Case file · CIK 0001020066

Sands Capital Management, LLC

Global growth long-only capital sample.

Frank SandsCEO / CIO
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Q1 2026 · SEC 13F case file

Sands Capital Management, LLC

13F value$25.5BTop themeOtherTop 1052.4%Lines67
#1NVDASemis12.4%
#2TSMSemis7.8%
#3GOOGLConsumer5.8%
#4AMZNConsumer5.5%
#5SHOPSoftware4.2%

KOL-style case note

This is the public 13F money map for Sands Capital Management, LLC.

Global growth long-only capital sample. This page turns the latest public filing into a shareable research story: what the entity owns, which theme is driving the portfolio, and where to investigate next.

Who this is

Global growth long-only capital sample. It belongs in a smart-money radar because its public 13F shows quarterly capital direction and theme preference.

Top holding

The latest filing's largest public position is NVDA, around 12.4% of the disclosed 13F portfolio. That is the first place to look for the current thesis.

Main theme

Other is the clearest public theme in the portfolio. The important question is whether that theme repeats across the top positions, not just whether one stock worked.

Portfolio shape

The latest public portfolio is about $25.5B, with 67 lines and roughly 52.4% in the top 10. Higher concentration means a few decisions can explain more of the proxy return.

Why track it

This is not a live trading signal. It is a quarterly capital map: start with the ranking, inspect the top holdings, then ask whether the manager has a repeatable framework.

How to read it

13F filings are delayed and incomplete. They do not show shorts, many derivatives, private positions, cash, or current trade timing. Use this page to generate research questions, not to replace diligence.

Smart Money VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

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Velocity + theme concentration

Score blends filing growth, concentration, theme purity, call exposure, and filing history.

13F value

$25.5BQ1 2026, latest public filing

Growth since first filing

0.79x$32.2B$25.5B

Reporting lag13F filings arrive after the quarter ends. The page shows a delayed public snapshot, not live positions.

45dQuarter-end snapshot, not live positions
Public Disclosure Proxy Return

This is not actual fund performance. Returns and rankings use public disclosures after they become visible, not private NAV or live trading.

Disclosure workflow

How to read this page

Every number is anchored to a public quarterly filing. The report date is the portfolio snapshot; the filing date is when the market could actually see it.

Report quarterQ1 2026Public filing date2026-05-08Ranking startsafter public filingRanking gate70% price coverageCoverage is the share of eligible public holdings that can be mapped to a ticker and priced. Debt, internal funds, and non-priced lines are excluded from the denominator.

Public holdings

Q1 2026 exposure map

6713F lines
HoldingThemeTypeValue%
NVIDIA CORPORATIONNVDA · 18,085,742 sharesSemisSH$3.2B12.4%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTSM · 5,862,685 sharesSemisSH$2B7.8%
ALPHABET INCGOOGL · 5,124,494 sharesConsumerSH$1.5B5.8%
AMAZON COM INCAMZN · 6,719,055 sharesConsumerSH$1.4B5.5%
SHOPIFY INCSHOP · 8,935,666 sharesSoftwareSH$1.1B4.2%
NETFLIX INC.NFLX · 9,414,668 sharesConsumerSH$905.2M3.6%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S ASPOT · 1,794,226 sharesConsumerSH$870M3.4%
ASML HLDG NVASML · 639,833 sharesSemisSH$845.1M3.3%
VISA INCV · 2,770,431 sharesOtherSH$837.3M3.3%
MERCADOLIBRE INCMELI · 475,455 sharesConsumerSH$822.1M3.2%
CLOUDFLARE INCNET · 3,661,749 sharesComputeSH$755.6M3.0%
META PLATFORMS INCMETA · 1,279,121 sharesConsumerSH$731.8M2.9%
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INICE · 4,384,298 sharesOtherSH$689.6M2.7%
CARVANA COCVNA · 2,117,248 sharesConsumerSH$665.6M2.6%
AXON ENTERPRISE INCAXON · 1,564,504 sharesOtherSH$664.4M2.6%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCISRG · 1,321,274 sharesOtherSH$609.1M2.4%
DOORDASH INCDASH · 3,957,060 sharesConsumerSH$594.2M2.3%
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT · 1,530,124 sharesSoftwareSH$566.4M2.2%
SAMSARA INCIOT · 15,657,744 sharesOtherSH$496.2M1.9%
NU HLDGS LTDNU · 34,342,221 sharesOtherSH$493.5M1.9%
BROADCOM INCAVGO · 1,402,835 sharesSemisSH$434.2M1.7%
SEA LTDSE · 4,728,550 sharesOtherSH$391.6M1.5%
APPLOVIN CORPAPP · 971,561 sharesSoftwareSH$386.7M1.5%
QUANTA SVCS INC74762E102 · 626,348 sharesPowerSH$343.9M1.3%
BLOCK INCXYZ · 5,510,835 sharesOtherSH$331.6M1.3%
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPCRS · 823,277 sharesOtherSH$324.5M1.3%
CARLISLE COS INC142339100 · 919,614 sharesOtherSH$306.8M1.2%
ARGENX SEARGX · 340,285 sharesOtherSH$248.5M0.97%
BLOOM ENERGY CORPBE · 1,779,038 sharesPowerSH$241M0.95%
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INCBLDR · 2,621,085 sharesOtherSH$215.8M0.85%
ON HLDG AGH5919C104 · 6,325,547 sharesOtherSH$215.2M0.84%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HLDNGS PLSTX · 531,892 sharesOtherSH$208.4M0.82%
FLUTTER ENTMT PLCFLUT · 1,988,830 sharesOtherSH$202.8M0.80%
TETRA TECH INC NEWTTEK · 6,658,823 sharesOtherSH$200.6M0.79%
MCKESSON CORPMCK · 201,283 sharesOtherSH$174.2M0.68%
COUPANG INCCPNG · 9,172,187 sharesOtherSH$173.2M0.68%
DATADOG INCDDOG · 1,406,366 sharesSoftwareSH$166M0.65%
LAM RESEARCH CORPLRCX · 755,222 sharesSemisSH$161.4M0.63%
ROBLOX CORPRBLX · 2,726,701 sharesOtherSH$154.2M0.61%
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELFWONA · 1,559,760 sharesPowerSH$132.6M0.52%
KASPI KZ JSC48581R205 · 1,586,334 sharesOtherSH$117.5M0.46%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INCTDG · 94,341 sharesOtherSH$109.3M0.43%
WASTE CONNECTIONS INCWCN · 634,903 sharesOtherSH$103.1M0.40%
AMPHENOL CORPAPH · 805,602 sharesOtherSH$101.8M0.40%
FERRARI N VRACE · 287,709 sharesOtherSH$97.4M0.38%
ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INRARE · 3,214,533 sharesSemisSH$67.3M0.26%
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPBSX · 736,109 sharesOtherSH$46.2M0.18%
FULL TRUCK ALLIANCE CO LTDYMM · 4,970,779 sharesOtherSH$41.3M0.16%
GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITEDGRAB · 9,122,432 sharesOtherSH$33.4M0.13%
ELI LILLY & COLLY · 32,887 sharesOtherSH$30.2M0.12%
LINDE PLCLIN · 54,593 sharesOtherSH$27.1M0.11%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCPANW · 161,078 sharesOtherSH$25.8M0.10%
HDFC BANK LTDHDB · 907,652 sharesOtherSH$22.6M0.09%
KLAVIYO INCKVYO · 595,160 sharesSemisSH$11.6M0.05%
STEVANATO GROUP S P ASTVN · 497,310 sharesOtherSH$6.8M0.03%
FIGMA INCFIG · 187,577 sharesOtherSH$4M0.02%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INCPLTR · 22,919 sharesSoftwareSH$3.4M0.01%
SERVICENOW INCNOW · 31,521 sharesSoftwareSH$3.3M0.01%
GITLAB INCGTLB · 127,475 sharesOtherSH$2.8M0.01%
ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTDBABA · 7,793 sharesOtherSH$977.7K0.00%
ATLASSIAN CORPORATIONTEAM · 14,281 sharesSoftwareSH$974.7K0.00%
APPLE INCAAPL · 3,219 sharesOtherSH$817K0.00%
SNOWFLAKE INCSNOW · 4,178 sharesSoftwareSH$630.1K0.00%
ARISTA NETWORKS INCANET · 2,698 sharesComputeSH$331.3K0.00%
ROBINHOOD MKTS INCHOOD · 3,746 sharesOtherSH$259.6K0.00%
AEROVIRONMENT INCAVAV · 1,342 sharesOtherSH$245.7K0.00%
LUMENTUM HLDGS INCLITE · 312 sharesOpticsSH$219.3K0.00%

Quarter tape

Reported 13F value

SEC EDGAR
Q2 2023$32.2BQ3 2023$29.4BQ4 2023$32.9BQ1 2024$35.8BQ2 2024$34BQ3 2024$32.9BQ4 2024$33.8BQ1 2025$29.4BQ2 2025$34.8BQ3 2025$36.2BQ4 2025$32.9BQ1 2026$25.5B

Signal breakdown

Why this matters

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VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

13F value is 0.79x the first tracked filing.

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ConcentrationPurity describes how much of the portfolio is concentrated in one inferred theme. It is useful when a manager is expressing a very specific thesis.

Top ten public lines are 52.4% of the latest report.

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Holdings

67 reportable lines in the latest public filing.

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History

12 tracked quarterly 13F reports in the database or seed layer.

Publisher mode

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Evidence layer

What is public, what is inferred

Public SEC data

13F reports disclose long reportable U.S. securities and long put/call options. They do not show cash, private stakes, shorts, written options, or current live holdings.

Inferred theme

Theme tags are deterministic product analysis from issuer, CUSIP, option type, and keyword rules. They are not SEC labels.

Daily automation

Vercel Cron calls the EDGAR ingestion endpoint every day and records per-manager ingestion results.