Bard Services 13F annual report

Bard Services is an investment fund managing more than $967 billion ran by Jeff Welch. There are currently 225 companies in Mr. Welch’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp Com, together worth $204 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$967 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 2nd July 2024, Bard Services’s top holding is 561,182 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $118 billion and making up 12.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Bard Services owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 192,558 shares of Microsoft Corp Com worth $86.1 billion. The third-largest holding is Walmart Inc worth $41.7 billion and the next is Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del Cl B New worth $32.6 billion, with 80,065 shares owned.

Currently, Bard Services's portfolio is worth at least $967 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 Bard Services

The Bard Services office and employees reside in Branford, Connecticut. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jeff Welch serves as the CCO at Bard Services.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Bard Services revealed that it had opened a new position in Ge Vernova Inc Com and bought 4,505 shares worth $773 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Walmart Inc by buying 2,825 additional shares. This makes their stake in Walmart Inc total 615,355 shares worth $41.7 billion. Walmart Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Bard Services is getting rid of from its portfolio. Bard Services closed its position in Pioneer Nat Res Co Com on 9th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 2,425 shares for $637 million. Jeff Welch also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $118 billion and 561,182 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Bard Services are Wbh Advisory Inc and Mizuho Bank. They manage $967 billion and $967 billion respectively.


Jeff Welch investment strategy

Bard Services’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 17.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 26.7% 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 24% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $173 billion.

The complete list of Bard Services trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 9th 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
Apple Inc
1.27%
561,182
$118,196,285,000 12.22%
Microsoft Corp Com
0.81%
192,558
$86,064,153,000 8.90%
Walmart Inc
0.46%
615,355
$41,665,708,000 4.31%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del Cl B New
0.09%
80,065
$32,570,442,000 3.37%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.06%
86,865
$29,902,430,000 3.09%
Nvidia Corp Com
896.18%
175,925
$21,733,775,000 2.25%
Johnson Johnson Com
0.68%
111,046
$16,230,527,000 1.68%
Tri Contl Corp Com
1.06%
511,293
$15,834,768,000 1.64%
AMGEN Inc.
0.10%
50,090
$15,650,621,000 1.62%
Mcdonalds Corp Com
0.54%
59,910
$15,267,691,000 1.58%
Applied Matls Inc Com
1.22%
64,680
$15,263,833,000 1.58%
Pfizer Inc.
8.06%
516,363
$14,447,847,000 1.49%
Novo Nordisk A.s.
2.38%
97,165
$13,869,332,000 1.43%
Merck Co Inc New Com
No change
106,078
$13,132,475,000 1.36%
Lockheed Martin Corp Com
1.35%
27,479
$12,835,502,000 1.33%
Abbvie Inc
0.47%
74,755
$12,821,978,000 1.33%
Procter Gamble Co Com
No change
75,111
$12,387,329,000 1.28%
Alphabet Inc
0.46%
64,870
$11,816,071,000 1.22%
Pepsico Inc Com
0.35%
71,468
$11,787,227,000 1.22%
Exxon Mobil Corp Com
6.76%
101,765
$11,715,187,000 1.21%
Coca Cola Co Com
0.12%
181,841
$11,574,212,000 1.20%
Jpmorgan Chase Co Com
1.34%
57,190
$11,567,249,000 1.20%
Verizon Communications Inc
1.04%
279,105
$11,510,290,000 1.19%
Chevron Corp New Com
3.85%
72,770
$11,382,683,000 1.18%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del Com
0.56%
53,160
$11,341,154,000 1.17%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.73%
58,395
$11,284,834,000 1.17%
Bank Amer Corp Com
0.72%
247,870
$9,857,790,000 1.02%
Cisco Sys Inc Com
0.54%
206,600
$9,815,566,000 1.01%
Cvs Health Corp Com
2.68%
163,425
$9,651,931,000 1.00%
Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl C
3.03%
52,045
$9,546,094,000 0.99%
Oracle Corp Com
No change
65,580
$9,259,896,000 0.96%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
15
$9,183,615,000 0.95%
Altria Group Inc.
1.02%
176,492
$8,039,221,000 0.83%
Philip Morris Intl Inc Com
1.46%
76,072
$7,708,408,000 0.80%
Lloyds Banking Group Plc Spons Adr
1.40%
2,572,305
$7,022,393,000 0.73%
Qualcomm, Inc.
No change
34,805
$6,932,460,000 0.72%
General Mls Inc Com
0.91%
107,775
$6,817,857,000 0.70%
Comcast Corp New Cl A
5.02%
169,845
$6,651,130,000 0.69%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
0.84%
14,695
$6,646,842,000 0.69%
Costco Wholesale Corp New Com
No change
7,735
$6,574,673,000 0.68%
Sysco Corp Com
0.41%
90,960
$6,493,634,000 0.67%
Abbott Labs Com
0.56%
61,935
$6,435,666,000 0.67%
Starbucks Corp Com
1.04%
79,238
$6,168,727,000 0.64%
Wells Fargo Co New Com
3.79%
100,160
$5,948,502,000 0.62%
Plains Gp Hldgs L P Ltd Partner Int Cl A New Int
1.26%
294,350
$5,539,667,000 0.57%
Enterprise Prods Partners L P Com Unit
4.18%
187,125
$5,422,883,000 0.56%
Att Inc Com
1.63%
279,945
$5,349,749,000 0.55%
International Business Machs Corp Com
No change
30,860
$5,337,237,000 0.55%
Shell Plc Sponsored Adr
0.18%
70,650
$5,099,517,000 0.53%
Lilly Eli Co Com
2.18%
5,620
$5,088,236,000 0.53%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.15%
9,745
$4,913,624,000 0.51%
United Parcel Svc Inc Cl B
No change
35,325
$4,834,226,000 0.50%
Hanesbrands Inc
3.26%
975,415
$4,808,796,000 0.50%
Enbridge Inc Com Isin#ca29250n1050
6.36%
124,255
$4,420,032,000 0.46%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co \
2.15%
24,993
$4,344,183,000 0.45%
Blackstone Inc
No change
33,000
$4,085,400,000 0.42%
Biolife Solutions Inc Com New
42.40%
190,300
$4,078,129,000 0.42%
Intel Corp Com
13.25%
129,285
$4,003,956,000 0.41%
Wpp Plc New Adr Isin#us92937a1025
12.74%
82,155
$3,761,056,000 0.39%
Honeywell Intl Inc Com
0.28%
17,594
$3,757,045,000 0.39%
Realty Income Corp Com
4.84%
70,885
$3,744,146,000 0.39%
Lam Resh Corp Com
No change
3,375
$3,593,869,000 0.37%
General Dynamics Corp Com
No change
12,045
$3,494,736,000 0.36%
Medtronic Plc Shs Isin#ie00btn1y115
0.88%
42,055
$3,310,149,000 0.34%
Blackrock Inc.
1.19%
4,135
$3,255,568,000 0.34%
Newmont Corp Com
11.42%
73,425
$3,074,305,000 0.32%
Disney Walt Co Disney Com
9.84%
30,470
$3,025,366,000 0.31%
Carmax Inc
2.81%
40,310
$2,956,335,000 0.31%
Visa Inc
No change
10,960
$2,876,671,000 0.30%
Hubbell Inc.
No change
7,750
$2,832,470,000 0.29%
General Elec Co Com New
4.87%
17,585
$2,795,487,000 0.29%
Broadcom Inc.
0.87%
1,740
$2,793,622,000 0.29%
Lowes Cos Inc Com
No change
12,590
$2,775,591,000 0.29%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
0.31%
8,155
$2,764,627,000 0.29%
Rtx Corp Com
No change
27,455
$2,756,207,000 0.28%
Us Bancorp Del Com New
2.56%
66,659
$2,646,373,000 0.27%
Air Prods Chems Inc Com
3.88%
9,900
$2,554,695,000 0.26%
Gsk Plc Sponsored Adr New
2.10%
65,145
$2,508,083,000 0.26%
Schwab Charles Corp New Com
No change
33,275
$2,452,035,000 0.25%
Mondelez International Inc.
0.31%
36,685
$2,400,666,000 0.25%
Infosys Ltd Sponsored Adr
No change
124,340
$2,315,211,000 0.24%
Unilever Plc Spon Adr New Isin#us9047677045
16.46%
41,450
$2,279,336,000 0.24%
M T Bk Corp Com
0.37%
14,915
$2,257,534,000 0.23%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
1.13%
32,770
$2,248,350,000 0.23%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co Com
11.57%
50,640
$2,103,079,000 0.22%
Victory Cap Hldgs Inc Del Cl A
No change
40,885
$1,951,441,000 0.20%
British Amern Tob Plc Sponsored Adr
231.76%
63,035
$1,949,673,000 0.20%
Vertiv Hldgs Co Cl A
1.10%
22,425
$1,941,332,000 0.20%
Salesforce Inc
9.51%
7,485
$1,924,394,000 0.20%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
4,300
$1,896,988,000 0.20%
Equitrans Midstream Corp Com
10.65%
146,015
$1,895,275,000 0.20%
Cencora Inc.
No change
8,310
$1,872,243,000 0.19%
Webster Finl Corp Com
4.45%
42,925
$1,871,101,000 0.19%
Allstate Corp Com
0.85%
11,650
$1,860,039,000 0.19%
Kenvue Inc Com
35.08%
101,040
$1,836,907,000 0.19%
Compass Minerals Intl Inc Com
15.45%
162,750
$1,681,208,000 0.17%
V F Corp Com
3.87%
121,790
$1,644,165,000 0.17%
NextEra Energy Inc
9.51%
23,035
$1,631,108,000 0.17%
Uber Technologies Inc
36.26%
21,925
$1,593,509,000 0.16%
Martin Marietta Matls Inc Com
4.92%
2,900
$1,571,220,000 0.16%
Vulcan Matls Co Com
4.52%
5,815
$1,446,074,000 0.15%
Morgan Stanley Com New
No change
14,305
$1,390,303,000 0.14%
Tesla Inc
5.18%
6,865
$1,358,446,000 0.14%
Southern Co Com
No change
16,585
$1,286,498,000 0.13%
Asml Hldg N V N Y Registry Shs New 2012
No change
1,255
$1,283,526,000 0.13%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
2,275
$1,258,075,000 0.13%
Travelers Cos Inc Com
No change
6,185
$1,257,658,000 0.13%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
38.46%
5,580
$1,253,156,000 0.13%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc
3.97%
9,075
$1,242,277,000 0.13%
Imperial Brands Plc Sponsored Adr Isin#us45262p1021
2.65%
46,435
$1,191,522,000 0.12%
Elevance Health Inc Com
No change
2,150
$1,164,999,000 0.12%
Toronto Dominion Bk Isin#ca8911605092
No change
21,140
$1,161,854,000 0.12%
Energy Transfer L P Com Unit Ltd Partnership
16.46%
70,750
$1,147,565,000 0.12%
Oneok Inc New Com
8.87%
13,715
$1,118,458,000 0.12%
Fidelity Natl Information Svcs Inc Com
41.92%
14,650
$1,104,024,000 0.11%
Roche Hldgs Ltd Sponsored Adr Isin#us7711951043
55.20%
31,350
$1,086,905,000 0.11%
Jefferies Finl Group Inc Com
1.13%
21,800
$1,084,768,000 0.11%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
No change
2,060
$1,049,076,000 0.11%
Sanofi Spons Adr Isin#us80105n1054
No change
21,350
$1,035,902,000 0.11%
Clorox Co Com
No change
7,350
$1,003,055,000 0.10%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
No change
2,520
$965,639,000 0.10%
Crown Castle Inc
4.30%
9,460
$924,242,000 0.10%
Barrick Gold Corp Com Isin#ca0679011084
2.37%
54,000
$900,720,000 0.09%
Paychex Inc.
No change
7,570
$897,499,000 0.09%
Northrop Grumman Corp Com
18.84%
2,050
$893,698,000 0.09%
American Movil S A B De C V Sponsored Adr Repstg Cl B
No change
51,990
$883,830,000 0.09%
Colgate Palmolive Co Com
No change
9,100
$883,064,000 0.09%
Kimberly-clark Corp Com
7.41%
6,250
$863,750,000 0.09%
Edison Intl Com
No change
11,590
$832,278,000 0.09%
Union Pac Corp Com
12.17%
3,610
$816,799,000 0.08%
Nuveen Amt-free Quality Mun Income Fd Com
No change
71,250
$816,525,000 0.08%
Ge Vernova Inc Com
Opened
4,505
$772,653,000 0.08%
Avangrid Inc
No change
20,240
$719,127,000 0.07%
Blackrock Muniyield Quality Fd Iii Inc Com
33.68%
63,000
$704,340,000 0.07%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
No change
10,180
$692,240,000 0.07%
Netflix Inc.
No change
1,025
$691,752,000 0.07%
Emerson Elec Co Com
No change
6,135
$675,832,000 0.07%
American Tower Corp New Com
7.09%
3,400
$660,892,000 0.07%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc Com
No change
4,150
$645,242,000 0.07%
Dominion Energy Inc
No change
13,000
$637,000,000 0.07%
Pioneer Nat Res Co Com
Closed
2,425
$636,563,000
International Flavors Fragrances Inc Com
3.64%
6,625
$630,766,000 0.07%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc Com
No change
7,155
$627,780,000 0.06%
Duke Energy Corp New Com New
0.91%
5,970
$598,373,000 0.06%
Booking Hldgs Inc Com
No change
150
$594,225,000 0.06%
First Solar Inc
2.78%
2,625
$591,833,000 0.06%
Devon Energy Corp New Com
8.75%
12,425
$588,945,000 0.06%
Xcel Energy Inc.
No change
11,000
$587,510,000 0.06%
Carrier Global Corp Com
No change
8,860
$558,889,000 0.06%
Caterpillar Ins Com
No change
1,610
$536,291,000 0.06%
Digital Rlty Tr Inc Com
No change
3,440
$523,052,000 0.05%
Citigroup Inc Com New
No change
7,945
$504,190,000 0.05%
Ge Healthcare Technologies Inc Com
0.46%
6,440
$501,805,000 0.05%
Truist Finl Corp Com
3.79%
12,700
$493,395,000 0.05%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
No change
5,275
$471,691,000 0.05%
Price T Rowe Group Inc Com
5.78%
4,075
$469,888,000 0.05%
Veeva Sys Inc Cl A Com
1.00%
2,525
$462,100,000 0.05%
Nxp Semiconductors Nv Com Stk Isin#nl0009538784
No change
1,665
$448,035,000 0.05%
Kinder Morgan Inc Del Com
No change
22,500
$447,075,000 0.05%
Waste Connections Inc Com Isin#ca94106b1013
No change
2,525
$442,973,000 0.05%
Republic Svcs Inc Com
No change
2,250
$437,265,000 0.05%
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
9,950
$431,333,000
Textron Inc.
No change
5,000
$429,300,000 0.04%
Zoetis Inc
4.30%
2,425
$420,398,000 0.04%
Diageo Plc Sponsored Adr New Isin#us25243q2057
No change
3,200
$403,456,000 0.04%
Dow Inc
No change
7,550
$400,528,000 0.04%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
No change
8,210
$399,006,000 0.04%
Danaher Corp Com
No change
1,595
$398,511,000 0.04%
Berkley W R Corp Com
No change
5,060
$397,615,000 0.04%
Packaging Corp Amer Com
No change
2,170
$396,155,000 0.04%
Bath Body Wks Inc Com
Closed
7,850
$392,657,000
Totalenergies Se Spons Adr Isin#us89151e1091
No change
5,755
$383,743,000 0.04%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New Com
No change
2,460
$373,428,000 0.04%
Lyft Inc
No change
26,140
$368,574,000 0.04%
Linde Plc New Shs Isin#ie000s9ys762
No change
820
$359,824,000 0.04%
Eversource Energy Com
7.36%
6,296
$357,078,000 0.04%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
No change
3,875
$347,588,000 0.04%
Deere Co Com
Closed
825
$338,861,000
Paypal Hldgs Inc Com
4.14%
5,790
$335,994,000 0.03%
Toyota Mtr Co Spon Adr
No change
1,625
$333,076,000 0.03%
Otis Worldwide Corp Com
No change
3,420
$329,209,000 0.03%
Tractor Supply Co Com
No change
1,190
$321,300,000 0.03%
WEC Energy Group Inc
No change
4,060
$318,548,000 0.03%
Paramount Global Cl B
Closed
27,045
$318,320,000
Tjx Cos Inc New Com
No change
2,875
$316,538,000 0.03%
Boeing Co Com
Closed
1,605
$309,749,000
Roche Holding Ag Basel Akt Isin#ch0012032113
No change
1,000
$304,764,000 0.03%
Schein Henry Inc Com
Closed
4,000
$302,080,000
Marvell Technology Inc
No change
4,315
$301,619,000 0.03%
Bank New York Mellon Corp Com
No change
4,940
$295,857,000 0.03%
Morningstar Inc
No change
1,000
$295,850,000 0.03%
Sprott Physical Silver Tr Unit Isin#ca85207k1075
No change
29,450
$292,439,000 0.03%
Chubb Ltd Com Isin#ch0044328745
No change
1,130
$288,240,000 0.03%
Sprott Physical Gold Silver Tr Tr Unit
No change
12,600
$277,830,000 0.03%
Block H R Inc Com
No change
5,000
$271,150,000 0.03%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8.93%
255
$268,013,000 0.03%
Hf Sinclair Corp Com
No change
5,000
$266,700,000 0.03%
Independent Bk Corp Mass Com
No change
5,190
$263,237,000 0.03%
Adobe Sys Inc Com
No change
465
$258,326,000 0.03%
Nestle Sa Sponsored Adr Repstg Reg Shs
No change
2,495
$255,701,000 0.03%
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
No change
1,050
$250,625,000 0.03%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
3.29%
3,085
$248,312,000 0.03%
Phillips 66 Com
Closed
1,500
$245,010,000
Compass Diversified Sh Ben Int
Opened
10,925
$239,148,000 0.02%
Dexcom Inc
Closed
1,700
$235,790,000
Vici Pptys Inc Com
No change
7,875
$225,540,000 0.02%
Tapestry Inc
12.50%
5,250
$224,648,000 0.02%
Humana Inc.
No change
600
$224,190,000 0.02%
Albemarle Corp Com
Closed
1,685
$221,982,000
Mckesson Corp Com
No change
375
$219,015,000 0.02%
Church Dwight Inc Com
No change
2,105
$218,246,000 0.02%
Granite Constr Inc Com
Opened
3,475
$215,346,000 0.02%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
1,255
$203,574,000 0.02%
Viatris Inc.
Closed
14,825
$177,011,000
Clp Holdings Ltd Sponsored Adr
No change
16,480
$135,466,000 0.01%
Mfs Charter Income Tr Sh Ben Int
No change
21,500
$134,805,000 0.01%
Panasonic Hldgs Corp Adr
Closed
12,500
$118,500,000
Warner Bros Discovery Inc Com Ser A
Closed
12,600
$109,998,000
Sandstorm Gold Ltd Com New Isin#ca80013r2063
No change
20,000
$108,800,000 0.01%
Panasonic Hldgs Corp Adr Isin#us69832a3041
Opened
12,500
$102,500,000 0.01%
Immunitybio Inc Com
No change
15,000
$94,800,000 0.01%
Cim Real Estate Finance Trust Inc
No change
14,876
$90,596,000 0.01%
Dnp Select Income Fd Inc Com
No change
11,000
$90,420,000 0.01%
Putnam Master Inter Income Tr Sh Ben Int
No change
21,540
$69,467,000 0.01%
Transact Technologies Inc.
No change
15,000
$56,550,000 0.01%
Sirius Xm Hldgs Inc Com
41.32%
17,100
$48,393,000 0.01%
Nio Inc Shs A Sponsored American Dep Shs
No change
11,500
$47,840,000 0.00%
Porsche Automobil Hldg Se Adr Isin#us73328p1066
No change
10,000
$44,700,000 0.00%
Gabo Mng Ltd Com Isin#ca36269d1015
No change
410,550
$39,008,000 0.00%
Polestar Automotive Hldg Uk Plc Ads Cl A
9.09%
25,000
$19,665,000 0.00%
Federal Natl Mtg Assn Com
No change
11,200
$16,016,000 0.00%
Federal Home Ln Mtg Corp Com
No change
10,420
$14,067,000 0.00%
Basanite Inc Com
No change
148,000
$1,584,000 0.00%
Auxly Canniabis Group Inc Com Isin#ca05335p1099
No change
25,000
$548,000 0.00%
88 Energy Ltd Shs Isin#au00000088e2
No change
250,000
$324,000 0.00%
Soulfood Concepts Inc Com
No change
64,500
$0 0.00%
Canary Res Inc Com
No change
15,000
$0 0.00%
Encorium Group Inc Com New
No change
25,000
$0 0.00%
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