Veritas Asset Management 13F, Q1 2024

Veritas Asset Management · quarter ending 31 March 2024 · filed 10 May 2024 · SEC CIK 1541448

$13.79B
Filed US book
33
Positions
10.8%
Largest position

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

Largest positions, Q1 2024

The 25 largest of 33 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q4 2023 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q4 2023
ALPHABET INCGOOGL$1.49B10.8%+11% shares
AMAZON COM INCAMZN$1.30B9.4%-2% shares
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITYCP$1.16B8.4%unchanged
FISERV INCFISV$1.10B8.0%unchanged
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INICE$1.02B7.4%-4% shares
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCTMO$982.38M7.1%unchanged
MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDMA$914.20M6.6%-33% shares
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCUNH$900.76M6.5%+21% shares
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$741.05M5.4%unchanged
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC NCHTR$653.66M4.7%+28% shares
ELEVANCE HEALTH INCELV$601.50M4.4%unchanged
BECTON DICKINSON & COBDX$536.18M3.9%unchanged
COOPER COS INCCOO$468.30M3.4%new
MOODYS CORPMCO$435.32M3.2%-30% shares
BIO RAD LABS INCBIO$396.75M2.9%+6% shares
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INADP$348.73M2.5%unchanged
CATALENT INC$340.13M2.5%-7% shares
EQUIFAX INCEFX$175.57M1.3%-54% shares
AON PLC$104.08M0.8%new
MEDTRONIC PLC$15.77M0.1%unchanged
META PLATFORMS INCMETA$13.14M0.1%-30% shares
FRANCO NEV CORPFNV$12.41M0.1%unchanged
MSC INDL DIRECT INCMSM$11.32M0.1%unchanged
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INCPM$10.39M0.1%unchanged
HDFC BANK LTDHDB$8.72M0.1%-8% shares

What changed since Q4 2023

Against the Q4 2023 filing, Veritas Asset Management opened 4 new positions, added to 4, trimmed 10, left 15 unchanged and exited 4. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

Exited

  • COOPER COS INCwas $846.88M
  • ILMNwas $202.19M
  • YUMCwas $93.32M
  • PDDwas $3.27M

Added to

Trimmed

  • AMZN-2%$1.30B
  • ICE-4%$1.02B
  • MA-33%$914.20M
  • MCO-30%$435.32M
  • CATALENT INC-7%$340.13M
  • EFX-54%$175.57M
  • META-30%$13.14M
  • HDB-8%$8.72M

and 2 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001172661-24-002133, 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.