Polen Capital Management 13F annual report

Polen Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $39.9 trillion ran by Lauren Walsh. There are currently 105 companies in Mrs. Walsh’s portfolio. The largest investments include Amazon.com and Microsoft, together worth $9.74 trillion.

$39.9 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th August 2024, Polen Capital Management’s top holding is 29,623,890 shares of Amazon.com currently worth over $5.72 trillion and making up 14.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Amazon.com, Polen Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 8,985,549 shares of Microsoft worth $4.02 trillion, whose value fell 2.2% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc worth $3.44 trillion and the next is Visa Inc worth $2.1 trillion, with 7,997,622 shares owned.

Currently, Polen Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $39.9 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Polen Capital Management

The Polen Capital Management office and employees reside in Boca Raton, Florida. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Lauren Walsh serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Polen Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Polen Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in PDD Inc and bought 54,875 shares worth $7.3 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. PDD Inc makes up 0.1% of the fund's Consumer Discretionary sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Zoetis Inc by buying 40,937 additional shares. This makes their stake in Zoetis Inc total 7,046,051 shares worth $1.22 trillion. Zoetis Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Polen Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Polen Capital Management closed its position in Wingstop Inc on 12th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 13,617 shares for $4.99 billion. Lauren Walsh also disclosed a decreased stake in Amazon.com by 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.72 trillion and 29,623,890 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Polen Capital Management are Tci Fund Management Ltd and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. They manage $39.7 trillion and $40.1 trillion respectively.


Lauren Walsh investment strategy

Polen Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 37.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.1% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 39% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $100 billion.

The complete list of Polen Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 12th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Amazon.com Inc.
13.91%
29,623,890
$5,724,816,686,000 14.36%
Microsoft Corporation
7.03%
8,985,549
$4,016,091,007,000 10.08%
Alphabet Inc
7.11%
18,777,307
$3,441,473,726,000 8.63%
Visa Inc
4.71%
7,997,622
$2,099,135,812,000 5.27%
ServiceNow Inc
6.76%
2,482,798
$1,953,142,963,000 4.90%
Mastercard Incorporated
5.14%
4,239,995
$1,870,516,110,000 4.69%
Salesforce Inc
3.45%
6,714,688
$1,726,346,373,000 4.33%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
4.81%
3,102,010
$1,715,411,476,000 4.30%
Abbott Labs
5.18%
15,305,822
$1,590,427,945,000 3.99%
Airbnb, Inc.
5.18%
10,173,464
$1,542,602,417,000 3.87%
Adobe Inc
6.03%
2,665,186
$1,480,617,560,000 3.71%
Netflix Inc.
44.80%
2,119,328
$1,430,292,278,000 3.59%
Accenture Plc Ireland
6.38%
4,333,582
$1,314,852,194,000 3.30%
Zoetis Inc
0.58%
7,046,051
$1,221,503,402,000 3.06%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
6.05%
2,249,052
$1,145,352,473,000 2.87%
Novo-nordisk A S
4.13%
7,447,972
$1,063,123,485,000 2.67%
Shopify Inc
1,672.17%
14,722,354
$972,411,504,000 2.44%
MSCI Inc
1,113.07%
1,650,450
$795,104,495,000 1.99%
Workday Inc
6.88%
3,428,901
$766,565,106,000 1.92%
Gartner, Inc.
5.61%
1,650,791
$741,304,197,000 1.86%
Nike, Inc.
5.32%
8,967,481
$675,879,010,000 1.70%
Eli Lilly & Co
6.45%
547,065
$495,301,599,000 1.24%
Icon Plc
1.20%
1,085,062
$340,134,263,000 0.85%
Paycom Software Inc
47.09%
2,236,125
$319,855,358,000 0.80%
Sap SE
1.58%
1,254,529
$253,051,104,000 0.63%
Aon plc.
0.97%
822,041
$241,334,908,000 0.61%
Automatic Data Processing In
2.01%
491,947
$117,422,754,000 0.29%
Ishares Tr
295.27%
533,082
$133,437,906,000 0.33%
Globant S.A.
4.26%
477,338
$85,090,262,000 0.21%
Medtronic Plc
1.47%
1,049,969
$82,643,041,000 0.21%
HDFC Bank Ltd.
20.11%
853,428
$54,901,016,000 0.14%
Asml Holding N V
0.08%
51,068
$52,229,257,000 0.13%
MercadoLibre Inc
6.73%
31,040
$51,010,796,000 0.13%
Unilever plc
0.02%
500,714
$27,534,279,000 0.07%
Tencent Music Entmt Group
43.49%
1,504,807
$21,142,538,000 0.05%
Houlihan Lokey Inc
8.49%
82,376
$11,109,213,000 0.03%
Clearwater Analytics Hldgs I
4.64%
571,837
$10,590,430,000 0.03%
Autodesk Inc.
99.15%
42,117
$10,421,956,000 0.03%
ExlService Holdings Inc
5.37%
327,095
$10,257,700,000 0.03%
Progyny Inc
7.85%
348,292
$9,964,641,000 0.03%
Hamilton Lane Inc
14.90%
78,225
$9,667,064,000 0.02%
Ccc Intelligent Solutions Hl
51.23%
854,191
$9,490,057,000 0.02%
Generac Holdings Inc
4.17%
70,988
$9,385,979,000 0.02%
Las Vegas Sands Corp
15.34%
196,374
$8,689,550,000 0.02%
Spdr Ser Tr
63.23%
91,892
$8,433,889,000 0.02%
Revolve Group Inc
1.63%
511,992
$8,145,789,000 0.02%
Alarm.com Holdings Inc
2.19%
128,165
$8,143,630,000 0.02%
Core & Main, Inc.
0.63%
158,999
$7,781,391,000 0.02%
Dlocal Ltd
25.49%
953,716
$7,715,562,000 0.02%
Warby Parker Inc.
3.26%
463,853
$7,449,480,000 0.02%
Alight Inc.
21.64%
1,008,705
$7,444,241,000 0.02%
Goosehead Ins Inc
2.23%
129,053
$7,412,778,000 0.02%
PDD Holdings Inc
Opened
54,875
$7,295,631,000 0.02%
Medpace Holdings Inc
2.25%
17,341
$7,141,922,000 0.02%
Euronet Worldwide Inc
14.84%
64,711
$6,697,582,000 0.02%
Yum China Holdings Inc
34.43%
201,365
$6,210,097,000 0.02%
SiTime Corp
25.19%
46,054
$5,728,137,000 0.01%
BlackLine Inc
4.37%
104,007
$5,039,116,000 0.01%
Wingstop Inc
Closed
13,617
$4,989,114,000
Epam Sys Inc
27.81%
25,775
$4,848,535,000 0.01%
Align Technology, Inc.
98.35%
20,006
$4,829,955,000 0.01%
YETI Holdings Inc
12.57%
120,632
$4,602,124,000 0.01%
FirstService Corp
16.94%
29,787
$4,538,645,000 0.01%
Kb Finl Group Inc
3.57%
78,267
$4,430,695,000 0.01%
Appfolio Inc
32.51%
17,855
$4,366,891,000 0.01%
Option Care Health Inc
Opened
153,541
$4,253,075,000 0.01%
Fox Factory Hldg Corp
14.38%
80,541
$3,881,285,000 0.01%
Global X Fds
255.70%
55,803
$3,649,516,000 0.01%
Qualys Inc
16.54%
25,568
$3,645,964,000 0.01%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
3.82%
34,536
$3,239,822,000 0.01%
Amn Healthcare Svcs Inc
5.16%
61,781
$3,165,020,000 0.01%
AAON Inc.
Opened
34,884
$3,043,276,000 0.01%
Doximity, Inc.
36.75%
105,500
$2,950,822,000 0.01%
XPEL Inc
Closed
50,490
$2,727,497,000
Installed Bldg Prods Inc
Opened
13,093
$2,693,047,000 0.01%
Bio-Techne Corp
4.23%
35,457
$2,540,494,000 0.01%
Morningstar Inc
13.58%
8,064
$2,385,734,000 0.01%
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp
18.91%
153,111
$2,342,604,000 0.01%
Dynatrace Inc
30.83%
51,083
$2,285,453,000 0.01%
Five Below Inc
8.16%
20,784
$2,264,832,000 0.01%
Helen of Troy Ltd
Closed
19,642
$2,263,583,000
SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc
17.90%
17,111
$2,077,481,000 0.01%
RH
49.24%
8,283
$2,024,799,000 0.01%
Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc
37.26%
2,442
$2,006,543,000 0.01%
Aspen Technology Inc
13.63%
9,853
$1,957,101,000 0.00%
Etsy Inc
13.90%
32,925
$1,941,917,000 0.00%
Repligen Corp.
Opened
14,572
$1,836,896,000 0.00%
LGI Homes Inc
17.65%
20,103
$1,799,047,000 0.00%
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
0.99%
8,084
$1,621,085,000 0.00%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
5.73%
3,110
$1,563,646,000 0.00%
Applied Indl Technologies In
Opened
7,595
$1,473,488,000 0.00%
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd
17.36%
46,145
$1,466,963,000 0.00%
Construction Partners Inc
Opened
25,574
$1,411,938,000 0.00%
Ollies Bargain Outlet Hldgs
Opened
12,800
$1,256,576,000 0.00%
Kaspi Kz Jsc
Opened
9,686
$1,249,591,000 0.00%
Charles Riv Labs Intl Inc
5.69%
5,715
$1,180,605,000 0.00%
Bumble Inc
Closed
98,635
$1,119,507,000
Pool Corporation
5.73%
3,485
$1,071,045,000 0.00%
Copa Holdings Sa
20.07%
11,168
$1,062,970,000 0.00%
Skillsoft Corp
6.49%
73,112
$1,011,139,000 0.00%
Kinsale Cap Group Inc
Opened
2,315
$891,923,000 0.00%
Floor & Decor Holdings Inc
51.23%
7,635
$758,995,000 0.00%
PayPal Holdings Inc
74.19%
12,770
$741,064,000 0.00%
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Opened
3,309
$676,624,000 0.00%
Endava plc
73.08%
18,930
$553,515,000 0.00%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
0.09%
10,419
$506,363,000 0.00%
Meta Platforms Inc
Opened
808
$407,328,000 0.00%
TREX Co., Inc.
49.09%
5,379
$398,691,000 0.00%
NetEase Inc
No change
4,000
$382,320,000 0.00%
Karooooo Ltd
Closed
9,250
$231,805,000
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