Guru Insights from Q1 2012

Posted on May 21st, 2012 by whalewisdom

This is a followup to last quarter’s Guru Insights.

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Not a whole lot changed from Q4 2011. Baidu dipped slightly out of the top 5 into a 5-way tie for 6th. SPDR Gold shares inched up into that same 5-way tie for 6th. Mastercard vaulted into the list and competitor Visa ticked up a few notches as well.

Stock	Ticker	Consensus: % of Guru’s holding this stock	Stock represents over 5% of Guru’s total holdings
Apple Inc.	AAPL	47.5%	ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEM (5.54%) APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT L (10.19%) BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL, L. (7.16%) COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC (17.87%) KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGE (10.21%) KLEINHEINZ CAPITAL PAR (7.29%) THIRD POINT LLC (5.34%) TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (12.37%) CONATUS CAPITAL MANAGE (6.33%)
Citigroup, Inc.	C	40%	APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT L (5.53%) PERSHING SQUARE CAPITA (11.83%)
Google Inc.	GOOG	37.5%	BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL, L. (5.53%) COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC (9.76%) EMINENCE CAPITAL LLC (7.12%) LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC (5.1%) TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (10.08%) VIKING GLOBAL INVESTOR (5.51%)
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	25%	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (17.88%)
priceline.com Incorporated	PCLN	25%	BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL, L. (6.59%) COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC (6.43%) TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (9.48%)
SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	22.5%	PAULSON & CO INC (18.94%) CONATUS CAPITAL MANAGE (5.32%)
QUALCOMM Incorporated	QCOM	22.5%	COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC (6.01%)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPM	22.5%
Capital One Financial Corp.	COF	22.5%
Baidu, Inc.	BIDU	22.5%
Mastercard Incorporated	MA	20%	TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (5.25%)
LAS VAGAS SANDS CORP	LVS	20%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	20%	VIKING GLOBAL INVESTOR (5.58%)
Visa, Inc.	V	17.5%	TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (5.37%)
Viacom Inc 6.85% Pfd	VIAB	17.5%
Unitedhealth Group, Inc.	UNH	17.5%
TRIPADVISOR INC	TRIP	17.5%
Sara Lee Corp.	SLE	17.5%	THIRD POINT LLC (5.44%)
Monsanto Co.	MON	17.5%	BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL, L. (5.73%) KLEINHEINZ CAPITAL PAR (5.46%)
Liberty Global Inc.	LBTYA	17.5%	COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC (5.31%) TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMEN (6.81%)
DIRECTV	DTV	17.5%	JANA PARTNERS LLC (6.5%) SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MAN (6.37%)
Bank of America Corporation	BAC	17.5%	FAIRHOLME CAPITAL MANA (13.11%)
Valero Energy Corp.	VLO	15%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	GS	15%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	15%	INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL (6.53%)
Owens Corning	OC	15%
Occidental Petroleum Corporation	OXY	15%	RELATIONAL INVESTORS L (9.58%)
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	15%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	15%	INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL (5.69%)
MARATHON PETROLEUM	MPC	15%	JANA PARTNERS LLC (11.52%)

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