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Whale Rock Capital Management LLC 13F holdings, Q3 2018

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2018-09-30, filed 2018-11-14

Whale Rock Capital Management LLC disclosed 35 US equity positions worth $4.5bn in its Q3 2018 13F filing. Its largest position is AMZN at 9.1% of the reported book, followed by MDB and NFLX. Versus Q2 2018 it opened 11 new positions, added to 9, reduced 8 and exited 9.

$4.5bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
35
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
9.1%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
51.3%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
24
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 Q2 2018: 11 new, 9 added, 8 reduced, 9 exited

35 rows
AMZN AMAZON COM INCConsumer Cyclical9.1%$410m204,833+15%added
MDB MONGODB INCTechnology7.0%$312m3.83m0.0%held
NFLX NETFLIX INC.Communication Services5.7%$254m678,559+1.0%added
XYZ BLOCK INCTechnology5.1%$230m2.33m+1.8%added
SHOP SHOPIFY INCTechnology4.8%$216m1.31m−7.8%reduced
NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATIONTechnology4.1%$184m653,612−1.9%reduced
TWLO TWILIO INCTechnology4.1%$183m2.12m+84%added
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services3.8%$172m1.05m−10.0%reduced
COUPEUR COUPA SOFTWARE INC–3.8%$172m2.17m−4.2%reduced
WDAY WORKDAY INCTechnology3.7%$168m1.15m–new
OKTA OKTA INCTechnology3.6%$159m2.27m–new
MTCH MATCH GROUP INCCommunication Services3.4%$155m2.67m+51%added
ZEN1EUR ZENDESK INC–3.4%$152m2.14m−0.1%held
CRM SALESFORCE INCTechnology3.2%$145m912,103–new
DAY DAYFORCE INC–3.2%$144m3.42m+135%added
RNG RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology3.0%$133m1.43m−0.1%held
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology2.9%$129m1.12m−0.1%held
BABA ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTDConsumer Cyclical2.8%$124m753,029−6.3%reduced
NOW SERVICENOW INCTechnology2.7%$121m618,733–new
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services2.7%$120m99,081−0.1%held
TLND TALEND S A–2.4%$106m1.53m−48%reduced
SAILEUR SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES HLDGS–2.3%$104m3.04m+89%added
ROKU ROKU INCCommunication Services2.3%$103m1.41m+88%added
PLURALSIGHT INC no ticker–2.2%$99.9m3.12m–new
AYXEUR ALTERYX INC–1.9%$85.1m1.49m–new
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer Cyclical1.5%$67.5m1.14m+36%added
LNWO LIGHT & WONDER INCConsumer Cyclical1.5%$66.3m2.61m−0.1%held
MPWR MONOLITHIC PWR SYS INCTechnology0.9%$39.8m317,073−0.1%held
MIMECAST LTD no ticker–0.9%$38.3m915,488−24%reduced
PTC PTC INCTechnology0.8%$38.0m357,638–new
SMARGBP SMARTSHEET INC–0.4%$20.0m639,153–new
FTCHQ FARFETCH LTDConsumer Cyclical0.4%$19.1m700,000–new
KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA INDS INCTechnology0.3%$12.7m530,907−76%reduced
EB4 EVENTBRITE INC–0.07%$3.0m80,000–new
SVMKUSD SVMK INC–0.04%$1.6m100,000–new

Exited since Q2 2018

9 rows
VMWEUR VMWARE INC3.3%$117m
Z ZILLOW GROUP INC2.2%$77.4m
AVLRUSD AVALARA INC1.8%$64.3m
HUBS HUBSPOT INC1.8%$64.1m
LITE LUMENTUM HLDGS INC1.6%$54.4m
INTC INTEL CORP1.5%$53.0m
ELLIE MAE INC no ticker1.3%$44.6m
SPLKCHF SPLUNK INC0.9%$31.6m
PFPT PROOFPOINT INC0.9%$30.1m

Sector mix

  • Technology46.2%
  • Unclassified20.6%
  • Communication Services17.9%
  • Consumer Cyclical15.3%

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

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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