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Sands Capital Management, LLC 13F Portfolio Snapshot & Holdings (Q2 2026)
Sands Capital Management, LLCCIK: 0001020066
Diversified strategyContrarianSector-focused
Total reported value
$26.9B
Reporting period: 2026-06-30 · Number of holdings: 71
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC disclosed 71 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-06-30, with total reported value of $26.9B and a quarterly turnover rate of 35.0%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 14.67
- Portfolio Stability
- 35.01
- Momentum
- 0
- Sector conviction
- 87.1
- Diversification
- 100
- Sizing Uniformity
- 87.25
Sands Capital Management, LLC's disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.037 — mathematically equivalent to about 27 equally-sized positions, well below its 71 actual disclosed holdings. That gap points to a strategy built around a small core of high-conviction bets rather than broad diversification.
Position sizes vary widely across the portfolio (a coefficient of variation of 1.28), with a handful of outsized bets alongside many smaller positions.
No strong tilt toward either adding to existing winners or initiating outsized new positions was observed in the latest reported quarter.
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Recent moves
View source Form 13F filing on SEC.govAdd BE
+64.5% $644.8M
New buy MU
Trim NFLX
-43.3% -$524.2M
Trim NVDA
-22.3% -$341.0M
Add STX
+35.5% $487.1M
New buy AMD
Holdings Map
New buyAddUnchangedTrim
Institutional Game-State Analysis
Core Intent
Sands Capital's Q2 2026 book shows an intra-tech rotation rather than de-risking: it trimmed NVIDIA (12.38% down to 10.45%, still the largest position) and Netflix (3.55% to 1.42%), while initiating positions in Micron (2.26%), AMD (1.45%), SanDisk (1.29%) and one CUSIP-only-disclosed name (~1.44%), and materially adding to Seagate (0.82% to 2.58%) and Bloom Energy (0.95% to 3.29%, the quarter's largest single increase). Across 71 holdings and a ~35% turnover ratio, the activity level is moderate, but the direction of the flows — toward memory, storage and power — is unambiguous.
Macro & Fundamentals
These flows line up directionally with the observable market pattern of AI-infrastructure capital broadening beyond GPU leaders into memory, storage and power equipment. That said, a 13F is only a quarter-end snapshot — it reveals positioning, not execution path or intent — so this alignment should be read as an inference from limited data, not a confirmed causal claim.
Blind Spots / Risks
The headline diversification — 71 names, an HHI near 0.037 — masks thematic crowding: the five positions initiated or added this quarter (BE, MU, STX, SNDK, AMD) now sum to roughly 10% of the portfolio and all sit along the same AI compute-and-power supply chain, inside an information-technology sleeve already weighted at 47.5%. In any capex slowdown these names would likely reprice together, meaning true factor exposure runs well ahead of what the sector table implies — and Bloom Energy's near-tripling in a single quarter layers single-name volatility on top.
This overview is machine-generated from this institution's regulatory filings on SEC EDGAR and describes past disclosures only — it does not constitute financial advice. View the original 2026-06-30 Form 13F filing on SEC.gov
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Top 10 holdings by weight
Full holdings list this quarter
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | Stock-Tech | 10.45% | -1.93% | -22.26% | |
| 2 | TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor-sp Adr | Stock-Tech | 6.96% | -0.81% | -33.04% | |
| 3 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 6.49% | +0.71% | -4.51% | |
| 4 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 4.30% | -1.19% | -27.65% | |
| 5 | ASML | ASML Holding N.V. | Stock-Tech | 3.94% | +0.62% | -16.59% | |
| 6 | BE | Bloom Energy Corp- A | Stock-Industrials | 3.29% | +2.34% | +64.50% | |
| 7 | AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | Stock-Industrials | 3.08% | +0.47% | -5.35% | |
| 8 | SHOP | Shopify Inc - Class A | Stock-Tech | 3.07% | -1.09% | -18.95% | |
| 9 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 3.03% | -0.26% | -14.20% | |
| 10 | SPOT | Spotify Technology S.A. | Stock-Comm Services | 3.00% | -0.41% | -1.84% | |
| 11 | NET | Cloudflare Inc - Class A | Stock-Tech | 2.95% | -0.01% | -11.53% | |
| 12 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | Stock-Tech | 2.58% | +1.76% | +35.51% | |
| 13 | MELI | Mercadolibre Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 2.38% | -0.85% | -20.45% | |
| 14 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | Stock-Tech | 2.26% | +2.26% | NEW | |
| 15 | CVNA | Carvana Co | Stock-Consumer Disc | 2.07% | -0.54% | +299.71% | |
| 16 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 2.03% | -0.84% | -24.18% | |
| 17 | PWR | Quanta Services Inc | Stock-Industrials | 2.01% | +0.66% | +19.82% | |
| 18 | ICE | Intercontinental Exchange In | Stock-Financials | 1.85% | -0.86% | -7.49% | |
| 19 | ISRG | Intuitive Surgical Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 1.85% | -0.54% | -5.21% | |
| 20 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.82% | +1.19% | +50.15% | |
| 21 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.81% | -0.41% | -14.44% | |
| 22 | CRS | Carpenter Technology | Stock-Industrials | 1.80% | +0.53% | -4.51% | |
| 23 | DASH | Doordash Inc - A | Stock-Consumer Disc | 1.59% | -0.74% | -41.22% | |
| 24 | APP | Applovin Corp-class A | Stock-Tech | 1.59% | +0.07% | -14.40% | |
| 25 | XYZ | Block Inc | Stock-Financials | 1.59% | +0.29% | +2.21% | |
| 26 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.58% | -0.12% | -19.67% | |
| 27 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | Stock-Tech | 1.45% | +1.45% | NEW | |
| 28 | ✓ | Stock-Other | 1.44% | +1.44% | NEW | ||
| 29 | NFLX | Netflix Inc | Stock-Comm Services | 1.42% | -2.13% | -43.32% | |
| 30 | IOT | Samsara Inc-cl A | Stock-Tech | 1.37% | -0.58% | -27.52% | |
| 31 | SNDK | Sandisk CORP | Stock-Tech | 1.29% | +1.29% | NEW | |
| 32 | CSL | Carlisle Cos Inc | Stock-Industrials | 1.08% | -0.12% | -13.02% | |
| 33 | SE | Sea Ltd-adr | Stock-Comm Services | 1.07% | -0.47% | -36.59% | |
| 34 | ARGX | Argenx Se - Adr | Stock-Healthcare | 1.03% | +0.05% | -12.25% | |
| 35 | ✓ | On Holding AG | Stock-Other | 0.98% | +0.14% | +18.33% | |
| 36 | DDOG | Datadog Inc - Class A | Stock-Tech | 0.97% | +0.32% | -28.91% | |
| 37 | SPHR | Sphere Entertainment Co | Stock-Comm Services | 0.87% | +0.87% | NEW | |
| 38 | ARM | Arm Holdings Plc-adr | Stock-Tech | 0.85% | +0.85% | NEW | |
| 39 | BLDR | Builders Firstsource Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.76% | -0.09% | -12.89% | |
| 40 | NU | Nu Holdings Ltd. | Stock-Financials | 0.62% | -1.32% | -63.67% | |
| 41 | FWONK | Liberty Media Corp-formula-c | Stock-Comm Services | 0.53% | +0.01% | -3.24% | |
| 42 | MCK | Mckesson CORP | Stock-Healthcare | 0.51% | -0.16% | -8.82% | |
| 43 | APH | Amphenol Corp-cl A | Stock-Tech | 0.50% | +0.10% | -5.17% | |
| 44 | KSPI | Jsc Kaspi.kz Adr | Stock-Other | 0.49% | +0.03% | -3.49% | |
| 45 | CPNG | Coupang Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.49% | -0.19% | -17.59% | |
| 46 | TDG | Transdigm Group Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.44% | +0.01% | -4.95% | |
| 47 | RARE | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical In | Stock-Other | 0.39% | +0.13% | -1.75% | |
| 48 | RACE | Ferrari N.V. | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.39% | +0.01% | -2.64% | |
| 49 | WCN | Waste Connections Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.38% | -0.02% | -3.97% | |
| 50 | WWD | Woodward Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.24% | +0.24% | NEW |
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Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q3 2026
+4.6%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+3.2%
- Stdev
- +20.9%
- Beta
- +1.39
- Alpha
- -10%
- Max Drawdown
- -18%
- Annualized Perf
- +17%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +38.9%
- Sortino
- +1.61
- Stutzer
- +0.25
- Treynor
- +0.13
- Sterling
- +0.72
- Calmar
- +0.94
- Information Ratio
- -0.18
- Tracking Error
- +11.7%
- Stdev Down
- +11.1%
- Winning Months %
- +63.9%
- Losing Months %
- +36.1%
- Best 12 Months
- +36.3%
- Worst 12 Months
- -2.4%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.34
- Sharpe
- +0.85
- Stdev Sectors
- +14.5%
- Skewness
- +0.31
- Kurtosis
- -0.24
- Upside Potential
- +3.48
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 71 | $26.9B | 35 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 67 | $25.5B | 33 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 66 | $32.9B | 27 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 64 | $36.2B | 36 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 66 | $34.8B | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 75 | $29.4B | 100 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 71 | $33.8B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 67 | $32.9B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 66 | $34.0B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 76 | $35.8B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 74 | $32.9B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 75 | $29.4B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 66 | $32.2B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 66 | $30.4B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 67 | $26.5B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 67 | $26.6B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 69 | $28.9B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 68 | $43.5B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 71 | $53.9B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q3 | 71 | $60.0B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q2 | 80 | $59.0B | 100 | ||
| 2021 Q1 | 77 | $51.7B | 16 | ||
| 2020 Q4 | 78 | $52.7B | 32 | ||
| 2020 Q3 | 78 | $46.2B | 26 | ||
| 2020 Q2 | 77 | $41.3B | 37 | ||
| 2020 Q1 | 76 | $30.0B | 32 | ||
| 2019 Q4 | 75 | $34.4B | 21 | ||
| 2019 Q3 | 79 | $31.1B | 20 | ||
| 2019 Q2 | 80 | $33.6B | 17 | ||
| 2019 Q1 | 71 | $32.4B | 26 | ||
| 2018 Q4 | 71 | $28.0B | 28 | ||
| 2018 Q3 | 68 | $35.4B | 13 | ||
| 2018 Q2 | 66 | $34.9B | 15 | ||
| 2018 Q1 | 67 | $33.8B | 24 | ||
| 2017 Q4 | 68 | $33.0B | 14 | ||
| 2017 Q3 | 70 | $33.4B | 16 | ||
| 2017 Q2 | 69 | $33.3B | 16 | ||
| 2017 Q1 | 67 | $31.8B | 20 | ||
| 2016 Q4 | 53 | $28.7B | 25 | ||
| 2016 Q3 | 51 | $34.0B | 14 | ||
| 2016 Q2 | 52 | $32.4B | 13 | ||
| 2016 Q1 | 51 | $33.9B | 19 | ||
| 2015 Q4 | 53 | $38.8B | 35 | ||
| 2015 Q3 | 53 | $35.8B | 25 | ||
| 2015 Q2 | 51 | $40.7B | 12 | ||
| 2015 Q1 | 49 | $42.0B | 11 | ||
| 2014 Q4 | 54 | $42.0B | 20 | ||
| 2014 Q3 | 51 | $40.2B | 16 | ||
| 2014 Q2 | 49 | $39.7B | 20 | ||
| 2014 Q1 | 44 | $38.4B | 13 | ||
| 2013 Q4 | 43 | $38.2B | 16 | ||
| 2013 Q3 | 42 | $35.8B | 29 | ||
| 2013 Q2 | 39 | $29.7B | — |
Holding changes this quarter
Sands Capital Management, LLC's most significant position changes for 2026-06-30: New buy: Micron Technology Inc (MU); New buy: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); New buy: ; New buy: Sandisk CORP (SNDK); New buy: Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR).
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BE | Bloom Energy Corp- A | +2.3% | +64.50% | Add |
| 2 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | +2.3% | NEW | New buy |
| 3 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | +1.8% | +35.51% | Add |
| 4 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | +1.5% | NEW | New buy |
| 5 | ✓ | +1.4% | NEW | New buy | |
| 6 | SNDK | Sandisk CORP | +1.3% | NEW | New buy |
| 7 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | +1.2% | +50.15% | Add |
| 8 | SPHR | Sphere Entertainment Co | +0.9% | NEW | New buy |
| 9 | ARM | Arm Holdings Plc-adr | +0.9% | NEW | New buy |
| 10 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +0.7% | -4.51% | Trim |
| 11 | PWR | Quanta Services Inc | +0.7% | +19.82% | Add |
| 12 | ASML | ASML Holding N.V. | +0.6% | -16.59% | Trim |
| 13 | CRS | Carpenter Technology | +0.5% | -4.51% | Trim |
| 14 | AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | +0.5% | -5.35% | Trim |
| 15 | DDOG | Datadog Inc - Class A | +0.3% | -28.91% | Trim |
| 16 | XYZ | Block Inc | +0.3% | +2.21% | Add |
| 17 | WWD | Woodward Inc | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 18 | ✓ | On Holding AG | +0.1% | +18.33% | Add |
| 19 | RARE | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical In | +0.1% | -1.75% | Trim |
| 20 | APH | Amphenol Corp-cl A | +0.1% | -5.17% | Trim |
| 21 | GRAB | Grab Holdings Limited | +0.1% | +79.62% | Add |
| 22 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | +0.1% | +37.84% | Add |
| 23 | APP | Applovin Corp-class A | +0.1% | -14.40% | Trim |
| 24 | ARGX | Argenx Se - Adr | +0.1% | -12.25% | Trim |
| 25 | AAPL | Apple Inc | +0.1% | +1316.53% | Add |
| 26 | KSPI | Jsc Kaspi.kz Adr | 0% | -3.49% | Trim |
| 27 | CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A | 0% | NEW | New buy |
| 28 | INTC | Intel CORP | 0% | NEW | New buy |
| 29 | HOOD | Robinhood Markets Inc - A | 0% | +1315.70% | Add |
| 30 | TTMI | Ttm Technologies | 0% | NEW | New buy |
| 31 | FWONK | Liberty Media Corp-formula-c | 0% | -3.24% | Trim |
| 32 | TDG | Transdigm Group Inc | 0% | -4.95% | Trim |
| 33 | RACE | Ferrari N.V. | 0% | -2.64% | Trim |
| 34 | AVAV | Aerovironment Inc | 0% | +1315.28% | Add |
| 35 | IWF | Ishares Russell 1000 Growth | 0% | NEW | New buy |
| 36 | STVN | Stevanato Group S.p.A. | 0% | +5.46% | Add |
| 37 | ✓ | 0% | NEW | New buy | |
| 38 | LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc | 0% | +849.04% | Add |
| 39 | LIN | Linde plc | — | +0.34% | Add |
| 40 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc-a | — | -21.71% | Trim |
| 41 | GTLB | Gitlab Inc-cl A | — | — | Unchanged |
| 42 | TEAM | Atlassian Corp-cl A | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 43 | SNOW | Snowflake Inc | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 44 | ANET | Arista Networks Inc | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 45 | BABA | Alibaba Group Holding-sp Adr | — | -10.82% | Trim |
| 46 | TBBB | BBB Foods Inc. | — | NEW | New buy |
| 47 | NET | Cloudflare Inc - Class A | 0% | -11.53% | Trim |
| 48 | NOW | Servicenow Inc | 0% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 49 | HDB | Hdfc Bank Ltd-adr | 0% | -4.60% | Trim |
| 50 | FIG | Figma Inc-cl A | 0% | EXIT | Sold out |
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Filing History
FAQ
What is Sands Capital Management, LLC and what type of investor is it?
Sands Capital Management, LLC is an investment manager that files SEC Form 13F quarterly, disclosing its U.S. public equity holdings to regulators. As of the most recent reporting period (2026-06-30), the firm manages a tracked equity portfolio valued at approximately $26.9B, spread across 71 disclosed positions.
What are Sands Capital Management, LLC's largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, Sands Capital Management, LLC's top holdings by market value are:
1. Nvidia CORP (NVDA) — $2.8B (10.4%)
2. Taiwan Semiconductor-sp Adr (TSM) — $1.9B (7.0%)
3. Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL) — $1.7B (6.5%)
4. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) — $1.2B (4.3%)
5. ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) — $1.1B (3.9%)
What changes did Sands Capital Management, LLC make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, Sands Capital Management, LLC made 79 notable position adjustments: 13 new positions were initiated, 15 existing holdings were added to, 42 positions were partially reduced, and 9 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: New buy: Micron Technology Inc (MU); New buy: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); New buy: ; New buy: Sandisk CORP (SNDK); New buy: Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR)
What sectors does Sands Capital Management, LLC focus on?
Sands Capital Management, LLC is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Information Technology: 47.5%
• Communication Services: 16.0%
• Industrials: 13.6%
• Consumer Discretionary: 11.6%
• Financials: 7.5%
• Health Care: 3.7%
Investment Profile
Sands Capital Management, LLC returned an annualized 17.0% over the trailing 36 months — underperforming the S&P 500 by 10.0 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 1.39 (more volatile than the market) and a 39% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is broadly diversified and moderately active, with 47.5% of the portfolio concentrated in Information Technology.
Its turnover score has risen from 0 to 35 over the past 4 quarters — a shift toward more active trading.
It has added to its ASML position over the past two quarters (+$345.0M, now $1.1B), while trimming NVDA over the same stretch (-$925.0M, still holding $2.8B).
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