Meridian Investment Counsel Inc 13F annual report

Meridian Investment Counsel Inc is an investment fund managing more than $314 billion ran by Michael Woodall. There are currently 180 companies in Mr. Woodall’s portfolio. The largest investments include Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd and Apple Inc, together worth $32.5 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$314 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 12th July 2024, Meridian Investment Counsel Inc’s top holding is 106,831 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd currently worth over $18.6 billion and making up 5.9% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 66,067 shares of Apple Inc worth $13.9 billion, whose value grew 17.0% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $13 billion and the next is Adobe Inc worth $12.3 billion, with 22,189 shares owned.

Currently, Meridian Investment Counsel Inc's portfolio is worth at least $314 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 Meridian Investment Counsel Inc

The Meridian Investment Counsel Inc office and employees reside in Lafayette, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Woodall serves as the CFO at Meridian Investment Counsel Inc.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Meridian Investment Counsel Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in Vanguard World Fd and bought 3,183 shares worth $1.84 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd by buying 207 additional shares. This makes their stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd total 106,831 shares worth $18.6 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Meridian Investment Counsel Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio. Meridian Investment Counsel Inc closed its position in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on 19th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,332 shares for $289 million. Michael Woodall also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $13 billion and 29,084 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Meridian Investment Counsel Inc are Btg Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd and Mccarthy Grittinger. They manage $314 billion and $314 billion respectively.


Michael Woodall investment strategy

Meridian Investment Counsel Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 17.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 46.7% 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 46% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.3% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $155 billion.

The complete list of Meridian Investment Counsel Inc trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 19th 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
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
0.19%
106,831
$18,568,296,000 5.92%
Apple Inc
31.34%
66,067
$13,914,937,000 4.44%
Microsoft Corporation
1.37%
29,084
$12,999,176,000 4.14%
Adobe Inc
0.11%
22,189
$12,326,877,000 3.93%
Chevron Corp.
0.09%
55,407
$8,666,763,000 2.76%
Fedex Corp
0.25%
20,288
$6,083,154,000 1.94%
Qualcomm, Inc.
0.37%
28,510
$5,678,622,000 1.81%
Ishares Gold Tr
0.09%
126,582
$5,560,747,000 1.77%
Abbvie Inc
0.61%
28,534
$4,894,152,000 1.56%
Norfolk Southn Corp
No change
21,393
$4,592,863,000 1.46%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.18%
12,091
$4,162,206,000 1.33%
Winnebago Inds Inc
0.07%
76,120
$4,125,704,000 1.32%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.80%
7,563
$4,115,936,000 1.31%
Travelers Companies Inc.
4.79%
20,141
$4,095,471,000 1.31%
Walmart Inc
No change
59,949
$4,059,147,000 1.29%
MetLife, Inc.
0.54%
55,090
$3,866,767,000 1.23%
Oracle Corp.
0.13%
26,718
$3,772,582,000 1.20%
Ishares Tr
1.46%
122,530
$12,128,279,000 3.87%
Bank America Corp
No change
94,724
$3,767,161,000 1.20%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
15.26%
125,643
$10,736,564,000 3.42%
Novo-nordisk A S
1.64%
24,018
$3,428,329,000 1.09%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.18%
6,761
$3,409,031,000 1.09%
Comcast Corp New
0.14%
85,169
$3,335,218,000 1.06%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
1.64%
40,290
$3,242,942,000 1.03%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
6.35%
19,600
$3,219,888,000 1.03%
Mckesson Corporation
0.18%
5,408
$3,158,488,000 1.01%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
No change
7,754
$3,032,899,000 0.97%
Johnson & Johnson
3.57%
18,919
$2,765,201,000 0.88%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
11.75%
6,421
$2,612,063,000 0.83%
CBRE Group Inc
No change
28,559
$2,544,892,000 0.81%
BP plc
0.65%
69,398
$2,505,268,000 0.80%
Healthpeak Properties Inc.
12.61%
120,701
$2,365,740,000 0.75%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
0.64%
46,337
$2,355,310,000 0.75%
MGM Resorts International
2.09%
51,450
$2,286,438,000 0.73%
Verizon Communications Inc
1.10%
54,709
$2,256,192,000 0.72%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
1.15%
77,958
$2,213,228,000 0.71%
Intel Corp.
5.34%
71,463
$2,213,209,000 0.71%
AMGEN Inc.
No change
7,067
$2,208,084,000 0.70%
Chubb Limited
No change
8,603
$2,194,453,000 0.70%
NVIDIA Corp
908.96%
17,455
$2,156,391,000 0.69%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
No change
9,084
$2,040,085,000 0.65%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
0.12%
69,439
$1,965,818,000 0.63%
Genuine Parts Co.
No change
13,875
$1,919,190,000 0.61%
GE Aerospace
0.58%
11,733
$1,865,228,000 0.59%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
3,183
$1,835,286,000 0.59%
Citigroup Inc
No change
28,877
$1,832,534,000 0.58%
British Amern Tob Plc
4.79%
59,087
$1,827,561,000 0.58%
Pfizer Inc.
0.62%
64,911
$1,816,220,000 0.58%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
0.85%
3,393
$1,815,280,000 0.58%
International Business Machs
0.77%
10,358
$1,791,416,000 0.57%
Honeywell International Inc
16.96%
8,274
$1,766,830,000 0.56%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
28,892
$1,715,896,000 0.55%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
3.75%
66,820
$1,692,551,000 0.54%
O-I Glass Inc
10.86%
151,783
$1,689,345,000 0.54%
ArcBest Corp
No change
15,735
$1,684,904,000 0.54%
DocuSign Inc
0.97%
30,650
$1,639,775,000 0.52%
TEGNA Inc
5.38%
117,033
$1,631,440,000 0.52%
Mgic Invt Corp Wis
No change
75,500
$1,627,025,000 0.52%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
0.80%
23,672
$1,624,136,000 0.52%
Alphabet Inc
44.11%
13,330
$2,439,139,000 0.78%
Kinder Morgan Inc
3.13%
80,708
$1,603,669,000 0.51%
Nucor Corp.
0.18%
9,792
$1,547,919,000 0.49%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc
2.97%
44,170
$1,475,278,000 0.47%
Kenvue Inc
0.31%
80,076
$1,455,782,000 0.46%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
No change
29,360
$1,450,971,000 0.46%
Spdr Ser Tr
14.47%
38,125
$4,198,555,000 1.34%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
8.30%
12,209
$1,405,500,000 0.45%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
26.91%
6,805
$1,376,379,000 0.44%
Cisco Sys Inc
No change
25,870
$1,229,084,000 0.39%
Ishares Inc
8.84%
50,539
$2,476,822,000 0.79%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
No change
23,815
$1,157,409,000 0.37%
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc
No change
15,144
$1,120,656,000 0.36%
Midcap Financial Invstmnt Co
No change
70,520
$1,067,673,000 0.34%
Ishares Tr
Opened
11,022
$1,633,327,000 0.52%
NextEra Energy Inc
No change
14,820
$1,049,404,000 0.33%
Franklin Templeton Etf Tr
No change
39,800
$1,046,342,000 0.33%
Ally Finl Inc
No change
25,625
$1,016,544,000 0.32%
Pepsico Inc
2.56%
6,019
$992,714,000 0.32%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
98.83%
11,015
$966,456,000 0.31%
CVS Health Corp
5.58%
16,081
$949,744,000 0.30%
AT&T Inc.
8.00%
49,513
$946,190,000 0.30%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.67%
21,313
$932,657,000 0.30%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
No change
854
$897,580,000 0.29%
Axon Enterprise Inc
No change
3,000
$882,720,000 0.28%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
3,588
$856,420,000 0.27%
Procter And Gamble Co
No change
4,900
$808,103,000 0.26%
Constellation Brands Inc
1.63%
3,110
$800,141,000 0.26%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
0.94%
5,710
$789,122,000 0.25%
Barrick Gold Corp.
No change
46,500
$775,620,000 0.25%
Salesforce Inc
32.15%
3,013
$774,642,000 0.25%
Vanguard Index Fds
15.93%
11,010
$2,425,309,000 0.77%
Coca-Cola Co
12.67%
12,097
$769,974,000 0.25%
Lam Research Corp.
No change
722
$768,822,000 0.25%
Costco Whsl Corp New
No change
902
$766,691,000 0.24%
RTX Corp
8.45%
7,530
$755,937,000 0.24%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
6,840
$753,494,000 0.24%
Toyota Motor Corporation
37.57%
3,625
$743,016,000 0.24%
Morgan Stanley
1.05%
7,185
$698,310,000 0.22%
Bain Cap Specialty Fin Inc
5.95%
41,401
$675,250,000 0.22%
Travel Plus Leisure Co
No change
14,853
$668,088,000 0.21%
Immunitybio Inc
No change
96,433
$609,457,000 0.19%
Blackrock Tax Municpal Bd Tr
No change
37,134
$607,141,000 0.19%
Ares Capital Corp
17.04%
28,850
$601,234,000 0.19%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.82%
3,076
$594,437,000 0.19%
Merck & Co Inc
1.06%
4,779
$591,640,000 0.19%
Lincoln Elec Hldgs Inc
No change
3,050
$575,352,000 0.18%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
3,332
$571,471,000 0.18%
Synchrony Financial
No change
12,064
$569,300,000 0.18%
United States Stl Corp New
No change
14,400
$544,320,000 0.17%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
8,220
$537,917,000 0.17%
Cohen & Steers Infrastructur
No change
23,881
$536,845,000 0.17%
Dimensional Etf Trust
No change
14,804
$744,464,000 0.24%
Blackrock Calif Mun Income T
7.22%
43,400
$519,498,000 0.17%
Occidental Pete Corp
25.49%
8,000
$504,240,000 0.16%
Coterra Energy Inc
No change
18,568
$495,209,000 0.16%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
No change
8,963
$682,471,000 0.22%
Corteva Inc
No change
8,611
$464,477,000 0.15%
Schlumberger Ltd.
No change
9,722
$458,684,000 0.15%
Central Secs Corp
No change
10,319
$454,242,000 0.14%
Newmont Corp
No change
10,802
$452,280,000 0.14%
MongoDB Inc
No change
1,742
$435,430,000 0.14%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
No change
5,582
$434,960,000 0.14%
HP Inc
No change
12,351
$432,532,000 0.14%
Conocophillips
No change
3,740
$427,781,000 0.14%
Johnson Ctls Intl Plc
No change
6,375
$423,746,000 0.14%
TE Connectivity Ltd
No change
2,799
$421,054,000 0.13%
Cintas Corporation
No change
600
$420,156,000 0.13%
Vanguard World Fd
3.22%
4,494
$818,522,000 0.26%
Cemex Sab De Cv
0.39%
63,700
$407,043,000 0.13%
Eaton Corp Plc
No change
1,250
$391,938,000 0.12%
Omega Healthcare Invs Inc
52.05%
11,286
$386,546,000 0.12%
Starbucks Corp.
0.14%
4,962
$386,256,000 0.12%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
No change
6,900
$381,501,000 0.12%
Duke Energy Corp.
13.66%
3,745
$375,361,000 0.12%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise C
0.90%
17,578
$372,126,000 0.12%
Medtronic Plc
No change
4,689
$369,071,000 0.12%
Pennantpark Invt Corp
2.04%
48,100
$363,155,000 0.12%
Uber Technologies Inc
No change
4,800
$348,864,000 0.11%
Lincoln Natl Corp Ind
No change
11,155
$346,920,000 0.11%
DraftKings Inc.
No change
9,085
$346,774,000 0.11%
Carrier Global Corporation
No change
5,417
$341,704,000 0.11%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
No change
3,148
$341,652,000 0.11%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
3.17%
45,210
$336,362,000 0.11%
Vodafone Group plc
17.33%
36,793
$326,354,000 0.10%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Opened
4,948
$321,373,000 0.10%
Union Pac Corp
No change
1,417
$320,610,000 0.10%
Dow Inc
12.15%
5,921
$314,109,000 0.10%
S&P Global Inc
No change
676
$301,496,000 0.10%
Bank New York Mellon Corp
No change
4,967
$297,474,000 0.09%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
3,233
$296,725,000 0.09%
The Southern Co.
No change
3,802
$294,921,000 0.09%
Tapestry Inc
No change
6,806
$291,229,000 0.09%
Pentair plc
No change
3,790
$290,579,000 0.09%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Closed
5,332
$289,154,000
Invesco Sr Income Tr
1.65%
66,839
$288,078,000 0.09%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
20.35%
1,774
$287,761,000 0.09%
Boeing Co.
No change
1,548
$281,751,000 0.09%
Schwab Strategic Tr
No change
7,862
$515,963,000 0.16%
Genworth Finl Inc
No change
44,000
$265,760,000 0.08%
Cenovus Energy Inc
No change
13,475
$264,918,000 0.08%
Elevance Health Inc
No change
480
$260,093,000 0.08%
Disney Walt Co
No change
2,601
$258,253,000 0.08%
3M Co.
39.91%
2,400
$245,256,000 0.08%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
555
$244,844,000 0.08%
Tjx Cos Inc New
Opened
2,199
$242,110,000 0.08%
American Intl Group Inc
No change
3,159
$234,524,000 0.07%
Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl
No change
2,269
$234,320,000 0.07%
Abbott Labs
14.76%
2,183
$226,836,000 0.07%
Deutsche Bank A G
No change
14,000
$223,160,000 0.07%
Enbridge Inc
6.35%
6,261
$222,844,000 0.07%
Shell Plc
Opened
2,977
$214,880,000 0.07%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Closed
1,882
$205,213,000
VanEck ETF Trust
Opened
6,000
$203,580,000 0.06%
Cohen & Steers Total Return
No change
13,894
$160,615,000 0.05%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
43.43%
12,260
$148,285,000 0.05%
Nuveen Pfd & Income Opportun
9.15%
19,850
$148,280,000 0.05%
New Germany Fd Inc
0.28%
17,429
$141,781,000 0.05%
Ellsworth Growth & Income Fd
No change
11,100
$91,464,000 0.03%
Transocean Ltd
11.76%
15,000
$80,250,000 0.03%
Cbre Gbl Real Estate Inc Fd
20.46%
11,666
$58,797,000 0.02%
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
No change
10,000
$42,300,000 0.01%
Abrdn Asia Pacific Income Fu
No change
11,500
$30,820,000 0.01%
Vertex Energy Inc
Closed
17,500
$24,500,000
No transactions found
Showing first 500 out of 183 holdings