Kerrisdale Advisers 13F annual report

Kerrisdale Advisers is an investment fund managing more than $320 billion ran by Edward Gu. There are currently 92 companies in Mr. Gu’s portfolio. The largest investments include Sysco and Visa Inc, together worth $50.7 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$320 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Kerrisdale Advisers’s top holding is 425,382 shares of Sysco currently worth over $30.4 billion and making up 9.5% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Sysco, Kerrisdale Advisers owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 77,559 shares of Visa Inc worth $20.4 billion, whose value fell 6.3% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Noble Corp Plc worth $15.3 billion and the next is Diageo plc worth $14.9 billion, with 118,449 shares owned.

Currently, Kerrisdale Advisers's portfolio is worth at least $320 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Kerrisdale Advisers

The Kerrisdale Advisers office and employees reside in Miami, Florida. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Edward Gu serves as the CCO at Kerrisdale Advisers.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Kerrisdale Advisers revealed that it had opened a new position in Ark 21shares Bitcoin Etf and bought 64,087 shares worth $3.84 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Sysco by buying 195,950 additional shares. This makes their stake in Sysco total 425,382 shares worth $30.4 billion. Sysco soared 6.2% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Kerrisdale Advisers is getting rid of from its portfolio. Kerrisdale Advisers closed its position in Scotts Miracle-Gro on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 35,174 shares for $2.62 billion. Edward Gu also disclosed a decreased stake in Visa Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $20.4 billion and 77,559 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Kerrisdale Advisers are Etf Portfolio Partners and Svf Sponsor Iii (de). They manage $319 billion and $320 billion respectively.


Edward Gu investment strategy

Kerrisdale Advisers’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Staples — making up 14.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 45.7% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 30% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $97.9 billion.

The complete list of Kerrisdale Advisers trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Sysco Corp.
85.41%
425,382
$30,368,021,000 9.50%
Visa Inc
4.48%
77,559
$20,356,911,000 6.37%
Noble Corp Plc
12.67%
343,255
$15,326,336,000 4.80%
Diageo plc
9.67%
118,449
$14,934,050,000 4.67%
Alphabet Inc
11.07%
81,292
$14,807,338,000 4.63%
Sotera Health Co
No change
967,914
$11,489,139,000 3.60%
Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl
28.73%
91,440
$9,443,009,000 2.96%
Wabtec
45.12%
58,406
$9,231,068,000 2.89%
Valaris Ltd
25.73%
115,179
$8,580,836,000 2.69%
Amazon.com Inc.
64.19%
38,543
$7,448,435,000 2.33%
CSX Corp.
No change
221,940
$7,423,893,000 2.32%
Aon plc.
24.86%
24,382
$7,158,068,000 2.24%
Microsoft Corporation
No change
14,655
$6,550,052,000 2.05%
Union Pac Corp
3.50%
27,672
$6,261,067,000 1.96%
Zoom Video Communications In
1.53%
104,029
$6,157,477,000 1.93%
Endava plc
252.29%
206,129
$6,027,212,000 1.89%
Bancolombia S.A.
9.83%
183,390
$5,987,684,000 1.87%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
77,586
$5,586,192,000 1.75%
Bank America Corp
27.76%
135,254
$5,379,052,000 1.68%
Madison Square Garden Entmt
17.87%
155,468
$5,321,670,000 1.67%
International Mny Express In
2.85%
251,813
$5,247,783,000 1.64%
S&P Global Inc
5.25%
11,503
$5,130,338,000 1.61%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
8.67%
11,488
$5,008,194,000 1.57%
CPI Card Group Inc
17.61%
159,122
$4,336,075,000 1.36%
Salesforce Inc
28.47%
16,651
$4,280,972,000 1.34%
Korn Ferry
21.08%
58,700
$3,941,118,000 1.23%
Ark 21shares Bitcoin Etf
Opened
64,087
$3,843,938,000 1.20%
Moodys Corp
9.10%
8,793
$3,701,237,000 1.16%
Epam Sys Inc
576.14%
19,324
$3,635,038,000 1.14%
Mosaic Co New
No change
124,620
$3,601,518,000 1.13%
Knight-swift Transn Hldgs In
3.20%
69,157
$3,452,317,000 1.08%
U-Haul Holding Company
No change
67,955
$4,100,400,000 1.28%
MercadoLibre Inc
Opened
2,010
$3,303,234,000 1.03%
Garrett Motion Inc
3.76%
362,726
$3,115,816,000 0.98%
Deere & Co.
5.29%
8,024
$2,998,007,000 0.94%
Bitwise Bitcoin Etf Tr
Opened
87,983
$2,876,164,000 0.90%
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Closed
35,174
$2,623,629,000
Dropbox Inc
66.50%
111,915
$2,514,730,000 0.79%
T-Mobile US, Inc.
No change
14,085
$2,481,495,000 0.78%
St. Joe Co.
No change
37,803
$2,067,824,000 0.65%
ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
490.84%
161,830
$2,066,569,000 0.65%
Charles Riv Labs Intl Inc
11.13%
9,780
$2,020,352,000 0.63%
Fox Factory Hldg Corp
111.18%
40,494
$1,951,406,000 0.61%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
21.35%
12,455
$1,936,503,000 0.61%
Lam Research Corp.
11.92%
1,737
$1,849,644,000 0.58%
Thoughtworks Holding Inc
5.27%
641,170
$1,820,923,000 0.57%
Boeing Co.
6.05%
9,990
$1,818,280,000 0.57%
Ball Corp.
Closed
25,476
$1,716,063,000
Us Bancorp Del
No change
41,471
$1,646,399,000 0.52%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
27,696
$1,644,865,000 0.51%
Henry Schein Inc.
22.26%
25,496
$1,634,294,000 0.51%
Petroleo Brasileiro Sa Petro
11.13%
111,126
$1,610,216,000 0.50%
CRH Plc
33.39%
21,236
$1,592,275,000 0.50%
Norfolk Southn Corp
No change
6,578
$1,412,231,000 0.44%
PayPal Holdings Inc
Closed
20,251
$1,356,614,000
JD.com Inc
No change
48,165
$1,244,584,000 0.39%
Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin
Opened
21,102
$1,107,011,000 0.35%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
45.37%
2,117
$1,078,103,000 0.34%
Cronos Group Inc
1.25%
458,247
$1,067,716,000 0.33%
Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
Opened
19,420
$991,003,000 0.31%
Perion Network Ltd.
Opened
118,523
$989,667,000 0.31%
Laboratory Corp Amer Hldgs
Closed
4,369
$954,452,000
NexGen Energy Ltd
No change
136,783
$953,916,000 0.30%
Labcorp Holdings Inc.
Opened
4,369
$889,135,000 0.28%
Cameco Corp.
No change
17,065
$839,598,000 0.26%
CBRE Group Inc
46.30%
9,202
$819,990,000 0.26%
Payoneer Global Inc
Closed
157,955
$767,661,000
Ecopetrol S A
10.93%
67,555
$755,940,000 0.24%
Vimeo Inc
Opened
201,600
$751,968,000 0.24%
Atkore Inc
10.28%
5,540
$747,512,000 0.23%
Uber Technologies Inc
Opened
10,245
$744,607,000 0.23%
Asml Holding N V
45.56%
699
$714,888,000 0.22%
Obsidian Energy Ltd.
6.60%
84,060
$628,848,000 0.20%
Keysight Technologies Inc
No change
4,263
$582,965,000 0.18%
Tetra Technologies, Inc.
Opened
168,182
$581,910,000 0.18%
DocuSign Inc
No change
10,655
$570,043,000 0.18%
Warner Music Group Corp.
22.43%
18,530
$567,945,000 0.18%
Hudson Technologies, Inc.
Opened
57,900
$508,941,000 0.16%
Intel Corp.
Opened
16,235
$502,798,000 0.16%
Roku Inc
25.76%
8,250
$494,423,000 0.15%
Silgan Holdings Inc.
51.35%
11,545
$488,700,000 0.15%
NetEase Inc
Closed
4,422
$457,544,000
Avid Bioservices Inc
No change
62,306
$444,865,000 0.14%
Occidental Pete Corp
No change
7,050
$444,362,000 0.14%
KraneShares Trust
Closed
15,385
$403,856,000
Futu Hldgs Ltd
No change
6,095
$399,862,000 0.13%
Leslies Inc
Opened
90,070
$377,393,000 0.12%
FIGS, Inc.
No change
69,157
$368,607,000 0.12%
Aptargroup Inc.
Closed
2,180
$313,680,000
Vital Energy Inc
37.17%
6,591
$295,409,000 0.09%
Applied Matls Inc
No change
1,215
$286,728,000 0.09%
CarParts.com Inc
Opened
271,575
$271,575,000 0.08%
Weibo Corp
No change
34,826
$267,464,000 0.08%
Up Fintech Hldg Ltd
No change
58,325
$244,965,000 0.08%
Composecure Inc
Closed
32,323
$233,695,000
RCM Technologies, Inc.
No change
11,737
$219,717,000 0.07%
Adobe Inc
Opened
375
$208,328,000 0.07%
Denison Mines Corp
5.75%
86,800
$172,732,000 0.05%
Grupo Aval Acciones Y Valore
No change
75,000
$163,500,000 0.05%
Lee Enterprises, Inc.
No change
13,763
$152,907,000 0.05%
Cutera Inc
20.52%
84,205
$127,150,000 0.04%
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