Bks Advisors 13F annual report

Bks Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $249 million ran by Craig Simmons. There are currently 161 companies in Mr. Simmons’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ark Etf Tr and Spdr Series Trust, together worth $24.9 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$249 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Bks Advisors’s top holding is 183,448 shares of Ark Etf Tr currently worth over $8.45 million and making up 3.4% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 375,920 shares of Spdr Series Trust worth $16.5 million. The third-largest holding is Apple worth $7.27 million and the next is Select Sector Spdr Tr worth $16.9 million, with 199,312 shares owned.

Currently, Bks Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $249 million. 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 Bks Advisors

The Bks Advisors office and employees reside in Southfield, Michigan. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Craig Simmons serves as the Managing Partner at Bks Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Bks Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Ark Etf Tr and bought 183,448 shares worth $8.45 million.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Bks Advisors are Grand Jean Capital Management Inc and Capital Directions Investment Advisors. They manage $249 million and $249 million respectively.


Craig Simmons investment strategy

Bks Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 11.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 51.6% 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 42% 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 $147 billion.

The complete list of Bks Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on April 16th 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
Ark Etf Tr
Opened
183,448
$8,445,000 3.40%
Spdr Series Trust
Opened
375,920
$16,482,000 6.63%
Apple, Inc.
Opened
38,272
$7,270,000 2.93%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Opened
199,312
$16,855,000 6.78%
Visa, Inc.
Opened
39,330
$6,143,000 2.47%
ServiceNow, Inc.
Opened
24,006
$5,917,000 2.38%
Proshares Tr
Opened
129,947
$9,788,000 3.94%
Lilly Eli Co
Opened
37,608
$4,880,000 1.96%
Ishares Tr
Opened
277,971
$21,013,000 8.46%
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Opened
79,966
$4,728,000 1.90%
Amazon.com, Inc.
Opened
2,295
$4,087,000 1.64%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
Opened
197,898
$9,719,000 3.91%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
Opened
106,520
$5,940,000 2.39%
Ciena Corp.
Opened
99,670
$3,722,000 1.50%
American Sts Wtr Co
Opened
52,198
$3,722,000 1.50%
Bank Montreal Que
Opened
44,544
$3,333,000 1.34%
Facebook, Inc.
Opened
18,199
$3,034,000 1.22%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
112,158
$5,228,000 2.10%
Unilever Plc
Opened
52,298
$3,019,000 1.21%
Procter And Gamble Co
Opened
28,598
$2,976,000 1.20%
Starwood Ppty Tr Inc
Opened
131,123
$2,931,000 1.18%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
Opened
135,667
$4,189,000 1.69%
Alphabet, Inc.
Opened
2,299
$2,697,000 1.09%
Veeva Sys Inc
Opened
20,615
$2,615,000 1.05%
XPO Logistics, Inc.
Opened
47,691
$2,563,000 1.03%
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Opened
12,554
$2,427,000 0.98%
Emerson Elec Co
Opened
33,687
$2,307,000 0.93%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
Opened
28,425
$2,267,000 0.91%
Universal Display Corp.
Opened
13,505
$2,064,000 0.83%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
Opened
10,465
$1,909,000 0.77%
Netflix, Inc.
Opened
5,284
$1,884,000 0.76%
Prudential Finl Inc
Opened
19,132
$1,758,000 0.71%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Opened
6,467
$1,571,000 0.63%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Opened
2,728
$1,557,000 0.63%
Sun Cmntys Inc
Opened
12,500
$1,482,000 0.60%
F5 Networks, Inc.
Opened
9,334
$1,465,000 0.59%
Twilio, Inc.
Opened
11,216
$1,449,000 0.58%
Philip Morris International, Inc.
Opened
14,831
$1,311,000 0.53%
Grubhub, Inc.
Opened
18,825
$1,308,000 0.53%
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Opened
18,899
$1,306,000 0.53%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
Opened
4,539
$1,282,000 0.52%
Rockwell Med Inc
Opened
225,308
$1,282,000 0.52%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
Opened
11,938
$1,208,000 0.49%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Opened
1,113
$1,428,000 0.57%
Grainger W W Inc
Opened
3,970
$1,195,000 0.48%
Toronto Dominion Bk Ont
Opened
21,664
$1,177,000 0.47%
Tesla, Inc.
Opened
4,138
$1,158,000 0.47%
Microsoft Corp.
Opened
9,805
$1,156,000 0.47%
Mcdonalds Corp
Opened
6,020
$1,143,000 0.46%
The Charles Schwab Corporati
Opened
24,269
$1,038,000 0.42%
Illumina, Inc.
Opened
3,329
$1,034,000 0.42%
Eaton Corp. Plc
Opened
12,811
$1,032,000 0.42%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
22,624
$2,671,000 1.07%
CSX Corp.
Opened
13,625
$1,019,000 0.41%
Marriott Intl Inc New
Opened
7,600
$951,000 0.38%
International Business Machs
Opened
6,609
$933,000 0.38%
Chevron Corp.
Opened
7,444
$917,000 0.37%
Union Pacific Corp.
Opened
5,320
$890,000 0.36%
Mastercard, Inc.
Opened
3,676
$866,000 0.35%
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Opened
2,355
$821,000 0.33%
RH
Opened
7,850
$808,000 0.33%
Pepsico Inc
Opened
6,531
$800,000 0.32%
General Mtrs Co
Opened
21,196
$786,000 0.32%
Caterpillar, Inc.
Opened
5,756
$780,000 0.31%
Southwest Airls Co
Opened
14,860
$771,000 0.31%
Boyd Gaming Corp.
Opened
26,000
$711,000 0.29%
Idexx Labs Inc
Opened
3,154
$705,000 0.28%
Hormel Foods Corp.
Opened
15,375
$688,000 0.28%
Altria Group, Inc.
Opened
11,938
$686,000 0.28%
The Coca-Cola Co.
Opened
14,528
$681,000 0.27%
Ford Mtr Co Del
Opened
77,361
$679,000 0.27%
Retail Pptys Amer Inc
Opened
53,280
$649,000 0.26%
NVIDIA Corp.
Opened
3,420
$614,000 0.25%
Martin Marietta Matls Inc
Opened
3,020
$608,000 0.24%
Comcast Corp New
Opened
15,090
$603,000 0.24%
Under Armour, Inc.
Opened
56,021
$1,122,000 0.45%
The Trade Desk, Inc.
Opened
3,000
$594,000 0.24%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
Opened
19,900
$579,000 0.23%
Att Inc
Opened
17,943
$563,000 0.23%
Okta, Inc.
Opened
6,700
$554,000 0.22%
Progenics Pharmaceuticals In
Opened
118,587
$550,000 0.22%
Bank Hawaii Corp
Opened
6,790
$536,000 0.22%
Texas Instrs Inc
Opened
4,614
$489,000 0.20%
Starbucks Corp.
Opened
6,574
$489,000 0.20%
Comerica, Inc.
Opened
6,470
$474,000 0.19%
Teladoc Health, Inc.
Opened
8,335
$463,000 0.19%
J2 Global, Inc.
Opened
5,284
$458,000 0.18%
Valero Energy Corp.
Opened
5,289
$449,000 0.18%
Disney Walt Co
Opened
3,965
$440,000 0.18%
Aflac, Inc.
Opened
8,622
$431,000 0.17%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Opened
20,993
$428,000 0.17%
New York Cmnty Bancorp Inc
Opened
37,028
$428,000 0.17%
Stamps.com, Inc.
Opened
5,099
$415,000 0.17%
Vanguard Group
Opened
3,734
$409,000 0.16%
PacWest Bancorp
Opened
10,848
$408,000 0.16%
Intel Corp.
Opened
7,497
$403,000 0.16%
Bank Amer Corp
Opened
14,496
$400,000 0.16%
Workday Inc
Opened
2,050
$395,000 0.16%
Johnson Johnson
Opened
2,805
$392,000 0.16%
Western Midstream Partners L
Opened
12,200
$383,000 0.15%
Factset Resh Sys Inc
Opened
1,518
$377,000 0.15%
Travelers Companies Inc
Opened
2,700
$370,000 0.15%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Opened
1,190
$357,000 0.14%
Xenia Hotels Resorts Inc
Opened
15,974
$350,000 0.14%
Pfizer Inc.
Opened
8,197
$348,000 0.14%
Mallinckrodt Pub Ltd Co
Opened
15,975
$347,000 0.14%
Vanguard Bd Index Fd Inc
Opened
4,057
$329,000 0.13%
Phillips 66
Opened
3,419
$325,000 0.13%
DTE Energy Co.
Opened
2,573
$321,000 0.13%
NIKE, Inc.
Opened
3,775
$318,000 0.13%
The Kroger Co.
Opened
12,800
$315,000 0.13%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
17,963
$539,000 0.22%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Opened
3,577
$303,000 0.12%
Ameren Corp.
Opened
4,100
$302,000 0.12%
Abm Inds Inc
Opened
8,183
$297,000 0.12%
BP Plc
Opened
6,773
$296,000 0.12%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
Opened
2,850
$296,000 0.12%
Nucor Corp.
Opened
5,050
$295,000 0.12%
United Technologies Corp
Opened
2,291
$295,000 0.12%
Total S A
Opened
5,205
$290,000 0.12%
Shopify, Inc.
Opened
1,400
$289,000 0.12%
Genuine Parts Co.
Opened
2,572
$288,000 0.12%
Omega Healthcare Invs Inc
Opened
7,515
$287,000 0.12%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Avrg Etf
Opened
1,102
$286,000 0.12%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Opened
5,978
$285,000 0.11%
B G Foods Inc New
Opened
11,500
$281,000 0.11%
Voya Finl Inc
Opened
5,550
$277,000 0.11%
Diamondback Energy, Inc.
Opened
2,725
$277,000 0.11%
Amarin Corp. Plc
Opened
13,000
$270,000 0.11%
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
Opened
21,000
$266,000 0.11%
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Opened
3,257
$258,000 0.10%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Opened
3,165
$256,000 0.10%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Opened
10,020
$256,000 0.10%
Canopy Growth Corp.
Opened
5,710
$248,000 0.10%
Centene Corp.
Opened
4,600
$244,000 0.10%
Align Technology, Inc.
Opened
850
$242,000 0.10%
The Southern Co.
Opened
4,631
$239,000 0.10%
DexCom, Inc.
Opened
2,000
$238,000 0.10%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
8,054
$230,000 0.09%
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Opened
1,312
$230,000 0.09%
Amgen, Inc.
Opened
1,196
$227,000 0.09%
Vanguard Tax Managed Intl Fd
Opened
5,489
$224,000 0.09%
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Opened
3,965
$223,000 0.09%
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Opened
3,456
$219,000 0.09%
3M Co.
Opened
1,037
$215,000 0.09%
The Boeing Co.
Opened
561
$214,000 0.09%
Crane Co.
Opened
2,500
$212,000 0.09%
Square, Inc.
Opened
2,809
$210,000 0.08%
Marathon Pete Corp
Opened
3,461
$207,000 0.08%
Baxter International, Inc.
Opened
2,545
$207,000 0.08%
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.
Opened
3,750
$205,000 0.08%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
Opened
2,786
$203,000 0.08%
Fifth Third Bancorp
Opened
8,000
$202,000 0.08%
Conifer Hldgs Inc
Opened
28,884
$131,000 0.05%
Aberdeen Global Dynamic Divi
Opened
10,000
$95,000 0.04%
Calix, Inc.
Opened
10,000
$77,000 0.03%
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.
Opened
13,500
$77,000 0.03%
Hecla Mng Co
Opened
10,000
$23,000 0.01%
Biotime Inc
Opened
15,000
$20,000 0.01%
Organovo Holdings, Inc.
Opened
13,000
$13,000 0.01%
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Opened
20,000
$5,000 0.00%
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