Affinity Investment Advisors 13F annual report

Affinity Investment Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $133 billion ran by Joshua Katz. There are currently 120 companies in Mr. Katz’s portfolio. The largest investments include JPMorgan Chase & Co and Microsoft, together worth $9.98 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$133 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th August 2024, Affinity Investment Advisors’s top holding is 26,974 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co currently worth over $5.46 billion and making up 4.1% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co, Affinity Investment Advisors owns less than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 10,125 shares of Microsoft worth $4.53 billion, whose value grew 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $3.54 billion and the next is Exxon Mobil worth $3.52 billion, with 30,597 shares owned.

Currently, Affinity Investment Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $133 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 Affinity Investment Advisors

The Affinity Investment Advisors office and employees reside in Newport Beach, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Joshua Katz serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Affinity Investment Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Affinity Investment Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Netapp Inc and bought 9,465 shares worth $1.22 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Netapp Inc makes up 5.0% 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 Merck & Co Inc by buying 3,586 additional shares. This makes their stake in Merck & Co Inc total 23,636 shares worth $2.93 billion. Merck & Co Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Affinity Investment Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Affinity Investment Advisors closed its position in Flex Ltd on 13th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 28,333 shares for $811 million. Joshua Katz also disclosed a decreased stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.46 billion and 26,974 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Affinity Investment Advisors are Andina Capital Management and H&f Corporate Investors Ix. They manage $133 billion and $133 billion respectively.


Joshua Katz investment strategy

Affinity Investment Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 18.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 72.5% 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 62% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 4.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $146 billion.

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

These positions were updated on August 13th 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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.47%
26,974
$5,455,761,000 4.10%
Microsoft Corporation
2.97%
10,125
$4,525,369,000 3.40%
Apple Inc
0.68%
16,822
$3,543,050,000 2.66%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.33%
30,597
$3,522,327,000 2.65%
Bank America Corp
1.76%
83,164
$3,307,432,000 2.48%
Merck & Co Inc
17.89%
23,636
$2,926,137,000 2.20%
Meta Platforms Inc
16.64%
5,635
$2,841,280,000 2.13%
International Business Machs
1.01%
15,713
$2,717,563,000 2.04%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
0.08%
5,128
$2,611,485,000 1.96%
United Rentals, Inc.
0.38%
3,971
$2,568,165,000 1.93%
Broadcom Inc
9.14%
1,432
$2,299,119,000 1.73%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
0.08%
46,360
$2,199,318,000 1.65%
Caterpillar Inc.
1.34%
6,563
$2,186,135,000 1.64%
Abbvie Inc
No change
12,708
$2,179,676,000 1.64%
Valero Energy Corp.
8.82%
13,227
$2,073,465,000 1.56%
Ameriprise Finl Inc
2.43%
4,778
$2,041,114,000 1.53%
Alphabet Inc
0.17%
10,934
$1,991,628,000 1.50%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.28%
9,869
$1,965,707,000 1.48%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
0.19%
4,241
$1,918,289,000 1.44%
Dell Technologies Inc
19.91%
13,649
$1,882,334,000 1.41%
Comcast Corp New
12.45%
46,961
$1,838,993,000 1.38%
Altria Group Inc.
3.66%
40,144
$1,828,559,000 1.37%
NVIDIA Corp
972.65%
14,706
$1,816,779,000 1.36%
Applied Matls Inc
176.24%
7,602
$1,793,996,000 1.35%
Best Buy Co. Inc.
29.29%
21,078
$1,776,665,000 1.33%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
2.74%
11,664
$1,770,595,000 1.33%
Paccar Inc.
1.84%
16,568
$1,705,510,000 1.28%
Verizon Communications Inc
35.79%
41,116
$1,695,624,000 1.27%
HP Inc
335.70%
44,803
$1,569,001,000 1.18%
AMGEN Inc.
18.32%
4,838
$1,511,633,000 1.14%
CVS Health Corp
9.47%
24,828
$1,466,342,000 1.10%
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc.
0.60%
6,806
$1,462,269,000 1.10%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc
0.23%
78,436
$1,410,279,000 1.06%
Pulte Group Inc
8.83%
12,587
$1,385,829,000 1.04%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
9.25%
19,589
$1,344,001,000 1.01%
Tapestry Inc
2.58%
31,129
$1,332,010,000 1.00%
Cigna Group (The)
3.42%
3,689
$1,219,473,000 0.92%
Netapp Inc
Opened
9,465
$1,219,092,000 0.92%
Wells Fargo Co New
4.11%
20,130
$1,195,521,000 0.90%
Marathon Pete Corp
13.41%
6,780
$1,176,194,000 0.88%
First Ctzns Bancshares Inc N
No change
698
$1,175,160,000 0.88%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
3.71%
7,682
$1,162,440,000 0.87%
Unum Group
No change
22,597
$1,154,933,000 0.87%
Ishares Tr
No change
11,890
$1,154,162,000 0.87%
PPL Corp
0.05%
40,192
$1,111,309,000 0.83%
MetLife, Inc.
No change
15,405
$1,081,277,000 0.81%
Philip Morris International Inc
13.45%
10,569
$1,070,957,000 0.80%
Nucor Corp.
0.03%
6,656
$1,052,180,000 0.79%
Kraft Heinz Co
5.95%
32,520
$1,047,794,000 0.79%
Kroger Co.
21.97%
19,777
$987,466,000 0.74%
Bank New York Mellon Corp
51.50%
16,239
$972,554,000 0.73%
Blackrock Inc.
1.60%
1,230
$968,404,000 0.73%
Constellation Energy Corp
9.18%
4,729
$947,077,000 0.71%
Arch Cap Group Ltd
3.20%
9,383
$946,651,000 0.71%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
No change
9,969
$874,680,000 0.66%
Oracle Corp.
3.80%
6,145
$867,674,000 0.65%
Lam Research Corp.
1.23%
803
$855,075,000 0.64%
Royal Caribbean Group
45.93%
5,090
$811,499,000 0.61%
Flex Ltd
Closed
28,333
$810,607,000
Citigroup Inc
No change
12,702
$806,069,000 0.61%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.23%
16,936
$804,629,000 0.60%
Autozone Inc.
15.38%
270
$800,307,000 0.60%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise C
Closed
45,049
$798,719,000
AT&T Inc.
4.43%
40,752
$778,771,000 0.58%
Johnson & Johnson
No change
5,256
$768,217,000 0.58%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
0.81%
18,075
$750,655,000 0.56%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Opened
2,636
$744,327,000 0.56%
Centene Corp.
17.18%
10,744
$712,327,000 0.54%
Cummins Inc.
No change
2,500
$692,325,000 0.52%
Live Nation Entertainment In
Closed
6,524
$690,043,000
Jabil Inc
47.64%
6,255
$680,481,000 0.51%
Applovin Corp
Opened
8,175
$680,324,000 0.51%
Phillips 66
18.51%
4,798
$677,334,000 0.51%
Target Corp
1.91%
4,572
$676,839,000 0.51%
Exelon Corp.
0.35%
19,249
$666,208,000 0.50%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
2,997
$660,719,000 0.50%
Morgan Stanley
0.13%
6,732
$654,283,000 0.49%
Elevance Health Inc
11.75%
1,170
$633,976,000 0.48%
EBay Inc.
23.89%
11,762
$631,855,000 0.47%
Mckesson Corporation
2.20%
1,067
$623,171,000 0.47%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
2.52%
6,960
$622,363,000 0.47%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc
Opened
9,514
$596,242,000 0.45%
Cognizant Technology Solutio
37.92%
8,638
$587,384,000 0.44%
Amdocs Ltd
40.14%
7,212
$569,171,000 0.43%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
1,899
$550,976,000 0.41%
Cadence Design System Inc
Closed
1,750
$544,740,000
DocuSign Inc
Opened
10,113
$541,046,000 0.41%
Synopsys, Inc.
Closed
910
$520,065,000
Cardinal Health, Inc.
2.05%
5,120
$503,398,000 0.38%
Mondelez International Inc.
13.69%
7,640
$499,962,000 0.38%
Bath & Body Works Inc
No change
12,500
$488,125,000 0.37%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
7.16%
9,233
$469,313,000 0.35%
Cencora Inc.
13.03%
2,082
$469,075,000 0.35%
Ppg Inds Inc
49.59%
3,702
$466,045,000 0.35%
Allstate Corp (The)
58.36%
2,841
$453,594,000 0.34%
Akamai Technologies Inc
Closed
3,987
$433,626,000
Packaging Corp Amer
No change
2,286
$417,332,000 0.31%
Us Bancorp Del
No change
10,398
$412,801,000 0.31%
Builders Firstsource Inc
31.11%
2,908
$402,496,000 0.30%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
Opened
4,418
$396,295,000 0.30%
Equinix Inc
No change
520
$393,432,000 0.30%
Ford Mtr Co Del
7.71%
30,975
$388,427,000 0.29%
RTX Corp
No change
3,835
$384,996,000 0.29%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
32.68%
927
$377,104,000 0.28%
Epr Pptys
No change
8,207
$344,530,000 0.26%
Eastman Chem Co
Opened
3,501
$342,993,000 0.26%
Celanese Corp
No change
2,530
$341,272,000 0.26%
Synchrony Financial
3.54%
7,230
$341,184,000 0.26%
Discover Finl Svcs
Closed
2,573
$337,295,000
Carrier Global Corporation
53.14%
5,274
$332,684,000 0.25%
Steel Dynamics Inc.
35.38%
2,556
$331,002,000 0.25%
Walmart Inc
Closed
5,265
$316,795,000
Lear Corp.
0.99%
2,708
$309,281,000 0.23%
NRG Energy Inc.
54.02%
3,943
$307,002,000 0.23%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
15.08%
597
$301,969,000 0.23%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
20.01%
2,609
$300,844,000 0.23%
Chevron Corp.
No change
1,878
$293,757,000 0.22%
HCA Healthcare Inc
36.83%
862
$276,943,000 0.21%
Viatris Inc.
9.47%
25,825
$274,520,000 0.21%
Lennar Corp.
Closed
1,542
$265,193,000
Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd
34.76%
16,191
$263,104,000 0.20%
Hartford Finl Svcs Group Inc
13.73%
2,588
$260,198,000 0.20%
Johnson Ctls Intl Plc
No change
3,890
$258,568,000 0.19%
Diamondback Energy Inc
Opened
1,254
$251,038,000 0.19%
Albertsons Cos Inc
Opened
12,309
$243,103,000 0.18%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Closed
3,840
$241,190,000
Core & Main, Inc.
Opened
4,810
$235,401,000 0.18%
Smucker J M Co
Closed
1,770
$222,790,000
Booking Holdings Inc
Closed
61
$221,301,000
Snap-on, Inc.
Closed
688
$203,799,000
American Tower Corp.
Closed
1,023
$202,135,000
Vistra Corp
45.58%
2,347
$201,795,000 0.15%
MGM Resorts International
Opened
4,529
$201,269,000 0.15%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
0.63%
14,477
$175,172,000 0.13%
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