Kesler, Norman & Wride 13F annual report
Kesler, Norman & Wride is an investment fund managing more than $469 billion ran by Garrett Smith. There are currently 137 companies in Mr. Smith’s portfolio. The largest investments include Kroger Co and Apple Inc, together worth $34.5 billion.
$469 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 17th July 2024, Kesler, Norman & Wride’s top holding is 348,510 shares of Kroger Co currently worth over $17.4 billion and making up 3.7% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Kroger Co, Kesler, Norman & Wride owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 81,117 shares of Apple Inc worth $17.1 billion, whose value grew 15.3% in the past six months.
The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $16.4 billion and the next is Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr worth $15.3 billion, with 28,200 shares owned.
Currently, Kesler, Norman & Wride's portfolio is worth at least $469 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 Kesler, Norman & Wride
The Kesler, Norman & Wride office and employees reside in Ogden, Utah. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Garrett Smith serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Kesler, Norman & Wride.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Kesler, Norman & Wride revealed that it had opened a new position in
EA Series Trust and bought 7,969 shares worth $859 million.
This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company.
EA Series Trust makes up
31.5%
of the fund's Miscellaneous sector allocation and has grown its share price by 3.6% in the past year.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying
3,656 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 81,117 shares worth $17.1 billion.
Apple Inc soared 16.4% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Kesler, Norman & Wride is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Kesler, Norman & Wride closed its position in Fortinet Inc on 23rd July 2024.
It sold the previously owned 3,210 shares for $219 million.
Garrett Smith also disclosed a decreased stake in Kroger Co by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $17.4 billion and 348,510 shares.
One of the average hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Kesler, Norman & Wride are Armbruster Capital Management and Arthur M. Cohen & Associates. They manage $469 billion and $469 billion respectively.
Garrett Smith investment strategy
Kesler, Norman & Wride’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 12.5% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
54.7% 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
50% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.2% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $174 billion.
The complete list of Kesler, Norman & Wride trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on July 23rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kroger Co. |
0.54%
348,510
|
$17,401,102,000 | 3.71% |
| Apple Inc |
4.72%
81,117
|
$17,084,782,000 | 3.64% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.99%
36,619
|
$16,367,634,000 | 3.49% |
| Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr |
3.02%
28,200
|
$15,346,825,000 | 3.27% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
9.46%
21,479
|
$10,938,350,000 | 2.33% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New |
6.99%
12,811
|
$10,890,405,000 | 2.32% |
| Cencora Inc. |
1.86%
39,593
|
$8,920,936,000 | 1.90% |
| Analog Devices Inc. |
1.13%
38,503
|
$8,789,473,000 | 1.88% |
| Lowes Cos Inc |
4.98%
37,177
|
$8,196,732,000 | 1.75% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
1,012.96%
60,968
|
$7,531,882,000 | 1.61% |
| Johnson Johnson |
5.74%
51,319
|
$7,501,122,000 | 1.60% |
| General Dynamics Corp. |
6.74%
25,746
|
$7,470,103,000 | 1.59% |
| Procter And Gamble Co |
0.26%
44,827
|
$7,392,802,000 | 1.58% |
| Ishares Tr |
2.34%
1,169,751
|
$36,450,176,000 | 7.78% |
| Blackrock Inc. |
4.23%
9,075
|
$7,146,569,000 | 1.52% |
| Texas Instrs Inc |
0.77%
36,417
|
$7,085,082,000 | 1.51% |
| Chubb Limited |
3.65%
27,239
|
$6,948,752,000 | 1.48% |
| Phillips 66 |
3.88%
47,707
|
$6,734,958,000 | 1.44% |
| Accenture Plc Ireland |
2.40%
22,154
|
$6,721,574,000 | 1.43% |
| Intercontinental Exchange In |
4.94%
48,008
|
$6,572,141,000 | 1.40% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
3.14%
20,829
|
$6,508,844,000 | 1.39% |
| Cisco Sys Inc |
7.11%
136,217
|
$6,471,788,000 | 1.38% |
| L3Harris Technologies Inc |
6.33%
28,726
|
$6,451,917,000 | 1.38% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
0.90%
14,422
|
$6,362,507,000 | 1.36% |
| Vanguard World Fd |
4.19%
10,873
|
$6,269,246,000 | 1.34% |
| Cambria Etf Tr |
1.40%
405,374
|
$15,460,399,000 | 3.30% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
6.68%
13,052
|
$6,097,486,000 | 1.30% |
| NextEra Energy Inc |
9.38%
85,492
|
$6,053,728,000 | 1.29% |
| Union Pac Corp |
6.88%
25,998
|
$5,882,752,000 | 1.26% |
| Abbott Labs |
0.62%
54,170
|
$5,628,859,000 | 1.20% |
| Air Prods Chems Inc |
6.34%
21,154
|
$5,458,764,000 | 1.16% |
| Henry Jack Assoc Inc |
1.92%
31,889
|
$5,294,173,000 | 1.13% |
| Broadcom Inc |
26.23%
3,191
|
$5,127,167,000 | 1.09% |
| Emerson Elec Co |
7.17%
46,033
|
$5,071,376,000 | 1.08% |
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. |
1.07%
9,158
|
$4,633,375,000 | 0.99% |
| Medtronic Plc |
2.60%
58,768
|
$4,625,622,000 | 0.99% |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. |
5.18%
33,427
|
$4,574,687,000 | 0.98% |
| Stryker Corp. |
2.62%
12,433
|
$4,231,444,000 | 0.90% |
| Alphabet Inc |
30.27%
28,118
|
$5,130,064,000 | 1.09% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
20.55%
20,487
|
$3,959,245,000 | 0.84% |
| Keycorp |
No change
257,514
|
$3,659,274,000 | 0.78% |
| Visa Inc |
21.04%
13,491
|
$3,541,755,000 | 0.76% |
| Eli Lilly Co |
22.01%
3,642
|
$3,297,393,000 | 0.70% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
27.98%
6,463
|
$3,259,080,000 | 0.70% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Co. |
27.51%
15,511
|
$3,137,313,000 | 0.67% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
23.39%
27,229
|
$3,134,617,000 | 0.67% |
| Sp Global Inc |
1.36%
6,659
|
$2,970,334,000 | 0.63% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
27.28%
6,937
|
$2,822,147,000 | 0.60% |
| Pepsico Inc |
14.87%
16,922
|
$2,790,877,000 | 0.60% |
| Honeywell International Inc |
11.11%
12,382
|
$2,644,459,000 | 0.56% |
| Aflac Inc. |
6.16%
29,325
|
$2,619,228,000 | 0.56% |
| Mondelez International Inc. |
7.42%
39,020
|
$2,553,626,000 | 0.54% |
| Automatic Data Processing In |
2.86%
10,121
|
$2,416,745,000 | 0.52% |
| Brown Brown Inc |
7.36%
26,190
|
$2,341,856,000 | 0.50% |
| Linde Plc. |
12.56%
5,290
|
$2,322,120,000 | 0.50% |
| American Wtr Wks Co Inc New |
9.29%
17,913
|
$2,313,993,000 | 0.49% |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc |
10.79%
9,712
|
$2,301,750,000 | 0.49% |
| Factset Resh Sys Inc |
6.67%
5,413
|
$2,211,345,000 | 0.47% |
| Walmart Inc |
11.35%
32,569
|
$2,205,420,000 | 0.47% |
| Commerce Bancshares, Inc. |
18.35%
38,754
|
$2,161,681,000 | 0.46% |
| Comcast Corp New |
6.70%
54,221
|
$2,123,433,000 | 0.45% |
| Grainger W W Inc |
13.62%
2,296
|
$2,073,266,000 | 0.44% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
0.23%
5,973
|
$2,056,746,000 | 0.44% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
10.31%
19,359
|
$1,878,712,000 | 0.40% |
| Ecolab, Inc. |
16.47%
7,747
|
$1,844,174,000 | 0.39% |
| Ppg Inds Inc |
1.56%
13,768
|
$1,733,721,000 | 0.37% |
| Price T Rowe Group Inc |
7.27%
14,443
|
$1,665,632,000 | 0.36% |
| Church Dwight Co Inc |
11.87%
15,600
|
$1,617,658,000 | 0.35% |
| Mcdonalds Corp |
8.57%
6,275
|
$1,600,017,000 | 0.34% |
| Xylem Inc |
20.98%
11,443
|
$1,552,285,000 | 0.33% |
| Broadridge Finl Solutions In |
11.55%
7,772
|
$1,531,304,000 | 0.33% |
| Paychex Inc. |
16.25%
12,769
|
$1,514,195,000 | 0.32% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
54.95%
9,023
|
$1,463,621,000 | 0.31% |
| Becton Dickinson Co |
3.61%
6,166
|
$1,441,475,000 | 0.31% |
| First Tr Exchange-traded Fd |
4.00%
50,080
|
$4,468,192,000 | 0.95% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
17.42%
4,683
|
$1,398,224,000 | 0.30% |
| Target Corp |
24.33%
8,999
|
$1,332,127,000 | 0.28% |
| First Tr Exchange Traded Fd |
3.85%
96,052
|
$4,609,322,000 | 0.98% |
| Cintas Corporation |
9.73%
1,846
|
$1,294,178,000 | 0.28% |
| Prologis Inc |
10.74%
11,220
|
$1,260,224,000 | 0.27% |
| First Tr Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind |
0.91%
6,346
|
$1,253,081,000 | 0.27% |
| Realty Income Corp. |
10.65%
23,648
|
$1,249,072,000 | 0.27% |
| Starbucks Corp. |
20.70%
15,798
|
$1,229,912,000 | 0.26% |
| Federal Rlty Invt Tr New |
25.83%
11,988
|
$1,210,453,000 | 0.26% |
| VanEck ETF Trust |
7.83%
4,589
|
$1,196,352,000 | 0.26% |
| CMS Energy Corporation |
26.99%
19,204
|
$1,143,188,000 | 0.24% |
| Tesla Inc |
5.52%
5,602
|
$1,108,543,000 | 0.24% |
| Zoetis Inc |
0.08%
6,311
|
$1,094,288,000 | 0.23% |
| WEC Energy Group Inc |
26.95%
13,493
|
$1,058,705,000 | 0.23% |
| Mccormick Co Inc |
30.13%
14,482
|
$1,027,381,000 | 0.22% |
| New Jersey Res Corp |
28.58%
23,958
|
$1,023,982,000 | 0.22% |
| RTX Corp |
8.18%
9,335
|
$937,104,000 | 0.20% |
| Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average |
0.22%
2,314
|
$904,918,000 | 0.19% |
| Nike, Inc. |
24.79%
11,684
|
$880,673,000 | 0.19% |
| EA Series Trust |
Opened
7,969
|
$859,156,000 | 0.18% |
| Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T |
No change
5,093
|
$836,678,000 | 0.18% |
| Tractor Supply Co. |
37.94%
3,072
|
$829,690,000 | 0.18% |
| Atmos Energy Corp. |
8.56%
6,493
|
$757,450,000 | 0.16% |
| Adobe Inc |
0.96%
1,235
|
$686,092,000 | 0.15% |
| Morgan Stanley |
1.91%
6,885
|
$669,153,000 | 0.14% |
| Brown-Forman Corporation |
31.36%
14,838
|
$640,853,000 | 0.14% |
| Netapp Inc |
Opened
4,892
|
$630,257,000 | 0.13% |
| Shopify Inc |
3.61%
9,358
|
$618,096,000 | 0.13% |
| KLA Corp. |
Opened
745
|
$616,214,000 | 0.13% |
| Qualcomm, Inc. |
Opened
3,083
|
$614,559,000 | 0.13% |
| American Tower Corp. |
15.59%
3,151
|
$612,586,000 | 0.13% |
| Nxp Semiconductors N V |
Opened
2,115
|
$569,848,000 | 0.12% |
| Belden Inc |
Opened
5,821
|
$546,181,000 | 0.12% |
| Autodesk Inc. |
Opened
2,193
|
$543,468,000 | 0.12% |
| Cars.com |
Opened
26,263
|
$517,342,000 | 0.11% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
0.04%
12,452
|
$513,512,000 | 0.11% |
| Hackett Group Inc (The) |
Opened
22,373
|
$485,903,000 | 0.10% |
| Electronic Arts, Inc. |
Opened
3,475
|
$484,177,000 | 0.10% |
| Smucker J M Co |
12.16%
4,390
|
$478,657,000 | 0.10% |
| Xcel Energy Inc. |
15.68%
8,634
|
$461,150,000 | 0.10% |
| HF Sinclair Corporation |
Opened
8,256
|
$440,393,000 | 0.09% |
| Marathon Pete Corp |
Opened
2,508
|
$435,602,000 | 0.09% |
| Omnicom Group, Inc. |
Opened
4,835
|
$433,811,000 | 0.09% |
| Dillards Inc |
Opened
976
|
$430,731,000 | 0.09% |
| International Business Machs |
2.55%
2,370
|
$409,891,000 | 0.09% |
| Pulte Group Inc |
Opened
3,605
|
$396,783,000 | 0.08% |
| Clorox Co. |
14.17%
2,829
|
$386,136,000 | 0.08% |
| Toll Brothers Inc. |
Opened
3,333
|
$383,770,000 | 0.08% |
| Wells Fargo Co New |
0.32%
5,997
|
$356,135,000 | 0.08% |
| Blackrock Corpor Hi Yld Fd I |
3.63%
34,619
|
$335,458,000 | 0.07% |
| Eversource Energy |
13.67%
5,532
|
$313,699,000 | 0.07% |
| Crown Castle Inc |
5.55%
2,960
|
$289,208,000 | 0.06% |
| First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi |
Opened
14,289
|
$265,475,000 | 0.06% |
| Deere Co |
No change
699
|
$261,200,000 | 0.06% |
| Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc |
0.30%
1,668
|
$259,341,000 | 0.06% |
| Chevron Corp. |
8.23%
1,644
|
$257,154,000 | 0.05% |
| Disney Walt Co |
4.27%
2,491
|
$247,356,000 | 0.05% |
| Unitil Corp. |
Opened
4,422
|
$228,951,000 | 0.05% |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
No change
1,488
|
$225,164,000 | 0.05% |
| Fortinet Inc |
Closed
3,210
|
$219,275,000 | |
| First Tr Energy Infrastrctr |
Closed
10,881
|
$197,599,000 | |
| SoFi Technologies, Inc. |
No change
11,000
|
$72,710,000 | 0.02% |
| Nuveen Cr Strategies Income |
No change
11,266
|
$62,526,000 | 0.01% |
| Purple Innovation Inc |
No change
10,027
|
$10,428,000 | 0.00% |
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