.2bn
Q3 201536$1.0bn
Q2 201534$1.1bn
Q1 201529$947m
Q4 201427$875m
Q3 201424$733m
Q2 201428$769m
Q1 201424$560m
Q4 201323$568m
Q3 201330$551m
Q2 201328$444m
Q1 201326$307m
Q4 201230$283m
Q3 201221$242m
Q2 201217$146m
Q1 201227$241m
Q4 201123$130m
Q3 201116$121m
Q2 201122$247m
Q1 201128$247m
Q4 201026$221m
Q3 201027$155m
Q2 201023$149m
Q1 201038$309m
Q4 200936$220m
Q3 200943$274m
Q2 200936$190m
Q1 200927$116m
Q4 200827$119m
Q3 200822$134m
Q2 200827$245m
Q1 200828$207m
Q4 200725$341m
Q3 200729$305m
Q2 200723$242m
Q1 200718$191m
Q4 200621$147m

Where Whale Rock Capital Management LLC was early

127 rows
TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SPQ1 20075 of 791.6%1.6%2Exited by Q3 2007−7.3%
DECK DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPQ2 20071 of 1855.4%7.4%5Exited by Q3 2008+38%
DDS DILLARDS INCQ2 20072 of 1132.6%9.6%13Exited by Q1 2013+133%
CROX CROCS INCQ2 20073 of 1562.1%5.7%5Exited by Q1 2010−87%
BIDU BAIDU INCQ2 20075 of 2316.5%6.5%13Exited by Q1 2015+1257%
MSTR MICROSTRATEGY INCQ3 20071 of 1431.2%8.8%17Exited by Q3 2016+121%
MPWR MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INCQ3 20072 of 1521.5%8.3%36Exited by Q2 2025+2183%
M MACYS INCQ3 20073 of 1772.0%2.0%3Exited by Q1 2010−48%
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH COQ3 20074 of 1464.0%4.0%4Exited by Q4 2008−51%
GAP GAP INC DELQ3 20074 of 1582.9%2.9%3Exited by Q2 2008+6.7%
EHTH EHEALTH INCQ4 20071 of 1053.0%3.0%2Exited by Q2 2008−31%
MELI MERCADOLIBRE INCQ4 20072 of 2242.6%4.9%33Exited by Q1 2026+2626%
MGM MGM MIRAGEQ1 20083 of 2122.6%4.8%4Exited by Q1 2009−77%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ1 200810 of 2560.9%15.9%24Exited by Q1 2024+439%
MYRG MYR GROUP INC DELQ3 20081 of 1041.6%5.2%5Exited by Q4 2009+67%
ADI ANALOG DEVICES INCQ3 20082 of 2026.1%7.1%8Exited by Q3 2019+328%
VSH VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INCQ3 20083 of 1340.2%2.6%5Exited by Q2 2012+104%
TGT TARGET CORPQ3 20087 of 1915.7%7.5%2Exited by Q2 2009−30%
AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INCQ4 20083 of 2113.8%6.9%8Exited by Q4 2023+606%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ4 20084 of 2533.9%4.1%6Exited by Q2 2021+713%
HST HOST HOTELS & RESORTS INCQ1 20091 of 1270.5%2.3%2Exited by Q3 2009+114%
TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARQ1 20093 of 2137.6%7.6%8Exited by Q2 2013+93%
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Q1 20094 of 3013.8%8.9%32Exited by Q2 2026+15582%
EFII ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INCQ2 20091 of 541.9%4.1%5Exited by Q3 2010−8.5%
SFLY SHUTTERFLY INCQ2 20091 of 822.1%2.7%2Exited by Q4 2009+19%
EBAY EBAY INCQ3 200913 of 18611.0%11.0%7Exited by Q3 2013+119%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ4 200921 of 3202.4%5.6%11Exited by Q3 2024+1146%
FNSR FINISAR CORPQ1 20101 of 683.1%5.4%3Exited by Q2 2011–
KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA INDS INCQ1 20101 of 1033.6%3.8%11Exited by Q2 2020+188%
SSP SCRIPPS E W CO OHIOQ1 20101 of 734.1%5.3%2Exited by Q3 2010−12%
IMAX IMAX CORPQ1 20105 of 1163.0%3.2%3Exited by Q4 2010−6.3%
NTCT NETSCOUT SYS INCQ3 20101 of 914.2%4.2%2Exited by Q1 2011+12%
ALLT ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTDQ4 20101 of 570.4%2.7%6Exited by Q4 2012+128%
RDWR RADWARE LTDQ4 20101 of 663.9%5.0%6Exited by Q2 2012−0.2%
CRUS CIRRUS LOGIC INCQ4 20103 of 1082.2%3.0%12Exited by Q1 2021+414%
ATML ATMEL CORPQ4 20104 of 562.6%2.6%3Exited by Q3 2015–
FFIV F5 NETWORKS INCQ4 20104 of 1411.9%4.1%3Exited by Q3 2012−24%
SMTC SEMTECH CORPQ1 20111 of 1632.8%3.7%8Exited by Q1 2026+195%
FN FABRINETQ1 20114 of 1360.6%4.4%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026+2688%
PEGA PEGASYSTEMS INCQ2 20112 of 1372.8%7.8%7Exited by Q4 2017+148%
IPHI INPHI CORPQ4 20111 of 1031.3%2.2%9Exited by Q4 2016–
ON ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPQ4 20112 of 2446.3%6.3%8Exited by Q1 2024+982%
MLCO MELCO CROWN ENTMT LTDQ4 20113 of 1082.5%7.7%9Exited by Q1 2014+308%
YELP YELP INCQ1 20121 of 1430.4%4.8%11Exited by Q1 2017+42%
CRM SALESFORCE INCQ1 20127 of 3032.2%5.0%18Exited by Q1 2025+766%
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INCQ2 20123 of 2032.8%6.3%12Exited by Q3 2021−9.8%
WDAY WORKDAY INCQ4 20121 of 2634.5%8.5%27Exited by Q2 2024+400%
MA MASTERCARD INCQ4 201221 of 2632.5%2.5%5Exited by Q1 2014+70%
EPAM EPAM SYS INCQ1 20131 of 1640.6%2.7%12Exited by Q1 2017+177%
ASML ASML HOLDING N VQ1 20133 of 2345.3%5.3%9Exited by Q2 2022+882%

Concentration and tenure

10.0%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
59.3%
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