Head-to-head comparison

Lee Ainslie vs Terry Smith

Lee Ainslie

Maverick Capital

Q8/10

"Long-short equity, deep fundamental, team-based research."

5 positionsSince 1993

Terry Smith

Fundsmith

Q9/10

"Buy good companies. Don't overpay. Do nothing."

6 positionsSince 2010

Shared conviction

Stocks both managers hold as a top position. Overlap in conviction is a strong consensus signal.

Ticker	Company	Price · Today	Lee %	Terry %
MSFT	Microsoft		3.8%	11.2%
META	Meta Platforms		2.9%	6.5%

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Recent moves — Q2 2026

Latest quarter activity for each manager.

Lee Ainslie

NSCADD +500%
COFADD +489%
GOOGLADD +486%
UNPADD +250%
TDGADD +216%
ASMLADD +150%
LYVADD +144%
WBDNEW
KEYSNEW
XYZNEW
FLEXNEW
TTMINEW
GOOGNEW
PFGCNEW
SYYNEW
ARESNEW
SPCXNEW
SPYNEW
APLDNEW
BLCONEW

+ 20 more moves this quarter (showing the 20 highest-conviction)

Terry Smith

MANEW
UBERNEW
TSMNEW
NFLXNEW
GEVNEW
APPNEW
NXTNEW
TJXNEW
VEEVNEW
YUMNEW
FICONEW
IDCCNEW
ORLYNEW
NSSCADD +58%
MANHADD +43%
BMIADD +23%
MTDEXIT
ZTSEXIT
OTISEXIT
QLYSEXIT

+ 19 more moves this quarter (showing the 20 highest-conviction)

Data sourced from 13F filings with the SEC. Overlap in top positions is a concrete consensus signal, not investment advice.

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Reading for your research

Optional background reading on interpreting company disclosures and investing methods. These books do not validate a signal or predict returns.

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Benjamin Graham

The Intelligent Investor

The foundational text. Buffett calls it 'by far the best book about investing ever written.'

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Benjamin Graham & David Dodd

Security Analysis

The deep dive behind The Intelligent Investor — how to actually read a filing and value a business.

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