Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc 13F annual report
Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc is an investment fund managing more than $163 billion ran by Sharon Wagoner. There are currently 107 companies in Mrs. Wagoner’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Eli Lilly And Company, together worth $15.4 billion.
$163 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 15th July 2024, Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc’s top holding is 63,747 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $7.88 billion and making up 4.8% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 8,273 shares of Eli Lilly And Company worth $7.49 billion.
The third-largest holding is Costco Wholesale Corp worth $6.07 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $5.71 billion, with 27,124 shares owned.
Currently, Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc's portfolio is worth at least $163 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 Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc
The Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc office and employees reside in Stamford, Connecticut. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Sharon Wagoner serves as the Chairman & President at Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in
Intuitive Surgical Inc and bought 4,182 shares worth $1.86 billion.
This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company.
Intuitive Surgical Inc makes up
9.5%
of the fund's Health Care sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying
51,441 additional shares.
This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 63,747 shares worth $7.88 billion.
NVIDIA Corp dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc closed its position in Autodesk on 22nd July 2024.
It sold the previously owned 6,234 shares for $1.52 billion.
Sharon Wagoner also disclosed a decreased stake in Costco Wholesale Corp by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $6.07 billion and 7,137 shares.
One of the smallest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc are Trivant Custom Portfolio and Urban Advisory Corp. They manage $163 billion and $163 billion respectively.
Sharon Wagoner investment strategy
Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 23.9% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
72.0% 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
69% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.8% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $192 billion.
The complete list of Argus Investors' Counsel, Inc trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on July 22nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp |
418.02%
63,747
|
$7,875,282,000 | 4.84% |
| Eli Lilly And Company |
20.93%
8,273
|
$7,490,469,000 | 4.60% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp |
7.36%
7,137
|
$6,066,008,000 | 3.73% |
| Apple Inc |
0.62%
27,124
|
$5,712,933,000 | 3.51% |
| Alphabet Inc |
11.32%
25,402
|
$4,626,938,000 | 2.84% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
9.83%
22,239
|
$4,498,085,000 | 2.76% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
8.28%
8,469
|
$3,785,234,000 | 2.33% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
9.60%
17,746
|
$3,429,414,000 | 2.11% |
| Trane Technologies plc |
376.94%
9,949
|
$3,272,552,000 | 2.01% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
8.60%
6,198
|
$3,125,186,000 | 1.92% |
| Analog Devices Inc. |
5.49%
13,198
|
$3,012,573,000 | 1.85% |
| Visa Inc |
10.49%
11,221
|
$2,945,076,000 | 1.81% |
| Adobe Inc |
1.99%
5,277
|
$2,931,820,000 | 1.80% |
| Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. |
95.86%
15,651
|
$2,763,912,000 | 1.70% |
| Mckesson Corporation |
140.16%
4,623
|
$2,700,029,000 | 1.66% |
| Blackrock Inc. |
23.66%
3,426
|
$2,697,594,000 | 1.66% |
| S&P Global Inc |
11.54%
5,606
|
$2,500,142,000 | 1.54% |
| Stryker Corp. |
11.24%
7,171
|
$2,439,960,000 | 1.50% |
| Broadcom Inc. |
37.72%
1,412
|
$2,267,008,000 | 1.39% |
| Charles Schwab (the) Corporati |
13.40%
30,312
|
$2,233,699,000 | 1.37% |
| Applied Materials Inc. |
12.11%
9,269
|
$2,187,280,000 | 1.34% |
| United Rentals, Inc. |
18.19%
3,307
|
$2,138,763,000 | 1.31% |
| American Express Co. |
22.55%
8,883
|
$2,056,859,000 | 1.26% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. |
14.24%
8,021
|
$2,038,081,000 | 1.25% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
15.56%
17,267
|
$1,987,810,000 | 1.22% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
15.59%
5,680
|
$1,955,220,000 | 1.20% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc |
Opened
4,182
|
$1,860,363,000 | 1.14% |
| Oracle Corp. |
Opened
12,769
|
$1,803,053,000 | 1.11% |
| Netflix Inc. |
34.59%
2,655
|
$1,791,806,000 | 1.10% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
1.90%
3,064
|
$1,694,252,000 | 1.04% |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Opened
1,551
|
$1,630,148,000 | 1.00% |
| Walmart Inc |
139.17%
23,785
|
$1,610,509,000 | 0.99% |
| TJX Companies, Inc. |
25.56%
14,340
|
$1,578,834,000 | 0.97% |
| Boston Scientific Corp. |
Opened
20,174
|
$1,553,600,000 | 0.95% |
| Autodesk Inc. |
Closed
6,234
|
$1,517,812,000 | |
| AMGEN Inc. |
24.48%
4,747
|
$1,483,200,000 | 0.91% |
| Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
Closed
20,315
|
$1,467,149,000 | |
| NextEra Energy Inc |
30.61%
20,286
|
$1,436,462,000 | 0.88% |
| Marriott International, Inc. |
24.25%
5,861
|
$1,417,014,000 | 0.87% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. |
0.12%
23,407
|
$1,390,114,000 | 0.85% |
| Texas Instruments Inc. |
21.01%
6,879
|
$1,338,172,000 | 0.82% |
| Emerson Elec Co |
27.17%
12,111
|
$1,334,156,000 | 0.82% |
| Axon Enterprise Inc |
Opened
4,492
|
$1,321,726,000 | 0.81% |
| Air Prods & Chems Inc |
6.15%
5,110
|
$1,318,635,000 | 0.81% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
15.93%
31,792
|
$1,311,102,000 | 0.81% |
| Johnson & Johnson |
5.29%
8,895
|
$1,300,117,000 | 0.80% |
| General Dynamics Corp. |
27.64%
4,451
|
$1,291,413,000 | 0.79% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
21.82%
7,773
|
$1,281,923,000 | 0.79% |
| Morgan Stanley |
27.58%
13,180
|
$1,280,964,000 | 0.79% |
| International Paper Co. |
26.99%
29,490
|
$1,272,493,000 | 0.78% |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. |
Closed
2,713
|
$1,269,956,000 | |
| Pepsico Inc |
12.65%
7,609
|
$1,254,991,000 | 0.77% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
43.26%
3,745
|
$1,247,459,000 | 0.77% |
| Union Pac Corp |
54.17%
5,507
|
$1,246,014,000 | 0.77% |
| Chevron Corp. |
5.32%
7,919
|
$1,238,636,000 | 0.76% |
| Salesforce Inc |
28.65%
4,800
|
$1,234,025,000 | 0.76% |
| Automatic Data Processing Inc. |
43.64%
4,995
|
$1,192,257,000 | 0.73% |
| Nucor Corp. |
23.81%
7,521
|
$1,188,920,000 | 0.73% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc |
Closed
19,150
|
$1,176,001,000 | |
| Corning, Inc. |
28.16%
30,035
|
$1,166,860,000 | 0.72% |
| Zoetis Inc |
31.86%
6,653
|
$1,153,364,000 | 0.71% |
| American Twr Corp-reit |
23.93%
5,930
|
$1,152,673,000 | 0.71% |
| Microchip Tech Inc |
26.55%
12,585
|
$1,151,557,000 | 0.71% |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc |
27.28%
4,782
|
$1,133,143,000 | 0.70% |
| Mcdonalds Corp |
59.75%
4,368
|
$1,113,141,000 | 0.68% |
| Ishares Russell 1000 Grw Etf |
1.61%
3,047
|
$1,110,662,000 | 0.68% |
| Us Bancorp |
24.93%
27,708
|
$1,100,008,000 | 0.68% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
9.41%
39,240
|
$1,097,935,000 | 0.67% |
| Abbott Labs |
18.59%
10,001
|
$1,039,165,000 | 0.64% |
| Walt Disney Co (The) |
29.23%
10,445
|
$1,037,084,000 | 0.64% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
25.97%
21,745
|
$1,033,105,000 | 0.63% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
19.57%
2,206
|
$973,220,000 | 0.60% |
| Bondbloxx Bloomberg Etf |
Opened
19,219
|
$951,821,000 | 0.58% |
| Becton Dickinson & Co. |
26.98%
4,060
|
$948,863,000 | 0.58% |
| Hologic, Inc. |
Closed
11,935
|
$852,742,000 | |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
6.62%
1,552
|
$790,494,000 | 0.49% |
| Intel Corp. |
23.32%
24,010
|
$743,590,000 | 0.46% |
| KLA Corp. |
Opened
884
|
$728,867,000 | 0.45% |
| Danaher Corp. |
Closed
2,925
|
$676,688,000 | |
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. |
Closed
2,983
|
$670,823,000 | |
| Cintas Corporation |
4.97%
956
|
$669,449,000 | 0.41% |
| Intuit Inc |
6.07%
1,005
|
$660,252,000 | 0.41% |
| Conocophillips |
Opened
5,418
|
$619,701,000 | 0.38% |
| Bondbloxx Etf Tr Bloomberg Six |
Opened
12,239
|
$615,377,000 | 0.38% |
| Jacobs Solutions Inc |
Opened
4,150
|
$579,796,000 | 0.36% |
| Vanguard Short-term Bd Etf |
24.67%
7,443
|
$570,878,000 | 0.35% |
| Vanguard Interm-tm Corp Bd Idx |
No change
6,701
|
$535,611,000 | 0.33% |
| American International Group Inc |
Opened
7,135
|
$529,672,000 | 0.33% |
| HCA Healthcare Inc |
5.79%
1,628
|
$523,044,000 | 0.32% |
| Nasdaq Inc |
7.22%
8,377
|
$504,809,000 | 0.31% |
| Invesco Preferred Etf |
3.07%
41,526
|
$479,625,000 | 0.29% |
| Ishares Floating Rate Bd Etf |
0.12%
9,209
|
$470,488,000 | 0.29% |
| D.r. Horton Inc |
Opened
3,239
|
$456,472,000 | 0.28% |
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. |
Opened
897
|
$453,712,000 | 0.28% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill |
7,028.71%
7,200
|
$451,080,000 | 0.28% |
| Badger Meter Inc. |
4.76%
2,401
|
$447,426,000 | 0.27% |
| Fastenal Co. |
7.43%
7,101
|
$446,246,000 | 0.27% |
| Duke Energy Corp. |
20.69%
4,338
|
$434,798,000 | 0.27% |
| Raymond James Financial, Inc. |
5.62%
3,509
|
$433,747,000 | 0.27% |
| Roper Technologies Inc |
5.79%
765
|
$431,200,000 | 0.26% |
| Novo Nordisk A/s |
Opened
2,990
|
$426,793,000 | 0.26% |
| Waste Management, Inc. |
Opened
1,898
|
$404,962,000 | 0.25% |
| Ishares Core S&p 500 |
23.41%
738
|
$403,856,000 | 0.25% |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
Closed
2,384
|
$391,691,000 | |
| Arista Networks Inc |
0.19%
1,032
|
$361,695,000 | 0.22% |
| Merck & Co Inc |
Opened
2,883
|
$356,915,000 | 0.22% |
| Ishares Russell 2000 Index Etf |
9.95%
1,720
|
$348,971,000 | 0.21% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu |
0.75%
1,981
|
$344,318,000 | 0.21% |
| Schwab Us Dividend Equity Etf |
1.34%
4,413
|
$343,155,000 | 0.21% |
| Ishares 0-5 Yr Tips Bond Etf |
Closed
3,391
|
$334,319,000 | |
| Ishares Msci Eafe Etf |
3.87%
3,507
|
$274,703,000 | 0.17% |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc |
0.56%
533
|
$227,692,000 | 0.14% |
| Blackstone Inc |
Opened
1,779
|
$220,256,000 | 0.14% |
| Norfolk Southern Corp. |
No change
1,000
|
$214,690,000 | 0.13% |
| Southern Company |
Opened
2,747
|
$213,098,000 | 0.13% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
68.27%
429
|
$200,605,000 | 0.12% |
| No transactions found | |||
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