Trellus Management 13F annual report

Trellus Management is an investment fund managing more than $51.7 billion ran by James Scaplen. There are currently 49 companies in Mr. Scaplen’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vertex Inc and Vicor, together worth $17.1 billion.

$51.7 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 17th October 2023, Trellus Management’s top holding is 2,121,076 shares of Vertex Inc currently worth over $9.44 billion and making up 18.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Vertex Inc, Trellus Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 129,945 shares of Vicor worth $7.65 billion, whose value grew 24.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is American Wtr Wks Co Inc New worth $5.07 billion and the next is Centene worth $2.07 billion, with 30,000 shares owned.

Currently, Trellus Management's portfolio is worth at least $51.7 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 Trellus Management

The Trellus Management office and employees reside in Delray Beach, Florida. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, James Scaplen serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Trellus Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Trellus Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Fulgent Genetics Inc and bought 43,100 shares worth $1.15 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Fulgent Genetics Inc makes up 31.7% of the fund's Health Care sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 33.4% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ebix by buying 5,000 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ebix total 115,000 shares worth $1.14 billion. Ebix dropped 69.8% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Trellus Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Trellus Management closed its position in Ishares Tr on 24th October 2023. It sold the previously owned 35,000 shares for $3.6 billion. James Scaplen also disclosed a decreased stake in Globalstar by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $894 million and 682,100 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Trellus Management are Healthinvest Partners Ab and Boulder Hill Capital Management L.P.. They manage $51.8 billion and $51.9 billion respectively.


James Scaplen investment strategy

Trellus Management’s portfolio is diversified across 8 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 30.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 65.3% 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 22% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $11.6 billion.

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

These positions were updated on October 24th 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
Vertex Energy Inc
No change
2,121,076
$9,438,788,000 18.24%
Vicor Corp.
No change
129,945
$7,652,461,000 14.79%
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
No change
40,963
$5,072,448,000 9.80%
Ishares Tr
Closed
35,000
$3,602,900,000
Centene Corp.
No change
30,000
$2,066,400,000 3.99%
Aspen Aerogels Inc.
No change
220,000
$1,892,000,000 3.66%
Rimini Str Inc Del
Closed
350,000
$1,676,500,000
Fulgent Genetics Inc
Opened
43,100
$1,152,494,000 2.23%
Ebix Inc.
4.55%
115,000
$1,136,200,000 2.20%
Ranpak Holdings Corp
10.59%
208,817
$1,135,964,000 2.20%
Disney Walt Co
No change
13,200
$1,069,860,000 2.07%
Alteryx Inc
12.40%
28,100
$1,059,089,000 2.05%
Semtech Corp.
Closed
40,000
$1,018,400,000
Aviat Networks Inc
14.55%
31,500
$982,800,000 1.90%
Pacific Biosciences Calif In
25.42%
111,000
$926,850,000 1.79%
Globalstar Inc.
2.56%
682,100
$893,551,000 1.73%
Proshares Tr Ii
Opened
24,500
$1,651,910,000 3.19%
Proshares Tr
5.13%
41,000
$838,040,000 1.62%
Autodesk Inc.
No change
4,000
$827,640,000 1.60%
Proshares Tr Ii
Closed
61,600
$1,317,520,000
Performant Finl Corp
No change
350,000
$791,000,000 1.53%
Ceco Environmental Corp.
Opened
48,763
$778,745,000 1.51%
General Mls Inc
Closed
10,000
$767,000,000
CarParts.com Inc
No change
180,000
$741,600,000 1.43%
Clean Energy Fuels Corp
No change
190,000
$727,700,000 1.41%
Indie Semiconductor Inc
8.67%
110,000
$693,000,000 1.34%
Backblaze Inc
Closed
160,000
$692,800,000
Norfolk Southn Corp
Opened
3,500
$689,255,000 1.33%
Halliburton Co.
Closed
20,000
$659,800,000
Calix Inc
Closed
12,935
$645,586,000
Digital Turbine Inc
84.84%
100,000
$605,000,000 1.17%
Genedx Holdings Corp
54.96%
155,012
$564,244,000 1.09%
Uber Technologies Inc
20.60%
11,560
$531,644,000 1.03%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr
Closed
20,000
$526,000,000
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
5,000
$514,100,000 0.99%
Sabre Corp
Closed
160,000
$510,400,000
Westport Fuel Systems Inc
32.12%
83,238
$504,422,000 0.98%
Applied Digital Corp
5.44%
80,000
$499,200,000 0.96%
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd
Closed
80,000
$499,200,000
Enersys
Opened
5,000
$473,350,000 0.91%
Cantaloupe Inc
Closed
59,254
$471,662,000
Block Inc
No change
10,000
$442,600,000 0.86%
DocuSign Inc
100.00%
10,000
$420,000,000 0.81%
Codexis Inc.
12.51%
220,000
$415,800,000 0.80%
Chewy Inc
Opened
20,000
$365,200,000 0.71%
Danimer Scientific, Inc.
No change
174,538
$361,294,000 0.70%
Mosaic Co New
No change
10,000
$356,000,000 0.69%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr
Opened
4,500
$351,900,000 0.68%
Xponential Fitness, Inc.
Closed
20,000
$345,000,000
Pepsico Inc
Opened
2,000
$338,880,000 0.66%
RingCentral Inc.
Closed
10,000
$327,300,000
BILL Holdings Inc
Opened
3,000
$325,710,000 0.63%
Datadog Inc
30.00%
3,500
$318,815,000 0.62%
Match Group Inc.
Opened
8,000
$313,400,000 0.61%
Enviva Inc
Closed
28,000
$303,800,000
Genius Sports Limited
No change
56,548
$301,401,000 0.58%
Marvell Technology Inc
Closed
5,000
$298,900,000
Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Closed
127,000
$280,670,000
Fastly Inc
Opened
14,600
$279,882,000 0.54%
LGI Homes Inc
Opened
2,500
$248,725,000 0.48%
Cepton Inc
Opened
57,835
$219,773,000 0.42%
Docgo Inc
Opened
35,570
$189,588,000 0.37%
WW International Inc
Opened
14,900
$164,943,000 0.32%
Cnh Indl N V
Closed
11,312
$162,893,000
Opko Health Inc
Closed
74,388
$161,422,000
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.
Opened
10,000
$152,100,000 0.29%
Carnival Corp.
Opened
10,000
$137,200,000 0.27%
Genasys Inc
Opened
60,000
$120,600,000 0.23%
Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
10,561
$93,254,000
No transactions found
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