Apollon 13F annual report

Apollon is an investment fund managing more than $287 billion ran by Michael Herman. There are currently 76 companies in Mr. Herman’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Microsoft, together worth $41 billion.

$287 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 12th July 2024, Apollon’s top holding is 215,563 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $26.6 billion and making up 8.7% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Apollon owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 32,140 shares of Microsoft worth $14.4 billion, whose value grew 10.5% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Select Sector Spdr Tr worth $20.7 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $13 billion, with 61,698 shares owned.

Currently, Apollon's portfolio is worth at least $287 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 Apollon

The Apollon office and employees reside in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Herman serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Apollon.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Apollon revealed that it had opened a new position in Dimensional Etf Trust and bought 54,912 shares worth $1.63 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 194,396 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 215,563 shares worth $26.6 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped 74.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Apollon is getting rid of from its portfolio. Apollon closed its position in Vanguard Tax-managed Fds on 19th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 29,969 shares for $1.5 billion. Michael Herman also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $13 billion and 61,698 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Apollon are Brown, Lisle/cummings, Inc and Verde Capital Management. They manage $306 billion and $306 billion respectively.


Michael Herman investment strategy

Apollon’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 21.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 32.9% 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 30% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $409 billion.

The complete list of Apollon trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 19th 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
NVIDIA Corp
918.39%
215,563
$26,630,594,000 8.70%
Microsoft Corporation
2.65%
32,140
$14,364,833,000 4.69%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
1.02%
149,577
$20,731,711,000 6.77%
Apple Inc
0.02%
61,698
$12,994,728,000 4.24%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.81%
67,113
$12,969,587,000 4.24%
Ishares Tr
1.72%
416,691
$46,528,584,000 15.20%
Alphabet Inc
0.66%
112,695
$20,608,279,000 6.73%
Spdr Ser Tr
4.80%
315,357
$21,722,955,000 7.09%
American Centy Etf Tr
23.82%
175,787
$11,326,427,000 3.70%
Vanguard World Fd
0.58%
99,779
$28,448,042,000 9.29%
Proshares Tr
0.79%
117,329
$10,748,142,000 3.51%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
4.61%
39,584
$7,226,129,000 2.36%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
3.10%
69,109
$6,483,147,000 2.12%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
3.98%
11,951
$4,861,667,000 1.59%
Costco Whsl Corp New
11.02%
4,109
$3,492,619,000 1.14%
Schwab Strategic Tr
5.14%
97,859
$4,513,467,000 1.47%
Broadcom Inc.
8.05%
1,826
$2,932,350,000 0.96%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
8.78%
44,785
$2,350,788,000 0.77%
Pacer Fds Tr
1.77%
39,172
$2,134,481,000 0.70%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
18.13%
93,412
$2,344,029,000 0.77%
First Tr Value Line Divid In
41.50%
47,453
$1,933,710,000 0.63%
Hartford Fds Exchange Traded
33.85%
53,055
$1,833,406,000 0.60%
Dimensional Etf Trust
Opened
54,912
$1,629,239,000 0.53%
Alps Etf Tr
14.85%
32,490
$1,612,160,000 0.53%
Pimco Etf Tr
Opened
58,402
$1,590,976,000 0.52%
Amplify Etf Tr
0.00%
24,009
$1,554,082,000 0.51%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
Closed
29,969
$1,503,559,000
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
1.21%
48,942
$4,010,186,000 1.31%
Pgim Short Dur Hig Yld Opp F
15.47%
91,121
$1,396,891,000 0.46%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.70%
32,592
$2,613,382,000 0.85%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
Closed
43,310
$1,210,512,000
Vanguard Index Fds
0.58%
17,724
$4,623,513,000 1.51%
Eli Lilly & Co
24.49%
1,210
$1,095,643,000 0.36%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.15%
9,094
$1,046,917,000 0.34%
Nushares Etf Tr
1.07%
49,030
$1,013,941,000 0.33%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.60%
4,824
$975,687,000 0.32%
Pgim Etf Tr
194.27%
22,150
$913,479,000 0.30%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Closed
15,273
$895,778,000
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
0.20%
6,621
$785,206,000 0.26%
Spdr Ser Tr
Closed
38,919
$1,052,153,000
Meta Platforms Inc
0.16%
1,243
$626,840,000 0.20%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
4.12%
3,793
$615,263,000 0.20%
Spdr Gold Tr
1.70%
2,809
$603,963,000 0.20%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
73.91%
20,000
$579,600,000 0.19%
Salesforce Inc
14.16%
2,127
$546,791,000 0.18%
Eastgroup Pptys Inc
No change
3,205
$545,171,000 0.18%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
5.95%
7,303
$526,181,000 0.17%
Autozone Inc.
No change
161
$477,220,000 0.16%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.15%
1,307
$435,362,000 0.14%
Chevron Corp.
0.04%
2,617
$409,332,000 0.13%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
1.45%
13,076
$709,285,000 0.23%
T Rowe Price Etf Inc
Opened
12,700
$398,907,000 0.13%
First Tr Lrge Cp Core Alpha
No change
3,730
$361,773,000 0.12%
Disney Walt Co
3.99%
3,608
$358,252,000 0.12%
Walmart Inc
24.85%
5,236
$354,502,000 0.12%
Dimensional Etf Trust
No change
10,879
$350,739,000 0.11%
Lululemon Athletica inc.
Closed
894
$349,241,000
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
No change
3,258
$348,443,000 0.11%
Deere & Co.
0.22%
901
$336,641,000 0.11%
First Tr Nas100 Eq Weighted
No change
2,630
$324,253,000 0.11%
Mcdonalds Corp
7.93%
1,231
$313,708,000 0.10%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Closed
4,089
$313,504,000
VanEck ETF Trust
5.34%
1,183
$308,408,000 0.10%
Johnson & Johnson
1.55%
2,090
$305,547,000 0.10%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
21.46%
6,027
$303,610,000 0.10%
Invesco Db Multi-sector Comm
No change
19,088
$302,541,000 0.10%
Elevance Health Inc
No change
545
$295,314,000 0.10%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
11.05%
5,478
$265,902,000 0.09%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
14.08%
488
$265,362,000 0.09%
AMGEN Inc.
3.33%
843
$263,395,000 0.09%
Iterum Therapeutics Plc
No change
224,750
$257,339,000 0.08%
Mastercard Incorporated
5.23%
544
$239,991,000 0.08%
Adobe Inc
Closed
452
$228,079,000
Visa Inc
No change
868
$227,824,000 0.07%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
43.44%
6,027
$227,037,000 0.07%
Dell Technologies Inc
Opened
1,619
$223,276,000 0.07%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.45%
1,333
$219,786,000 0.07%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
0.45%
6,444
$215,695,000 0.07%
Boeing Co.
Closed
1,086
$209,587,000
Cisco Sys Inc
10.14%
4,385
$208,308,000 0.07%
AT&T Inc.
No change
10,898
$208,261,000 0.07%
Tesla Inc
26.99%
1,047
$207,180,000 0.07%
Merck & Co Inc
No change
1,665
$206,127,000 0.07%
Pepsico Inc
Closed
1,169
$204,546,000
Global X Fds
Closed
5,032
$200,324,000
Energy Transfer L P
No change
10,000
$162,200,000 0.05%
Senseonics Holdings Inc
Closed
10,000
$5,311,000
No transactions found
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