Stocks/Funds/CIK 1034524

POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1034524
Assets
$14.46B
-54.6% YoY
Holdings
221
Lifetime alpha vs market
-8.99% annual
Average hold time
1.8 yr
median 1.0 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +4% vs S&P +52% · α -48% lifetimeAUM $14.5B · peak $59.5BFlow $-5.3B (-23%)2016-062017-122019-062020-122022-062023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
-11.53%
trims when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-11.70%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-8.64%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation$1.05B7.3%-0.6%8.8 yr
GOOGAlphabet Inc.$845M5.8%+84.3%10.5 yr
LLYEli Lilly and Company$841M5.8%+12.2%2.8 yr
AVGOBroadcom Inc.$835M5.8%+86.0%0.8 yr
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.$812M5.6%+9.5%5.3 yr
MAMastercard Incorporated$770M5.3%-8.5%10.5 yr
NOWServiceNow, Inc.$760M5.3%-34.3%6.5 yr
SHOPShopify Inc.$748M5.2%+24.2%5.0 yr
VVisa Inc.$739M5.1%-13.1%10.5 yr
ORCLOracle Corporation$739M5.1%+5.9%7.8 yr
NVDANVIDIA Corporation$716M5.0%+60.9%1.5 yr
CSGPCoStar Group, Inc.$507M3.5%-49.1%1.5 yr
MSCIMSCI Inc.$501M3.5%-3.4%5.5 yr
ZTSZoetis Inc.$499M3.5%-27.2%8.5 yr
SBUXStarbucks Corporation$453M3.1%-6.1%8.5 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Software - Infrastructure14.3%+1.8pp$2.07B
Semiconductors13.0%+12.8pp$1.87B
Software - Application12.2%-3.8pp$1.76B
Financial - Credit Services10.5%-1.7pp$1.51B
Drug Manufacturers - General9.3%+0.2pp$1.35B
Internet Content & Information8.2%+4.1pp$1.18B
Specialty Retail6.1%-5.0pp$877M
Real Estate - Services3.5%+1.8pp$507M
Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges3.5%+0.1pp$501M
Restaurants3.2%+1.5pp$456M
Country
US88.0%+2.4pp
CA5.2%+0.6pp
IE4.9%-2.5pp
UY0.5%+0.0pp
TW0.4%
LU0.4%+0.0pp
NL0.1%+0.0pp
BR0.1%+0.0pp
Top 5: 30.3% · Top 10: 56.3% · Top 25: 94.3%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
GOOG$1.16B+0.98B84.3%
SHOP$1.46B+0.35B24.2%
AMZN$3.38B+0.32B9.5%
LLY$1.45B+0.18B12.2%
ORCL$1.76B+0.10B5.9%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
ZTS$1.45B-0.39B-27.2%
ACN$1.00B-0.35B-35.6%
V$2.11B-0.27B-13.1%
CSGP$523M-0.26B-49.1%
AON$1.20B-0.22B-18.4%

Top buys this quarter · 15

CSGP CoStar Group, Inc.+$310M
META Meta Platforms, Inc.+$272M
LRCX Lam Research Corporationnew+$225M
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.+$760M
ROL Rollins, Inc.new+$116M
SPOT Spotify Technology S.A.+$17M
DOCN DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.new+$8M
FSLY Fastly, Inc.new+$7M
ASML ASML Holding N.V.+$6M
YOU Clear Secure, Inc.+$5M

Top sells this quarter · 15

AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$991M
ABT Abbott Laboratories$405M
MSFT Microsoft Corporation$394M
ADBE Adobe Inc.$324M
ORCL Oracle Corporation$317M
GOOG Alphabet Inc.$307M
LLY Eli Lilly and Company$305M
MA Mastercard Incorporated$294M
V Visa Inc.$281M
AVGO Broadcom Inc.$258M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$14.46B221-5.64%+17.59%-23.23%-5.28B
2025-12-31$23.42B231+5.17%+17.72%-12.55%-7.11B
2025-09-30$30.80B232+9.83%+17.52%-7.69%-3.23B
2025-06-30$32.59B239+8.34%+14.94%-6.61%-1.84B
2025-03-31$31.84B116-0.40%+8.30%-8.70%-2.93B
2024-12-31$37.01B123+14.92%+24.89%-9.97%-3.09B
2024-09-30$38.74B117+26.19%+36.04%-9.85%-2.32B
2024-06-30$39.85B109+19.41%+24.49%-5.08%-3.19B
2024-03-31$43.29B103+30.85%+29.62%+1.22%-0.90B
2023-12-31$40.77B93+37.56%+26.18%+11.39%-2.42B
2023-09-30$38.00B98+21.66%+21.57%+0.09%-1.29B
2023-06-30$40.31B99+17.79%+19.42%-1.63%-1.01B
2023-03-31$37.93B94-15.10%-7.82%-7.28%-1.08B
2022-12-31$34.23B92+0.52%+7.56%-7.04%-1.66B
2022-09-30$35.70B84-5.61%-4.93%-0.68%-0.05B
2022-06-30$37.88B83-21.49%-16.11%-5.38%-2.34B