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Asset Manager · CIK 0001427008

Bill Smead

Smead Capital
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  • Mid-Size Fund

Bill Smead runs Smead Capital, an asset manager overseeing $4.82B in disclosed equity holdings (SEC CIK 0001427008). The latest portfolio (2025Q4) discloses 32 positions across 8 sectors, with the largest positions in SPG, MRK and AXP. On a mark-to-market basis the tracked portfolio has returned 8.2% over the past year. OpenStocks tracks 40 consecutive quarterly snapshots for this manager — every position change, new entry, and exit is logged below.

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Portfolio
$4.82B
Positions
32
Quarter
2025Q4
Filings tracked
40
1Y+8.2%Since filing+145.0%Full performance →
Quarter
2025Q42025Q32025Q22025Q12024Q42024Q32024Q22024Q12023Q42023Q32023Q22023Q1
1-YearTWR
+8.21%
since 2024Q4
3-Year
—
insufficient history
5-Year
—
insufficient history
10-Year
—
insufficient history

Performance overview

We mark Bill Smead (Smead Capital)'s disclosed portfolio to current market prices and compare its growth against the S&P 500 (SPY). Bill’s portfolio is 8.2% over the last 12 months · 145.0% since 2016Q1.

Portfolio growth vs SPY
Rebased to 100 at 2021Q2 · through 2025Q4
Bill Smead
+78.7%
SPY
+69.5%
Alpha
+9.2pp
771051321601872021Q22023Q32025Q4
Portfolio line is the GIPS-compliant time-weighted return chain-linked across the manager's quarterly 13F filings — unaffected by capital flows. Quarters with insufficient held-through coverage are skipped, which can briefly flatten the line.
Capital flow per quarter
BuysSellsNet
+$870M+$435M$0-$435M-$870M'19Q2'19Q3'19Q4'20Q1'20Q2'20Q3'20Q4'21Q1'21Q2'21Q3'21Q4'22Q1'22Q2'22Q3'22Q4'23Q1
Latest · 2023Q1
+$338M
Lifetime buys
$4.67B
Lifetime sells
$2.67B
Portfolio over time
AUMPositions
$0$1.66B$3.31B$5.02B3526'19Q2'21Q1'23Q1
QoQ AUM
+7.3%
16Q lifetime AUM
+141.5%
QoQ positions
+3
16Q lifetime positions
+1
Position concentration
29 positions
Top 1
9%
of book
  • Top 19%$443.9MOXY
  • Top 2-525%$1.25BMRK, LEN, AXP
  • Top 6-1026%$1.31BDHI, AMGN, SPG
  • Top 11-2032%$1.59BTGT, JPM, WBD
  • Rest8%$418.3MRest of port