Brendel Advisors 13F annual report

Brendel Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $156 million ran by Ashleigh Swayze. There are currently 82 companies in Mrs. Swayze’s portfolio. The largest investments include Sherwin-Williams Co and Exxon Mobil, together worth $18.9 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$156 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 8th July 2024, Brendel Advisors’s top holding is 44,151 shares of Sherwin-Williams Co currently worth over $13.2 million and making up 8.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Sherwin-Williams Co, Brendel Advisors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 49,573 shares of Exxon Mobil worth $5.71 million, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Cintas worth $4.61 million and the next is Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii worth $3.97 million, with 188,777 shares owned.

Currently, Brendel Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $156 million. 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 Brendel Advisors

The Brendel Advisors office and employees reside in Hanover, New Hampshire. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Ashleigh Swayze serves as the Counsel at Brendel Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Brendel Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Cincinnati Finl Corp and bought 27,897 shares worth $3.3 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Walmart Inc by buying 54,238 additional shares. This makes their stake in Walmart Inc total 58,452 shares worth $3.96 million. Walmart Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Brendel Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Brendel Advisors closed its position in Mcdonalds Corp on 15th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 11,504 shares for $3.41 million. Ashleigh Swayze also disclosed a decreased stake in Sherwin-Williams Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $13.2 million and 44,151 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Brendel Advisors are Xl Investments Ltd and Stralem & Co Inc. They manage $157 million and $157 million respectively.


Ashleigh Swayze investment strategy

Brendel Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 12.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 52.4% 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 51% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.4% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $198 billion.

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

These positions were updated on July 15th 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
Sherwin-Williams Co.
0.46%
44,151
$13,176,000 8.42%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.22%
49,573
$5,707,000 3.65%
Cintas Corporation
19.05%
6,577
$4,606,000 2.94%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
1.79%
188,777
$3,972,000 2.54%
Walmart Inc
1,287.09%
58,452
$3,958,000 2.53%
NextEra Energy Inc
589.43%
53,162
$3,764,000 2.41%
Sp Global Inc
8.59%
7,878
$3,514,000 2.25%
Aflac Inc.
1,319.63%
39,267
$3,507,000 2.24%
Microsoft Corporation
5.02%
7,796
$3,484,000 2.23%
Graniteshares Gold Tr
2.62%
150,063
$3,445,000 2.20%
Mcdonalds Corp
Closed
11,504
$3,411,000
Cincinnati Finl Corp
Opened
27,897
$3,295,000 2.11%
Brown Brown Inc
21.01%
36,774
$3,288,000 2.10%
Smith A O Corp
0.81%
40,031
$3,274,000 2.09%
American Express Co.
No change
14,021
$3,247,000 2.08%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Closed
32,201
$3,246,000
Roper Technologies Inc
Opened
5,725
$3,227,000 2.06%
Chubb Limited
16.90%
12,645
$3,225,000 2.06%
Air Prods Chems Inc
668.40%
12,402
$3,200,000 2.05%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
2.51%
83,382
$3,486,000 2.23%
Albemarle Corp.
Closed
21,978
$3,175,000
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
9,444
$3,146,000 2.01%
Sysco Corp.
Closed
42,589
$3,115,000
Spdr Ser Tr
3.08%
131,859
$3,847,000 2.46%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Opened
35,260
$3,107,000 1.99%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
2.31%
74,301
$3,106,000 1.99%
Merck Co Inc
1.04%
24,659
$3,053,000 1.95%
Pfizer Inc.
7.79%
106,858
$2,990,000 1.91%
VanEck ETF Trust
2.35%
170,342
$2,947,000 1.88%
Grainger W W Inc
698.75%
3,187
$2,875,000 1.84%
Apple Inc
2.94%
12,930
$2,723,000 1.74%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
0.07%
13,438
$2,718,000 1.74%
West Pharmaceutical Svsc Inc
Closed
7,516
$2,647,000
Amazon.com Inc.
487.14%
12,101
$2,339,000 1.49%
Tesla Inc
52.02%
11,652
$2,306,000 1.47%
Netflix Inc.
20.36%
3,375
$2,278,000 1.46%
Williams Cos Inc
11.75%
51,508
$2,189,000 1.40%
Cigna Group (The)
610.86%
6,483
$2,143,000 1.37%
Meta Platforms Inc
29.12%
4,060
$2,047,000 1.31%
Arista Networks Inc
Opened
5,800
$2,033,000 1.30%
Gallagher Arthur J Co
1.29%
7,777
$2,017,000 1.29%
Spdr Gold Tr
9.67%
8,931
$1,920,000 1.23%
Tjx Cos Inc New
Opened
17,087
$1,881,000 1.20%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
2,070
$1,874,000 1.20%
GE Aerospace
Opened
11,523
$1,832,000 1.17%
Autozone Inc.
Opened
616
$1,826,000 1.17%
AES Corp.
Closed
94,161
$1,813,000
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
Closed
16,726
$1,808,000
Entergy Corp.
Closed
17,611
$1,782,000
Coca-Cola Co
Closed
30,227
$1,781,000
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
Opened
1,839
$1,780,000 1.14%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
Closed
3,170
$1,669,000
Nike, Inc.
Closed
15,129
$1,643,000
Berkley W R Corp
Closed
19,293
$1,364,000
Chevron Corp.
71.27%
8,092
$1,266,000 0.81%
Abbvie Inc
No change
6,855
$1,176,000 0.75%
Ameriprise Finl Inc
0.39%
2,544
$1,087,000 0.69%
Carrier Global Corporation
8.97%
15,341
$968,000 0.62%
Dover Corp.
80.26%
5,087
$918,000 0.59%
Johnson Johnson
0.17%
5,865
$857,000 0.55%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
4.23%
17,334
$1,532,000 0.98%
Procter And Gamble Co
7.37%
4,501
$742,000 0.47%
Ishares Tr
6.88%
7,666
$1,440,000 0.92%
Abbott Labs
No change
6,962
$723,000 0.46%
Global X Fds
7.55%
46,660
$1,366,000 0.87%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Closed
11,097
$703,000
EA Series Trust
Opened
11,677
$680,000 0.43%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
1.25%
10,290
$663,000 0.42%
NVIDIA Corp
827.11%
5,062
$625,000 0.40%
3M Co.
No change
5,401
$552,000 0.35%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
No change
5,997
$536,000 0.34%
Pepsico Inc
No change
2,694
$444,000 0.28%
Oracle Corp.
No change
3,110
$439,000 0.28%
Oge Energy Corp.
No change
12,000
$428,000 0.27%
International Business Machs
0.87%
2,438
$422,000 0.27%
Ppg Inds Inc
No change
3,334
$420,000 0.27%
RTX Corp
48.91%
3,678
$369,000 0.24%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
2,204
$362,000 0.23%
Enbridge Inc
83.49%
9,784
$348,000 0.22%
Lowes Cos Inc
90.19%
1,515
$334,000 0.21%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
No change
3,786
$332,000 0.21%
Bar Hbr Bankshares
5.71%
11,900
$320,000 0.20%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
1,130
$270,000 0.17%
Corteva Inc
2.71%
4,704
$254,000 0.16%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
6.58%
9,883
$250,000 0.16%
The Southern Co.
No change
3,100
$240,000 0.15%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Opened
3,077
$236,000 0.15%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
92.81%
978
$232,000 0.15%
Limbach Holdings Inc
Opened
4,049
$231,000 0.15%
Target Corp
5.23%
1,549
$229,000 0.15%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
32.74%
2,599
$209,000 0.13%
CSX Corp.
Closed
5,922
$205,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
4,922
$204,000 0.13%
Dow Inc
0.66%
3,822
$203,000 0.13%
Viatris Inc.
No change
11,226
$119,000 0.08%
Health Catalyst Inc
Closed
11,831
$110,000
Ars Pharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
18,281
$100,000
Uranium Energy Corp
Opened
14,407
$87,000 0.06%
Alto Ingredients Inc
Closed
26,613
$71,000
No transactions found
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