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Whale Rock Capital

Q1 2015 13F · by Alex Sacerdote, founder

As of
Mar 31, 2015
Filed
May 15, 2015
US stock
$947M · prev $875M
Positions
29 · prev 27
Options notional
$30M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture97.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 97.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 3.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves41 since the prior filing

+54.3 pp in · −54.3 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 · 199% a year, about 0.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions33% of US stock

  1. AAPL Apple Inc. added+3.13 pp added+3.138.7%
  2. META Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A new+6.39 pp new+6.396.4%
  3. QRVO Qorvo, Inc. new+6.07 pp new+6.076.1%
  4. unresolved Ellie Mae added+3.76 pp added+3.765.8%
  5. INFN Infinera Corporation trimmed−0.91 pp trimmed−0.915.6%

Positions29 in this filing · 11 exited

AAPLApple Inc.8.66%658,777$82Madded+50%+3.13 pp5 q
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A6.39%735,849$60Mnew+6.39 ppnew
QRVOQorvo, Inc.6.07%720,309$57Mnew+6.07 ppnew
unresolvedEllie Mae5.85%1,001,716$55Madded×2.2+3.76 pp2 q
INFNInfinera Corporation5.62%2,703,254$53Mtrimmed−30%−0.91 pp3 q
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.5.61%363,190$53Mtrimmed−6%+0.20 pp4 q
ZENZendesk Inc5.52%2,301,480$52Mtrimmed−0%−0.89 pp4 q
NTESNetEase, inc.5.38%483,942$51Madded×2.9+3.46 pp2 q
EAElectronic Arts Inc5.14%826,717$49Madded+54%+2.25 pp2 q
VIPSVipshop Holdings Limited4.69%1,508,637$44Madded+17%+1.81 pp7 q
unresolvedGrubhub Inc4.52%943,483$43Mnew+4.52 ppnew
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited4.22%479,897$40Mnew+4.22 ppnew
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc4.17%106,105$39Mnew+4.17 ppnew
DATATableau Software, Inc.4.16%425,445$39Mtrimmed−2%−0.06 pp4 q
JDJD.com, Inc.3.73%1,200,302$35Mnew+3.73 ppnew
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C2.77%47,842$26Madded+30%+0.55 pp4 q
MSCCMicrosemi Corp2.50%668,078$24Mnew+2.50 ppnew
IPHIInphi Corporation2.17%1,149,625$20Madded×3.2+1.42 pp2 q
LRCXLam Research Corp1.86%250,958$18Mtrimmed−53%−3.01 pp5 q
unresolvedGoogle Inc.1.43%24,357$14Madded+23%+0.23 pp8 q
STMSTMicroelectronics N.V.1.39%1,408,240$13Mnew+1.39 ppnew
WIXWIX.com Ltd.1.26%624,920$12Mtrimmed−0%−0.24 pp4 q
NXPINXP Semiconductors N.V.1.23%116,455$12Mnew+1.23 ppnew
unresolvedAvago Technologies Ltd1.23%91,615$12Mnew+1.23 ppnew
unresolvedPriceline Grp Inc1.16%9,423$11Mtrimmed−73%−3.33 pp8 q
MTSIMACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc1.10%279,206$10Mnew+1.10 ppnew
unresolvedImperva Inc1.08%239,366$10Mtrimmed−82%−6.32 pp4 q
SWKSSkyworks Solutions Inc0.62%59,666$6Mnew+0.62 ppnew
WUBA58.COM Inc0.48%85,540$5Mnew+0.48 ppnew
unresolvedRf Microdevices Inc—−4,331,267—exited−8.21 pp—
MSFTMicrosoft Corp—−1,089,585—exited−5.78 pp—
BIDUBaidu, Inc.—−197,601—exited−5.15 pp—
unresolvedTextura Corp—−1,324,170—exited−4.31 pp—
MUMicron Technology, Inc.—−1,060,878—exited−4.24 pp—
unresolvedInternational Business Machs—−184,900—exited−3.39 pp—
unresolvedQlik Technologies Inc—−880,802—exited−3.11 pp—
SIMOSilicon Motion Technology Corporation—−814,166—exited−2.20 pp—
YYJOYY Inc.—−183,303—exited−1.31 pp—
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.—−228,252—exited−1.30 pp—
WDAYWorkday, Inc. Class A—−75,876—exited−0.71 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 1

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
International Business Machs PUT100.00%184,800$30M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

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