Kessler Investment 13F annual report

Kessler Investment is an investment fund managing more than $185 billion ran by Laurie Schroer. There are currently 161 companies in Mrs. Schroer’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and DuPont de Nemours Inc, together worth $19.7 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$185 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 11th July 2024, Kessler Investment’s top holding is 52,721 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $11.1 billion and making up 6.0% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Kessler Investment owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 106,652 shares of DuPont de Nemours Inc worth $8.58 billion, whose value grew 11.7% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc worth $7.47 billion and the next is Generac Inc worth $7 billion, with 52,973 shares owned.

Currently, Kessler Investment's portfolio is worth at least $185 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 Kessler Investment

The Kessler Investment office and employees reside in Columbus, Indiana. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Laurie Schroer serves as the Portfolio Specialist at Kessler Investment.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Kessler Investment revealed that it had opened a new position in DuPont de Nemours Inc and bought 106,652 shares worth $8.58 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. DuPont de Nemours Inc makes up 45.1% of the fund's Materials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 9.9% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 52,601 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 52,721 shares worth $11.1 billion. Apple Inc soared 21.2% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Kessler Investment is getting rid of from its portfolio. Kessler Investment closed its position in Textron on 18th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 57,209 shares for $5.49 billion. Laurie Schroer also disclosed a decreased stake in Alphabet Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $7.47 billion and 41,032 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Kessler Investment are Spreng Capital Management, Inc and Heron Financial Group. They manage $185 billion and $185 billion respectively.


Laurie Schroer investment strategy

Kessler Investment’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 24.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 47.8% 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 40% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $140 billion.

The complete list of Kessler Investment trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 18th 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
43,834.17%
52,721
$11,104,097,000 6.00%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
Opened
106,652
$8,584,419,000 4.64%
Alphabet Inc
0.47%
41,032
$7,474,716,000 4.04%
Generac Holdings Inc
2.55%
52,973
$7,004,156,000 3.78%
Royal Caribbean Group
0.26%
43,895
$6,998,180,000 3.78%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.89%
14,038
$6,579,891,000 3.55%
Duke Energy Corp.
1.89%
62,593
$6,273,696,000 3.39%
Motorola Solutions Inc
0.13%
16,161
$6,239,147,000 3.37%
Constellation Energy Corp
0.96%
29,268
$5,861,502,000 3.17%
Eog Res Inc
Opened
45,365
$5,710,093,000 3.08%
Dell Technologies Inc
271,573.33%
40,751
$5,619,970,000 3.03%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
32,724
$5,612,493,000 3.03%
Textron Inc.
Closed
57,209
$5,488,059,000
Marvell Technology Inc
10.38%
78,184
$5,465,062,000 2.95%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Opened
112,014
$5,443,880,000 2.94%
NVIDIA Corp
893.00%
41,984
$5,186,703,000 2.80%
Autodesk Inc.
9.46%
20,254
$5,011,852,000 2.71%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.04%
9,900
$4,991,778,000 2.70%
Microsoft Corporation
0.59%
10,905
$4,874,101,000 2.63%
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
1.64%
312,068
$4,802,727,000 2.59%
Snap-on, Inc.
12.02%
17,789
$4,649,867,000 2.51%
Zillow Group Inc
7.12%
99,934
$4,635,961,000 2.50%
Dollar Gen Corp New
7.88%
34,783
$4,599,356,000 2.48%
Equinix Inc
8.19%
5,931
$4,487,395,000 2.42%
Roku Inc
0.23%
62,378
$3,738,314,000 2.02%
Cadence Design System Inc
6.34%
8,877
$2,731,897,000 1.48%
Eli Lilly Co
No change
2,476
$2,241,721,000 1.21%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
19.49%
106,671
$6,860,466,000 3.70%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
11.28%
3,798
$1,717,911,000 0.93%
International Business Machs
14.05%
9,207
$1,592,351,000 0.86%
Ishares Tr
0.67%
15,759
$1,461,771,000 0.79%
3M Co.
6,440.50%
13,081
$1,336,747,000 0.72%
Bank America Corp
Opened
33,352
$1,326,409,000 0.72%
Philip Morris International Inc
4,682.46%
12,817
$1,298,747,000 0.70%
Diamond Offshore Drilling In
0.66%
83,150
$1,287,994,000 0.70%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc
Opened
38,195
$1,275,713,000 0.69%
Merck Co Inc
Opened
10,212
$1,264,246,000 0.68%
Emerson Elec Co
5.02%
10,986
$1,210,218,000 0.65%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
12.29%
198,569
$3,926,451,000 2.12%
Iron Mtn Inc Del
Opened
12,330
$1,105,015,000 0.60%
Block H R Inc
Opened
18,984
$1,029,502,000 0.56%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
6.77%
81,447
$985,101,000 0.53%
Paychex Inc.
Opened
8,087
$958,795,000 0.52%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Closed
4,415
$812,032,000
Ppg Inds Inc
No change
5,308
$668,224,000 0.36%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
4.62%
2,538
$534,807,000 0.29%
Cummins Inc.
6.13%
1,854
$513,428,000 0.28%
Amazon.com Inc.
13.76%
2,594
$501,291,000 0.27%
Garmin Ltd
4.34%
2,887
$470,350,000 0.25%
Genuine Parts Co.
4.07%
3,174
$439,028,000 0.24%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
4.53%
4,477
$434,448,000 0.23%
NextEra Energy Inc
4.42%
6,121
$433,428,000 0.23%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
Closed
2,724
$426,279,000
Smith A O Corp
3.52%
5,087
$416,015,000 0.22%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
4,194
$388,898,000 0.21%
Coca-Cola Co
5.11%
6,047
$384,892,000 0.21%
Permian Resources Corp
Opened
22,366
$361,211,000 0.20%
Timken Co.
5.74%
4,312
$345,521,000 0.19%
Us Bancorp Del
No change
8,009
$317,957,000 0.17%
Qualcomm, Inc.
No change
1,574
$313,509,000 0.17%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
1,184
$230,324,000 0.12%
Advanced Drain Sys Inc Del
19.83%
1,372
$220,055,000 0.12%
Ceco Environmental Corp.
27.83%
7,166
$206,739,000 0.11%
Foot Locker Inc
25.92%
7,613
$189,716,000 0.10%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
14,251
$178,708,000 0.10%
Skyline Champion Corp
41.00%
2,225
$150,744,000 0.08%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
40.42%
1,487
$143,139,000 0.08%
Soundhound Ai Inc
42.47%
33,812
$133,557,000 0.07%
Salesforce Inc
No change
500
$128,550,000 0.07%
V F Corp
49.24%
9,347
$126,185,000 0.07%
Sharkninja Inc
Opened
1,669
$125,425,000 0.07%
Applied Indl Technologies In
Opened
642
$124,548,000 0.07%
Interactive Brokers Group In
Opened
970
$118,922,000 0.06%
Fabrinet
Opened
485
$118,723,000 0.06%
Medpace Holdings Inc
Opened
286
$117,789,000 0.06%
Peloton Interactive Inc
Closed
26,723
$114,508,000
Getty Images Holdings Inc
47.56%
31,580
$102,951,000 0.06%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc
82.75%
837
$99,051,000 0.05%
BP plc
No change
2,682
$96,820,000 0.05%
Global X Fds
No change
3,658
$115,814,000 0.06%
New York Cmnty Bancorp Inc
Closed
28,777
$92,662,000
Occidental Pete Corp
No change
1,450
$91,394,000 0.05%
Johnson Johnson
No change
616
$90,035,000 0.05%
Corteva Inc
No change
1,581
$85,279,000 0.05%
Titan Intl Inc Ill
Closed
6,654
$82,909,000
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
1,328
$78,870,000 0.04%
Steel Dynamics Inc.
No change
559
$72,391,000 0.04%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
No change
595
$68,496,000 0.04%
VanEck ETF Trust
No change
1,700
$57,681,000 0.03%
Ishares Tr
Closed
500
$87,632,000
Eaton Vance Tax Advt Div Inc
No change
2,144
$49,934,000 0.03%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
No change
150
$44,765,000 0.02%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
4.29%
73
$39,728,000 0.02%
Tesla Inc
35.92%
193
$38,191,000 0.02%
Spdr Ser Tr
3.26%
538
$47,334,000 0.03%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
No change
30
$31,531,000 0.02%
Marten Trans Ltd
No change
1,458
$26,900,000 0.01%
Valero Energy Corp.
No change
157
$24,611,000 0.01%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
1,508
$22,213,000 0.01%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
54.44%
2,210
$114,551,000 0.06%
UGI Corp.
No change
862
$19,740,000 0.01%
Chevron Corp.
No change
125
$19,553,000 0.01%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
94.86%
661
$19,156,000 0.01%
Eaton Vance Tax Mnged Buy Wr
No change
1,265
$17,862,000 0.01%
Air Prods Chems Inc
No change
69
$17,805,000 0.01%
Abbott Labs
No change
170
$17,665,000 0.01%
Ares Capital Corp
No change
837
$17,443,000 0.01%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
400
$16,612,000 0.01%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
No change
74
$15,787,000 0.01%
Altria Group Inc.
No change
331
$15,077,000 0.01%
Dexcom Inc
99.67%
125
$14,173,000 0.01%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
No change
100
$13,820,000 0.01%
Hershey Company
No change
75
$13,787,000 0.01%
Disney Walt Co
No change
127
$12,630,000 0.01%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
No change
63
$10,950,000 0.01%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
No change
96
$10,419,000 0.01%
Sturm Ruger Co Inc
No change
250
$10,413,000 0.01%
VanEck ETF Trust
Closed
100
$8,990,000
PayPal Holdings Inc
No change
153
$8,879,000 0.00%
Ishares Silver Tr
80.28%
312
$8,290,000 0.00%
Allison Transmission Hldgs I
No change
106
$8,045,000 0.00%
Spdr Gold Tr
74.65%
36
$7,740,000 0.00%
Nucor Corp.
99.85%
47
$7,430,000 0.00%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
99.85%
126
$6,405,000 0.00%
Deere Co
No change
15
$5,604,000 0.00%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
No change
26
$5,421,000 0.00%
Alcon Ag
Opened
55
$4,899,000 0.00%
Unity Software Inc.
No change
300
$4,878,000 0.00%
TREX Co., Inc.
No change
60
$4,447,000 0.00%
Target Corp
No change
28
$4,145,000 0.00%
AGCO Corp.
No change
42
$4,111,000 0.00%
Intel Corp.
99.67%
121
$3,772,000 0.00%
Cnh Indl N V
No change
304
$3,080,000 0.00%
UDR Inc
No change
68
$2,798,000 0.00%
Solventum Corp
Opened
50
$2,644,000 0.00%
United Airls Hldgs Inc
No change
51
$2,482,000 0.00%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
No change
5
$2,336,000 0.00%
Caterpillar Inc.
99.50%
7
$2,332,000 0.00%
Dimensional Etf Trust
Closed
65
$2,077,000
Asml Holding N V
No change
2
$2,045,000 0.00%
Synopsys, Inc.
No change
3
$1,785,000 0.00%
Norwegian Cruise Line Hldg L
No change
90
$1,691,000 0.00%
Adobe Inc
Closed
3
$1,514,000
Pepsico Inc
No change
9
$1,484,000 0.00%
Morgan Stanley
No change
15
$1,458,000 0.00%
Procter And Gamble Co
No change
8
$1,319,000 0.00%
Cisco Sys Inc
99.88%
26
$1,235,000 0.00%
Schwab Strategic Tr
No change
12
$1,210,000 0.00%
Lakeland Finl Corp
No change
18
$1,107,000 0.00%
Goodyear Tire Rubr Co
No change
67
$760,000 0.00%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
27
$755,000 0.00%
Netflix Inc.
Closed
1
$607,000
SNDL Inc
1.47%
269
$511,000 0.00%
Toyota Motor Corporation
No change
2
$410,000 0.00%
Walmart Inc
No change
6
$406,000 0.00%
Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity
No change
14
$322,000 0.00%
German Amern Bancorp Inc
No change
9
$318,000 0.00%
Fedex Corp
No change
1
$300,000 0.00%
Blackrock Science Technolo
No change
7
$282,000 0.00%
Blackrock Utils Infrastructu
No change
12
$266,000 0.00%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
1
$255,000 0.00%
Horizon Bancorp Inc
No change
20
$247,000 0.00%
Kellanova Co
No change
4
$231,000 0.00%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
No change
2
$174,000 0.00%
Verizon Communications Inc
No change
4
$165,000 0.00%
Zimvie Inc
No change
9
$164,000 0.00%
Aurora Cannabis Inc
No change
27
$125,000 0.00%
CVS Health Corp
No change
2
$118,000 0.00%
Gabelli Divid Income Tr
No change
5
$114,000 0.00%
Fathom Digital Mfg Corp
Closed
12
$55,000
Zomedica Corp
No change
340
$50,000 0.00%
Qurate Retail Inc
No change
36
$23,000 0.00%
Wk Kellogg Co
No change
1
$16,000 0.00%
Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
4
$4,000
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