Kensington Investment Counsel 13F annual report
Kensington Investment Counsel is an investment fund managing more than $219 billion ran by Jeffrey Wimbish. There are currently 97 companies in Mr. Wimbish’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft Corp Com and Williams-Sonoma, together worth $22.1 billion.
$219 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 6th May 2024, Kensington Investment Counsel’s top holding is 27,821 shares of Microsoft Corp Com currently worth over $11.7 billion and making up 5.3% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 32,884 shares of Williams-Sonoma worth $10.4 billion, whose value grew 112.4% in the past six months.
The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $9.75 billion and the next is Watsco worth $7.32 billion, with 16,941 shares owned.
Currently, Kensington Investment Counsel's portfolio is worth at least $219 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 Kensington Investment Counsel
The Kensington Investment Counsel office and employees reside in Long Beach, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jeffrey Wimbish serves as the Managing Member at Kensington Investment Counsel.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Kensington Investment Counsel revealed that it had opened a new position in
Cooper Cos Inc Com and bought 9,515 shares worth $965 million.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Microsoft Corp Com by buying
994 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Microsoft Corp Com total 27,821 shares worth $11.7 billion.
On the other hand, there are companies that Kensington Investment Counsel is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Kensington Investment Counsel closed its position in Cooper Cos Inc Com New on 13th May 2024.
It sold the previously owned 2,276 shares for $861 million.
Jeffrey Wimbish also disclosed a decreased stake in Procter And Gamble Co Com by 0.3%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $2.08 billion and 12,813 shares.
One of the smallest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Kensington Investment Counsel are Red Lighthouse Investment Management and Cutler Capital Management. They manage $219 billion and $219 billion respectively.
Jeffrey Wimbish investment strategy
Kensington Investment Counsel’s portfolio is diversified across 8 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 16.1% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
48.5% 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 1.0% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $149 billion.
The complete list of Kensington Investment Counsel trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp Com |
3.71%
27,821
|
$11,704,681,000 | 5.35% |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. |
2.92%
32,884
|
$10,441,669,000 | 4.77% |
| Apple Inc |
3.23%
56,854
|
$9,749,353,000 | 4.45% |
| Watsco, Inc. |
9.80%
16,941
|
$7,318,004,000 | 3.34% |
| Mccormick & Co Inc Com Non Vtg |
10.62%
72,879
|
$5,597,836,000 | 2.56% |
| Snap-on, Inc. |
16.31%
18,554
|
$5,496,075,000 | 2.51% |
| Qualcomm, Inc. |
4.60%
31,757
|
$5,376,460,000 | 2.46% |
| Abbvie Inc |
6.15%
29,276
|
$5,331,160,000 | 2.43% |
| Republic Svcs Inc Com |
3.23%
26,470
|
$5,067,417,000 | 2.31% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
4.18%
12,649
|
$4,852,156,000 | 2.22% |
| Merck & Co Inc |
3.67%
36,346
|
$4,795,855,000 | 2.19% |
| Accenture Plc Ireland Shs Class A |
4.06%
13,350
|
$4,627,244,000 | 2.11% |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co Com |
7.40%
21,409
|
$4,288,223,000 | 1.96% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp Com |
7.52%
8,762
|
$3,985,571,000 | 1.82% |
| General Dynamics Corp Com |
9.50%
13,779
|
$3,892,430,000 | 1.78% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
9.71%
13,523
|
$3,844,859,000 | 1.76% |
| Roper Technologies Inc |
4.68%
6,692
|
$3,753,141,000 | 1.71% |
| Emerson Elec Co Com |
2.74%
31,247
|
$3,544,035,000 | 1.62% |
| Johnson & Johnson Com |
6.66%
21,946
|
$3,471,638,000 | 1.59% |
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. |
2.46%
32,379
|
$3,377,453,000 | 1.54% |
| Copart, Inc. |
8.65%
58,060
|
$3,362,835,000 | 1.54% |
| Walmart Inc |
139.19%
54,740
|
$3,293,706,000 | 1.50% |
| Texas Instrs Inc Com |
2.39%
18,347
|
$3,196,199,000 | 1.46% |
| Morningstar Inc |
24.11%
10,322
|
$3,182,995,000 | 1.45% |
| The Trade Desk Inc Com Cl A |
8.01%
35,953
|
$3,143,011,000 | 1.44% |
| Monster Beverage Corp New Com |
30.41%
48,384
|
$2,868,204,000 | 1.31% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
No change
5,905
|
$2,843,671,000 | 1.30% |
| Factset Resh Sys Inc Com |
25.43%
6,229
|
$2,830,395,000 | 1.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl A |
1.85%
18,645
|
$2,814,090,000 | 1.29% |
| Ametek Inc |
5.62%
13,802
|
$2,524,386,000 | 1.15% |
| Broadridge Finl Solutions Inc Com |
20.67%
12,296
|
$2,518,959,000 | 1.15% |
| Nvidia Corporation Com |
4.33%
2,773
|
$2,505,572,000 | 1.14% |
| Invesco Qqq Trust Series I |
3.08%
5,256
|
$2,333,803,000 | 1.07% |
| Waters Corp Com |
7.75%
6,731
|
$2,317,012,000 | 1.06% |
| Five Below Inc |
27.90%
11,712
|
$2,124,323,000 | 0.97% |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc |
8.70%
6,622
|
$2,122,947,000 | 0.97% |
| Lkq Corp Com |
69.82%
39,603
|
$2,115,197,000 | 0.97% |
| Hyatt Hotels Corp Com Cl A |
8.63%
13,149
|
$2,098,843,000 | 0.96% |
| Procter And Gamble Co Com |
27.47%
12,813
|
$2,078,909,000 | 0.95% |
| Nasdaq Inc |
9.53%
32,907
|
$2,076,432,000 | 0.95% |
| Resmed Inc. |
7.52%
10,070
|
$1,994,162,000 | 0.91% |
| Avalonbay Cmntys Inc Com |
22.29%
10,502
|
$1,948,751,000 | 0.89% |
| CSW Industrials Inc |
26.55%
8,193
|
$1,922,078,000 | 0.88% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
14.23%
10,499
|
$1,893,810,000 | 0.86% |
| Markel Group Inc |
7.16%
1,228
|
$1,868,377,000 | 0.85% |
| Repligen Corp Com |
27.44%
9,823
|
$1,806,646,000 | 0.83% |
| Rollins, Inc. |
9.32%
38,252
|
$1,769,920,000 | 0.81% |
| BlackLine Inc |
7.13%
26,817
|
$1,731,842,000 | 0.79% |
| Sherwin Williams Co Com |
No change
4,859
|
$1,687,676,000 | 0.77% |
| Eli Lilly & Co Com |
No change
2,072
|
$1,611,933,000 | 0.74% |
| Cbiz Inc |
23.64%
19,207
|
$1,507,750,000 | 0.69% |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc Com |
1.10%
5,487
|
$1,472,327,000 | 0.67% |
| Zscaler Inc |
7.97%
7,522
|
$1,448,963,000 | 0.66% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
0.40%
2,747
|
$1,358,941,000 | 0.62% |
| Danaher Corporation Com |
0.04%
5,353
|
$1,336,751,000 | 0.61% |
| Bristol-myers Squibb Co Com |
12.95%
24,248
|
$1,314,969,000 | 0.60% |
| Starbucks Corp Com |
49.01%
14,203
|
$1,298,012,000 | 0.59% |
| Adobe Inc |
No change
2,411
|
$1,216,591,000 | 0.56% |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp Com |
32.19%
12,681
|
$1,211,796,000 | 0.55% |
| Bio-techne Corp Com |
21.68%
17,145
|
$1,206,837,000 | 0.55% |
| Intuit Com |
1.23%
1,766
|
$1,147,900,000 | 0.52% |
| Ross Stores, Inc. |
No change
7,602
|
$1,115,670,000 | 0.51% |
| Littelfuse, Inc. |
5.26%
4,344
|
$1,052,768,000 | 0.48% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del Cl B New |
16.59%
2,460
|
$1,034,479,000 | 0.47% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
27.73%
2,128
|
$1,033,314,000 | 0.47% |
| Tyler Technologies, Inc. |
12.27%
2,416
|
$1,026,824,000 | 0.47% |
| Ss&c Technologies Hldgs Inc Com |
4.67%
15,783
|
$1,015,952,000 | 0.46% |
| Cooper Cos Inc Com |
Opened
9,515
|
$965,392,000 | 0.44% |
| Novartis Ag Sponsored Adr |
1.91%
9,621
|
$930,639,000 | 0.43% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New Com |
2.42%
1,269
|
$929,707,000 | 0.42% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
13.28%
1,493
|
$867,747,000 | 0.40% |
| Cooper Cos Inc Com New |
Closed
2,276
|
$861,329,000 | |
| Paypal Hldgs Inc Com |
0.42%
12,524
|
$838,983,000 | 0.38% |
| Blackstone Inc |
7.02%
6,220
|
$817,121,000 | 0.37% |
| Cisco Sys Inc Com |
49.21%
15,810
|
$789,077,000 | 0.36% |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc |
10.13%
2,652
|
$753,513,000 | 0.34% |
| Nike, Inc. |
8.01%
7,799
|
$732,950,000 | 0.33% |
| Salesforce Inc |
7.95%
2,403
|
$723,736,000 | 0.33% |
| Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc. |
Opened
3,161
|
$710,782,000 | 0.32% |
| Broadcom Inc. |
0.96%
528
|
$699,816,000 | 0.32% |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Opened
1,648
|
$688,880,000 | 0.31% |
| West Pharmaceutical Svsc Inc Com |
9.43%
1,729
|
$684,183,000 | 0.31% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp Com |
1.36%
5,728
|
$665,823,000 | 0.30% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
0.03%
3,241
|
$584,968,000 | 0.27% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
10.86%
12,651
|
$530,836,000 | 0.24% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. |
No change
7,161
|
$524,830,000 | 0.24% |
| Boeing Co Com |
7.29%
2,440
|
$470,896,000 | 0.22% |
| Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl C |
11.79%
3,035
|
$462,109,000 | 0.21% |
| Coca Cola Co Com |
Closed
7,740
|
$456,118,000 | |
| Mcdonalds Corp Com |
Closed
1,458
|
$432,312,000 | |
| Conocophillips Com |
4.23%
3,190
|
$406,023,000 | 0.19% |
| Disney Walt Co Com |
12.54%
3,068
|
$375,400,000 | 0.17% |
| Northrop Grumman Corp Com |
No change
783
|
$374,791,000 | 0.17% |
| Spdr S&p 500 Etf Trust |
No change
708
|
$370,367,000 | 0.17% |
| Chubb Limited Com |
13.87%
1,215
|
$314,843,000 | 0.14% |
| Pepsico Inc Com |
Closed
1,807
|
$306,901,000 | |
| Chevron Corp New Com |
Closed
1,984
|
$295,933,000 | |
| Dnp Select Income Fd Inc Com |
Closed
30,976
|
$262,679,000 | |
| Us Bancorp Del Com New |
22.05%
5,833
|
$260,735,000 | 0.12% |
| Appfolio Inc |
Opened
900
|
$222,066,000 | 0.10% |
| Tesla Inc |
36.17%
1,179
|
$207,256,000 | 0.09% |
| SoFi Technologies, Inc. |
Opened
10,176
|
$74,285,000 | 0.03% |
| Joby Aviation Inc Common Stock |
Opened
12,909
|
$69,192,000 | 0.03% |
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