Paragon Advisors 13F annual report

Paragon Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $248 billion ran by David Hailey. There are currently 56 companies in Mr. Hailey’s portfolio. The largest investments include Proshares Tr and American Centy Etf Tr, together worth $88.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$248 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th August 2024, Paragon Advisors’s top holding is 920,057 shares of Proshares Tr currently worth over $51.7 billion and making up 18.9% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 496,745 shares of American Centy Etf Tr worth $37.1 billion. The third-largest holding is Janus Detroit Str Tr worth $17.5 billion and the next is Ishares Bitcoin Tr worth $10.1 billion, with 295,933 shares owned.

Currently, Paragon Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $248 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 Paragon Advisors

The Paragon Advisors office and employees reside in College Station, Texas. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Hailey serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Paragon Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Paragon Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Ishares Bitcoin Tr and bought 295,933 shares worth $10.1 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in American Centy Etf Tr by buying 18,944 additional shares. This makes their stake in American Centy Etf Tr total 496,745 shares worth $37.1 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Paragon Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Paragon Advisors closed its position in BILL Inc on 13th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 31,400 shares for $2.16 billion. David Hailey also disclosed a decreased stake in Proshares Tr by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $51.7 billion and 920,057 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Paragon Advisors are Weil and Curtis Advisory. They manage $274 billion and $274 billion respectively.


David Hailey investment strategy

Paragon Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 13.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 41.1% 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 43% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.8% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $317 billion.

The complete list of Paragon 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
Proshares Tr
3.18%
920,057
$51,667,253,000 18.87%
American Centy Etf Tr
3.96%
496,745
$37,098,908,000 13.55%
Janus Detroit Str Tr
18.21%
348,437
$17,525,598,000 6.40%
Ishares Bitcoin Tr
Opened
295,933
$10,103,153,000 3.69%
NVIDIA Corp
981.79%
79,371
$9,805,520,000 3.58%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
11.21%
40,836
$7,097,746,000 2.59%
Asml Holding N V
27.00%
6,716
$6,868,333,000 2.51%
Eli Lilly & Co
82.34%
6,495
$5,880,804,000 2.15%
Microsoft Corporation
0.66%
12,231
$5,466,753,000 2.00%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
28.73%
107,424
$5,421,689,000 1.98%
Alphabet Inc
17.09%
24,138
$4,396,713,000 1.61%
Amazon.com Inc.
3.05%
22,392
$4,327,244,000 1.58%
ServiceNow Inc
22.36%
5,351
$4,209,716,000 1.54%
Ishares Tr
6.29%
230,072
$12,413,993,000 4.53%
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
8.91%
85,983
$3,863,207,000 1.41%
Pimco Etf Tr
20.29%
48,488
$3,640,973,000 1.33%
Meta Platforms Inc
2.32%
7,089
$3,574,240,000 1.31%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
1.60%
6,805
$3,465,534,000 1.27%
Progressive Corp.
83.62%
16,214
$3,367,827,000 1.23%
Broadcom Inc
11.33%
2,053
$3,296,153,000 1.20%
Cheniere Energy Inc.
21.14%
18,838
$3,293,447,000 1.20%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
10.60%
5,699
$3,151,756,000 1.15%
Veeva Sys Inc
27.96%
17,148
$3,138,312,000 1.15%
T Rowe Price Etf Inc
23.05%
99,371
$3,121,230,000 1.14%
Capital Group Gbl Growth Eqt
16.21%
105,083
$3,093,630,000 1.13%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
12.25%
7,810
$2,992,804,000 1.09%
VanEck ETF Trust
17.07%
40,621
$4,646,240,000 1.70%
Vanguard World Fd
7.28%
32,162
$2,361,012,000 0.86%
Lam Research Corp.
0.23%
2,183
$2,324,414,000 0.85%
Old Dominion Freight Line In
46.73%
12,644
$2,232,989,000 0.82%
Cintas Corporation
5.44%
3,179
$2,226,355,000 0.81%
West Pharmaceutical Svsc Inc
47.65%
6,668
$2,196,373,000 0.80%
BILL Holdings Inc
Closed
31,400
$2,157,782,000
Copart, Inc.
23.26%
39,276
$2,127,188,000 0.78%
Tesla Inc
3.31%
10,705
$2,118,267,000 0.77%
Costco Whsl Corp New
4.98%
2,467
$2,097,086,000 0.77%
Waste Connections Inc
22.41%
11,892
$2,085,381,000 0.76%
Gallagher Arthur J Co
Closed
8,240
$2,060,330,000
Adobe Inc
Closed
4,020
$2,028,611,000
Cadence Design System Inc
4.40%
6,424
$1,976,986,000 0.72%
Transdigm Group Incorporated
5.68%
1,525
$1,948,355,000 0.71%
MercadoLibre Inc
6.73%
1,174
$1,929,951,000 0.70%
Idexx Labs Inc
15.05%
3,961
$1,929,564,000 0.70%
Builders Firstsource Inc
28.78%
13,716
$1,898,432,000 0.69%
Rxsight Inc
Opened
30,464
$1,833,019,000 0.67%
Ares Management Corp
Opened
13,652
$1,819,539,000 0.66%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
40.91%
1,705
$1,800,284,000 0.66%
Ferrari N.V.
25.92%
4,246
$1,733,939,000 0.63%
Tractor Supply Co.
Closed
6,424
$1,681,289,000
Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc
Opened
2,037
$1,673,762,000 0.61%
HCA Healthcare Inc
Closed
4,980
$1,660,979,000
Novo-nordisk A S
Closed
12,341
$1,584,584,000
Pacer Fds Tr
4.51%
26,662
$1,452,810,000 0.53%
Apple Inc
62.83%
6,758
$1,423,433,000 0.52%
Wingstop Inc
22.90%
3,343
$1,412,952,000 0.52%
Rollins, Inc.
Closed
28,933
$1,338,716,000
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
7.79%
7,341
$826,828,000 0.30%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
26.01%
6,293
$724,452,000 0.26%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Opened
2,364
$705,489,000 0.26%
Westrock Coffee Co
49.64%
60,866
$622,659,000 0.23%
Abrdn Gold Etf Trust
Closed
16,439
$349,161,000
Vanguard Index Fds
Closed
980
$337,191,000
Vanguard Index Fds
3.20%
2,997
$846,223,000 0.31%
First Finl Bankshares Inc
4.76%
11,136
$328,849,000 0.12%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
59.26%
416
$226,396,000 0.08%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Closed
3,588
$210,425,000
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