Veritas Asset Management 13F, Q4 2023

Veritas Asset Management · quarter ending 31 December 2023 · filed 14 February 2024 · SEC CIK 1541448

$13.89B
Filed US book
33
Positions
9.0%
Largest position

Common stock only: shares the fund reported owning at the quarter end, valued as filed.

Largest positions, Q4 2023

The 25 largest of 33 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q3 2023 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q3 2023
ALPHABET INCGOOGL$1.25B9.0%-3% shares
MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDMA$1.21B8.7%-4% shares
AMAZON COM INCAMZN$1.12B8.1%unchanged
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITYCP$1.06B7.7%unchanged
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INICE$989.90M7.1%-3% shares
FISERV INCFISV$927.30M6.7%+5% shares
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCTMO$898.18M6.5%+70% shares
COOPER COS INC$846.88M6.1%unchanged
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCUNH$795.76M5.7%-14% shares
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC NCHTR$681.06M4.9%-22% shares
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$670.76M4.8%-10% shares
MOODYS CORPMCO$621.74M4.5%-29% shares
ELEVANCE HEALTH INCELV$552.63M4.0%-3% shares
BECTON DICKINSON & COBDX$532.35M3.8%+13% shares
EQUIFAX INCEFX$352.32M2.5%-20% shares
BIO RAD LABS INCBIO$349.66M2.5%-3% shares
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INADP$328.20M2.4%-3% shares
CATALENT INC$290.61M2.1%-3% shares
ILLUMINA INCILMN$202.19M1.5%-3% shares
YUM CHINA HLDGS INCYUMC$93.32M0.7%+30% shares
MEDTRONIC PLC$14.91M0.1%+32% shares
META PLATFORMS INCMETA$13.65M0.1%-11% shares
MSC INDL DIRECT INCMSM$11.82M0.1%unchanged
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTDTSM$11.65M0.1%-50% shares
FRANCO NEV CORPFNV$11.54M0.1%unchanged

What changed since Q3 2023

Against the Q3 2023 filing, Veritas Asset Management opened 0 new positions, added to 6, trimmed 17, left 10 unchanged and exited 2. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

No new positions this quarter.

Exited

Added to

  • FISV+5%$927.30M
  • TMO+70%$898.18M
  • BDX+13%$532.35M
  • YUMC+30%$93.32M
  • MEDTRONIC PLC+32%$14.91M
  • HDB+20%$11.39M

Trimmed

and 9 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001172661-24-001119, filed by Veritas Asset Management LLP. Values are as filed and cover US-listed positions only; a 13F does not show short positions or holdings outside the US. A 13F may be filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends, so the fund may have traded since. Educational information, not financial advice.