West Tower 13F annual report

West Tower is an investment fund managing more than $37 billion ran by Roland Vetter. There are currently 94 companies in Mr. Vetter’s portfolio. The largest investments include Hewlett Packard Enterprise C and Warner Bros.Discovery Inc, together worth $5.17 billion.

$37 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, West Tower’s top holding is 122,812 shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise C currently worth over $2.6 billion and making up 7.0% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 345,621 shares of Warner Bros.Discovery Inc worth $2.57 billion, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Orion S.A worth $1.9 billion and the next is OneSpaWorld worth $1.49 billion, with 97,017 shares owned.

Currently, West Tower's portfolio is worth at least $37 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 West Tower

The West Tower office and employees reside in Richmond, Virginia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Roland Vetter serves as the Partner, CFO/CCO at West Tower.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, West Tower revealed that it had opened a new position in Hewlett Packard Enterprise C and bought 122,812 shares worth $2.6 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Warner Bros.Discovery Inc by buying 131,287 additional shares. This makes their stake in Warner Bros.Discovery Inc total 345,621 shares worth $2.57 billion. Warner Bros.Discovery Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that West Tower is getting rid of from its portfolio. West Tower closed its position in Kohls Corp on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 75,713 shares for $2.21 billion. Roland Vetter also disclosed a decreased stake in Urban Outfitters by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $1.28 billion and 31,303 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to West Tower are Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc and Mgg Investment L.P.. They manage $37 billion and $37.2 billion respectively.


Roland Vetter investment strategy

West Tower’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 28.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 60.6% 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 38% 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 $114 billion.

The complete list of West Tower trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th 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
Hewlett Packard Enterprise C
Opened
122,812
$2,599,930,000 7.03%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
61.25%
345,621
$2,571,420,000 6.95%
Kohls Corp
Closed
75,713
$2,207,034,000
Orion S.A
2.41%
86,683
$1,901,825,000 5.14%
OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited
2.36%
97,017
$1,491,151,000 4.03%
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
5.95%
31,303
$1,284,988,000 3.47%
Green Plains Inc
No change
80,876
$1,282,693,000 3.47%
Enhabit, Inc.
No change
136,576
$1,218,258,000 3.29%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
6.25%
2,250
$1,131,255,000 3.06%
ExlService Holdings Inc
Opened
31,000
$972,160,000 2.63%
Perrigo Co Plc
268.57%
37,226
$955,964,000 2.58%
Macys Inc
20.26%
46,986
$902,131,000 2.44%
GMS Inc
4.35%
11,000
$886,710,000 2.40%
Oceaneering International, Inc.
155.56%
34,500
$816,270,000 2.21%
Comfort Sys Usa Inc
No change
2,628
$799,227,000 2.16%
News Corp
22.60%
27,385
$755,004,000 2.04%
Ferroglobe Plc
No change
132,291
$709,080,000 1.92%
Dropbox Inc
78.69%
29,520
$663,314,000 1.79%
PayPal Holdings Inc
352.28%
11,307
$656,145,000 1.77%
Daktronics Inc.
18.42%
45,000
$627,750,000 1.70%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Opened
1,500
$508,515,000 1.37%
Lyft Inc
1,066.67%
35,000
$493,500,000 1.33%
Pathward Financial Inc
No change
8,490
$480,279,000 1.30%
Ansys Inc.
No change
1,450
$466,175,000 1.26%
Driven Brands Holdings Inc.
197.07%
34,671
$441,362,000 1.19%
Tesla Inc
Opened
2,200
$435,336,000 1.18%
BrightView Holdings Inc
Closed
36,000
$428,400,000
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
Closed
17,000
$427,025,000
Apple Inc
Opened
2,000
$421,240,000 1.14%
Lsi Inds Inc Ohio
No change
28,365
$410,442,000 1.11%
N-able Inc
Opened
26,000
$395,980,000 1.07%
Analog Devices Inc.
Opened
1,700
$388,042,000 1.05%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
Closed
1,200
$384,708,000
Oxford Inds Inc
Closed
3,400
$382,160,000
Magnite Inc
No change
28,644
$380,679,000 1.03%
Applied Matls Inc
60.00%
1,600
$377,584,000 1.02%
Microsoft Corporation
No change
800
$357,560,000 0.97%
Marvell Technology Inc
66.67%
5,000
$349,500,000 0.94%
Netflix Inc.
400.00%
500
$337,440,000 0.91%
Calumet Specialty Prods Part
Closed
22,549
$335,078,000
Broadcom Inc
63.44%
200
$321,106,000 0.87%
Monday Com Ltd
62.50%
1,300
$312,988,000 0.85%
Pinterest Inc
75.00%
7,000
$308,490,000 0.83%
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
Closed
8,500
$298,860,000
Spotify Technology S.A.
Opened
900
$282,411,000 0.76%
NVIDIA Corp
Closed
300
$271,068,000
Nxp Semiconductors N V
66.67%
1,000
$269,090,000 0.73%
Silicon Laboratories Inc
Closed
1,800
$258,696,000
Meta Platforms Inc
150.00%
500
$252,110,000 0.68%
Disney Walt Co
Closed
2,000
$244,720,000
Trade Desk Inc
No change
2,500
$244,175,000 0.66%
Ardagh Metal Packaging S A
32.53%
71,359
$242,621,000 0.66%
HubSpot Inc
Opened
400
$235,916,000 0.64%
Arista Networks Inc
Closed
800
$231,984,000
Cogent Communications Hldgs
Opened
4,025
$227,171,000 0.61%
Everi Holdings Inc
No change
26,555
$223,062,000 0.60%
Adobe Inc
Opened
400
$222,216,000 0.60%
Oracle Corp.
Opened
1,500
$211,800,000 0.57%
Opal Fuels Inc
No change
51,370
$210,103,000 0.57%
Extreme Networks Inc.
Opened
15,000
$201,750,000 0.55%
Hashicorp Inc
Closed
7,000
$188,650,000
Okta Inc
No change
2,000
$187,220,000 0.51%
Alphabet Inc
60.00%
1,000
$182,150,000 0.49%
MongoDB Inc
Closed
500
$179,320,000
Semtech Corp.
500.00%
6,000
$179,280,000 0.48%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
Opened
1,000
$173,810,000 0.47%
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.
25.00%
5,000
$173,750,000 0.47%
Rapid7 Inc
300.00%
4,000
$172,920,000 0.47%
Synopsys, Inc.
Closed
300
$171,450,000
Caesars Entertainment Inc Ne
19.43%
4,180
$166,113,000 0.45%
Workday Inc
Closed
600
$163,650,000
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Opened
1,000
$162,210,000 0.44%
Snowflake Inc.
Closed
1,000
$161,600,000
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
800
$159,344,000 0.43%
Acv Auctions Inc
Closed
8,377
$157,236,000
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Opened
6,000
$151,980,000 0.41%
Ecovyst Inc
4.17%
16,875
$151,369,000 0.41%
Nokia Corp
Opened
40,000
$151,200,000 0.41%
GitLab Inc.
50.00%
3,000
$149,160,000 0.40%
Shift4 Pmts Inc
100.00%
2,000
$146,700,000 0.40%
Flex Ltd
Closed
5,000
$143,050,000
Texas Instrs Inc
Closed
800
$139,368,000
DoorDash Inc
Closed
1,000
$137,720,000
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Opened
1,500
$137,250,000 0.37%
CyberArk Software Ltd
Opened
500
$136,710,000 0.37%
Composecure Inc
20.00%
20,000
$136,000,000 0.37%
Reddit Inc
Opened
2,000
$127,780,000 0.35%
Cloudflare Inc
50.31%
1,500
$124,245,000 0.34%
Salesforce Inc
Closed
400
$120,472,000
Coherent Corp
Opened
1,500
$108,690,000 0.29%
Sea Ltd
Opened
1,500
$107,130,000 0.29%
HP Inc
Opened
3,000
$105,060,000 0.28%
Confluent Inc
16.67%
3,500
$103,355,000 0.28%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc
No change
3,000
$100,200,000 0.27%
Nextracker Inc
Opened
2,000
$93,760,000 0.25%
Thoughtworks Holding Inc
13.54%
31,864
$90,494,000 0.24%
Solo Brands, Inc.
No change
39,000
$88,920,000 0.24%
Block Inc
Closed
1,000
$84,580,000
JFrog Ltd
Closed
1,861
$82,293,000
AMKOR Technology Inc.
Opened
2,000
$80,040,000 0.22%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Closed
1,000
$78,230,000
Toast, Inc.
Closed
3,000
$74,760,000
Zillow Group Inc
Closed
1,500
$73,170,000
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
Opened
1,000
$72,000,000 0.19%
Akoustis Technologies Inc
40.00%
529,429
$69,726,000 0.19%
Applovin Corp
Closed
1,000
$69,220,000
Dell Technologies Inc
75.00%
500
$68,955,000 0.19%
Wix.com Ltd
Closed
500
$68,740,000
Western Digital Corp.
Closed
1,000
$68,240,000
Autodesk Inc.
Closed
250
$65,105,000
Pure Storage Inc
Opened
1,000
$64,210,000 0.17%
Sentinelone Inc
Opened
3,000
$63,150,000 0.17%
SolarWinds Corp
Opened
5,221
$62,913,000 0.17%
Coupang, Inc.
Opened
3,000
$62,850,000 0.17%
Celestica, Inc.
Opened
1,000
$57,330,000 0.15%
Xperi Inc
28.82%
6,937
$56,953,000 0.15%
Ziff Davis Inc
Opened
1,000
$55,050,000 0.15%
DocuSign Inc
33.33%
1,000
$53,500,000 0.14%
Snap Inc
62.50%
3,000
$49,830,000 0.13%
Asml Holding N V
Closed
50
$48,524,000
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp
No change
9,747
$47,468,000 0.13%
PubMatic, Inc.
Closed
2,000
$47,440,000
Sprinklr, Inc.
Opened
4,074
$39,192,000 0.11%
Roblox Corporation
Closed
1,000
$38,180,000
Astera Labs Inc
Opened
600
$36,306,000 0.10%
Shopify Inc
Opened
500
$33,025,000 0.09%
Samsara Inc.
50.00%
500
$16,850,000 0.05%
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