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Whale Rock Capital

Q1 2017 13F · by Alex Sacerdote, founder

As of
Mar 31, 2017
Filed
May 15, 2017
US stock
$1.5B · prev $1.2B
Positions
25 · prev 29
Options notional
$371M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture79.8% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 79.8%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 20.2%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves38 since the prior filing

+25.9 pp in · −25.9 pp out

Options: 4 moves on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 19 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 85% a year, about 1.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions37% of US stock

  1. AMZN Amazon.Com Inc trimmed−0.84 pp trimmed−0.8410.0%
  2. unresolved Ellie Mae trimmed−0.93 pp trimmed−0.936.8%
  3. NTES NetEase, inc. added+1.18 pp added+1.186.8%
  4. META Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A added+0.92 pp added+0.926.6%
  5. NFLX NetFlix Inc added+3.88 pp added+3.886.6%

Positions25 in this filing · 9 exited

AMZNAmazon.Com Inc9.98%165,188$146Mtrimmed−5%−0.84 pp9 q
unresolvedEllie Mae6.79%994,501$100Mtrimmed−10%−0.93 pp10 q
NTESNetEase, inc.6.79%350,951$100Madded+12%+1.18 pp10 q
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A6.61%683,074$97Madded+15%+0.92 pp9 q
NFLXNetFlix Inc6.61%656,082$97Madded×2.5+3.88 pp2 q
AAPLApple Inc.6.37%650,821$93Madded×2.7+4.07 pp3 q
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A5.15%89,083$76Mtrimmed−8%−1.23 pp6 q
SHOPShopify Inc. Class A subordinate voting shares4.83%1,040,337$71Mtrimmed−13%+0.58 pp6 q
ZENZendesk Inc4.76%2,492,628$70Mtrimmed−4%+0.16 pp12 q
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics, Inc.4.42%1,155,356$65Madded+75%+3.13 pp3 q
LITELumentum Holdings Inc.3.50%962,339$51Mnew+3.50 ppnew
SYMCGen Digital Inc.3.45%1,648,826$51Mtrimmed−15%−0.41 pp4 q
NVDANvidia Corp3.27%440,068$48Mtrimmed−10%−1.09 pp7 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp3.18%708,096$47Mtrimmed−33%−2.27 pp5 q
OCLROclaro Inc3.14%4,686,495$46Mtrimmed−17%−1.08 pp7 q
PEGAPegasystems Inc2.96%989,934$43Madded0%0.00 pp2 q
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited2.86%388,955$42Mtrimmed−12%−0.35 pp6 q
FNFabrinet2.62%915,836$38Madded+49%+0.55 pp5 q
MXLMaxLinear, Inc.2.34%1,224,602$34Madded+55%+0.90 pp8 q
LRCXLam Research Corp2.09%238,936$31Mnew+2.09 ppnew
MELIMercado Libre, Inc2.07%143,385$30Mnew+2.07 ppnew
INSTInstructure Inc1.77%1,111,122$26Mnew+1.77 ppnew
ACIAAcacia Communications, Inc.1.60%400,928$24Mnew+1.60 ppnew
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.1.56%248,233$23Madded0%−0.13 pp7 q
unresolvedQuantenna Communications Inc1.30%912,601$19Madded+50%+0.38 pp2 q
unresolvedGigamon Inc—−1,334,312—exited−5.06 pp—
unresolvedArris Intl Inc—−1,629,849—exited−4.09 pp—
BNFTBenefitfocus, Inc.—−983,140—exited−2.43 pp—
EPAMEpam Systems, Inc.—−347,272—exited−1.86 pp—
LOGMLogMein, Inc.—−182,311—exited−1.47 pp—
VGVonage Holdings Corp—−2,338,977—exited−1.33 pp—
CRUSCirrus Logic Inc—−229,587—exited−1.08 pp—
YELPYelp Inc.—−325,222—exited−1.03 pp—
WWayfair Inc.—−34,939—exited−0.10 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 5

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Ishares Tr PUT40.72%1,100,000$151M
Spdr S&P 500 ETF Tr PUT22.22%350,000$83M
Facebook Inc PUT17.59%460,000$65M
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc PUT10.05%2,000,000$37M
Servicenow Inc PUT9.42%400,000$35M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
5 defects · 2 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 30303M952
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 44107P954
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 464287955
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 81762P952
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 78462F953