$12.9 Billion is the total value of Gardner Russo & Gardner's 93 reported holdings in Q1 2019. The portfolio turnover from Q4 2018 to Q1 2019 was 12.5% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Sell | Mastercard Inc Cl A | $1,750,958,000 | +14.9% | 7,436,646 | -7.9% | 13.60% | +7.5% |
| NSRGY | Sell | Nestle SA-Spons ADR | $1,319,465,000 | +9.4% | 13,842,483 | -7.1% | 10.25% | +2.4% |
| BRKA | Sell | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A | $1,234,379,000 | -8.7% | 4,098 | -7.2% | 9.59% | -14.5% |
| Sell | Heineken Holding NV | $968,894,000 | +11.4% | 9,662,797 | -6.3% | 7.53% | +4.3% | |
| Sell | Pernod Ricard | $943,816,000 | +2.2% | 5,253,465 | -6.8% | 7.33% | -4.4% | |
| PM | Sell | Philip Morris International In | $850,673,000 | +27.1% | 9,624,084 | -4.0% | 6.61% | +18.9% |
| Sell | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $794,297,000 | +8.3% | 10,904,881 | -5.0% | 6.17% | +1.3% | |
| UN | Sell | Unilever NV ADR | $775,796,000 | +0.7% | 13,309,242 | -7.1% | 6.03% | -5.8% |
| Buy | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA | $676,038,000 | +31.4% | 8,053,414 | +3.3% | 5.25% | +23.0% | |
| WFC | Sell | Wells Fargo | $611,193,000 | -0.6% | 12,648,868 | -5.2% | 4.75% | -7.0% |
| BRKB | Sell | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B | $485,672,000 | -4.3% | 2,417,601 | -2.7% | 3.77% | -10.4% |
| MLM | Sell | Martin Marietta Materials | $372,821,000 | +11.5% | 1,853,170 | -4.7% | 2.90% | +4.4% |
| Sell | The Swatch Group AG-BR | $332,938,000 | -4.1% | 1,163,414 | -2.6% | 2.59% | -10.3% | |
| MO | Sell | Altria Group Inc | $293,697,000 | +11.5% | 5,113,999 | -4.1% | 2.28% | +4.4% |
| Sell | Diageo PLC | $255,575,000 | -5.3% | 6,250,344 | -17.5% | 1.98% | -11.4% | |
| CMCSA | Sell | Comcast Corp New Cl A | $251,372,000 | +8.9% | 6,287,439 | -7.3% | 1.95% | +1.9% |
| Sell | JC Decaux SA ACT | $210,432,000 | +3.8% | 6,910,347 | -4.5% | 1.64% | -2.9% | |
| BFA | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl A | $207,443,000 | +3.7% | 4,053,990 | -3.9% | 1.61% | -3.0% |
| GOOG | Buy | Alphabet Inc Cl C | $109,492,000 | +14.2% | 93,319 | +0.8% | 0.85% | +6.9% |
| BFB | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl B | $106,024,000 | -7.9% | 2,008,798 | -17.0% | 0.82% | -13.8% |
| V | Sell | Visa Inc Cl A | $81,245,000 | +5.4% | 520,170 | -11.0% | 0.63% | -1.4% |
| DEO | Sell | Diageo PLC Sponsored ADR | $56,249,000 | +9.0% | 343,801 | -5.6% | 0.44% | +1.9% |
| AXP | Sell | American Express | $15,828,000 | +1.4% | 144,814 | -11.6% | 0.12% | -5.4% |
| FMX | Sell | Fomento Economico Mex Sp ADR | $12,655,000 | -3.9% | 137,134 | -10.4% | 0.10% | -10.1% |
| Sell | Swedish Match AB | $12,405,000 | +28.3% | 242,790 | -1.1% | 0.10% | +20.0% | |
| XOM | Sell | Exxon Mobil Corp | $12,224,000 | +18.2% | 151,284 | -0.2% | 0.10% | +10.5% |
| DANOY | Sell | Danone ADR | $8,602,000 | -16.4% | 557,639 | -23.8% | 0.07% | -21.2% |
| CR | Sell | Crane | $8,681,000 | +12.4% | 102,593 | -4.1% | 0.07% | +4.7% |
| OUT | Sell | Outfront Media Inc | $7,988,000 | +7.4% | 341,359 | -16.8% | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| MKL | Sell | Markel Corp | $7,740,000 | -5.9% | 7,769 | -1.9% | 0.06% | -11.8% |
| HRL | Sell | Hormel Foods Corp | $6,870,000 | +3.6% | 153,493 | -1.2% | 0.05% | -3.6% |
| VMC | Buy | Vulcan Materials | $6,413,000 | +20.7% | 54,163 | +0.7% | 0.05% | +13.6% |
| MLHR | Sell | Herman Miller Inc | $6,217,000 | +12.2% | 176,716 | -3.5% | 0.05% | +4.3% |
| KO | Sell | Coca-Cola | $5,201,000 | -6.1% | 110,999 | -5.1% | 0.04% | -13.0% |
| Heineken NV | $4,858,000 | +19.7% | 45,988 | 0.0% | 0.04% | +11.8% | ||
| PG | Sell | Procter & Gamble | $4,451,000 | +6.4% | 42,780 | -6.0% | 0.04% | 0.0% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA Restri | $4,363,000 | +27.3% | 51,983 | 0.0% | 0.03% | +21.4% | ||
| MKC | Sell | McCormick Inc | $4,441,000 | +3.4% | 29,480 | -4.5% | 0.03% | -5.6% |
| DOV | Sell | Dover Corp | $4,106,000 | +29.5% | 43,776 | -2.0% | 0.03% | +23.1% |
| Buy | Nestle SA-REG | $3,912,000 | +17.9% | 41,054 | +0.1% | 0.03% | +7.1% | |
| PEP | Sell | Pepsico Inc | $3,268,000 | +5.9% | 26,667 | -4.5% | 0.02% | -3.8% |
| DWDP | Sell | DowDupont Inc | $2,489,000 | -2.5% | 46,686 | -2.2% | 0.02% | -9.5% |
| Buy | Unilever NV | $2,274,000 | +7.6% | 39,105 | +0.3% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| RDSA | Sell | Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR A | $2,228,000 | -1.8% | 35,595 | -8.6% | 0.02% | -10.5% |
| PNC | Sell | PNC Bank Corp | $2,155,000 | +1.5% | 17,568 | -3.3% | 0.02% | -5.6% |
| GOOGL | Buy | Alphabet Inc Cl A | $2,154,000 | +13.7% | 1,830 | +0.9% | 0.02% | +6.2% |
| Lindt & Spruengli AG - Reg | $2,034,000 | +5.2% | 26 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | ||
| Sell | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | $1,897,000 | +4.4% | 22,807 | -3.9% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| Buy | BIC | $1,982,000 | -11.8% | 22,215 | +0.7% | 0.02% | -21.1% | |
| FULT | Sell | Fulton Finl Corp | $1,845,000 | -0.8% | 119,154 | -0.8% | 0.01% | -6.7% |
| EVF | Buy | Eaton Vance Sr Income TR SFsh ben int | $1,842,000 | +3.4% | 299,442 | +0.8% | 0.01% | -6.7% |
| HEINY | Buy | Heineken NV Spons ADR | $1,532,000 | +30.9% | 29,009 | +9.4% | 0.01% | +20.0% |
| COST | Costco Whsl Corp | $1,266,000 | +18.9% | 5,227 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +11.1% | |
| BAC | Bank Amer Corp | $1,351,000 | +11.9% | 48,975 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| Buy | Loreal SA | $1,351,000 | +25.6% | 5,018 | +7.2% | 0.01% | +11.1% | |
| PDRDY | Sell | Pernod-Ricard SA-Unspon ADR | $1,258,000 | -20.7% | 35,025 | -27.7% | 0.01% | -23.1% |
| JPM | Buy | J.P. Morgan Chase | $1,223,000 | +4.4% | 12,077 | +0.6% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| CVX | Sell | Chevron Corp | $1,233,000 | +6.3% | 10,013 | -6.1% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| ABT | Sell | Abbott Labs | $968,000 | -4.2% | 12,110 | -13.3% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| CFRUY | Buy | CIE Financiere Richemont-Unsp | $1,092,000 | +74.4% | 149,875 | +53.1% | 0.01% | +60.0% |
| ABBV | Sell | AbbVie Inc | $1,048,000 | -18.6% | 13,010 | -6.8% | 0.01% | -27.3% |
| Sell | Pargesa Holding AG - B | $903,000 | +6.7% | 11,526 | -2.1% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| MTB | Buy | M & T Bk Corp | $716,000 | +10.5% | 4,559 | +0.7% | 0.01% | +20.0% |
| LAMR | Lamar Advertising Co-A | $694,000 | +14.5% | 8,756 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| SWGAY | New | The Swatch Group AG ADR | $509,000 | – | 35,585 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| BBT | Buy | BB&T Corp | $473,000 | +8.0% | 10,157 | +0.4% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| WMT | Sell | Wal Mart Stores Inc | $482,000 | +2.3% | 4,940 | -2.3% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| DIS | Sell | Disney Walt Productions | $488,000 | -0.4% | 4,398 | -1.6% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| MCD | Buy | McDonalds Corp | $564,000 | +7.2% | 2,970 | +0.2% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| ORLY | O Reilly Automotive Inc | $388,000 | +12.8% | 1,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| AAPL | Apple Computer Inc | $398,000 | +20.6% | 2,095 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| COTY | Sell | Coty Inc-CL A | $343,000 | +52.4% | 29,853 | -13.1% | 0.00% | +50.0% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | $448,000 | +16.4% | 3,795 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| PXD | Pioneer Nat Res | $396,000 | +15.8% | 2,600 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| LT Group Inc | $383,000 | -3.0% | 1,250,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Sell | Groupe Danone | $248,000 | +7.8% | 3,215 | -1.8% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| MRK | Merck Inc | $232,000 | +8.9% | 2,786 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| New | Roche Holding AG | $213,000 | – | 775 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – | |
| IBM | New | I B M | $213,000 | – | 1,512 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| Shiseido Co Ltd | $253,000 | +15.0% | 3,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| TWNKW | Hostess Brands Inc Wts Exp 11/wts | $276,000 | +40.1% | 212,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| CC | New | Chemours Co | $238,000 | – | 6,416 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| BP | New | BP PLC ADR | $223,000 | – | 5,106 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| AIG | American Intl Group Inc | $247,000 | +9.3% | 5,735 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| UNP | Sell | Union Pac Corp | $303,000 | +14.8% | 1,810 | -5.2% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| USB | New | US Bancorp | $208,000 | – | 4,314 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| MMM | 3M Company | $237,000 | +9.2% | 1,140 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| ORCL | New | Oracle Corp | $215,000 | – | 4,000 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| Cir SPA | $153,000 | +15.0% | 125,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Bollore | $136,000 | +13.3% | 30,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna | $181,000 | +2.3% | 687,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| New | Davide Campari-Milano SPA | $130,000 | – | 13,280 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – | |
| PZ Cussons PLC | $38,000 | -7.3% | 15,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | – | ||
| Y | Exit | Alleghany Corp | $0 | – | -324 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| APY | Exit | Apergy Corp | $0 | – | -11,737 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| KHC | Exit | Kraft Heinz Co | $0 | – | -23,940 | -100.0% | -0.01% | – |
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
- View 13F-HR filed 2019-05-15
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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