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Gates Foundation Trust

Q1 2020 13F · by Michael Larson, CIO

As of
Mar 31, 2020
Filed
May 15, 2020
US stock
$17.4B · prev $21.4B
Positions
23 · prev 16
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

Full picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves8 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 4 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Low turnover · 18% a year, about 5.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions80% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed−5.62 pp trimmed−5.6247.3%
  2. WM Waste Management, Inc. held held9.9%
  3. CNI Canadian National Railway held held7.7%
  4. WMT Walmart Inc. held held7.6%
  5. CAT Caterpillar Inc. held held7.5%

Positions23 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B47.32%44,912,525$8.2Btrimmed−10%−5.62 pp28 q
WMWaste Management, Inc.9.94%18,633,672$1.7Bheld—28 q
CNICanadian National Railway7.66%17,126,874$1.3Bheld—28 q
WMTWalmart Inc.7.60%11,603,000$1.3Bheld—28 q
CATCaterpillar Inc.7.53%11,260,857$1.3Bheld—28 q
CCICrown Castle Inc.4.44%5,332,900$770Mheld—22 q
ECLEcolab, Inc.3.92%4,366,426$680Mheld—28 q
UPSUnited Parcel Service, Inc. Class B2.44%4,525,329$423Mheld—22 q
FDXFedEx Corporation2.11%3,024,999$367Mheld—28 q
SDGRSchrodinger, Inc.1.73%6,981,665$301Mnew+1.73 ppnew
KOFCoca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B DE C.V1.44%6,214,719$250Mheld—28 q
AAPLApple Inc.0.73%501,044$127Mnew+0.73 ppnew
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc0.68%60,460$118Mnew+0.68 ppnew
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited0.62%552,383$107Mnew+0.62 ppnew
TVGrupo Televisa S.A.0.56%16,879,104$98Mheld—28 q
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C0.33%3,639,349$57Mheld—28 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C0.29%42,981$50Mnew+0.29 ppnew
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A0.29%43,107$50Mnew+0.29 ppnew
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.20%2,119,515$35Mheld—28 q
ARCOArcos Dorados Holdings Inc.0.06%3,060,500$10Mheld—25 q
TWTRTwitter, Inc.0.04%272,420$7Mnew+0.04 ppnew
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd. Class C0.04%636,044$7Mheld—9 q
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd. Class A0.02%370,424$4Mheld—9 q

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 0 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet