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Whale Rock Capital

Q1 2014 13F · by Alex Sacerdote, founder

As of
Mar 31, 2014
Filed
May 15, 2014
US stock
$551M · prev $568M
Positions
23 · prev 23
Options notional
$36M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture92.6% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 92.6%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.4%
  • Puts at notional value 6.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves33 since the prior filing

+26.1 pp in · −26.1 pp out

Options: 2 moves on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 16 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 95% a year, about 1.1 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions43% of US stock

  1. unresolved Qihoo 360 Technology Co. ADR added+3.26 pp added+3.2612.9%
  2. unresolved Yahoo Inc trimmed−2.70 pp trimmed−2.709.8%
  3. unresolved Google Inc. trimmed+0.18 pp trimmed+0.187.7%
  4. AMZN Amazon.Com Inc trimmed−2.58 pp trimmed−2.586.5%
  5. MSFT Microsoft Corp new+6.24 pp new+6.246.2%

Positions23 in this filing · 8 exited

unresolvedQihoo 360 Technology Co. ADR12.92%715,037$71Madded+7%+3.26 pp4 q
unresolvedYahoo Inc9.79%1,503,182$54Mtrimmed−14%−2.70 pp4 q
unresolvedGoogle Inc.7.66%37,863$42Mtrimmed−0%+0.18 pp4 q
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc6.54%107,154$36Mtrimmed−17%−2.58 pp3 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp6.24%838,828$34Mnew+6.24 ppnew
TRIPTripAdvisor, Inc.6.22%378,394$34Madded+15%+1.42 pp4 q
VIPSVipshop Holdings Limited6.15%227,178$34Mtrimmed−19%+2.04 pp3 q
unresolvedPandora Media Inc5.58%1,014,341$31Mtrimmed−0%+0.82 pp4 q
WDAYWorkday, Inc. Class A5.15%310,459$28Mtrimmed−0%+0.60 pp4 q
YELPYelp Inc.4.88%349,562$27Mtrimmed−2%+0.56 pp3 q
NFLXNetFlix Inc3.99%62,462$22Mtrimmed−0%−0.07 pp4 q
unresolvedPriceline Grp Inc3.22%14,875$18Mtrimmed−51%−2.95 pp4 q
unresolvedInvensense Inc2.94%684,176$16Mnew+2.94 ppnew
HIMXHimax Technologies, Inc.2.91%1,390,050$16Madded+21%−0.07 pp2 q
AAPLApple Inc.2.65%27,247$15Mnew+2.65 ppnew
WUBA58.COM Inc2.61%345,144$14Mnew+2.61 ppnew
EPAMEpam Systems, Inc.2.09%350,338$12Madded+47%+0.62 pp4 q
ENVEnvestnet, Inc.1.94%266,672$11Mnew+1.94 ppnew
LRCXLam Research Corp1.85%184,908$10Mnew+1.85 ppnew
unresolvedTwenty First Centy Fox Inc1.69%298,644$9Mtrimmed−49%−1.87 pp3 q
unresolvedIcg Group Inc1.61%435,848$9Mnew+1.61 ppnew
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A1.04%94,979$6Mnew+1.04 ppnew
unresolvedTwenty First Centy Fox Inc0.35%60,514$2Mtrimmed−0%−0.03 pp3 q
MLCOMelco Resorts & Entertainment Limited—−632,853—exited−4.37 pp—
SPLKSplunk Inc—−229,726—exited−2.78 pp—
ASMLASML Holding NV—−147,749—exited−2.44 pp—
TWXTime Warner Inc—−195,739—exited−2.40 pp—
MAMastercard Incorporated—−144,250—exited−2.12 pp—
IACIIac / Interactivecorp (De) Com Stk—−172,249—exited−2.08 pp—
unresolvedCBS Corp—−174,164—exited−1.95 pp—
MDSOMedidata Solutions, Inc.—−183,152—exited−1.95 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 1

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
International Business Machs PUT100.00%185,500$36M

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Yandex NV100.00%283,932$9M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
1 defect · 9 unresolved
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 459200951