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Whale Rock Capital

Q3 2014 13F · by Alex Sacerdote, founder

As of
Sep 30, 2014
Filed
Nov 14, 2014
US stock
$733M · prev $769M
Positions
24 · prev 28
Options notional
$38M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture95.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 95.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 4.5%
  • Calls at notional value 0.4%

Moves36 since the prior filing

+35.9 pp in · −35.9 pp out

Options: 1 move on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Focused · behaves like 21 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 130% a year, about 0.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions30% of US stock

  1. MSFT Microsoft Corp added+1.83 pp added+1.837.0%
  2. unresolved Rf Microdevices Inc new+5.84 pp new+5.845.8%
  3. LRCX Lam Research Corp added+1.34 pp added+1.345.8%
  4. unresolved Textura Corp added+2.95 pp added+2.955.7%
  5. AAPL Apple Inc. trimmed+0.04 pp trimmed+0.045.6%

Positions24 in this filing · 11 exited

MSFTMicrosoft Corp6.96%1,101,122$51Madded+16%+1.83 pp3 q
unresolvedRf Microdevices Inc5.84%3,712,005$43Mnew+5.84 ppnew
LRCXLam Research Corp5.82%571,154$43Madded+12%+1.34 pp3 q
unresolvedTextura Corp5.69%1,578,818$42Madded+77%+2.95 pp2 q
AAPLApple Inc.5.59%406,592$41Mtrimmed−11%+0.04 pp3 q
BIDUBaidu, Inc.5.56%186,731$41Mnew+5.56 ppnew
MUMicron Technology, Inc.5.56%1,188,673$41Mtrimmed−1%+0.42 pp2 q
DATATableau Software, Inc.5.55%559,995$41Madded+50%+2.08 pp2 q
ZENZendesk Inc5.29%1,794,744$39Madded+30%+2.16 pp2 q
unresolvedPriceline Grp Inc5.26%33,265$39Mtrimmed−10%−0.51 pp6 q
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited5.03%414,930$37Mnew+5.03 ppnew
unresolvedImperva Inc4.40%1,122,390$32Madded+56%+1.95 pp2 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C4.23%53,680$31Mtrimmed−19%−0.74 pp2 q
NFLXNetFlix Inc3.95%64,130$29Mtrimmed0%+0.27 pp6 q
VIPSVipshop Holdings Limited3.85%149,325$28Madded+4%+0.35 pp5 q
WDAYWorkday, Inc. Class A3.82%339,059$28Mtrimmed−0%−0.14 pp6 q
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.3.78%282,488$28Mtrimmed−11%+0.30 pp2 q
unresolvedGoogle Inc.3.51%43,724$26Mtrimmed−0%+0.18 pp6 q
INFNInfinera Corporation2.80%1,926,325$21Mnew+2.80 ppnew
JDJD.com, Inc.2.79%790,967$20Mtrimmed−27%−1.24 pp2 q
SIMOSilicon Motion Technology Corporation2.74%745,183$20Mnew+2.74 ppnew
WIXWIX.com Ltd.1.10%496,273$8Madded+66%+0.33 pp2 q
unresolvedQlik Technologies Inc0.67%180,321$5Mnew+0.67 ppnew
PFPTProofpoint, Inc.0.23%45,000$2Mnew+0.23 ppnew
unresolvedQihoo 360 Technology Co. ADR—−665,819—exited−7.97 pp—
TRIPTripAdvisor, Inc.—−377,628—exited−5.34 pp—
unresolvedYahoo Inc—−1,014,331—exited−4.64 pp—
JMEINJumei International-adr—−1,306,825—exited−4.62 pp—
WUBA58.COM Inc—−512,026—exited−3.60 pp—
YELPYelp Inc.—−211,022—exited−2.10 pp—
CRTOCriteo S.A.—−448,887—exited−1.97 pp—
NBISNebius Group N.V. Class A—−238,012—exited−1.10 pp—
unresolvedIntegrated Device Technology—−530,000—exited−1.07 pp—
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc—−24,768—exited−1.05 pp—
unresolvedIcg Group Inc—−357,555—exited−0.97 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 2

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
International Business Machs PUT91.60%184,900$35M
E M C Corp Mass CALL8.40%1,100,000$3M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
2 defects · 6 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 268648902
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 459200951