Stocks/Funds/CIK 1539994

Kames Capital plc

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1539994
Assets
$7.55B
+10.1% YoY
Holdings
162
Lifetime alpha vs market
-1.93% annual
Average hold time
4.8 yr
median 4.8 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +46% vs S&P +57% · α -11% lifetimeAUM $7.5B · peak $8.4BFlow $-524M (-6%)2016-032017-092019-032020-092022-032023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
-9.83%
trims when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-4.70%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-1.47%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
NVDANVIDIA Corporation$504M6.7%+60.9%8.3 yr
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation$492M6.5%-0.6%10.3 yr
AAPLApple Inc.$427M5.7%+14.7%10.3 yr
AVGOBroadcom Inc.$379M5.0%+86.0%7.8 yr
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.$342M4.5%+9.5%10.3 yr
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.$277M3.7%10.3 yr
GOOGAlphabet Inc.$198M2.6%+84.3%10.3 yr
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.$185M2.5%-0.4%10.0 yr
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Man$180M2.4%+105.6%10.3 yr
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.$164M2.2%+21.8%10.3 yr
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.$153M2.0%+38.9%8.0 yr
JNJJohnson & Johnson$128M1.7%+51.5%10.3 yr
KLACKLA Corporation$119M1.6%+118.2%8.8 yr
ABBVAbbVie Inc.$108M1.4%+7.3%9.3 yr
CMECME Group Inc.$107M1.4%+15.6%8.8 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Semiconductors19.1%+5.6pp$1.44B
Internet Content & Information8.7%+0.5pp$660M
Software - Infrastructure8.7%-0.5pp$656M
Drug Manufacturers - General7.9%+1.5pp$599M
Consumer Electronics5.7%-0.3pp$427M
Specialty Retail5.0%-0.6pp$378M
Industrial - Machinery3.3%+1.0pp$252M
Banks - Diversified3.1%+0.1pp$236M
Aerospace & Defense2.0%+2.0pp$153M
Software - Application1.8%-1.8pp$134M
Country
US96.5%+0.2pp
TW2.4%+1.0pp
CA0.6%-0.3pp
IL0.2%
UY0.2%-0.7pp
Unknown0.0%
CN0.0%-0.0pp
IN0.0%-0.2pp
Top 5: 28.4% · Top 10: 41.7% · Top 25: 61.2%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
NVDA$373M+0.23B60.9%
AVGO$242M+0.21B86.0%
MU$51M+0.15B289.6%
GOOG$158M+0.13B84.3%
TSM$91M+0.10B105.6%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
HD$89M-0.01B-8.0%
CL$100M-0.01B-6.8%
MSFT$522M-0.00B-0.6%
META$244M-0.00B-0.4%

Top buys this quarter · 15

FAST Fastenal Companynew+$44M
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation+$42M
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company+$35M
TXT Textron Inc.new+$34M
SUNB Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Incnew+$32M
MA Mastercard Incorporated+$31M
NFLX Netflix, Inc.+$28M
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company+$25M
SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.+$23M
CME CME Group Inc.+$22M

Top sells this quarter · 15

TJX The TJX Companies, Inc.$98M
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc$47M
VZ Verizon Communications Inc.$39M
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporatedexit$39M
MCO Moody's Corporationexit$38M
JLL Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporateexit$36M
MU Micron Technology, Inc.$34M
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc.$34M
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.$33M
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc.$31M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$7.55B162+23.43%+17.59%+5.84%-0.52B
2025-12-31$8.40B159+20.13%+17.72%+2.41%-0.25B
2025-09-30$8.43B153+21.31%+17.52%+3.79%-0.11B
2025-06-30$7.81B152+16.65%+14.94%+1.71%-0.04B
2025-03-31$6.86B152+6.36%+8.30%-1.95%-0.24B
2024-12-31$7.59B153+21.50%+24.89%-3.39%-0.02B
2024-09-30$7.34B142+22.72%+36.04%-13.32%-0.14B
2024-06-30$7.11B141+23.56%+39.81%-16.24%+0.15B
2024-03-31$6.67B142+27.47%+43.93%-16.46%-0.04B
2023-12-31$6.28B144+29.07%+40.24%-11.17%-0.19B
2023-06-30$6.18B160+18.12%+19.42%-1.30%+0.12B
2023-03-31$5.73B163-5.98%-7.82%+1.83%-0.23B
2022-12-31$5.54B165+8.15%+7.56%+0.59%+0.19B
2022-09-30$4.95B164-4.17%-4.93%+0.76%-0.14B
2022-06-30$5.31B172-15.73%-16.11%+0.38%-0.40B
2022-03-31$6.77B169-0.99B