Apricus Wealth 13F annual report

Apricus Wealth is an investment fund managing more than $131 billion ran by Joseph Costigan. There are currently 85 companies in Mr. Costigan’s portfolio. The largest investments include JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank America Corp, together worth $9.96 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$131 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 15th January 2024, Apricus Wealth’s top holding is 32,772 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co currently worth over $5.57 billion and making up 4.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co, Apricus Wealth owns less than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 130,230 shares of Bank America Corp worth $4.38 billion. The third-largest holding is MiMedx Inc worth $3.95 billion and the next is AMGEN worth $3.91 billion, with 13,586 shares owned.

Currently, Apricus Wealth's portfolio is worth at least $131 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 Apricus Wealth

The Apricus Wealth office and employees reside in Beaufort, South Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Joseph Costigan serves as the President at Apricus Wealth.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Apricus Wealth revealed that it had opened a new position in Bunge Global SA and bought 16,962 shares worth $1.71 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Bunge Global SA makes up 15.6% of the fund's Consumer Staples sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co by buying 749 additional shares. This makes their stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co total 32,772 shares worth $5.57 billion. JPMorgan Chase & Co dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Apricus Wealth is getting rid of from its portfolio. Apricus Wealth closed its position in Bunge Limited on 22nd January 2024. It sold the previously owned 9,961 shares for $1.02 billion. Joseph Costigan also disclosed a decreased stake in AMGEN by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $3.91 billion and 13,586 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Apricus Wealth are Maryland Capital Advisors Inc and Infusive Asset Management. They manage $131 billion and $131 billion respectively.


Joseph Costigan investment strategy

Apricus Wealth’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 19.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 62.4% 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 62% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $202 billion.

The complete list of Apricus Wealth trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on January 22nd 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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.34%
32,772
$5,574,478,000 4.26%
Bank America Corp
0.73%
130,230
$4,384,844,000 3.35%
MiMedx Group, Inc
No change
449,945
$3,946,018,000 3.01%
AMGEN Inc.
2.17%
13,586
$3,913,040,000 2.99%
Toyota Motor Corporation
0.77%
20,145
$3,694,190,000 2.82%
Kinder Morgan Inc
1.36%
203,781
$3,594,692,000 2.75%
Apple Inc
4.75%
18,310
$3,525,159,000 2.69%
Airbnb, Inc.
No change
25,854
$3,519,764,000 2.69%
Unum Group
2.27%
74,325
$3,360,977,000 2.57%
State Str Corp
8.35%
42,717
$3,308,884,000 2.53%
Chevron Corp.
12.30%
21,597
$3,221,409,000 2.46%
Abbvie Inc
1.12%
20,307
$3,146,976,000 2.40%
Novartis AG
1.75%
30,790
$3,108,866,000 2.38%
Unilever plc
0.51%
63,622
$3,084,405,000 2.36%
Microsoft Corporation
15.20%
8,013
$3,013,084,000 2.30%
Chubb Limited
0.55%
13,232
$2,990,432,000 2.28%
CVS Health Corp
9.14%
35,850
$2,830,682,000 2.16%
Lyondellbasell Industries N
1.18%
29,523
$2,807,047,000 2.14%
Cisco Sys Inc
2.70%
50,933
$2,573,134,000 1.97%
Tyson Foods, Inc.
95.56%
47,530
$2,554,738,000 1.95%
Conocophillips
5.24%
21,987
$2,552,031,000 1.95%
TC Energy Corporation
1.76%
64,405
$2,517,591,000 1.92%
Merck & Co Inc
7.91%
22,633
$2,467,401,000 1.89%
Coterra Energy Inc
5.74%
96,340
$2,458,597,000 1.88%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
4.85%
15,780
$2,443,533,000 1.87%
Phillips 66
1.60%
18,150
$2,416,491,000 1.85%
Schlumberger Ltd.
4.95%
45,495
$2,367,560,000 1.81%
Us Bancorp Del
8.77%
54,647
$2,365,126,000 1.81%
Johnson & Johnson
5.93%
13,476
$2,112,210,000 1.61%
Barrick Gold Corp.
5.45%
116,437
$2,106,345,000 1.61%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
1.62%
29,136
$2,104,219,000 1.61%
Pfizer Inc.
20.09%
69,876
$2,011,737,000 1.54%
KT Corporation
34.24%
144,310
$1,939,526,000 1.48%
Bunge Global SA
Opened
16,962
$1,712,314,000 1.31%
The Southern Co.
237.37%
23,970
$1,680,776,000 1.28%
Verizon Communications Inc
4.91%
43,456
$1,638,300,000 1.25%
Newmont Corp
6.64%
38,715
$1,602,414,000 1.22%
Duke Energy Corp.
Opened
15,428
$1,497,105,000 1.14%
AT&T, Inc.
23.06%
84,027
$1,409,970,000 1.08%
Shell Plc
11.18%
17,655
$1,161,699,000 0.89%
Dell Technologies Inc
45.49%
13,957
$1,067,711,000 0.82%
Alphabet Inc
3.52%
12,340
$1,732,783,000 1.32%
Smucker J M Co
14.09%
8,082
$1,021,403,000 0.78%
Bunge Limited
Closed
9,961
$1,017,715,000
Essential Utils Inc
No change
26,262
$980,886,000 0.75%
Fedex Corp
6.74%
3,460
$875,276,000 0.67%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
1.60%
7,078
$860,048,000 0.66%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
129.10%
2,181
$777,875,000 0.59%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.10%
4,930
$775,174,000 0.59%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.66%
5,043
$753,882,000 0.58%
International Business Machs
Opened
3,980
$650,866,000 0.50%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
23.22%
6,383
$638,132,000 0.49%
Pepsico Inc
49.03%
3,471
$589,554,000 0.45%
Enbridge Inc
17.25%
16,175
$582,624,000 0.45%
Honeywell International Inc
22.95%
2,775
$581,878,000 0.44%
Hess Midstream LP
No change
18,250
$577,248,000 0.44%
Prudential Finl Inc
1.65%
5,533
$573,827,000 0.44%
Vanguard World Fds
No change
1,057
$511,590,000 0.39%
Stryker Corp.
6.12%
1,647
$493,211,000 0.38%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
11.67%
1,135
$437,849,000 0.33%
Coca-Cola Co
Opened
6,937
$408,819,000 0.31%
Caterpillar Inc.
No change
1,375
$406,546,000 0.31%
Cigna Group (The)
Opened
1,319
$394,975,000 0.30%
Procter And Gamble Co
2.79%
2,693
$394,697,000 0.30%
Mitsubishi Ufj Finl Group In
No change
44,475
$382,930,000 0.29%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.93%
2,338
$355,236,000 0.27%
Abbott Labs
Opened
3,174
$349,415,000 0.27%
Ametek Inc
Opened
2,115
$348,742,000 0.27%
Comcast Corp New
15.32%
7,598
$333,194,000 0.25%
Relmada Therapeutics Inc
1.94%
78,862
$326,489,000 0.25%
VanEck ETF Trust
11.33%
16,700
$575,827,000 0.44%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
14.69%
3,862
$313,672,000 0.24%
Hubbell Inc.
No change
900
$296,037,000 0.23%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
17.69%
1,628
$277,352,000 0.21%
Norfolk Southn Corp
Opened
1,165
$275,383,000 0.21%
Sysco Corp.
7.75%
3,628
$265,348,000 0.20%
Visa Inc
3.00%
995
$259,062,000 0.20%
Aflac Inc.
9.77%
3,047
$251,378,000 0.19%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
706
$244,572,000 0.19%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
4.00%
432
$227,450,000 0.17%
Constellation Energy Corp
No change
1,908
$223,026,000 0.17%
Corteva Inc
3.74%
4,409
$211,288,000 0.16%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Opened
391
$207,539,000 0.16%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
89.79%
10,000
$171,700,000 0.13%
Chargepoint Holdings Inc.
33.33%
50,000
$117,000,000 0.09%
Southwestern Energy Company
Opened
10,500
$68,775,000 0.05%
New Gold Inc Cda
Closed
15,000
$15,450,000
No transactions found
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