Carroll Investors, Inc 13F annual report

Carroll Investors, Inc is an investment fund managing more than $143 billion ran by Maria Howe. There are currently 22 companies in Mrs. Howe’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Apple Inc, together worth $37.3 billion.

$143 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th August 2024, Carroll Investors, Inc’s top holding is 154,952 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $19.2 billion and making up 13.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Carroll Investors, Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 86,269 shares of Apple Inc worth $18.2 billion, whose value grew 17.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Chipotle Mexican Grill worth $18.1 billion and the next is Microsoft worth $13.4 billion, with 30,029 shares owned.

Currently, Carroll Investors, Inc's portfolio is worth at least $143 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 Carroll Investors, Inc

The Carroll Investors, Inc office and employees reside in Mt Pleasant, South Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Maria Howe serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Carroll Investors, Inc.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Carroll Investors, Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in Palantir Technologies and bought 149,789 shares worth $3.79 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Palantir Technologies makes up 4.9% 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 NVIDIA Corp by buying 138,809 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 154,952 shares worth $19.2 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Carroll Investors, Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio. Carroll Investors, Inc closed its position in Deere & Co on 13th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,001 shares for $2.05 billion. Maria Howe also disclosed a decreased stake in Block Inc by 0.5%. This leaves the value of the investment at $3.66 billion and 56,869 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Carroll Investors, Inc are Successful Portfolios and Exane Asset Management. They manage $143 billion and $143 billion respectively.


Maria Howe investment strategy

Carroll Investors, Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 6 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 53.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 77.3% 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 77% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $414 billion.

The complete list of Carroll Investors, Inc 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
NVIDIA Corp
859.87%
154,952
$19,150,518,000 13.42%
Apple Inc
0.31%
86,269
$18,194,132,000 12.75%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4,789.97%
289,535
$18,133,577,000 12.71%
Microsoft Corporation
0.70%
30,029
$13,434,074,000 9.41%
Tesla Inc
0.60%
63,794
$12,621,643,000 8.84%
Snowflake Inc.
16.24%
84,485
$11,408,854,000 7.99%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
3.48%
57,027
$9,237,804,000 6.47%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
2.26%
26,654
$9,039,171,000 6.33%
Trade Desk Inc
41.63%
70,023
$6,843,348,000 4.80%
Costco Whsl Corp New
32.62%
7,578
$6,442,512,000 4.51%
Amazon.com Inc.
3.61%
24,086
$4,676,297,000 3.28%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Opened
149,789
$3,794,155,000 2.66%
Block Inc
53.32%
56,869
$3,656,677,000 2.56%
Progressive Corp.
13.20%
10,374
$2,165,261,000 1.52%
Deere & Co.
Closed
5,001
$2,054,111,000
UiPath, Inc.
Closed
82,803
$1,877,865,000
Las Vegas Sands Corp
17.21%
24,057
$1,064,522,000 0.75%
Apollo Global Mgmt Inc
Opened
6,403
$756,002,000 0.53%
Home Depot, Inc.
Closed
1,653
$635,579,000
Recursion Pharmaceuticals In
485.30%
80,766
$605,745,000 0.42%
Norfolk Southn Corp
Closed
2,075
$528,855,000
Vanguard World Fd
7.30%
1,625
$510,591,000 0.36%
GE Aerospace
40.74%
2,308
$369,142,000 0.26%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
No change
469
$333,482,000 0.23%
Alphabet Inc
44.01%
1,331
$244,438,000 0.17%
D-wave Quantum Inc
No change
30,485
$34,753,000 0.02%
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