Salvus Wealth Management 13F annual report

Salvus Wealth Management is an investment fund managing more than $146 billion ran by Robert Joel. There are currently 106 companies in Mr. Joel’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway and Alphabet Inc, together worth $14.2 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$146 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th April 2024, Salvus Wealth Management’s top holding is 18,107 shares of Berkshire Hathaway currently worth over $7.61 billion and making up 5.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Salvus Wealth Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 43,295 shares of Alphabet Inc worth $6.59 billion, whose value grew 14.7% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Progressive worth $6.35 billion and the next is Schwab Charles Corp worth $5.46 billion, with 75,434 shares owned.

Currently, Salvus Wealth Management's portfolio is worth at least $146 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 Salvus Wealth Management

The Salvus Wealth Management office and employees reside in Red Bank, New Jersey. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Robert Joel serves as the Member & Chief Compliance Officer at Salvus Wealth Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Salvus Wealth Management revealed that it had increased its stake in Microsoft and bought 385 additional shares worth around $162 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Microsoft makes up 16.5% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 51.0% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Salvus Wealth Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Salvus Wealth Management closed its position in PayPal Inc on 12th April 2024. It sold the previously owned 4,835 shares for $297 million. Robert Joel also disclosed a decreased stake in Berkshire Hathaway by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $7.61 billion and 18,107 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Salvus Wealth Management are Fwl Investment Management and R.h. Dinel Investment Counsel. They manage $146 billion and $146 billion respectively.


Robert Joel investment strategy

Salvus Wealth Management’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 18.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.9% 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 53% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $208 billion.

The complete list of Salvus Wealth Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on April 12th 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
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.42%
18,107
$7,614,356,000 5.20%
Alphabet Inc
20.53%
43,295
$6,592,049,000 4.50%
Progressive Corp.
0.88%
30,698
$6,348,960,000 4.34%
Schwab Charles Corp
0.58%
75,434
$5,456,896,000 3.73%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
8.42%
33,351
$5,141,018,000 3.51%
Booking Holdings Inc
0.87%
1,360
$4,933,917,000 3.37%
American Express Co.
1.09%
20,916
$4,762,364,000 3.25%
Tempur Sealy International Inc
1.13%
78,434
$4,456,620,000 3.04%
Floor Decor Hldgs Inc
16.12%
34,313
$4,447,651,000 3.04%
Thor Inds Inc
0.97%
35,152
$4,124,736,000 2.82%
Analog Devices Inc.
0.60%
19,717
$3,899,825,000 2.66%
Microsoft Corporation
4.54%
8,868
$3,731,082,000 2.55%
Carmax Inc
0.64%
42,514
$3,703,395,000 2.53%
Apple Inc
0.04%
20,801
$3,566,884,000 2.44%
Moelis Co
0.80%
61,653
$3,500,041,000 2.39%
NVR Inc.
0.72%
411
$3,329,084,000 2.27%
Armstrong World Inds Inc New
1.40%
24,864
$3,088,606,000 2.11%
Arista Networks Inc
23.40%
8,829
$2,560,233,000 1.75%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.17%
12,675
$2,286,317,000 1.56%
Merck Co Inc
0.40%
15,268
$2,014,613,000 1.38%
Aon plc.
0.69%
5,914
$1,973,620,000 1.35%
Applied Matls Inc
0.40%
9,296
$1,917,114,000 1.31%
Brookfield Corp
55.33%
43,499
$1,821,303,000 1.24%
Markel Group Inc
0.68%
1,171
$1,781,653,000 1.22%
American Tower Corp.
0.99%
8,480
$1,675,563,000 1.14%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
0.41%
1,463
$1,651,551,000 1.13%
NVIDIA Corp
1.90%
1,609
$1,453,849,000 0.99%
Blackrock Inc.
0.06%
1,571
$1,309,743,000 0.89%
Cogent Communications Hldgs
0.63%
19,507
$1,274,392,000 0.87%
Disney Walt Co
0.59%
10,000
$1,223,621,000 0.84%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
No change
12,117
$1,222,484,000 0.83%
Norfolk Southn Corp
0.02%
4,576
$1,166,285,000 0.80%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
No change
18,562
$1,107,223,000 0.76%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.44%
26,150
$1,097,258,000 0.75%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.02%
21,752
$1,085,624,000 0.74%
CDW Corp
0.73%
4,106
$1,050,233,000 0.72%
Johnson Johnson
0.15%
6,625
$1,048,009,000 0.72%
Eli Lilly Co
7.74%
1,337
$1,040,386,000 0.71%
Comcast Corp New
0.09%
23,593
$1,022,757,000 0.70%
Lowes Cos Inc
0.05%
3,872
$986,315,000 0.67%
Chevron Corp.
0.05%
6,093
$961,110,000 0.66%
Texas Instrs Inc
0.09%
5,348
$931,675,000 0.64%
Loews Corp.
No change
11,808
$924,475,000 0.63%
Encore Cap Group Inc
0.73%
19,213
$876,305,000 0.60%
Paychex Inc.
0.09%
6,926
$850,513,000 0.58%
Unilever plc
19.98%
16,275
$816,842,000 0.56%
Crown Castle Inc
0.10%
7,649
$809,494,000 0.55%
Nu Hldgs Ltd
7.20%
67,000
$799,310,000 0.55%
Fastenal Co.
0.13%
10,260
$791,456,000 0.54%
Philip Morris International Inc
0.12%
8,472
$776,205,000 0.53%
Visa Inc
12.17%
2,737
$763,842,000 0.52%
RH
0.73%
2,183
$760,252,000 0.52%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
0.07%
10,226
$758,565,000 0.52%
Netflix Inc.
17.20%
1,223
$742,765,000 0.51%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
0.26%
9,556
$732,659,000 0.50%
Cincinnati Finl Corp
0.09%
5,844
$725,649,000 0.50%
Salesforce Inc
0.71%
2,374
$715,001,000 0.49%
Medtronic Plc
No change
7,949
$692,755,000 0.47%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.50%
1,421
$684,311,000 0.47%
Enbridge Inc
0.24%
18,856
$682,198,000 0.47%
ServiceNow Inc
17.11%
867
$661,001,000 0.45%
Starbucks Corp.
0.09%
7,045
$643,843,000 0.44%
Air Prods Chems Inc
No change
2,650
$642,016,000 0.44%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.12%
4,293
$638,069,000 0.44%
Vanguard Index Fds
21.74%
2,452
$637,266,000 0.44%
Altria Group Inc.
0.08%
14,338
$625,422,000 0.43%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
0.23%
1,291
$617,950,000 0.42%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.57%
1,238
$601,148,000 0.41%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
65.19%
1,006
$584,697,000 0.40%
Diageo plc
0.03%
3,808
$566,402,000 0.39%
Travelers Companies Inc.
0.62%
2,399
$552,106,000 0.38%
Eog Res Inc
21.19%
3,946
$504,457,000 0.34%
Airbnb, Inc.
1.34%
3,029
$499,664,000 0.34%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
0.02%
17,047
$497,425,000 0.34%
Abbott Labs
17.01%
4,134
$469,870,000 0.32%
Brookfield Asset Managmt Ltd
0.79%
10,906
$458,270,000 0.31%
Dominion Energy Inc
0.10%
9,311
$458,008,000 0.31%
Corteva Inc
0.35%
7,928
$457,208,000 0.31%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
2.06%
903
$446,732,000 0.31%
Equity Comwlth
No change
23,386
$441,528,000 0.30%
Accenture Plc Ireland
1.20%
1,268
$439,501,000 0.30%
Spdr Ser Tr
No change
4,551
$417,782,000 0.29%
Adobe Inc
30.50%
818
$412,731,000 0.28%
Autodesk Inc.
5.55%
1,515
$394,536,000 0.27%
Shenandoah Telecommunication
0.70%
20,565
$357,214,000 0.24%
Franco Nev Corp
No change
2,895
$344,968,000 0.24%
Novo-nordisk A S
18.65%
2,646
$339,746,000 0.23%
Zoetis Inc
40.10%
1,967
$332,836,000 0.23%
International Flavorsfragra
No change
3,833
$329,600,000 0.23%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
9.39%
629
$329,054,000 0.22%
Ast Spacemobile Inc
0.59%
112,519
$326,305,000 0.22%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
1,068
$301,699,000 0.21%
Gartner, Inc.
5.57%
627
$298,872,000 0.20%
Intel Corp.
No change
6,765
$298,810,000 0.20%
PayPal Holdings Inc
Closed
4,835
$296,917,000
Energy Transfer L P
2.45%
18,601
$292,594,000 0.20%
Vanguard Star Fds
50.00%
4,791
$288,897,000 0.20%
Tesla Inc
1.24%
1,637
$287,768,000 0.20%
Vanguard Charlotte Fds
Closed
5,320
$262,622,000
Nike, Inc.
43.29%
2,754
$258,821,000 0.18%
Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl
No change
2,735
$254,492,000 0.17%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
4,005
$245,035,000 0.17%
Workday Inc
1.52%
867
$236,474,000 0.16%
Vir Biotechnology Inc
No change
11,691
$118,430,000 0.08%
Himalaya Shipping Ltd
No change
10,220
$78,796,000 0.05%
Safe Bulkers, Inc
No change
13,193
$65,437,000 0.04%
Rocky Mtn Chocolate Factory
33.52%
15,395
$55,730,000 0.04%
Fluent Inc
4.31%
110,875
$54,639,000 0.04%
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