Waddell & Associates 13F annual report

Waddell & Associates is an investment fund managing more than $757 billion ran by Roseann Higgins. There are currently 115 companies in Mrs. Higgins’s portfolio. The largest investments include Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr and Schwab Strategic Tr, together worth $192 billion.

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$757 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 30th July 2024, Waddell & Associates’s top holding is 136,396 shares of Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr currently worth over $73 billion and making up 9.6% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 2,203,319 shares of Schwab Strategic Tr worth $119 billion. The third-largest holding is Wisdomtree Tr worth $69.8 billion and the next is Ishares Tr worth $121 billion, with 1,417,296 shares owned.

Currently, Waddell & Associates's portfolio is worth at least $757 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 Waddell & Associates

The Waddell & Associates office and employees reside in Memphis, Tennessee. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Roseann Higgins serves as the Compliance Officer at Waddell & Associates.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Waddell & Associates revealed that it had opened a new position in Dell Technologies Inc and bought 3,662 shares worth $505 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Dell Technologies Inc makes up 2.8% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr by buying 1,529 additional shares. This makes their stake in Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr total 136,396 shares worth $73 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Waddell & Associates is getting rid of from its portfolio. Waddell & Associates closed its position in Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin on 6th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,980 shares for $371 million. Roseann Higgins also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $6.44 billion and 14,411 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Waddell & Associates are Cascade Partners and Bw Gestao De Investimentos Ltda. They manage $758 billion and $758 billion respectively.


Roseann Higgins investment strategy

Waddell & Associates’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 2.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.4% 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 48% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $226 billion.

The complete list of Waddell & Associates trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 6th 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
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
1.13%
136,396
$72,982,583,000 9.64%
Schwab Strategic Tr
1.06%
2,203,319
$118,546,999,000 15.66%
Wisdomtree Tr
1.26%
929,727
$69,801,470,000 9.22%
Ishares Tr
0.53%
1,417,296
$120,664,703,000 15.94%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
2.27%
610,107
$70,653,296,000 9.33%
Doubleline Etf Trust
0.01%
2,137,525
$62,516,802,000 8.26%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
0.35%
199,067
$36,802,430,000 4.86%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
1.70%
580,157
$33,653,138,000 4.44%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr
1.27%
362,412
$32,160,436,000 4.25%
American Centy Etf Tr
2.43%
478,917
$29,257,043,000 3.86%
Apple Inc
9.87%
40,771
$8,587,245,000 1.13%
Microsoft Corporation
0.51%
14,411
$6,440,791,000 0.85%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
26.39%
10,416
$5,668,819,000 0.75%
Eli Lilly & Co
0.16%
6,150
$5,568,087,000 0.74%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.07%
12,149
$4,942,213,000 0.65%
Two Rds Shared Tr
6.37%
349,045
$4,453,748,000 0.59%
Vanguard Star Fds
0.33%
56,173
$3,387,232,000 0.45%
NVIDIA Corp
1,395.73%
23,453
$2,897,385,000 0.38%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.76%
23,112
$5,487,917,000 0.72%
Walmart Inc
0.35%
37,914
$2,567,175,000 0.34%
Alphabet Inc
2.36%
19,806
$3,624,615,000 0.48%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.73%
11,850
$2,396,781,000 0.32%
Autozone Inc.
2.71%
683
$2,024,592,000 0.27%
Sprott Physical Gold & Silve
0.31%
81,056
$1,787,285,000 0.24%
Home Depot, Inc.
1.45%
5,037
$1,734,008,000 0.23%
Sprott Physical Silver Tr
6.95%
174,431
$1,732,100,000 0.23%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.58%
14,045
$1,616,806,000 0.21%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.06%
9,792
$1,614,948,000 0.21%
Dimensional Etf Trust
0.61%
66,452
$1,769,054,000 0.23%
Chevron Corp.
1.19%
8,966
$1,402,465,000 0.19%
Coca-Cola Co
1.55%
20,500
$1,304,800,000 0.17%
West Pharmaceutical Svsc Inc
No change
3,900
$1,284,621,000 0.17%
Fedex Corp
0.70%
4,118
$1,234,686,000 0.16%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.89%
2,369
$1,194,508,000 0.16%
Aflac Inc.
0.56%
12,131
$1,083,384,000 0.14%
Oracle Corp.
3.54%
7,525
$1,062,530,000 0.14%
Spdr Ser Tr
1.91%
19,618
$1,006,403,000 0.13%
Merck & Co Inc
0.04%
7,330
$907,474,000 0.12%
Amazon.com Inc.
16.33%
4,587
$886,438,000 0.12%
Netflix Inc.
1.95%
1,309
$883,418,000 0.12%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
10.29%
9,435
$871,511,000 0.12%
Johnson & Johnson
6.07%
5,938
$867,898,000 0.11%
Public Storage Oper Co
53.91%
2,935
$844,237,000 0.11%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
8,356
$810,866,000 0.11%
Visa Inc
0.13%
2,961
$777,043,000 0.10%
Allstate Corp (The)
2.23%
4,723
$754,074,000 0.10%
International Business Machs
0.29%
4,152
$718,088,000 0.09%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
5.23%
18,583
$708,756,000 0.09%
Pepsico Inc
0.14%
4,211
$694,528,000 0.09%
Pfizer Inc.
88.53%
24,590
$688,030,000 0.09%
Regions Financial Corp.
3.50%
31,220
$625,641,000 0.08%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
No change
17,039
$573,362,000 0.08%
Applied Matls Inc
0.62%
2,265
$534,535,000 0.07%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
No change
492
$519,582,000 0.07%
Coherent Corp
No change
7,150
$518,089,000 0.07%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
5.24%
1,005
$512,047,000 0.07%
Dell Technologies Inc
Opened
3,662
$505,095,000 0.07%
Intel Corp.
1.38%
16,042
$496,833,000 0.07%
Progressive Corp.
No change
2,309
$479,602,000 0.06%
American Express Co.
No change
2,036
$471,436,000 0.06%
Cisco Sys Inc
1.94%
9,884
$469,593,000 0.06%
Investment Managers Ser Tr I
Opened
30,098
$448,460,000 0.06%
Booking Holdings Inc
4.72%
111
$439,727,000 0.06%
Union Pac Corp
1.33%
1,898
$429,441,000 0.06%
Elevance Health Inc
No change
789
$427,528,000 0.06%
Wells Fargo Co New
9.14%
7,142
$424,163,000 0.06%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1.35%
878
$397,137,000 0.05%
Pacer Fds Tr
No change
11,270
$392,129,000 0.05%
Salesforce Inc
3.11%
1,523
$391,689,000 0.05%
Sysco Corp.
7.49%
5,379
$384,007,000 0.05%
Duke Energy Corp.
2.71%
3,753
$376,163,000 0.05%
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.66%
1,224
$371,383,000 0.05%
Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin
Closed
5,980
$371,119,000
Marathon Pete Corp
No change
2,132
$369,859,000 0.05%
S&P Global Inc
No change
797
$355,462,000 0.05%
Qualcomm, Inc.
10.04%
1,775
$353,621,000 0.05%
International Flavors&fragra
Opened
3,654
$347,897,000 0.05%
General Dynamics Corp.
Opened
1,193
$346,137,000 0.05%
Boeing Co.
Closed
1,788
$345,088,000
Abbvie Inc
3.99%
1,955
$335,255,000 0.04%
Baker Hughes Company
0.11%
9,494
$333,904,000 0.04%
Louisiana Pac Corp
No change
4,000
$329,320,000 0.04%
Broadcom Inc
13.26%
205
$329,134,000 0.04%
AT&T Inc.
5.44%
16,867
$322,327,000 0.04%
Lyondellbasell Industries N
Closed
3,121
$319,216,000
Bank America Corp
4.22%
7,973
$317,087,000 0.04%
Disney Walt Co
1.01%
3,192
$316,924,000 0.04%
Mondelez International Inc.
3.77%
4,732
$309,662,000 0.04%
Morgan Stanley
4.71%
3,178
$308,870,000 0.04%
Advisors Inner Circle Fd
No change
10,804
$308,240,000 0.04%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Closed
638
$305,385,000
Flexshares Tr
Opened
7,571
$303,900,000 0.04%
Schwab Charles Corp
1.96%
4,107
$302,655,000 0.04%
Becton Dickinson & Co.
0.39%
1,294
$302,421,000 0.04%
Prologis Inc
Closed
2,317
$301,720,000
Mcdonalds Corp
17.93%
1,171
$298,418,000 0.04%
Micron Technology Inc.
5.16%
2,261
$297,345,000 0.04%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
9.20%
5,920
$286,054,000 0.04%
Newmont Corp
0.19%
6,669
$279,231,000 0.04%
Equinix Inc
No change
365
$276,159,000 0.04%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc
No change
1,263
$275,587,000 0.04%
Yum Brands Inc.
No change
2,075
$274,855,000 0.04%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
1.54%
1,978
$273,334,000 0.04%
Stryker Corp.
54.72%
797
$271,179,000 0.04%
Mid-amer Apt Cmntys Inc
0.16%
1,836
$261,891,000 0.03%
Marriott Intl Inc New
No change
1,053
$254,584,000 0.03%
Starbucks Corp.
3.18%
3,215
$250,288,000 0.03%
Monster Beverage Corp.
No change
4,849
$242,208,000 0.03%
Listed Fd Tr
73.26%
9,490
$236,496,000 0.03%
Eversource Energy
0.48%
4,130
$234,212,000 0.03%
Cummins Inc.
No change
842
$233,175,000 0.03%
Conocophillips
Closed
1,812
$230,631,000
Fortinet Inc
No change
3,500
$210,945,000 0.03%
Lowes Cos Inc
3.73%
954
$210,320,000 0.03%
Aon plc.
Closed
629
$209,910,000
VanEck ETF Trust
0.37%
2,419
$209,510,000 0.03%
Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc
Opened
746
$208,358,000 0.03%
Textron Inc.
No change
2,400
$206,064,000 0.03%
First Horizon Corporation
Closed
10,199
$157,061,000
Cross Timbers Rty Tr
6.05%
13,771
$148,310,000 0.02%
Oxford Lane Cap Corp
5.05%
22,960
$124,441,000 0.02%
Eagle Point Credit Company I
1.28%
10,508
$105,610,000 0.01%
Manhattan Brdg Cap Inc
3.85%
77,118
$77,118,000 0.01%
No transactions found
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