Lodestar Investment Counsel il 13F annual report

Lodestar Investment Counsel il is an investment fund managing more than $974 million ran by Robert Dearborn. There are currently 174 companies in Mr. Dearborn’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and Apple, together worth $85.1 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$974 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Lodestar Investment Counsel il’s top holding is 382,351 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $51.2 million and making up 5.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Lodestar Investment Counsel il owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 171,387 shares of Apple worth $33.9 million, whose value grew 68.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is The Walt Disney Co worth $32.5 million and the next is Nestle S.a. Registered Voting worth $31.8 million, with 307,165 shares owned.

Currently, Lodestar Investment Counsel il's portfolio is worth at least $974 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 Lodestar Investment Counsel il

The Lodestar Investment Counsel il office and employees reside in Chicago, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Robert Dearborn serves as the Co-President at Lodestar Investment Counsel il.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Lodestar Investment Counsel il revealed that it had opened a new position in L3 Harris Technologies and bought 56,262 shares worth $10.6 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Berkshire Hathaway by buying 434 additional shares. This makes their stake in Berkshire Hathaway total 131,376 shares worth $28 million. Berkshire Hathaway soared 2.4% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Lodestar Investment Counsel il is getting rid of from its portfolio. Lodestar Investment Counsel il closed its position in Harris Corp. on 10th July 2019. It sold the previously owned 56,911 shares for $9.09 million. Robert Dearborn also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $51.2 million and 382,351 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Lodestar Investment Counsel il are Quantitative Investment Management and Guyasuta Investment Advisors Inc. They manage $974 million and $975 million respectively.


Robert Dearborn investment strategy

Lodestar Investment Counsel il’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 14.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 55.2% 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 52% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $147 billion.

The complete list of Lodestar Investment Counsel il trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 10th 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.
1.64%
382,351
$51,220,000 5.26%
Apple, Inc.
0.63%
171,387
$33,921,000 3.48%
The Walt Disney Co.
2.13%
232,902
$32,522,000 3.34%
Nestle S.a. Registered Voting
2.43%
307,165
$31,761,000 3.26%
Lowes Companies Inc.
0.76%
292,672
$29,533,000 3.03%
Johnson & Johnson
0.65%
208,630
$29,058,000 2.98%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.33%
131,376
$28,005,000 2.88%
Jp Morgan Chase & Company
0.62%
247,462
$27,666,000 2.84%
Starbucks Corp.
1.90%
325,273
$27,268,000 2.80%
United Technologies Corporatio
0.14%
185,445
$24,145,000 2.48%
Union Pacific Corp.
1.13%
142,739
$24,139,000 2.48%
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
0.11%
156,091
$23,540,000 2.42%
Alphabet, Inc.
0.20%
21,302
$23,026,000 2.36%
Abbott Laboratories
2.73%
269,016
$22,624,000 2.32%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
0.16%
76,051
$22,335,000 2.29%
Amgen, Inc.
1.38%
109,359
$20,153,000 2.07%
Accenture Ltd Cl A
0.29%
105,196
$19,437,000 2.00%
Constellation Brands, Inc.
3.33%
86,372
$17,010,000 1.75%
Metropolitan Life
3.54%
337,931
$16,785,000 1.72%
Wal-mart Stores Inc
0.49%
150,846
$16,667,000 1.71%
Danaher Corp.
1.78%
109,802
$15,693,000 1.61%
Everest Re Group Ltd.
7.58%
57,530
$14,220,000 1.46%
Pepsico Inc
0.35%
100,511
$13,180,000 1.35%
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
1.09%
49,665
$12,516,000 1.29%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
20.07%
163,267
$12,511,000 1.28%
Sysco Corp.
1.35%
173,238
$12,251,000 1.26%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
1.43%
220,124
$12,047,000 1.24%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Et
2.26%
79,739
$11,968,000 1.23%
Vanguard Index Fds Small Cap V
1.01%
91,289
$11,917,000 1.22%
BlackRock, Inc.
0.42%
25,017
$11,740,000 1.21%
Eaton Corp. Plc
0.34%
137,970
$11,490,000 1.18%
The Charles Schwab Corp.
2.78%
285,041
$11,456,000 1.18%
Mondelez International, Inc.
1.41%
197,698
$10,656,000 1.09%
L3 Harris Technologies
Opened
56,262
$10,641,000 1.09%
Travelers Companies Com
0.54%
69,521
$10,395,000 1.07%
3M Co.
9.60%
59,897
$10,383,000 1.07%
Vanguard Ftse All World Ex Us
2.18%
199,310
$10,163,000 1.04%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
15.16%
96,128
$9,927,000 1.02%
Harris Corp.
Closed
56,911
$9,089,000
Vanguard Index Funds Small Cap
1.10%
86,885
$15,029,000 1.54%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
0.56%
24,243
$8,813,000 0.90%
Procter & Gamble Co.
0.51%
78,390
$8,595,000 0.88%
Enbridge, Inc.
659.66%
237,015
$8,552,000 0.88%
Ishares Eafe Small Cap Etf
0.71%
143,479
$8,236,000 0.85%
Intel Corp.
0.74%
167,791
$8,032,000 0.82%
Rockwell International
0.28%
44,584
$7,304,000 0.75%
Northern Trust Corp.
12.88%
78,687
$7,082,000 0.73%
Chevron Corp.
3.92%
56,354
$7,013,000 0.72%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
0.90%
93,932
$6,732,000 0.69%
American Express Co.
4.35%
48,393
$5,974,000 0.61%
Fomento Eco Mex S A B Spon Adr
0.83%
60,858
$5,888,000 0.60%
Ishares Msci Eafe Index Etf
4.15%
86,667
$5,697,000 0.58%
Merck & Co., Inc.
1.62%
67,948
$5,697,000 0.58%
The Coca-Cola Co.
5.28%
102,238
$5,206,000 0.53%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
5.16%
113,720
$5,157,000 0.53%
Alphabet, Inc.
0.75%
4,547
$4,923,000 0.51%
Vanguard Index Funds Mid Cap E
0.41%
26,656
$4,456,000 0.46%
Federal Express
10.77%
24,975
$4,101,000 0.42%
Public Storage
2.06%
16,645
$3,964,000 0.41%
Comcast Corporation Class A
912.81%
86,656
$3,664,000 0.38%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Trust Unit Se
No change
11,760
$3,446,000 0.35%
Medtronic Plc F
9.17%
34,918
$3,401,000 0.35%
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
19.02%
144,775
$3,289,000 0.34%
Emerson Electric Co.
0.95%
46,034
$3,071,000 0.32%
Pfizer Inc.
1.26%
69,305
$3,002,000 0.31%
Ishares Russell Midcap Index
0.85%
47,436
$2,650,000 0.27%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
11.26%
17,731
$2,363,000 0.24%
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
3.06%
10,110
$2,289,000 0.24%
The Home Depot, Inc.
2.62%
9,188
$1,911,000 0.20%
AT&T Inc.
2.54%
56,205
$1,883,000 0.19%
Intuitive Surgical Inc Com New
0.60%
3,549
$1,862,000 0.19%
Amazon
No change
964
$1,825,000 0.19%
The Boeing Co.
1.57%
4,830
$1,758,000 0.18%
Visa, Inc.
8.55%
10,014
$1,738,000 0.18%
Schlumberger Ltd.
15.32%
41,126
$1,634,000 0.17%
Costco Wholesale Corp.
3.44%
6,020
$1,591,000 0.16%
AbbVie, Inc.
5.69%
21,724
$1,580,000 0.16%
Mcdonalds Corp.
No change
7,579
$1,574,000 0.16%
U.S. Bancorp
No change
29,480
$1,545,000 0.16%
ConocoPhillips
No change
25,230
$1,539,000 0.16%
Texas Pacific Land Trust
10.00%
1,800
$1,417,000 0.15%
Cintas Corp.
No change
5,930
$1,407,000 0.14%
Omega Healthcare Investors, In
3.65%
38,231
$1,405,000 0.14%
Wells Fargo & Company
3.36%
28,848
$1,365,000 0.14%
Dowdupont Inc.
Closed
25,229
$1,345,000
Ishares Tr Russell 2000 Growth
0.16%
6,180
$1,241,000 0.13%
Eli Lilly & Co.
No change
10,870
$1,204,000 0.12%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
4.91%
7,100
$1,174,000 0.12%
Baxter International, Inc.
2.11%
13,939
$1,142,000 0.12%
Vanguard Dividend App Etf
1.55%
9,800
$1,129,000 0.12%
Philip Morris International In
2.86%
14,121
$1,109,000 0.11%
Verizon Communications, Inc.
No change
18,876
$1,078,000 0.11%
Ishares Tr S&p Small Cap 600
No change
13,754
$1,077,000 0.11%
Ishares Tr Russell 2000 Value
6.29%
8,910
$1,074,000 0.11%
Phillips 66
No change
11,401
$1,066,000 0.11%
Mastercard, Inc.
182.70%
3,791
$1,003,000 0.10%
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
No change
6,375
$995,000 0.10%
Ishares Tr Russell 2000
No change
6,218
$967,000 0.10%
W.w. Grainger
No change
3,472
$931,000 0.10%
Honeywell Int'l Inc
5.37%
4,906
$857,000 0.09%
The Allstate Corporation
1.62%
8,416
$856,000 0.09%
Vanguard Intl Eqty Idx Tt Wrld
0.90%
11,245
$845,000 0.09%
Tjx Companies
6.61%
15,846
$838,000 0.09%
Royal Dutch Shell Plc Spons Ad
14.21%
21,129
$1,383,000 0.14%
Valero Energy Corp.
4.77%
8,785
$752,000 0.08%
Oracle Corp.
No change
13,181
$751,000 0.08%
VF Corp.
No change
8,474
$740,000 0.08%
Ishares Tr Russell Midcap Grow
1.57%
5,178
$738,000 0.08%
Ishares Tr Dow Jones Select Di
No change
7,365
$733,000 0.08%
BP Plc
1.15%
17,177
$716,000 0.07%
Realty Income Corp Com
No change
10,350
$714,000 0.07%
International Business Machine
No change
5,169
$713,000 0.07%
Aon Corp Com
No change
3,675
$709,000 0.07%
iShares Russell 1000 ETF
No change
4,295
$699,000 0.07%
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
0.01%
12,767
$698,000 0.07%
IDEX Corp.
11.96%
4,050
$697,000 0.07%
CVS Health Corp.
No change
12,400
$676,000 0.07%
American Water Works Co., Inc.
No change
5,600
$650,000 0.07%
Berkshire Hathaway Cl A-100 Sh
No change
200
$637,000 0.07%
Ishares Tr S&p 500 Index
No change
2,162
$637,000 0.07%
Carnival Corp.
2.65%
12,865
$599,000 0.06%
Western Union Co Com
No change
28,525
$567,000 0.06%
Spdr Gold Trust
39.27%
4,175
$556,000 0.06%
NextEra Energy, Inc.
No change
2,699
$553,000 0.06%
Dow, Inc.
Opened
10,938
$539,000 0.06%
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Opened
7,130
$535,000 0.05%
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
No change
9,531
$533,000 0.05%
Moodys Corporation
No change
2,550
$498,000 0.05%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index Eme
32.24%
11,690
$497,000 0.05%
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
No change
5,781
$482,000 0.05%
Altria Group, Inc.
1.67%
10,152
$481,000 0.05%
Waste Management, Inc.
No change
4,150
$479,000 0.05%
Facebook, Inc.
No change
2,391
$461,000 0.05%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
0.85%
5,850
$452,000 0.05%
Microchip Technology Com
No change
5,199
$451,000 0.05%
Bankamerica Corporation
No change
14,952
$434,000 0.04%
Norfolk Southern Corp.
No change
2,100
$419,000 0.04%
Arconic Corporation
6.74%
15,834
$409,000 0.04%
Simon Property Group New Com R
29.12%
2,517
$402,000 0.04%
H&R Block, Inc.
No change
13,200
$387,000 0.04%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
No change
3,319
$380,000 0.04%
Raytheon Co New
3.03%
2,083
$362,000 0.04%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf
0.10%
1,019
$361,000 0.04%
Kellogg Co.
1.17%
6,740
$361,000 0.04%
Alliance Data Sys Corp Com
Closed
2,062
$361,000
Citigroup, Inc.
2.98%
4,880
$342,000 0.04%
Bank New York Inc Com
6.94%
7,375
$326,000 0.03%
Ishares Tr Msci Kld 400 Social
No change
2,908
$318,000 0.03%
Caterpillar, Inc.
27.55%
2,327
$317,000 0.03%
Marriott International, Inc.
No change
2,105
$295,000 0.03%
Ishares Core Msci Eafe Etf
Opened
4,700
$289,000 0.03%
Unilever NV
No change
4,725
$287,000 0.03%
NetApp, Inc.
No change
4,500
$278,000 0.03%
Cigna Corp New Com
Closed
1,682
$270,000
The Southern Co.
No change
4,884
$270,000 0.03%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
No change
5,583
$263,000 0.03%
Texas Instruments Incorporated
No change
2,252
$258,000 0.03%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
No change
3,520
$257,000 0.03%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
23.66%
9,680
$255,000 0.03%
Marsh & Mclennan
0.12%
2,542
$254,000 0.03%
Corteva, Inc.
Opened
8,401
$248,000 0.03%
Stryker Corp.
No change
1,201
$247,000 0.03%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
2,783
$246,000 0.03%
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf
Opened
908
$244,000 0.03%
Vanguard Intl Eqty Index Ftse
No change
2,300
$242,000 0.02%
First Financial Bancshares
100.00%
7,776
$239,000 0.02%
Old Second Bancorp, Inc.
No change
18,200
$232,000 0.02%
Chemical Financial
No change
5,580
$229,000 0.02%
Sprott Physical Gold & Tr Unit
No change
17,000
$225,000 0.02%
Adobe Systems Inc.
Opened
763
$225,000 0.02%
Chubb Ltd.
No change
1,520
$224,000 0.02%
Jp Morgan Chase & Co Alerian M
No change
8,865
$223,000 0.02%
Vodafone Group Plc
9.57%
13,393
$219,000 0.02%
Target Corp.
Opened
2,466
$214,000 0.02%
Estee Lauder Cos Inc Cl A
Opened
1,149
$210,000 0.02%
Sempra Energy
Opened
1,500
$206,000 0.02%
Seaspan Corp
No change
14,000
$137,000 0.01%
Genoil Inc.
No change
15,000
$0 0.00%
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