$11 Billion is the total value of Gardner Russo & Gardner's 90 reported holdings in Q1 2021. The portfolio turnover from Q4 2020 to Q1 2021 was 6.5% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Sell | Mastercard Inc Cl A | $1,272,608,000 | -17.7% | 3,574,240 | -17.5% | 11.61% | -17.2% |
| BRKA | Sell | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A | $1,255,460,000 | +5.6% | 3,255 | -4.8% | 11.45% | +6.2% |
| NSRGY | Sell | Nestle SA-Spons ADR | $1,117,546,000 | -9.0% | 10,021,937 | -3.8% | 10.20% | -8.5% |
| GOOG | Sell | Alphabet Inc Cl C | $866,257,000 | +14.4% | 418,759 | -3.1% | 7.90% | +15.1% |
| PM | Sell | Philip Morris International In | $719,474,000 | +3.4% | 8,107,660 | -3.6% | 6.56% | +3.9% |
| Sell | Heineken Holding NV | $679,352,000 | -8.9% | 7,615,609 | -3.7% | 6.20% | -8.4% | |
| Sell | Pernod Ricard | $657,960,000 | -11.8% | 3,497,803 | -10.0% | 6.00% | -11.3% | |
| Sell | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $641,159,000 | +1.0% | 6,650,061 | -5.1% | 5.85% | +1.6% | |
| UL | Sell | Unilever PLC ADR | $560,278,000 | -16.8% | 10,035,427 | -10.0% | 5.11% | -16.3% |
| BRKB | Sell | Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B | $507,034,000 | +7.1% | 1,984,710 | -2.8% | 4.63% | +7.7% |
| JPM | Sell | J.P. Morgan Chase | $468,837,000 | +2.7% | 3,079,795 | -14.2% | 4.28% | +3.3% |
| MLM | Sell | Martin Marietta Materials | $426,676,000 | +7.6% | 1,270,550 | -9.0% | 3.89% | +8.3% |
| Sell | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA | $348,792,000 | -15.2% | 5,521,279 | -6.4% | 3.18% | -14.7% | |
| CMCSA | Sell | Comcast Corp New Cl A | $299,299,000 | -0.1% | 5,531,300 | -3.2% | 2.73% | +0.5% |
| BABA | New | Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd Spons A | $253,936,000 | – | 1,119,994 | +100.0% | 2.32% | – |
| BFA | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl A | $189,874,000 | -15.8% | 2,982,153 | -2.9% | 1.73% | -15.4% |
| Buy | Ashtead Group PLC | $150,744,000 | +491.2% | 2,525,046 | +365.4% | 1.38% | +495.2% | |
| CABO | Buy | Cable One Inc | $142,011,000 | +80.9% | 77,671 | +120.4% | 1.30% | +82.0% |
| V | Sell | Visa Inc Cl A | $87,882,000 | -10.8% | 415,066 | -7.8% | 0.80% | -10.2% |
| BFB | Sell | Brown-Forman Corp Cl B | $82,458,000 | -17.6% | 1,195,565 | -5.1% | 0.75% | -17.1% |
| WFC | Sell | Wells Fargo | $46,095,000 | +3.5% | 1,179,800 | -20.1% | 0.42% | +4.2% |
| MO | Sell | Altria Group Inc | $17,272,000 | +17.1% | 337,615 | -6.1% | 0.16% | +17.9% |
| VMC | Sell | Vulcan Materials | $11,391,000 | +12.3% | 67,500 | -1.3% | 0.10% | +13.0% |
| Sell | Swedish Match AB | $10,809,000 | -8.9% | 138,188 | -9.6% | 0.10% | -8.3% | |
| Sell | Davide Campari-Milano NV | $10,028,000 | -5.4% | 893,236 | -3.7% | 0.09% | -5.2% | |
| XOM | Buy | Exxon Mobil Corp | $9,826,000 | +35.9% | 176,007 | +0.3% | 0.09% | +36.4% |
| CR | Sell | Crane | $7,846,000 | +11.7% | 83,553 | -7.7% | 0.07% | +12.5% |
| MKL | Sell | Markel Corp | $7,649,000 | +9.3% | 6,712 | -0.9% | 0.07% | +11.1% |
| HRL | Sell | Hormel Foods Corp | $6,834,000 | +1.8% | 143,021 | -0.7% | 0.06% | +1.6% |
| OUT | Sell | Outfront Media Inc | $6,725,000 | +7.3% | 308,085 | -3.8% | 0.06% | +7.0% |
| AXP | Sell | American Express | $6,303,000 | -21.0% | 44,566 | -32.4% | 0.06% | -19.4% |
| PG | Buy | Procter & Gamble | $5,767,000 | +11.0% | 42,583 | +14.0% | 0.05% | +12.8% |
| Buy | Compagnie Financiere Richemontwts | $5,612,000 | +52.6% | 14,671,544 | +3.8% | 0.05% | +54.5% | |
| Nestle SA-REG | $4,742,000 | -5.1% | 42,370 | 0.0% | 0.04% | -4.4% | ||
| DOV | Sell | Dover Corp | $4,756,000 | +2.5% | 34,682 | -5.6% | 0.04% | +2.4% |
| MKC | Sell | McCormick Inc | $4,458,000 | -9.4% | 50,000 | -2.9% | 0.04% | -8.9% |
| Sell | Heineken NV | $4,136,000 | -8.7% | 40,166 | -1.0% | 0.04% | -7.3% | |
| UNP | Buy | Union Pac Corp | $3,750,000 | +6.3% | 17,016 | +0.4% | 0.03% | +6.2% |
| Sell | Carlsberg B A/S | $3,359,000 | -4.8% | 21,811 | -0.9% | 0.03% | -3.1% | |
| PEP | Sell | Pepsico Inc | $3,260,000 | -6.7% | 23,049 | -2.2% | 0.03% | -6.2% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA Restri | $3,258,000 | -9.4% | 51,578 | 0.0% | 0.03% | -9.1% | ||
| Sell | Loreal SA | $2,829,000 | -14.6% | 7,365 | -15.5% | 0.03% | -13.3% | |
| MLHR | Sell | Herman Miller Inc | $2,840,000 | -38.7% | 69,021 | -49.6% | 0.03% | -38.1% |
| PNC | Sell | PNC Bank Corp | $2,616,000 | +17.5% | 14,913 | -0.2% | 0.02% | +20.0% |
| Unilever PLC | $2,586,000 | -7.8% | 46,250 | 0.0% | 0.02% | -4.0% | ||
| EVF | Buy | Eaton Vance Sr Income TR SFsh ben int | $2,393,000 | +14.9% | 360,956 | +10.2% | 0.02% | +15.8% |
| GOOGL | Sell | Alphabet Inc Cl A | $2,221,000 | +3.0% | 1,077 | -12.5% | 0.02% | 0.0% |
| DANOY | Sell | Danone ADR | $2,131,000 | -3.3% | 154,945 | -7.5% | 0.02% | -5.0% |
| SWZ | Buy | Swiss Helvetia FD Inc | $1,972,000 | -0.2% | 224,346 | +1.5% | 0.02% | 0.0% |
| COST | Sell | Costco Whsl Corp | $1,866,000 | -8.2% | 5,294 | -1.9% | 0.02% | -5.6% |
| Sell | Lindt & Spruengli AG - Reg | $1,838,000 | -26.5% | 20 | -20.0% | 0.02% | -26.1% | |
| FMX | Sell | Fomento Economico Mex Sp ADR | $1,779,000 | -42.2% | 23,621 | -41.9% | 0.02% | -42.9% |
| DD | Sell | Dupont De Nemours Inc | $1,383,000 | +7.3% | 17,893 | -1.3% | 0.01% | +8.3% |
| ABT | Abbott Labs | $1,435,000 | +9.5% | 11,975 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +8.3% | |
| PDRDY | Sell | Pernod-Ricard SA-Unspon ADR | $1,318,000 | -3.9% | 35,024 | -2.1% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| FULT | Sell | Fulton Finl Corp | $1,267,000 | +33.4% | 74,421 | -0.3% | 0.01% | +33.3% |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc | $1,365,000 | +1.0% | 12,610 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| CFRUY | Sell | Compagnie Financiere Richemont | $1,227,000 | +5.8% | 127,300 | -0.6% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| DOW | Sell | Dow Inc | $1,202,000 | +13.9% | 18,795 | -1.1% | 0.01% | +10.0% |
| KO | Sell | Coca-Cola | $1,230,000 | -52.6% | 23,327 | -50.7% | 0.01% | -54.2% |
| Sell | Diageo PLC | $943,000 | -23.5% | 22,851 | -27.1% | 0.01% | -18.2% | |
| Sell | LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt | $937,000 | -9.6% | 1,403 | -15.4% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| DIS | Disney Walt Productions | $960,000 | +1.8% | 5,202 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| MSFT | Sell | Microsoft Corp | $843,000 | +4.5% | 3,577 | -1.4% | 0.01% | +14.3% |
| HEINY | Sell | Heineken NV Spons ADR | $867,000 | -14.2% | 16,837 | -7.0% | 0.01% | -11.1% |
| LAMR | Sell | Lamar Advertising Co-A | $755,000 | +11.7% | 8,035 | -1.1% | 0.01% | +16.7% |
| CTVA | Sell | Corteva Inc | $721,000 | +17.6% | 15,462 | -2.3% | 0.01% | +16.7% |
| AAPL | Sell | Apple Computer Inc | $775,000 | -33.2% | 6,348 | -27.4% | 0.01% | -36.4% |
| TFC | Buy | Truist Financial Corp | $616,000 | +22.2% | 10,555 | +0.4% | 0.01% | +20.0% |
| GHC | Sell | Graham Holdings Co | $645,000 | +4.0% | 1,146 | -1.5% | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| WMT | Wal Mart Stores Inc | $609,000 | -5.7% | 4,480 | 0.0% | 0.01% | 0.0% | |
| CVX | Sell | Chevron Corp | $505,000 | -27.7% | 4,817 | -41.7% | 0.01% | -16.7% |
| Sell | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | $598,000 | -45.0% | 6,670 | -45.1% | 0.01% | -50.0% | |
| MCD | McDonalds Corp | $511,000 | +4.5% | 2,280 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +25.0% | |
| HKHHY | Buy | Heineken Holding NV ADR | $479,000 | -1.4% | 10,750 | +4.4% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| PXD | Pioneer Nat Res | $397,000 | +39.3% | 2,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | +33.3% | |
| LT Group Inc | $424,000 | +1.9% | 1,525,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| MRK | Sell | Merck Inc | $297,000 | -8.0% | 3,858 | -2.2% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp | $281,000 | +8.5% | 4,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | +50.0% | |
| DHR | Sell | Danaher Corp | $266,000 | -10.1% | 1,183 | -11.3% | 0.00% | -33.3% |
| JC Decaux SA ACT | $265,000 | +10.9% | 10,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| CC | Buy | Chemours Co | $232,000 | +13.7% | 8,320 | +0.9% | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| KHC | Kraft Heinz Co | $240,000 | +15.4% | 6,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev ADR | $250,000 | -10.1% | 3,981 | 0.0% | 0.00% | -33.3% | |
| Y | New | Alleghany Corp | $203,000 | – | 324 | +100.0% | 0.00% | – |
| DVCMY | Davide Campari-Milano ADR | $129,000 | -1.5% | 11,475 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | |
| Cir SPA | $140,000 | +3.7% | 251,250 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| TWNKW | Sell | Hostess Brands Inc Wts Exp 11/wts | $116,000 | -46.0% | 80,000 | -40.7% | 0.00% | -50.0% |
| Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna | $95,000 | -11.2% | 1,000,000 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| Bollore | $65,000 | +16.1% | 13,500 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.0% | ||
| RDSA | Exit | Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR A | $0 | – | -6,817 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| NKE | Exit | Nike Inc - Cl B | $0 | – | -1,617 | -100.0% | -0.00% | – |
| MTB | Exit | M & T Bk Corp | $0 | – | -4,550 | -100.0% | -0.01% | – |
| DEO | Exit | Diageo PLC Sponsored ADR | $0 | – | -65,776 | -100.0% | -0.10% | – |
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
- View 13F-HR filed 2021-05-12
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% |
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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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