Taurus Asset Management 13F annual report

Taurus Asset Management is an investment fund managing more than $987 billion ran by Brad Peck. There are currently 85 companies in Mr. Peck’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and Apple Inc, together worth $148 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$987 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 1st August 2024, Taurus Asset Management’s top holding is 180,441 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $80.6 billion and making up 8.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Taurus Asset Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 320,555 shares of Apple Inc worth $67.5 billion, whose value grew 11.4% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Amazon.com worth $48.7 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $47.9 billion, with 260,987 shares owned.

Currently, Taurus Asset Management's portfolio is worth at least $987 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Taurus Asset Management

The Taurus Asset Management office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Brad Peck serves as the Managing Principal at Taurus Asset Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Taurus Asset Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Salesforce Inc and bought 98,788 shares worth $25.4 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Salesforce Inc makes up 10.1% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 13.5% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Church & Dwight Co by buying 25,088 additional shares. This makes their stake in Church & Dwight Co total 251,968 shares worth $26.1 billion. Church & Dwight Co soared 6.4% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Taurus Asset Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Taurus Asset Management closed its position in Cooper Cos Inc on 8th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 46,260 shares for $14.7 billion. Brad Peck also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $80.6 billion and 180,441 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Taurus Asset Management are Marcum Wealth and Srs Capital Advisors. They manage $988 billion and $989 billion respectively.


Brad Peck investment strategy

Taurus Asset Management’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 25.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 70.6% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 68% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $233 billion.

The complete list of Taurus Asset Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 8th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Microsoft Corporation
5.31%
180,441
$80,648,105,000 8.17%
Apple Inc
3.13%
320,555
$67,515,294,000 6.84%
Amazon.com Inc.
5.19%
251,797
$48,659,763,000 4.93%
Alphabet Inc
4.57%
260,987
$47,860,965,000 4.85%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
18.55%
208,619
$42,195,279,000 4.27%
Danaher Corp.
4.18%
140,861
$35,194,121,000 3.57%
Intuit Inc
7.92%
52,749
$34,667,170,000 3.51%
Visa Inc
2.91%
123,946
$32,532,107,000 3.30%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
4.34%
51,978
$28,743,834,000 2.91%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
11.06%
251,968
$26,124,035,000 2.65%
Salesforce Inc
Opened
98,788
$25,398,395,000 2.57%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
3.33%
45,778
$24,913,039,000 2.52%
Costco Whsl Corp New
4.79%
28,899
$24,563,861,000 2.49%
Coca-Cola Co
20.32%
380,271
$24,204,245,000 2.45%
Linde Plc.
3.60%
54,745
$24,022,653,000 2.43%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
42.67%
146,775
$23,808,373,000 2.41%
Amphenol Corp.
91.64%
330,406
$22,259,452,000 2.25%
Bank America Corp
25.57%
547,859
$21,788,352,000 2.21%
Chart Inds Inc
48.64%
146,304
$21,117,519,000 2.14%
NextEra Energy Inc
5.54%
275,840
$19,532,230,000 1.98%
Home Depot, Inc.
2.40%
56,561
$19,470,559,000 1.97%
Ametek Inc
2.25%
111,823
$18,642,012,000 1.89%
Mondelez International Inc.
27.28%
271,352
$17,757,270,000 1.80%
Nike, Inc.
1.23%
234,592
$17,681,196,000 1.79%
Mcdonalds Corp
0.39%
68,051
$17,342,100,000 1.76%
Eog Res Inc
13.43%
135,255
$17,024,547,000 1.72%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0.53%
16,041
$16,859,047,000 1.71%
Texas Instrs Inc
23.92%
85,722
$16,675,501,000 1.69%
Cooper Cos Inc
Opened
180,925
$15,794,753,000 1.60%
Cooper Cos Inc
Closed
46,260
$14,711,143,000
Disney Walt Co
12.15%
146,895
$14,585,173,000 1.48%
ServiceNow Inc
3.66%
17,880
$14,065,660,000 1.42%
3M Co.
Opened
134,163
$13,710,117,000 1.39%
Fortive Corp
30.32%
158,925
$11,776,343,000 1.19%
Roper Technologies Inc
Opened
20,710
$11,673,399,000 1.18%
Old Dominion Freight Line In
111.10%
63,226
$11,165,712,000 1.13%
Rockwell Automation Inc
Closed
35,535
$10,158,390,000
Ashland Inc
14.15%
79,963
$7,555,703,000 0.77%
Pepsico Inc
3.87%
43,683
$7,204,637,000 0.73%
Union Pac Corp
20.70%
31,431
$7,111,578,000 0.72%
Accenture Plc Ireland
5.35%
21,216
$6,437,147,000 0.65%
American Express Co.
61.65%
25,798
$5,973,527,000 0.61%
Johnson & Johnson
7.28%
37,145
$5,429,113,000 0.55%
Envista Holdings Corp
Closed
160,666
$4,479,368,000
Veralto Corp
Opened
37,392
$3,569,814,000 0.36%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.25%
28,766
$3,311,542,000 0.34%
Eli Lilly & Co
2.95%
2,562
$2,319,584,000 0.23%
Chevron Corp.
3.49%
12,303
$1,924,435,000 0.19%
Starbucks Corp.
20.30%
21,795
$1,696,741,000 0.17%
Procter And Gamble Co
28.46%
9,516
$1,569,296,000 0.16%
Pfizer Inc.
15.42%
45,000
$1,259,100,000 0.13%
Vanguard Index Fds
6.42%
2,485
$1,242,823,000 0.13%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
21.80%
1,190
$1,707,760,000 0.17%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
9.54%
11,618
$1,127,411,000 0.11%
Abbott Labs
16.25%
10,827
$1,125,034,000 0.11%
Universal Display Corp.
0.49%
5,085
$1,069,121,000 0.11%
Abbvie Inc
14.81%
6,182
$1,060,337,000 0.11%
Caterpillar Inc.
11.24%
3,158
$1,051,930,000 0.11%
NVIDIA Corp
868.06%
6,970
$861,074,000 0.09%
Meta Platforms Inc
17.09%
1,650
$831,963,000 0.08%
Boston Scientific Corp.
24.10%
10,000
$770,100,000 0.08%
Mastercard Incorporated
2.99%
1,622
$715,562,000 0.07%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
No change
2,500
$705,925,000 0.07%
Philip Morris International Inc
7.39%
6,521
$660,773,000 0.07%
Dexcom Inc
No change
5,800
$657,604,000 0.07%
Yum Brands Inc.
No change
4,805
$636,470,000 0.06%
Analog Devices Inc.
30.51%
2,733
$623,835,000 0.06%
Idexx Labs Inc
No change
1,225
$596,820,000 0.06%
Altria Group Inc.
39.41%
11,685
$532,252,000 0.05%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
2,190
$482,807,000 0.05%
AMGEN Inc.
4.76%
1,500
$468,675,000 0.05%
Merck & Co Inc
0.12%
3,449
$426,986,000 0.04%
GE Aerospace
19.66%
2,657
$422,383,000 0.04%
RTX Corp
No change
3,969
$398,448,000 0.04%
Comcast Corp New
10.58%
8,872
$347,428,000 0.04%
S&P Global Inc
No change
766
$341,636,000 0.03%
Becton Dickinson & Co.
Closed
1,310
$338,674,000
Ishares Tr
1.19%
583
$319,035,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
700
$316,624,000 0.03%
Intel Corp.
30.14%
10,197
$315,801,000 0.03%
Oracle Corp.
No change
2,100
$296,520,000 0.03%
Insulet Corporation
No change
1,425
$287,565,000 0.03%
Ross Stores, Inc.
No change
1,964
$285,408,000 0.03%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
1,275
$272,264,000 0.03%
Verizon Communications Inc
Closed
8,019
$259,896,000
General Mls Inc
Closed
4,000
$255,960,000
Cognex Corp.
Closed
6,000
$254,640,000
Yum China Holdings Inc
Closed
4,264
$237,590,000
Blackrock Inc.
Opened
300
$236,196,000 0.02%
Air Prods & Chems Inc
4.19%
915
$236,116,000 0.02%
Zoetis Inc
12.61%
1,282
$222,248,000 0.02%
Blackstone Mtg Tr Inc
No change
11,000
$191,620,000 0.02%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc
No change
10,200
$28,866,000 0.00%
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