Claret Asset Management Corp 13F annual report

Claret Asset Management Corp is an investment fund managing more than $592 million ran by Brian Kwok. There are currently 206 companies in Mr. Kwok’s portfolio. The largest investments include North Amern Constr Group Ltd and CGI Inc, together worth $90.4 million.

$592 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 22nd April 2024, Claret Asset Management Corp’s top holding is 2,043,610 shares of North Amern Constr Group Ltd currently worth over $45.5 million and making up 7.7% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 407,420 shares of CGI Inc worth $45 million, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $30.3 million and the next is Meta Platforms Inc worth $28.4 million, with 58,442 shares owned.

Currently, Claret Asset Management Corp's portfolio is worth at least $592 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 Claret Asset Management Corp

The Claret Asset Management Corp office and employees reside in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Brian Kwok serves as the COO/CCO at Claret Asset Management Corp.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Claret Asset Management Corp revealed that it had opened a new position in Emcor and bought 745 shares worth $261 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Emcor makes up 2.1% of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Co by buying 32,989 additional shares. This makes their stake in Oaktree Specialty Lending Co total 1,191,891 shares worth $23.4 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Claret Asset Management Corp is getting rid of from its portfolio. Claret Asset Management Corp closed its position in Adobe Inc on 29th April 2024. It sold the previously owned 402 shares for $240 thousand. Brian Kwok also disclosed a decreased stake in North Amern Constr Group Ltd by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $45.5 million and 2,043,610 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Claret Asset Management Corp are Spark Growth Management Partners and Tpi Fund Managers Ltd. They manage $591 million and $597 million respectively.


Brian Kwok investment strategy

Claret Asset Management Corp’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 28.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 49.0% 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 40% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $81.4 billion.

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

These positions were updated on April 29th 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
North Amern Constr Group Ltd
1.00%
2,043,610
$45,463,000 7.67%
CGI Inc
0.34%
407,420
$44,970,000 7.59%
Microsoft Corporation
1.26%
71,968
$30,278,000 5.11%
Meta Platforms Inc
12.23%
58,442
$28,378,000 4.79%
Abbvie Inc
1.53%
140,109
$25,514,000 4.31%
Ollies Bargain Outlet Hldgs
0.84%
309,462
$24,624,000 4.16%
Alphabet Inc
0.07%
203,311
$30,743,000 5.19%
Oaktree Specialty Lending Co
2.85%
1,191,891
$23,433,000 3.96%
CVS Health Corp
0.36%
279,266
$22,274,000 3.76%
Quipt Home Medical Corp
4.19%
4,490,857
$19,636,000 3.31%
Ulta Beauty Inc
0.03%
37,452
$19,583,000 3.31%
Cognizant Technology Solutio
0.56%
232,067
$17,008,000 2.87%
Royal Bk Cda
1.26%
133,960
$13,518,000 2.28%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.17%
264,242
$13,188,000 2.23%
Johnson Johnson
0.44%
63,491
$10,044,000 1.70%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
14.50%
167,247
$9,070,000 1.53%
Citigroup Inc
0.90%
130,132
$8,230,000 1.39%
Canadian Imp Bk Comm
3.04%
161,958
$8,214,000 1.39%
Alithya Group Inc.
1.21%
5,320,438
$8,213,000 1.39%
PayPal Holdings Inc
3.82%
115,600
$7,744,000 1.31%
Science Applications Intl Co
0.33%
52,000
$6,791,000 1.15%
Tractor Supply Co.
0.71%
25,394
$6,646,000 1.12%
Shell Plc
0.79%
96,605
$6,476,000 1.09%
Dennys Corp
15.29%
714,687
$6,404,000 1.08%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.67%
34,875
$5,904,000 1.00%
Western Copper Gold Corp
No change
3,698,800
$5,655,000 0.95%
Paramount Global
10.49%
434,835
$5,118,000 0.86%
International Business Machs
0.98%
24,870
$4,749,000 0.80%
BCE Inc
41.09%
125,903
$4,280,000 0.72%
Element Solutions Inc
0.63%
165,921
$4,145,000 0.70%
Walmart Inc
196.68%
68,857
$4,143,000 0.70%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.48%
5,144
$3,769,000 0.64%
Ubiquiti Inc
0.69%
31,645
$3,666,000 0.62%
Toronto Dominion Bk Ont
3.37%
60,656
$3,662,000 0.62%
Global Wtr Res Inc
0.52%
271,820
$3,490,000 0.59%
Pfizer Inc.
31.26%
123,253
$3,420,000 0.58%
Adecoagro S.A.
0.99%
297,547
$3,279,000 0.55%
NVIDIA Corp
0.45%
3,599
$3,252,000 0.55%
Kenvue Inc
0.23%
136,253
$2,924,000 0.49%
Mckesson Corporation
0.77%
5,045
$2,708,000 0.46%
nVent Electric plc
4.07%
35,786
$2,698,000 0.46%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
1.15%
6,249
$2,494,000 0.42%
Celestica, Inc.
4.47%
54,846
$2,465,000 0.42%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
0.73%
21,837
$2,444,000 0.41%
Medtronic Plc
6.40%
27,806
$2,423,000 0.41%
Cae Inc.
2.56%
117,221
$2,422,000 0.41%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
0.60%
6,937
$2,409,000 0.41%
Manulife Finl Corp
0.20%
90,042
$2,250,000 0.38%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
1.21%
23,969
$2,114,000 0.36%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
6.40%
3,437
$1,798,000 0.30%
Masterbrand Inc
24.06%
94,094
$1,763,000 0.30%
Canadian Natl Ry Co
1.40%
13,004
$1,713,000 0.29%
Stantec Inc
3.03%
18,362
$1,525,000 0.26%
Coca-Cola Co
1.03%
23,915
$1,463,000 0.25%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
0.74%
11,030
$1,456,000 0.25%
Newmont Corp
18.13%
37,071
$1,329,000 0.22%
Shopify Inc
No change
16,542
$1,277,000 0.22%
Cameco Corp.
No change
28,960
$1,254,000 0.21%
National Presto Inds Inc
0.41%
12,997
$1,089,000 0.18%
TFI International Inc
4.54%
6,706
$1,070,000 0.18%
Buckle, Inc.
1.56%
25,915
$1,044,000 0.18%
Merck Co Inc
No change
7,838
$1,034,000 0.17%
RB Global Inc
5.67%
13,438
$1,024,000 0.17%
Novo-nordisk A S
8.88%
7,966
$1,023,000 0.17%
Ishares Tr
201.79%
83,781
$1,460,000 0.25%
Tesla Inc
0.75%
5,590
$983,000 0.17%
Visa Inc
1.65%
3,385
$945,000 0.16%
Primo Water Corporation
5.32%
51,640
$940,000 0.16%
Varex Imaging Corp
7.03%
51,390
$930,000 0.16%
New Gold Inc Cda
No change
550,000
$926,000 0.16%
Lowes Cos Inc
3.38%
3,519
$896,000 0.15%
Waste Connections Inc
3.35%
5,129
$882,000 0.15%
Sangoma Technologies Corp
5.31%
175,760
$850,000 0.14%
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
2.20%
23,999
$847,000 0.14%
Colliers Intl Group Inc
5.33%
6,756
$826,000 0.14%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
5.67%
12,030
$809,000 0.14%
Descartes Sys Group Inc
5.16%
8,664
$793,000 0.13%
Take-two Interactive Softwar
2.09%
5,325
$791,000 0.13%
Enbridge Inc
10.86%
21,177
$766,000 0.13%
Emerson Elec Co
1.77%
6,734
$764,000 0.13%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.57%
1,906
$731,000 0.12%
Nuvei Corporation
5.28%
22,742
$719,000 0.12%
Rockwell Automation Inc
2.00%
2,356
$686,000 0.12%
Open Text Corp
5.00%
17,165
$667,000 0.11%
Viemed Healthcare Inc
7.73%
69,188
$652,000 0.11%
Stryker Corp.
2.59%
1,728
$618,000 0.10%
Oracle Corp.
5.77%
4,769
$599,000 0.10%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.67%
1,219
$587,000 0.10%
Vanguard World Fds
No change
1,088
$570,000 0.10%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
8.03%
2,743
$549,000 0.09%
Telus Corp.
0.14%
33,418
$535,000 0.09%
Zoom Video Communications In
1.94%
8,042
$526,000 0.09%
TC Energy Corporation
0.02%
12,608
$507,000 0.09%
V2X Inc
0.62%
10,347
$483,000 0.08%
Suncor Energy, Inc.
0.45%
12,847
$474,000 0.08%
Chart Inds Inc
No change
2,855
$470,000 0.08%
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
3.37%
8,334
$455,000 0.08%
Orion Engineered Carbons S A
0.53%
19,228
$452,000 0.08%
Gildan Activewear Inc
2.19%
11,514
$428,000 0.07%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
3.99%
19,351
$420,000 0.07%
3M Co.
0.26%
3,844
$408,000 0.07%
Lilly Eli Co
No change
494
$384,000 0.06%
Resideo Technologies Inc
2.32%
16,810
$377,000 0.06%
Disney Walt Co
2.20%
3,064
$375,000 0.06%
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
No change
22,745
$373,000 0.06%
Applovin Corp
7.30%
5,355
$371,000 0.06%
Telus Intl Cda Inc
5.31%
43,792
$371,000 0.06%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
7.33%
1,113
$353,000 0.06%
Ishares Inc
0.48%
10,474
$340,000 0.06%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
6.94%
1,005
$322,000 0.05%
Waters Corp.
4.36%
922
$317,000 0.05%
Mcdonalds Corp
0.71%
1,123
$317,000 0.05%
Valero Energy Corp.
0.54%
1,840
$314,000 0.05%
Fair Isaac Corp.
4.92%
251
$314,000 0.05%
Dow Inc
3.88%
5,348
$310,000 0.05%
Transalta Corp.
No change
47,677
$306,000 0.05%
Procter And Gamble Co
2.10%
1,862
$302,000 0.05%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
No change
2,720
$301,000 0.05%
Salesforce Inc
8.21%
949
$286,000 0.05%
Pepsico Inc
15.56%
1,628
$285,000 0.05%
XPO Inc
7.29%
2,313
$282,000 0.05%
Generac Hldgs Inc Com
3.31%
2,130
$269,000 0.05%
Dollar Tree Inc
3.61%
2,002
$267,000 0.05%
Informatica Inc.
7.30%
7,538
$264,000 0.04%
Emcor Group, Inc.
Opened
745
$261,000 0.04%
Cintas Corporation
5.72%
379
$260,000 0.04%
Wabtec
Opened
1,776
$259,000 0.04%
Micron Technology Inc.
Opened
2,170
$256,000 0.04%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
5.81%
454
$252,000 0.04%
Fortis Inc.
No change
6,366
$252,000 0.04%
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
Opened
267
$251,000 0.04%
Vanguard Index Fds
2.76%
521
$250,000 0.04%
DoorDash Inc
Opened
1,814
$250,000 0.04%
Intuit Inc
0.77%
385
$250,000 0.04%
Block Inc
5.43%
2,908
$246,000 0.04%
Accenture Plc Ireland
5.37%
705
$244,000 0.04%
HubSpot Inc
4.94%
385
$241,000 0.04%
Adobe Inc
Closed
402
$240,000
Franco Nev Corp
3.35%
2,018
$240,000 0.04%
Cigna Group (The)
5.56%
662
$240,000 0.04%
Caterpillar Inc.
6.32%
652
$239,000 0.04%
ServiceNow Inc
6.04%
311
$237,000 0.04%
GE Aerospace
Closed
1,859
$237,000
Medpace Holdings Inc
Opened
584
$237,000 0.04%
WestRock Co
7.30%
4,775
$236,000 0.04%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri
3.35%
45,475
$236,000 0.04%
Gallagher Arthur J Co
5.06%
939
$235,000 0.04%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
2.13%
5,520
$233,000 0.04%
Armstrong World Inds Inc New
Opened
1,867
$232,000 0.04%
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc.
Opened
1,030
$232,000 0.04%
Saia Inc.
Opened
395
$231,000 0.04%
Azek Co Inc
Opened
4,588
$230,000 0.04%
TopBuild Corp
7.30%
521
$230,000 0.04%
PVH Corp
7.30%
1,639
$230,000 0.04%
Celsius Holdings Inc
Opened
2,759
$229,000 0.04%
Acuity Brands, Inc.
Opened
845
$227,000 0.04%
Toll Brothers Inc.
Opened
1,749
$226,000 0.04%
Zscaler Inc
Closed
1,019
$226,000
United Rentals, Inc.
Opened
314
$226,000 0.04%
Victorias Secret And Co
Closed
8,505
$226,000
Broadridge Finl Solutions In
5.66%
1,100
$225,000 0.04%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Opened
2,479
$223,000 0.04%
Broadcom Inc.
13.40%
168
$223,000 0.04%
Alcon Ag
No change
2,659
$221,000 0.04%
Godaddy Inc
7.28%
1,847
$219,000 0.04%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
5.28%
772
$219,000 0.04%
Lululemon Athletica inc.
Closed
429
$219,000
Morningstar Inc
7.30%
711
$219,000 0.04%
Polaris Inc
0.68%
2,180
$218,000 0.04%
HP Inc
4.73%
7,163
$216,000 0.04%
XPEL Inc
No change
3,994
$216,000 0.04%
Trane Technologies plc
Opened
721
$216,000 0.04%
Pulte Group Inc
Opened
1,771
$214,000 0.04%
Vanguard Tax-managed Intl Fd
No change
4,256
$214,000 0.04%
Crane Co
7.29%
1,576
$213,000 0.04%
Humana Inc.
Closed
462
$212,000
Comcast Corp New
Closed
4,812
$211,000
Builders Firstsource Inc
Opened
1,006
$210,000 0.04%
Huntington Ingalls Inds Inc
Opened
721
$210,000 0.04%
TREX Co., Inc.
Opened
2,108
$210,000 0.04%
Carlisle Cos Inc
Opened
535
$210,000 0.04%
Rogers Communications Inc.
Closed
4,466
$209,000
Dominos Pizza Inc
Opened
420
$209,000 0.04%
Ralph Lauren Corp
Opened
1,113
$209,000 0.04%
Iamgold Corp.
No change
62,200
$208,000 0.04%
Lam Research Corp.
Opened
214
$208,000 0.04%
Capri Holdings Limited
Closed
4,111
$207,000
Lennox International Inc
7.22%
424
$207,000 0.03%
Okta Inc
Opened
1,981
$207,000 0.03%
Celanese Corp
7.34%
1,199
$206,000 0.03%
Advanced Drain Sys Inc Del
Opened
1,196
$206,000 0.03%
Moodys Corp
5.78%
522
$205,000 0.03%
Gartner, Inc.
Closed
455
$205,000
Leidos Holdings Inc
Opened
1,559
$204,000 0.03%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc
Opened
950
$203,000 0.03%
Global Pmts Inc
6.80%
1,522
$203,000 0.03%
Copart, Inc.
Opened
3,499
$203,000 0.03%
CIENA Corp.
Opened
4,079
$202,000 0.03%
Oshkosh Corp
Opened
1,618
$202,000 0.03%
Ryder Sys Inc
Closed
1,756
$202,000
ITT Inc
Opened
1,483
$202,000 0.03%
Ingersoll Rand Inc.
Opened
2,128
$202,000 0.03%
Cable One Inc
Closed
361
$201,000
Eagle Matls Inc
Opened
740
$201,000 0.03%
Datadog Inc
6.45%
1,625
$201,000 0.03%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
7.28%
1,451
$200,000 0.03%
Gates Indl Corp Plc
7.29%
10,284
$182,000 0.03%
Viatris Inc.
6.70%
15,136
$181,000 0.03%
StoneCo Ltd
No change
10,100
$168,000 0.03%
Dish Network Corporation
Closed
22,074
$127,000
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
6.55%
13,090
$114,000 0.02%
Clarivate Plc
7.28%
14,547
$108,000 0.02%
Southwestern Energy Company
No change
13,614
$103,000 0.02%
Maravai Lifesciences Hldgs I
7.30%
10,948
$95,000 0.02%
Playtika Hldg Corp
7.30%
12,012
$85,000 0.01%
QuantumScape Corporation
No change
11,525
$72,000 0.01%
Olaplex Hldgs Inc
7.28%
36,601
$70,000 0.01%
Petco Health Wellness Co I
7.29%
15,582
$35,000 0.01%
Promis Neurosciences Inc
No change
10,830
$21,000 0.00%
No transactions found
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