Cottonwood Capital Advisors 13F annual report

Cottonwood Capital Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $128 billion ran by Thomas Pappas. There are currently 77 companies in Mr. Pappas’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and First Tr Exchange-traded Fd, together worth $59.3 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$128 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 9th July 2024, Cottonwood Capital Advisors’s top holding is 376,168 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $36.2 billion and making up 28.4% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 483,551 shares of First Tr Exchange-traded Fd worth $23.1 billion. The third-largest holding is Trust For Professional Manag worth $5.82 billion and the next is First Tr Lrg Cp Vl Alphadex worth $5.53 billion, with 75,784 shares owned.

Currently, Cottonwood Capital Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $128 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 Cottonwood Capital Advisors

The Cottonwood Capital Advisors office and employees reside in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Thomas Pappas serves as the President at Cottonwood Capital Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Cottonwood Capital Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Trust For Professional Manag and bought 268,273 shares worth $5.82 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Tr by buying 14,605 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Tr total 376,168 shares worth $36.2 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Cottonwood Capital Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Cottonwood Capital Advisors closed its position in First Tr Exchange-traded Fd on 16th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 101,203 shares for $5.47 billion. Thomas Pappas also disclosed a decreased stake in First Tr Exchange-traded Fd by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $23.1 billion and 483,551 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Cottonwood Capital Advisors are Sfi Advisors and Masterton Capital Management, L.P.. They manage $128 billion and $128 billion respectively.


Thomas Pappas investment strategy

Cottonwood Capital Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 5.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 39.0% 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 39% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $330 billion.

The complete list of Cottonwood Capital Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 16th 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
Ishares Tr
4.04%
376,168
$36,200,392,000 28.38%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
15.88%
483,551
$23,127,936,000 18.13%
Trust For Professional Manag
Opened
268,273
$5,818,841,000 4.56%
First Tr Lrg Cp Vl Alphadex
15.27%
75,784
$5,525,435,000 4.33%
Flexshares Tr
Opened
224,075
$4,561,112,000 3.58%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
24.30%
169,989
$4,067,832,000 3.19%
First Tr Value Line Divid In
14.85%
97,250
$3,933,743,000 3.08%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Closed
101,203
$5,474,133,000
Apple Inc
1.82%
12,212
$2,792,529,000 2.19%
Microsoft Corporation
35.88%
5,896
$2,709,224,000 2.12%
Ishares Tr
Opened
50,931
$2,367,257,000 1.86%
Amazon.com Inc.
31.85%
8,524
$1,699,174,000 1.33%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
6.83%
91,761
$3,326,731,000 2.61%
First Tr Exch Trd Alphdx Fd
3.56%
66,912
$3,008,288,000 2.36%
Spdr Ser Tr
15.06%
13,783
$994,333,000 0.78%
Mcdonalds Corp
10.53%
3,956
$972,464,000 0.76%
NVIDIA Corp
Opened
7,038
$924,652,000 0.72%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
22.99%
33,069
$911,054,000 0.71%
Procter And Gamble Co
4.62%
5,326
$882,305,000 0.69%
Pepsico Inc
0.58%
5,300
$858,070,000 0.67%
Union Pac Corp
0.08%
3,649
$809,275,000 0.63%
Merck Co Inc
4.24%
6,349
$800,228,000 0.63%
Alphabet Inc
6.32%
4,212
$795,984,000 0.62%
Deere Co
1.39%
2,268
$791,169,000 0.62%
Mastercard Incorporated
32.00%
1,753
$779,559,000 0.61%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
11.18%
3,614
$750,350,000 0.59%
Chevron Corp.
9.98%
4,871
$745,166,000 0.58%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
42.92%
17,065
$741,116,000 0.58%
Broadcom Inc.
39.80%
425
$736,163,000 0.58%
First Tr Sp Reit Index Fd
12.98%
27,605
$708,892,000 0.56%
Emerson Elec Co
2.51%
5,898
$646,362,000 0.51%
Zions Bancorporation N.A
5.01%
13,926
$611,482,000 0.48%
First Tr Stoxx European Sele
11.13%
42,770
$509,395,000 0.40%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
2,593
$493,865,000 0.39%
Meta Platforms Inc
25.80%
907
$480,710,000 0.38%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
16.91%
1,101
$451,983,000 0.35%
Walmart Inc
192.07%
6,411
$448,139,000 0.35%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
463
$431,748,000 0.34%
Ishares Inc
16.30%
11,569
$423,362,000 0.33%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
Opened
2,230
$411,480,000 0.32%
First Tr Multi Cp Val Alpha
14.49%
5,035
$390,917,000 0.31%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
31.73%
3,375
$374,423,000 0.29%
Ishares Tr
Closed
18,237
$578,569,000
Costco Whsl Corp New
26.17%
395
$350,306,000 0.27%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
1.71%
1,492
$349,218,000 0.27%
Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc
Opened
6,044
$340,640,000 0.27%
Bank America Corp
27.60%
8,205
$339,851,000 0.27%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
12.05%
688
$338,572,000 0.27%
Eaton Corp Plc
Opened
1,027
$327,315,000 0.26%
Motorola Solutions Inc
Opened
824
$321,953,000 0.25%
Williams Cos Inc
29.19%
7,461
$316,272,000 0.25%
Trane Technologies plc
Opened
910
$303,703,000 0.24%
Morningstar Inc
Opened
1,008
$298,217,000 0.23%
Cigna Group (The)
24.24%
903
$296,518,000 0.23%
International Business Machs
0.83%
1,667
$294,192,000 0.23%
Philip Morris International Inc
22.05%
2,806
$285,286,000 0.22%
Texas Instrs Inc
30.07%
1,391
$278,423,000 0.22%
AAON Inc.
Opened
3,314
$278,310,000 0.22%
Linde Plc.
Opened
619
$266,913,000 0.21%
Honeywell International Inc
Opened
1,258
$264,935,000 0.21%
Mondelez International Inc.
19.52%
4,005
$261,286,000 0.20%
American Express Co.
Opened
1,071
$254,557,000 0.20%
Godaddy Inc
Opened
1,718
$248,045,000 0.19%
KraneShares Trust
10.84%
11,274
$247,801,000 0.19%
Intuit Inc
Opened
378
$245,859,000 0.19%
NextEra Energy Inc
Opened
3,307
$238,501,000 0.19%
MercadoLibre Inc
Opened
134
$230,755,000 0.18%
Interactive Brokers Group In
Opened
1,837
$230,084,000 0.18%
Asml Holding N V
Opened
217
$230,013,000 0.18%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
3,817
$228,548,000 0.18%
Arista Networks Inc
Opened
622
$227,497,000 0.18%
Applied Matls Inc
Opened
893
$224,563,000 0.18%
Abbott Labs
Closed
2,055
$224,036,000
Accenture Plc Ireland
Opened
742
$221,161,000 0.17%
Lowes Cos Inc
Opened
996
$215,465,000 0.17%
Unilever plc
Closed
4,131
$215,349,000
Zebra Technologies Corporati
Closed
727
$215,068,000
Comcast Corp New
17.76%
5,697
$213,694,000 0.17%
Orix Corporation
Opened
1,869
$210,674,000 0.17%
Progressive Corp.
36.76%
996
$208,652,000 0.16%
Grainger W W Inc
Closed
264
$208,188,000
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Closed
1,068
$205,515,000
Pfizer Inc.
Closed
5,596
$205,261,000
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
979
$202,770,000 0.16%
ING Groep N.V.
Closed
13,571
$182,801,000
Mitsubishi Ufj Finl Group In
Opened
13,894
$153,668,000 0.12%
Lloyds Banking Group plc
Closed
50,317
$110,697,000
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