$9.42 Billion is the total value of Gardner Russo & Gardner's 113 reported holdings in Q3 2013. The portfolio turnover from Q2 2013 to Q3 2013 was 10.4% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSRGY | Buy | Nestle SA-Spons ADR | $984,818,000 | +14.0% | 14,079,392 | +6.7% | 10.45% | +3.8% |
| BRKA | Buy | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A | $844,041,000 | +2.4% | 4,953 | +1.3% | 8.96% | -6.8% |
| PM | Buy | Philip Morris International In | $832,713,000 | +4.6% | 9,616,739 | +4.6% | 8.84% | -4.8% |
| New | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $681,344,000 | – | 6,800,276 | +100.0% | 7.23% | – | |
| MA | Buy | Mastercard Inc Cl A | $674,082,000 | +19.7% | 1,001,935 | +2.2% | 7.15% | +9.0% |
| Buy | Heineken Holding NV | $631,171,000 | +15.9% | 9,972,655 | +2.6% | 6.70% | +5.5% | |
| WFC | Buy | Wells Fargo | $574,709,000 | +2.9% | 13,908,732 | +2.8% | 6.10% | -6.3% |
| Buy | Pernod Ricard | $550,027,000 | +19.8% | 4,426,700 | +6.8% | 5.84% | +9.1% | |
| Buy | SABMiller PLC | $542,177,000 | +12.5% | 10,650,538 | +5.6% | 5.75% | +2.4% | |
| BUD | Buy | Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR | $479,516,000 | +16.2% | 4,833,827 | +5.7% | 5.09% | +5.7% |
| UN | Buy | Unilever NV ADR | $402,155,000 | +1.6% | 10,661,578 | +5.9% | 4.27% | -7.5% |
| MO | Buy | Altria Group Inc | $264,781,000 | +0.2% | 7,708,331 | +2.0% | 2.81% | -8.8% |
| Buy | British American Tobacco PLC | $263,387,000 | +9.2% | 4,963,955 | +5.1% | 2.80% | -0.6% | |
| BRKB | Buy | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B | $256,788,000 | +2.8% | 2,262,253 | +1.3% | 2.72% | -6.5% |
| Buy | Diageo PLC | $251,566,000 | +17.8% | 7,905,573 | +5.6% | 2.67% | +7.3% | |
| CMCSK | Buy | Comcast Corp Special Cl A | $205,789,000 | +10.4% | 4,747,143 | +1.1% | 2.18% | +0.5% |
| BFA | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl A | $186,463,000 | -2.5% | 2,817,510 | -0.3% | 1.98% | -11.3% |
| MLM | Buy | Martin Marietta Materials | $175,338,000 | +2.5% | 1,786,060 | +2.8% | 1.86% | -6.7% |
| SNI | Sell | Scripps Networks Interactive C | $108,841,000 | +16.4% | 1,393,439 | -0.6% | 1.16% | +5.9% |
| Buy | JC Decaux SA ACT | $54,676,000 | +38.8% | 1,484,160 | +2.7% | 0.58% | +26.4% | |
| DEO | Buy | Diageo PLC Sponsored ADR | $52,366,000 | +10.7% | 412,072 | +0.1% | 0.56% | +0.7% |
| WPO | Sell | Washington Post Cl B | $49,439,000 | +18.0% | 80,868 | -6.6% | 0.52% | +7.6% |
| Buy | The Swatch Group AG-BR | $37,989,000 | +21.9% | 59,024 | +3.5% | 0.40% | +11.0% | |
| HAS | Sell | Hasbro Inc | $29,511,000 | +0.1% | 626,021 | -4.8% | 0.31% | -9.0% |
| BFB | Buy | Brown-Forman Corp Cl B | $29,134,000 | +23.0% | 427,628 | +21.9% | 0.31% | +12.0% |
| V | Sell | Visa Inc Cl A | $20,344,000 | +2.2% | 106,458 | -2.3% | 0.22% | -6.9% |
| XOM | Sell | Exxon Mobil Corp | $18,260,000 | -11.0% | 212,224 | -6.5% | 0.19% | -18.8% |
| Sell | Swedish Match AB | $12,878,000 | -3.1% | 364,712 | -3.2% | 0.14% | -11.6% | |
| FMX | Buy | Fomento Economico Mex Sp ADR | $11,478,000 | +0.6% | 118,220 | +6.9% | 0.12% | -8.3% |
| MLHR | Sell | Herman Miller Inc | $11,073,000 | +7.7% | 379,470 | -0.1% | 0.12% | -1.7% |
| CR | Sell | Crane | $11,051,000 | +2.1% | 179,202 | -0.8% | 0.12% | -7.1% |
| MKL | Sell | Markel Corp | $10,240,000 | -2.6% | 19,777 | -0.9% | 0.11% | -11.4% |
| AXP | Buy | American Express | $9,588,000 | +10.4% | 126,965 | +9.3% | 0.10% | +1.0% |
| PG | Sell | Procter & Gamble | $9,593,000 | -12.3% | 126,912 | -10.7% | 0.10% | -20.3% |
| GS | Buy | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | $9,109,000 | +5.2% | 57,575 | +0.6% | 0.10% | -4.0% |
| CVX | Chevron Corp | $7,955,000 | +2.7% | 65,471 | 0.0% | 0.08% | -6.7% | |
| KO | Buy | Coca-Cola | $7,833,000 | +7.7% | 206,778 | +14.1% | 0.08% | -2.4% |
| Berner Gruppen | $7,751,000 | +26.9% | 116,554 | 0.0% | 0.08% | +15.5% | ||
| DOV | Sell | Dover Corp | $7,503,000 | +13.6% | 83,520 | -1.8% | 0.08% | +3.9% |
| RDSA | Buy | Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR A | $5,317,000 | +11.4% | 80,960 | +8.2% | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| HRL | Sell | Hormel Foods Corp | $5,183,000 | +6.8% | 123,050 | -2.2% | 0.06% | -3.5% |
| PEP | Sell | Pepsico Inc | $4,709,000 | -5.4% | 59,228 | -2.7% | 0.05% | -13.8% |
| Sell | Heineken NV | $3,864,000 | +11.3% | 54,488 | -0.2% | 0.04% | +2.5% | |
| ABBV | Sell | AbbVie Inc | $3,882,000 | +7.8% | 86,777 | -0.4% | 0.04% | -2.4% |
| PX | Sell | Praxair Inc | $3,555,000 | +4.0% | 29,575 | -0.3% | 0.04% | -5.0% |
| MKC | Sell | McCormick Inc | $3,091,000 | -9.3% | 47,780 | -1.3% | 0.03% | -17.5% |
| IBM | Buy | I B M | $3,087,000 | -0.5% | 16,668 | +2.7% | 0.03% | -8.3% |
| DANOY | Sell | Danone ADR | $3,059,000 | -1.9% | 203,050 | -2.4% | 0.03% | -11.1% |
| ABT | Buy | Abbott Labs | $2,871,000 | -4.6% | 86,503 | +0.2% | 0.03% | -14.3% |
| Nestle SA-REG | $2,798,000 | +6.8% | 40,000 | 0.0% | 0.03% | -3.2% | ||
| Sell | BIC | $2,641,000 | +16.0% | 22,700 | -0.2% | 0.03% | +3.7% | |
| JPMWS | JP Morgan Chase & Co WTS Exp 1wts | $2,527,000 | +7.4% | 150,750 | 0.0% | 0.03% | 0.0% | |
| DD | Buy | Du Pont E I De Nemours | $2,520,000 | +12.1% | 43,026 | +0.5% | 0.03% | +3.8% |
| PCP | Buy | Precision Castparts Corp | $2,573,000 | +11.0% | 11,325 | +10.5% | 0.03% | 0.0% |
| DE | Buy | Deere & Co | $2,435,000 | +134.6% | 29,915 | +134.2% | 0.03% | +116.7% |
| WFCWS | Wells Fargo WTS Exp 10/28/18wts | $2,496,000 | +2.7% | 177,750 | 0.0% | 0.03% | -7.1% | |
| PGR | Sell | Progressive Corp Ohio | $2,369,000 | +3.8% | 86,986 | -3.1% | 0.02% | -7.4% |
| CMCSA | Sell | Comcast Corp New Cl A | $2,381,000 | +5.7% | 52,773 | -2.2% | 0.02% | -3.8% |
| Sell | Pargesa Holding AG - B | $2,041,000 | +10.7% | 27,200 | -1.7% | 0.02% | +4.8% | |
| MSFT | Sell | Microsoft Corp | $2,082,000 | -6.2% | 62,558 | -2.7% | 0.02% | -15.4% |
| Lindt & Spruengli AG - Reg | $1,855,000 | +9.3% | 39 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | ||
| EVF | Sell | Eaton Vance Sr Income TR SFsh ben int | $1,884,000 | -9.6% | 267,960 | -3.4% | 0.02% | -16.7% |
| PNC | Sell | PNC Bank Corp | $1,858,000 | -4.0% | 25,644 | -3.4% | 0.02% | -13.0% |
| WMT | Sell | Wal Mart Stores Inc | $1,668,000 | -1.3% | 22,559 | -0.6% | 0.02% | -10.0% |
| CFRUY | Sell | CIE Financiere Richemont-Unsp | $1,568,000 | +11.6% | 156,500 | -1.7% | 0.02% | +6.2% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev | $1,494,000 | +12.1% | 15,000 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | ||
| HEINY | Heineken NV Spons ADR | $1,537,000 | +11.5% | 43,346 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| BBT | Buy | BB&T Corp | $1,403,000 | +0.3% | 41,556 | +0.7% | 0.02% | -6.2% |
| SBMRY | SABMiller PLC Sponsored ADR | $1,296,000 | +6.5% | 25,450 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| NHST Media Group | $1,315,000 | +1.5% | 19,772 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -6.7% | ||
| Buy | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | $1,303,000 | +64.9% | 17,800 | +58.9% | 0.01% | +55.6% | |
| A P Moller-Maersk A/S | $1,212,000 | +28.5% | 140 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +18.2% | ||
| PDRDY | Buy | Pernod-Ricard SA-Unspon ADR | $1,229,000 | +15.4% | 49,450 | +2.8% | 0.01% | +8.3% |
| Unilever NV | $1,168,000 | -1.0% | 30,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -14.3% | ||
| MTBWS | M&T Bank Corp Wts Exp 12/23/1wts | $1,148,000 | +0.7% | 30,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -7.7% | |
| CBI | New | Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV | $1,039,000 | – | 15,325 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| GE | Sell | General Electric | $1,039,000 | -11.3% | 43,501 | -13.9% | 0.01% | -21.4% |
| COP | Sell | Conocophillips | $1,033,000 | +6.4% | 14,856 | -7.4% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| FULT | Sell | Fulton Finl Corp | $938,000 | +0.8% | 80,298 | -1.0% | 0.01% | -9.1% |
| BP | Sell | BP PLC ADR | $954,000 | -9.7% | 22,707 | -10.3% | 0.01% | -16.7% |
| LAMR | Sell | Lamar Advertising Cl A | $965,000 | +5.8% | 20,525 | -2.4% | 0.01% | -9.1% |
| GOOGL | Buy | Google Inc Cl A | $907,000 | +14.8% | 1,036 | +15.5% | 0.01% | +11.1% |
| SWZ | Swiss Helvetia FD Inc | $726,000 | +15.4% | 51,025 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +14.3% | |
| CSL | Sell | Carlisle Inc | $688,000 | +6.3% | 9,784 | -5.8% | 0.01% | -12.5% |
| COST | Costco Whsl Corp | $674,000 | +4.2% | 5,855 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -12.5% | |
| BAC | Bank Amer Corp | $683,000 | +7.2% | 49,500 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| BTI | British Amern Tob PLC ADR | $694,000 | +2.2% | 6,600 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -12.5% | |
| Loreal SA | $458,000 | +4.8% | 2,665 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | ||
| LUK | Sell | Leucadia Natl Corp | $493,000 | -1.6% | 18,100 | -5.2% | 0.01% | -16.7% |
| PXD | Sell | Pioneer Nat Res | $510,000 | +17.5% | 2,700 | -10.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| ORCL | Sell | Oracle Corp | $415,000 | +3.0% | 12,500 | -4.8% | 0.00% | -20.0% |
| MCD | Sell | McDonalds Corp | $394,000 | -23.2% | 4,091 | -21.1% | 0.00% | -33.3% |
| DIS | Sell | Disney Walt Productions | $411,000 | -8.3% | 6,375 | -10.2% | 0.00% | -20.0% |
| New | Berner Gruppen PFDpfd | $239,000 | – | 3,501 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – | |
| Schibsted A/S | $317,000 | +20.1% | 6,150 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| BA | Sell | Boeing | $286,000 | -14.4% | 2,430 | -25.4% | 0.00% | -25.0% |
| AIG | American Intl Group Inc | $292,000 | +9.0% | 6,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| GD | Sell | General Dynamics Corp | $263,000 | +4.0% | 3,000 | -7.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| DHR | Danaher Corp | $288,000 | +9.5% | 4,151 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| Sell | Groupe Danone | $264,000 | -6.0% | 3,500 | -6.7% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| MAT | Sell | Mattel Inc | $277,000 | -47.4% | 6,625 | -43.0% | 0.00% | -50.0% |
| MRK | Merck Inc | $273,000 | +2.6% | 5,736 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| Syngenta AG | $245,000 | +4.7% | 600 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| NTRS | Sell | Northern Trust Corp | $240,000 | -8.0% | 4,415 | -1.9% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| SLB | Sell | Schlumberger LTD | $296,000 | +20.8% | 3,350 | -2.2% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Cir SPA | $198,000 | +40.4% | 125,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| SUSQ | Susquehanna Bancshrs Inc | $218,000 | -2.7% | 17,429 | 0.0% | 0.00% | -33.3% | |
| HTLD | Sell | Heartland Express Inc | $206,000 | +1.0% | 14,499 | -1.4% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| PZ Cussons PLC | $101,000 | +27.8% | 15,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| CSFL | New | Centerstate BKS FLA Inc | $107,000 | – | 11,004 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| Pimco High Yield Fun-Instlsh ben int | $105,000 | 0.0% | 11,116 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| New | Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna | $70,000 | – | 12,500 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – | |
| Wal-Mart De Mexico S A | $26,000 | -7.1% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | – | ||
| Exit | Lonrho PLC | $0 | – | -500,000 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – | |
| Exit | Pimco Total Return Fund-Instsh ben int | $0 | – | -10,397 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – | |
| D | Exit | Dominion Res Inc | $0 | – | -3,632 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| Exit | Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | $0 | – | -6,750 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – | |
| SPY | Exit | SPDR Trust Series 1 | $0 | – | -1,700 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| Exit | Roche Holding AG | $0 | – | -1,325 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – | |
| Exit | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $0 | – | -6,797,657 | -100.0% | -7.00% | – |
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
- View 13F-HR filed 2013-11-14
About Gardner Russo & Gardner
Gardner Russo & Gardner is a well-known investment management firm that has been in operation for over 50 years. The company was founded by Thomas Russo and Eugene Gardner in 1965 and has since grown to become a leading investment firm with over $15 billion in assets under management.
The firm is known for its long-term investment approach, which focuses on investing in high-quality companies with strong competitive advantages and sustainable business models. This approach has helped the firm to consistently outperform the market over the long term.
One of the key figures at Gardner Russo & Gardner is Thomas Russo, who is the Managing Member of the firm. Russo is a highly respected investor who has been recognized for his investment expertise by publications such as Barron's and Forbes. He is known for his focus on investing in consumer goods companies and has been a long-time investor in companies such as Nestle and Berkshire Hathaway.
Another important figure at the firm is Robert Gardiner, who is the Chief Investment Officer. Gardiner has been with the firm for over 30 years and is responsible for overseeing the firm's investment strategy and portfolio management.
Overall, Gardner Russo & Gardner is a well-respected investment management firm with a long track record of success. Its focus on investing in high-quality companies with sustainable business models has helped it to consistently outperform the market over the long term.
It's important to note that this information is for educational purposes only and has not been fact-checked. As with any investment, it's important to do your own research and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
Top long-term holdings
| Name | Quarters owned | Latest quarter owned | Max weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nestle SA Sponsored ADR | 42 | Q3 2023 | 12.9% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A | 42 | Q3 2023 | 14.4% |
| Mastercard Inc Cl A | 42 | Q3 2023 | 16.2% |
| Philip Morris International In | 42 | Q3 2023 | 9.3% |
| Heineken Holding NV | 42 | Q3 2023 | 7.8% |
| Pernod Ricard | 42 | Q3 2023 | 7.7% |
| Wells Fargo | 42 | Q3 2023 | 7.3% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B | 42 | Q3 2023 | 6.2% |
| Martin Marietta Materials | 42 | Q3 2023 | 4.6% |
| Brown-Forman Corp Cl A | 42 | Q3 2023 | 2.7% |
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Latest filings
| Type | Filed |
|---|---|
| 13F-HR | 2024-02-13 |
| 13F-HR | 2023-11-14 |
| 13F-HR | 2023-08-11 |
| 13F-HR | 2023-05-11 |
| 13F-HR | 2023-02-13 |
| 13F-HR | 2022-11-10 |
| 13F-HR | 2022-08-04 |
| 13F-HR | 2022-05-12 |
| 13F-HR | 2022-02-10 |
| 13F-HR | 2021-11-15 |
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All filings
- Holdings (13F-HR)
- Significant ownership (13-D/G)
- Insider transactions (4, 5, 6)
- Events (8-K)
- Shareholder votes (proxy)
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