$11.8 Billion is the total value of Gardner Russo & Gardner's 107 reported holdings in Q1 2016. The portfolio turnover from Q4 2015 to Q1 2016 was 7.6% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSRGY | Sell | Nestle SA-Spons ADR | $1,187,219,000 | +0.4% | 15,823,803 | -0.3% | 10.03% | -0.8% |
| BRKA | Sell | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A | $1,070,025,000 | +7.0% | 5,013 | -0.8% | 9.04% | +5.8% |
| PM | Sell | Philip Morris International In | $1,031,313,000 | +11.0% | 10,511,803 | -0.5% | 8.71% | +9.7% |
| MA | Buy | Mastercard Inc Cl A | $919,057,000 | -2.7% | 9,725,470 | +0.2% | 7.77% | -3.8% |
| Sell | Heineken Holding NV | $846,370,000 | +1.0% | 10,830,034 | -0.4% | 7.15% | -0.2% | |
| BUD | Buy | Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR | $810,605,000 | +0.4% | 6,502,526 | +0.7% | 6.85% | -0.7% |
| Buy | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $754,963,000 | +2.2% | 11,376,709 | +12.1% | 6.38% | +1.0% | |
| WFC | Sell | Wells Fargo | $710,549,000 | -11.2% | 14,692,910 | -0.2% | 6.00% | -12.2% |
| Buy | Pernod Ricard | $660,713,000 | +0.4% | 5,916,349 | +2.7% | 5.58% | -0.8% | |
| UN | Sell | Unilever NV ADR | $639,460,000 | +2.9% | 14,312,004 | -0.2% | 5.40% | +1.7% |
| MO | Sell | Altria Group Inc | $372,570,000 | +5.9% | 5,945,898 | -1.7% | 3.15% | +4.6% |
| BRKB | Buy | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B | $367,555,000 | +7.9% | 2,590,604 | +0.4% | 3.11% | +6.6% |
| MLM | Buy | Martin Marietta Materials | $335,552,000 | +16.9% | 2,103,643 | +0.1% | 2.84% | +15.5% |
| Buy | The Swatch Group AG-BR | $299,829,000 | +15.5% | 861,996 | +17.5% | 2.53% | +14.2% | |
| Buy | British American Tobacco PLC | $299,316,000 | +6.1% | 5,091,660 | +0.3% | 2.53% | +4.9% | |
| BFA | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl A | $260,418,000 | -5.1% | 2,440,882 | -2.1% | 2.20% | -6.2% |
| Sell | Diageo PLC | $251,896,000 | -1.2% | 9,314,735 | -0.0% | 2.13% | -2.4% | |
| Buy | JC Decaux SA ACT | $244,190,000 | +28.2% | 5,570,228 | +12.1% | 2.06% | +26.6% | |
| CMCSA | Sell | Comcast Corp New Cl A | $234,448,000 | +6.2% | 3,838,373 | -1.9% | 1.98% | +4.9% |
| Sell | SABMiller PLC | $111,410,000 | -61.8% | 1,821,270 | -62.6% | 0.94% | -62.3% | |
| SNI | Sell | Scripps Networks Interactive C | $77,957,000 | +13.6% | 1,190,190 | -4.3% | 0.66% | +12.3% |
| BFB | Buy | Brown-Forman Corp Cl B | $56,584,000 | +2.7% | 574,634 | +3.6% | 0.48% | +1.5% |
| DEO | Buy | Diageo PLC Sponsored ADR | $51,037,000 | -0.6% | 473,132 | +0.5% | 0.43% | -1.8% |
| V | Sell | Visa Inc Cl A | $41,360,000 | -1.6% | 540,796 | -0.2% | 0.35% | -2.8% |
| XOM | Buy | Exxon Mobil Corp | $13,887,000 | +7.5% | 166,128 | +0.3% | 0.12% | +6.4% |
| MKL | Sell | Markel Corp | $11,713,000 | -8.9% | 13,137 | -9.8% | 0.10% | -10.0% |
| FMX | Buy | Fomento Economico Mex Sp ADR | $11,699,000 | +4.7% | 121,470 | +0.4% | 0.10% | +3.1% |
| Sell | Swedish Match AB | $10,342,000 | -5.0% | 304,213 | -0.5% | 0.09% | -6.5% | |
| KO | Sell | Coca-Cola | $9,518,000 | +7.4% | 205,182 | -0.6% | 0.08% | +5.3% |
| AXP | Buy | American Express | $9,319,000 | -10.7% | 151,773 | +1.2% | 0.08% | -11.2% |
| DANOY | Buy | Danone ADR | $9,096,000 | +13.2% | 638,500 | +7.5% | 0.08% | +11.6% |
| CR | Sell | Crane | $8,582,000 | +11.6% | 159,341 | -0.9% | 0.07% | +10.6% |
| MLHR | Sell | Herman Miller Inc | $7,360,000 | -14.0% | 238,277 | -20.1% | 0.06% | -15.1% |
| HRL | Buy | Hormel Foods Corp | $7,354,000 | -6.2% | 170,069 | +71.6% | 0.06% | -7.5% |
| PG | Sell | Procter & Gamble | $7,078,000 | +3.2% | 85,987 | -0.4% | 0.06% | +1.7% |
| OUT | Buy | Outfront Media Inc | $4,952,000 | +41.0% | 234,705 | +45.9% | 0.04% | +40.0% |
| Heineken NV | $4,519,000 | +6.1% | 49,788 | 0.0% | 0.04% | +5.6% | ||
| DOV | Sell | Dover Corp | $4,177,000 | +4.6% | 64,926 | -0.3% | 0.04% | +2.9% |
| CVX | Sell | Chevron Corp | $3,900,000 | +4.6% | 40,883 | -1.4% | 0.03% | +3.1% |
| MKC | Sell | McCormick Inc | $3,927,000 | +11.5% | 39,480 | -4.1% | 0.03% | +10.0% |
| WFCWS | Buy | Wells Fargo WTS Exp 10/28/18wts | $3,959,000 | -4.1% | 253,000 | +25.6% | 0.03% | -5.7% |
| PEP | Sell | Pepsico Inc | $3,756,000 | -3.9% | 36,647 | -6.3% | 0.03% | -3.0% |
| JPMWS | Buy | JP Morgan Chase & Co WTS Exp 1wts | $3,553,000 | -25.1% | 200,750 | +0.2% | 0.03% | -26.8% |
| BIC | $3,258,000 | -8.5% | 21,625 | 0.0% | 0.03% | -6.7% | ||
| Nestle SA-REG | $3,099,000 | -0.4% | 41,310 | 0.0% | 0.03% | -3.7% | ||
| MTBWS | Buy | M&T Bank Corp Wts Exp 12/23/1wts | $3,114,000 | -8.7% | 82,139 | +17.3% | 0.03% | -10.3% |
| Sell | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | $2,920,000 | +3.4% | 30,187 | -1.1% | 0.02% | +4.2% | |
| RDSA | Sell | Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR A | $2,954,000 | +5.7% | 60,970 | -0.2% | 0.02% | +4.2% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | $2,731,000 | -0.4% | 49,450 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| Lindt & Spruengli AG - Reg | $2,481,000 | -0.2% | 33 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | ||
| DD | Buy | Du Pont E I De Nemours | $2,415,000 | -4.8% | 38,144 | +0.2% | 0.02% | -9.1% |
| HEINY | Buy | Heineken NV Spons ADR | $1,899,000 | +7.8% | 41,837 | +1.6% | 0.02% | +6.7% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev | $1,867,000 | +0.2% | 15,000 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | ||
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | $1,631,000 | -12.9% | 10,393 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -12.5% | |
| KHC | New | Kraft Heinz Co | $1,646,000 | – | 20,950 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| EVF | Buy | Eaton Vance Sr Income TR SFsh ben int | $1,656,000 | +1.5% | 285,958 | +1.1% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| Unilever NV | $1,683,000 | +3.0% | 37,500 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | ||
| CFRUY | Buy | CIE Financiere Richemont-Unsp | $1,528,000 | +2.4% | 230,250 | +11.2% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| PNC | Sell | PNC Bank Corp | $1,491,000 | -12.8% | 17,627 | -1.8% | 0.01% | -13.3% |
| BBT | Buy | BB&T Corp | $1,370,000 | -11.4% | 41,191 | +0.8% | 0.01% | -7.7% |
| IBM | Sell | I B M | $1,314,000 | +4.5% | 8,674 | -5.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| PDRDY | Buy | Pernod-Ricard SA-Unspon ADR | $1,319,000 | +1.9% | 59,050 | +4.3% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| WMT | Sell | Wal Mart Stores Inc | $1,279,000 | +11.1% | 18,674 | -0.5% | 0.01% | +10.0% |
| Buy | Pargesa Holding AG - B | $1,190,000 | +1.0% | 18,601 | +1.2% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| ABBV | Sell | AbbVie Inc | $1,241,000 | -75.8% | 21,718 | -75.0% | 0.01% | -77.3% |
| GOOG | Buy | Alphabet Inc Cl C | $1,226,000 | +9.2% | 1,646 | +11.2% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| GOOGL | Buy | Alphabet Inc Cl A | $1,166,000 | +18.1% | 1,529 | +20.6% | 0.01% | +25.0% |
| Loreal SA | $1,148,000 | +6.3% | 6,400 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +11.1% | ||
| COST | Buy | Costco Whsl Corp | $1,007,000 | -1.0% | 6,391 | +1.5% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| LAMR | Sell | Lamar Advertising Co-A | $902,000 | -3.0% | 14,660 | -5.5% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| ABT | Sell | Abbott Labs | $853,000 | -77.8% | 20,400 | -76.1% | 0.01% | -78.8% |
| PX | Sell | Praxair Inc | $770,000 | -22.5% | 6,725 | -30.7% | 0.01% | -12.5% |
| BTI | Buy | British Amern Tob PLC ADR | $717,000 | +7.2% | 6,136 | +1.2% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| BAC | Bank Amer Corp | $691,000 | -19.7% | 51,100 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -14.3% | |
| A P Moller-Maersk A/S | $708,000 | -1.5% | 554 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | ||
| SWGAY | Buy | The Swatch Group AG ADR | $620,000 | +14.8% | 35,650 | +15.6% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| FULT | Buy | Fulton Finl Corp | $467,000 | +13.9% | 34,930 | +10.8% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| DIS | Sell | Disney Walt Productions | $477,000 | -13.6% | 4,803 | -8.5% | 0.00% | -20.0% |
| MCD | Sell | McDonalds Corp | $457,000 | +6.0% | 3,640 | -0.1% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| SBMRY | Sell | SABMiller PLC Sponsored ADR | $314,000 | -47.8% | 5,125 | -48.9% | 0.00% | -40.0% |
| PXD | Pioneer Nat Res | $380,000 | +12.1% | 2,700 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| WBC | Buy | WABCO Holdings Inc | $339,000 | +37.2% | 3,168 | +31.0% | 0.00% | +50.0% |
| ORLY | New | O Reilly Automotive Inc | $367,000 | – | 1,340 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| AIG | American Intl Group Inc | $324,000 | -12.9% | 6,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| HTLD | Heartland Express Inc | $232,000 | +8.9% | 12,499 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| GE | General Electric | $294,000 | +2.1% | 9,246 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp | $210,000 | -4.5% | 1,600 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| Groupe Danone | $264,000 | +5.6% | 3,700 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| MRK | Merck Inc | $203,000 | 0.0% | 3,836 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| CSL | Sell | Carlisle Inc | $269,000 | +1.1% | 2,700 | -10.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| ORCL | New | Oracle Corp | $205,000 | – | 5,000 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| PSX | New | Phillips 66 | $210,000 | – | 2,420 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| USB | US Bancorp | $244,000 | -4.7% | 6,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| MYL | Sell | Mylan NV | $250,000 | -20.9% | 5,395 | -7.8% | 0.00% | -33.3% |
| MMM | Sell | 3M Company | $237,000 | -1.7% | 1,425 | -10.9% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Y | Alleghany Corp | $209,000 | +4.0% | 421 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna | $204,000 | +8.5% | 27,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| NLSN | Nielsen Holdings PLC ORD | $287,000 | +13.0% | 5,450 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| MAT | New | Mattel Inc | $223,000 | – | 6,625 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| COP | Sell | Conocophillips | $217,000 | -26.2% | 5,388 | -14.3% | 0.00% | -33.3% |
| CBI | Sell | Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV | $274,000 | -9.0% | 7,475 | -3.2% | 0.00% | -33.3% |
| Indivior PLC | $65,000 | -15.6% | 27,927 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| PZ Cussons PLC | $65,000 | +3.2% | 15,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Bollore | $117,000 | -16.4% | 30,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Cir SPA | $148,000 | +12.1% | 125,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| CSFL | Sell | Centerstate BKS FLA Inc | $149,000 | -13.4% | 10,004 | -9.1% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| LT Group Inc | $51,000 | +8.5% | 150,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | – | ||
| Exit | Schibsted A/S CL A | $0 | – | -6,150 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – | |
| SPB | Exit | Spectrum Brands Hldgs Inc | $0 | – | -2,000 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| PCP | Exit | Precision Castparts Corp | $0 | – | -3,395 | -100.0% | -0.01% | – |
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
- View 13F-HR filed 2016-05-12
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% |
View Gardner Russo & Gardner's complete holdings history.
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 |
View Gardner Russo & Gardner's complete filings history.
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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