Essex 13F annual report

Essex is an investment fund managing more than $434 billion ran by Joel Hergenreter. There are currently 113 companies in Mr. Hergenreter’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Scottsdale Fds and Spdr Ser Tr, together worth $89.8 billion.

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$434 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 26th April 2024, Essex’s top holding is 800,237 shares of Vanguard Scottsdale Fds currently worth over $63 billion and making up 14.5% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 1,018,707 shares of Spdr Ser Tr worth $26.8 billion. The third-largest holding is Select Sector Spdr Tr worth $43 billion and the next is First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii worth $17.4 billion, with 958,830 shares owned.

Currently, Essex's portfolio is worth at least $434 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 Essex

The Essex office and employees reside in Deer Park, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Joel Hergenreter serves as the Consultant at Essex.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Essex revealed that it had opened a new position in Hennessy Fds Tr and bought 142,675 shares worth $4.32 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Scottsdale Fds by buying 126,741 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Scottsdale Fds total 800,237 shares worth $63 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Essex is getting rid of from its portfolio. Essex closed its position in Alps Etf Tr on 3rd May 2024. It sold the previously owned 71,243 shares for $2.52 billion. Joel Hergenreter also disclosed a decreased stake in Goldman Sachs by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $10.7 billion and 25,675 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Essex are Retirement Income Solutions, Inc and Lynch & Associates/in. They manage $434 billion and $433 billion respectively.


Joel Hergenreter investment strategy

Essex’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 9.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.4% 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 52% 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 $195 billion.

The complete list of Essex trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 3rd 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
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
18.82%
800,237
$63,003,000,000 14.53%
Spdr Ser Tr
2.11%
1,018,707
$26,801,933,000 6.18%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
42.67%
384,980
$42,978,045,000 9.91%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
1.34%
958,830
$17,408,663,000 4.02%
Schwab Strategic Tr
33.03%
1,192,731
$61,493,896,000 14.18%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.62%
25,675
$10,723,996,000 2.47%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
5.37%
48,896
$8,825,239,000 2.04%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
80.80%
172,548
$8,705,047,000 2.01%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
2.79%
37,988
$7,608,934,000 1.75%
Microsoft Corporation
6.10%
16,550
$6,963,006,000 1.61%
Deere Co
2.55%
14,582
$5,989,229,000 1.38%
Ishares Tr
19.20%
212,636
$20,729,491,000 4.78%
Apple Inc
3.73%
33,612
$5,763,868,000 1.33%
Johnson Johnson
1.13%
32,195
$5,092,992,000 1.17%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
4.46%
23,671
$4,875,753,000 1.12%
Merck Co Inc
9.05%
35,895
$4,736,409,000 1.09%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
5.05%
238,396
$4,701,168,000 1.08%
Hennessy Fds Tr
Opened
142,675
$4,318,601,000 1.00%
VanEck ETF Trust
0.39%
144,647
$4,197,656,000 0.97%
Alphabet Inc
4.74%
54,088
$8,200,121,000 1.89%
Starbucks Corp.
8.58%
43,899
$4,011,914,000 0.93%
Linde Plc.
3.92%
8,325
$3,865,650,000 0.89%
General Dynamics Corp.
0.04%
13,398
$3,784,801,000 0.87%
Pepsico Inc
5.50%
21,624
$3,784,384,000 0.87%
General Electric Co
Opened
21,425
$3,760,750,000 0.87%
Procter And Gamble Co
5.14%
22,659
$3,676,342,000 0.85%
Emerson Elec Co
2.30%
31,527
$3,575,739,000 0.82%
NVIDIA Corp
52.41%
3,884
$3,509,716,000 0.81%
Honeywell International Inc
7.16%
16,808
$3,449,838,000 0.80%
RTX Corp
1.74%
34,402
$3,355,184,000 0.77%
Disney Walt Co
2.88%
26,450
$3,236,456,000 0.75%
Global X Fds
35.28%
144,623
$5,734,906,000 1.32%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
3.93%
29,244
$3,167,710,000 0.73%
Cisco Sys Inc
3.09%
62,469
$3,117,840,000 0.72%
Alps Etf Tr
Closed
71,243
$2,523,562,000
International Business Machs
9.45%
12,698
$2,424,859,000 0.56%
Boston Properties, Inc.
15.28%
36,522
$2,385,223,000 0.55%
Amazon.com Inc.
2.27%
13,190
$2,379,145,000 0.55%
Meta Platforms Inc
9.95%
4,840
$2,350,217,000 0.54%
Schwab Strategic Tr
Opened
52,260
$2,325,047,000 0.54%
GE Aerospace
Closed
20,633
$2,280,960,000
PayPal Holdings Inc
11.40%
33,914
$2,271,899,000 0.52%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
4.55%
18,097
$2,103,595,000 0.49%
Pfizer Inc.
14.76%
75,758
$2,102,297,000 0.48%
The Southern Co.
1.26%
26,200
$1,879,588,000 0.43%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
9.27%
20,564
$1,867,303,000 0.43%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
13.25%
8,640
$1,841,616,000 0.42%
Verisign Inc.
67.82%
7,967
$1,509,826,000 0.35%
Att Inc
28.51%
84,673
$1,490,245,000 0.34%
Eli Lilly Co
8.36%
1,874
$1,457,748,000 0.34%
Exelon Corp.
28.04%
34,866
$1,309,916,000 0.30%
Global X Fds
Closed
61,851
$1,245,679,000
Pinterest Inc
3.65%
35,741
$1,239,140,000 0.29%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
2.49%
13,600
$1,042,712,000 0.24%
Cassava Sciences Inc
316.93%
50,674
$1,028,175,000 0.24%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
16.75%
2,435
$1,023,966,000 0.24%
Mastercard Incorporated
20.61%
1,976
$951,687,000 0.22%
Dow Inc
3.65%
15,148
$877,524,000 0.20%
Arista Networks Inc
8.19%
2,971
$861,531,000 0.20%
Kinder Morgan Inc
26.69%
45,467
$833,865,000 0.19%
Trane Technologies plc
5.07%
2,717
$815,715,000 0.19%
Transocean Ltd
18.30%
128,763
$808,632,000 0.19%
Corteva Inc
13.66%
13,886
$800,806,000 0.18%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
27.52%
18,193
$759,905,000 0.18%
Netflix Inc.
0.42%
1,179
$716,292,000 0.17%
Costco Whsl Corp New
5.19%
913
$669,232,000 0.15%
Novo-nordisk A S
2.18%
4,684
$601,426,000 0.14%
Salesforce Inc
6.53%
1,989
$599,047,000 0.14%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
Closed
1,370
$585,648,000
Vanguard Index Fds
1.38%
2,433
$880,639,000 0.20%
Union Pac Corp
9.56%
2,177
$535,417,000 0.12%
CVS Health Corp
3.89%
6,447
$514,178,000 0.12%
Abbvie Inc
17.55%
2,720
$495,226,000 0.11%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
18.29%
8,622
$466,922,000 0.11%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
23.48%
5,965
$457,337,000 0.11%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
17.71%
731
$425,017,000 0.10%
DocuSign Inc
26.61%
7,130
$424,591,000 0.10%
Nike, Inc.
Closed
4,241
$405,514,000
Ishares Tr
Closed
26,796
$1,677,674,000
Chevron Corp.
28.78%
2,423
$382,228,000 0.09%
Shopify Inc
Opened
4,947
$381,760,000 0.09%
Spdr Gold Tr
4.82%
1,847
$379,965,000 0.09%
Tjx Cos Inc New
No change
3,715
$376,775,000 0.09%
Vale S.A.
49.22%
30,620
$373,258,000 0.09%
CME Group Inc
14.34%
1,649
$355,047,000 0.08%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Closed
8,292
$353,488,000
Oracle Corp.
2.85%
2,765
$347,267,000 0.08%
Churchill Downs, Inc.
No change
2,797
$346,129,000 0.08%
Blackstone Inc
26.78%
2,606
$342,350,000 0.08%
Tesla Inc
21.58%
1,944
$341,710,000 0.08%
Home Depot, Inc.
5.16%
882
$338,513,000 0.08%
Adobe Inc
51.28%
668
$337,073,000 0.08%
Schwab Charles Corp
0.67%
4,570
$330,594,000 0.08%
Visa Inc
No change
1,138
$317,593,000 0.07%
Proshares Tr
Closed
8,000
$313,760,000
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
20.51%
8,700
$312,417,000 0.07%
Activision Blizzard Inc
Closed
3,220
$301,489,000
Mcdonalds Corp
5.37%
1,022
$288,153,000 0.07%
Air Prods Chems Inc
No change
1,155
$279,822,000 0.06%
Interdigital Inc
32.37%
2,586
$275,313,000 0.06%
VanEck ETF Trust
Closed
3,618
$274,389,000
American Tower Corp.
28.22%
1,353
$267,265,000 0.06%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
5.48%
5,431
$262,046,000 0.06%
Advisorshares Tr
Closed
7,219
$261,350,000
Open Text Corp
Opened
6,440
$250,065,000 0.06%
Viatris Inc.
No change
20,848
$248,925,000 0.06%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
1,627
$454,105,000 0.10%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Opened
2,650
$238,633,000 0.06%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Opened
817
$232,134,000 0.05%
Heico Corp.
4.74%
1,205
$230,155,000 0.05%
Philip Morris International Inc
Closed
2,474
$229,046,000
Novartis AG
No change
2,350
$227,316,000 0.05%
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
Opened
235
$221,196,000 0.05%
Aon plc.
5.87%
658
$219,588,000 0.05%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
No change
2,876
$218,975,000 0.05%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
25.19%
2,399
$218,099,000 0.05%
AMGEN Inc.
11.67%
749
$212,869,000 0.05%
Marvell Technology Inc
Closed
3,813
$206,398,000
Danaher Corp.
Closed
830
$205,993,000
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Closed
1,317
$205,222,000
Saia Inc.
Opened
350
$204,750,000 0.05%
Sharkninja Inc
Opened
3,275
$204,000,000 0.05%
Vanguard Star Fds
26.24%
3,371
$203,274,000 0.05%
Ingersoll-Rand Inc
Opened
2,128
$202,098,000 0.05%
Spdr Ser Tr
Closed
3,845
$201,824,000
Exact Sciences Corp.
Opened
2,900
$200,274,000 0.05%
Proshares Tr
22.39%
21,863
$141,235,000 0.03%
Genworth Finl Inc
No change
11,300
$72,659,000 0.02%
Tilray Brands Inc
Opened
20,000
$49,400,000 0.01%
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