Autus Asset Management 13F annual report

Autus Asset Management is an investment fund managing more than $522 million ran by John Stull. There are currently 103 companies in Mr. Stull’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Apple Inc, together worth $67.8 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$522 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th October 2022, Autus Asset Management’s top holding is 312,744 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $49.5 million and making up 9.5% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 132,775 shares of Apple Inc worth $18.3 million, whose value fell 18.4% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Vanguard Scottsdale Fds worth $31 million and the next is Vanguard Tax-managed Fds worth $16.9 million, with 465,788 shares owned.

Currently, Autus Asset Management's portfolio is worth at least $522 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 Autus Asset Management

The Autus Asset Management office and employees reside in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, John Stull serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Autus Asset Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Autus Asset Management revealed that it had opened a new position in BP plc and bought 12,501 shares worth $357 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. BP plc makes up 2.9% of the fund's Energy sector allocation and has grown its share price by 2.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Accenture Plc Ireland by buying 128 additional shares. This makes their stake in Accenture Plc Ireland total 49,127 shares worth $12.6 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Autus Asset Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Autus Asset Management closed its position in United Parcel Service on 13th October 2022. It sold the previously owned 11,243 shares for $2.05 million. John Stull also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Index Fds by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $49.5 million and 312,744 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Autus Asset Management are Cartica Management and Portland Global Advisors. They manage $522 million and $522 million respectively.


John Stull investment strategy

Autus Asset Management’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 8.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 55.3% 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 51% 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 $168 billion.

The complete list of Autus Asset Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on October 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
Vanguard Index Fds
0.54%
312,744
$49,489,000 9.48%
Apple Inc
1.00%
132,775
$18,349,000 3.52%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
0.09%
413,751
$31,047,000 5.95%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
2.19%
465,788
$16,936,000 3.25%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.66%
27,648
$13,058,000 2.50%
Ishares Tr
1.63%
706,381
$46,724,000 8.95%
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.26%
49,127
$12,639,000 2.42%
Alphabet Inc
1,878.50%
129,829
$12,479,000 2.39%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.29%
343,919
$12,842,000 2.46%
Chevron Corp.
0.39%
74,885
$10,760,000 2.06%
Abbvie Inc
0.33%
77,830
$10,446,000 2.00%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.83%
35,644
$10,134,000 1.94%
Abbott Labs
0.97%
101,392
$9,811,000 1.88%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.05%
35,423
$9,459,000 1.81%
Mccormick Co Inc
0.11%
126,243
$8,997,000 1.72%
Donaldson Co. Inc.
0.01%
181,920
$8,917,000 1.71%
Intuit Inc
0.70%
22,999
$8,908,000 1.71%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
1.07%
16,006
$8,083,000 1.55%
Tjx Cos Inc New
0.08%
130,008
$8,076,000 1.55%
Honeywell International Inc
0.12%
42,278
$7,059,000 1.35%
Blackrock Inc.
0.45%
12,761
$7,021,000 1.35%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
0.52%
37,235
$6,979,000 1.34%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.20%
59,587
$6,734,000 1.29%
Ecolab, Inc.
1.34%
46,058
$6,651,000 1.27%
Disney Walt Co
0.06%
70,433
$6,645,000 1.27%
Adobe Systems Incorporated
1.67%
23,837
$6,559,000 1.26%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.82%
79,760
$6,254,000 1.20%
Nike, Inc.
0.17%
74,634
$6,204,000 1.19%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.10%
162,687
$6,177,000 1.18%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
0.32%
55,802
$5,832,000 1.12%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
0.64%
28,115
$5,756,000 1.10%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
0.03%
80,155
$5,630,000 1.08%
Hormel Foods Corp.
0.05%
123,710
$5,620,000 1.08%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
0.20%
30,670
$5,541,000 1.06%
Zoetis Inc
0.37%
36,833
$5,462,000 1.05%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
6.01%
89,394
$5,617,000 1.08%
Roper Technologies Inc
0.01%
14,852
$5,342,000 1.02%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
0.21%
64,171
$5,302,000 1.02%
NVIDIA Corp
0.87%
42,718
$5,186,000 0.99%
Monster Beverage Corp.
1.27%
58,480
$5,086,000 0.97%
Booking Holdings Inc
0.36%
3,014
$4,953,000 0.95%
Xylem Inc
1.30%
54,174
$4,733,000 0.91%
Salesforce Inc
0.66%
32,392
$4,660,000 0.89%
Constellation Brands, Inc.
0.26%
17,925
$4,116,000 0.79%
Ssc Technologies Hldgs Inc
0.88%
83,679
$3,996,000 0.77%
PayPal Holdings Inc
0.27%
44,324
$3,815,000 0.73%
Toro Co.
16.83%
43,905
$3,796,000 0.73%
Abiomed Inc.
0.29%
15,072
$3,702,000 0.71%
Spdr Ser Tr
0.43%
40,005
$3,173,000 0.61%
Vail Resorts Inc.
1.87%
14,682
$3,167,000 0.61%
Johnson Johnson
0.61%
16,520
$2,699,000 0.52%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.24%
22,857
$2,601,000 0.50%
Fedex Corp
1.96%
17,276
$2,565,000 0.49%
American Tower Corp.
1.86%
11,468
$2,462,000 0.47%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
10.50%
138,863
$2,319,000 0.44%
Vanguard World Fds
0.90%
52,850
$8,043,000 1.54%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Closed
11,243
$2,052,000
Markel Corp
2.33%
1,712
$1,856,000 0.36%
Pepsico Inc
0.08%
11,172
$1,823,000 0.35%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.09%
12,761
$1,611,000 0.31%
Microsoft Corporation
0.29%
6,205
$1,445,000 0.28%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
No change
5,318
$1,148,000 0.22%
Coca-Cola Co
0.59%
16,755
$939,000 0.18%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
6.29%
6,708
$907,000 0.17%
Stryker Corp.
2.00%
4,387
$888,000 0.17%
Emerson Elec Co
1.63%
12,090
$885,000 0.17%
First Solar Inc
0.17%
6,635
$878,000 0.17%
Novo-nordisk A S
5.96%
7,956
$792,000 0.15%
Home Depot, Inc.
2.52%
2,848
$786,000 0.15%
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.
No change
28,627
$713,000 0.14%
Vanguard World Fd
0.64%
15,267
$664,000 0.13%
3M Co.
5.21%
5,966
$659,000 0.13%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
No change
11,415
$843,000 0.16%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
1,629
$582,000 0.11%
Becton Dickinson Co
1.49%
2,573
$573,000 0.11%
Ishares Inc
7.77%
17,576
$487,000 0.09%
General Mls Inc
0.02%
6,181
$474,000 0.09%
Vanguard Wellington Fd
16.08%
7,220
$676,000 0.13%
Lilly Eli Co
0.28%
1,434
$464,000 0.09%
Smucker J M Co
No change
3,000
$412,000 0.08%
Deere Co
0.25%
1,206
$403,000 0.08%
Oneok Inc.
No change
7,400
$379,000 0.07%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
1,600
$369,000 0.07%
BP plc
Opened
12,501
$357,000 0.07%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
0.15%
3,360
$353,000 0.07%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.16%
3,991
$348,000 0.07%
Spdr Gold Tr
30.69%
2,244
$347,000 0.07%
Starbucks Corp.
1.21%
3,926
$331,000 0.06%
Church Dwight Co Inc
No change
4,000
$286,000 0.05%
Saba Capital Income Oprnt
1.44%
36,007
$285,000 0.05%
Schlumberger Ltd.
0.07%
7,483
$269,000 0.05%
Rollins, Inc.
0.01%
7,737
$268,000 0.05%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
0.96%
514
$261,000 0.05%
Viq Solutions Inc
8.42%
415,767
$258,000 0.05%
Intel Corp.
0.03%
9,406
$242,000 0.05%
WEC Energy Group Inc
No change
2,700
$241,000 0.05%
Cummins Inc.
No change
1,169
$238,000 0.05%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
No change
3,821
$235,000 0.05%
Service Corp Intl
No change
4,019
$232,000 0.04%
Pfizer Inc.
Closed
4,322
$226,000
L3Harris Technologies Inc
No change
1,056
$219,000 0.04%
Clorox Co.
Closed
1,543
$218,000
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Closed
17,537
$217,000
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
No change
1,923
$217,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
Closed
5,051
$216,000
Comcast Corp New
Closed
5,480
$215,000
Schwab Charles Corp
Opened
2,996
$215,000 0.04%
DENTSPLY Sirona Inc
No change
7,300
$207,000 0.04%
Raytheon Technologies Corporation
0.12%
2,455
$200,000 0.04%
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