Asset Manager · CIK 0001427008

Bill Smead

Smead Capital
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Bill Smead runs Smead Capital, an asset manager overseeing $4.82B in disclosed equity holdings (SEC CIK 0001427008). The latest 13F filing (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 22.9% over the past year. OpenStocks tracks 40 consecutive 13F filings for this manager — every position change, new entry, and exit is logged below.

Portfolio
$4.82B
Positions
32
Quarter
2025Q4
Filings tracked
40
1Y+22.9%3Y+48.0%5Y+55.7%Full performance →
1-Yearactual
+22.93%
since 2024Q4
3-Yearactual
+48.01%
since 2022Q4
5-Yearactual
+55.68%
since 2020Q4
10-Year
insufficient history

Performance overview

We mark Bill Smead (Smead Capital)'s disclosed 13F book to current market prices and compare its growth against the S&P 500 (SPY). Bill's portfolio is 22.9% over the last 12 months.

Portfolio growth vs SPY
Rebased to 100 at 2016Q1 · through 2025Q4
Bill Smead
+108.1%
SPY
-25631512393272016Q12020Q42025Q4
Portfolio line tracks reported 13F AUM (mark-to-market on filing dates). It includes inflows/outflows so it isn't a pure time-weighted return — same convention as Dataroma and StockCircle.
Capital flow per quarter
BuysSellsNet
+$1.09B+$547M$0-$547M-$1.09B'22Q1'22Q2'22Q3'22Q4'23Q1'23Q2'23Q3'23Q4'24Q1'24Q2'24Q3'24Q4'25Q1'25Q2'25Q3'25Q4
Latest · 2025Q4
-$355M
Lifetime buys
$4.79B
Lifetime sells
$4.41B
Portfolio over time
AUMPositions
$0$2.31B$4.63B$7.01B3426'22Q1'23Q4'25Q4
QoQ AUM
-6.9%
16Q lifetime AUM
+11.7%
QoQ positions
-2
16Q lifetime positions
+1
Position concentration
34 positions
Top 1
7%
of book