Howard Capital Management 13F annual report

Howard Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $1.36 trillion ran by Jason Kaplan. There are currently 126 companies in Mr. Kaplan’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Apple Inc, together worth $247 billion.

$1.36 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 9th July 2024, Howard Capital Management’s top holding is 1,241,911 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $153 billion and making up 11.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Howard Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 446,245 shares of Apple Inc worth $94 billion, whose value grew 27.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $87.1 billion and the next is Spdr S&p 500 Etf worth $85.4 billion, with 156,962 shares owned.

Currently, Howard Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $1.36 trillion. 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 Howard Capital Management

The Howard Capital Management office and employees reside in Los Angeles, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jason Kaplan serves as the Senior Managing Director at Howard Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Howard Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Palo Alto Networks Inc and bought 104,629 shares worth $35.5 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Palo Alto Networks Inc makes up 8.0% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 1,079,563 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 1,241,911 shares worth $153 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Howard Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Howard Capital Management closed its position in Hershey on 16th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 86,719 shares for $16.2 billion. Jason Kaplan also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $94 billion and 446,245 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Howard Capital Management are Hill City Capital, L.P. and Gam Ag. They manage $1.36 trillion and $1.35 trillion respectively.


Jason Kaplan investment strategy

Howard Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 32.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 48.4% 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 46% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 4.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $235 billion.

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

These positions were updated on July 16th 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
664.97%
1,241,911
$153,425,626,000 11.31%
Apple Inc
0.53%
446,245
$93,988,121,000 6.93%
Microsoft Corporation
0.56%
194,857
$87,091,319,000 6.42%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf
0.42%
156,962
$85,421,916,000 6.30%
Amazon
0.79%
355,642
$68,727,817,000 5.07%
Alphabet Inc
0.58%
307,086
$55,935,746,000 4.12%
Costco Wholesale Corp
1.42%
58,061
$49,351,246,000 3.64%
Jpmorgan Chase
0.70%
212,810
$43,043,016,000 3.17%
Blackstone Group Inc
1.02%
301,110
$37,277,418,000 2.75%
Merck & Co Inc
0.43%
291,856
$36,131,804,000 2.66%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Opened
104,629
$35,470,277,000 2.62%
Vulcan Materials Co
0.79%
140,143
$34,850,800,000 2.57%
Accenture plc
3.01%
111,109
$33,711,708,000 2.49%
Leidos Holdings Inc
0.60%
215,620
$31,454,620,000 2.32%
Ishares Us Technology Etf
0.92%
206,608
$31,094,556,000 2.29%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
2.46%
54,289
$30,021,857,000 2.21%
Salesforce Inc
1.02%
114,761
$29,504,925,000 2.18%
Fedex Corp
2.29%
97,663
$29,283,348,000 2.16%
Intercontinental Exc
1.15%
212,765
$29,125,379,000 2.15%
Vanguard Short Term Cor Bd Etf
10.53%
375,654
$29,028,697,000 2.14%
Visa Inc
1.29%
105,745
$27,754,826,000 2.05%
Graphic Packaging Hl
3.00%
1,004,999
$26,341,024,000 1.94%
IQVIA Holdings Inc
1.54%
119,796
$25,329,666,000 1.87%
Coca-Cola Co
3.39%
397,538
$25,303,293,000 1.87%
Spdr S&p Biotech Etf
7.89%
241,926
$22,428,991,000 1.65%
NextEra Energy Inc
7.45%
293,806
$20,804,403,000 1.53%
Spdr S&p Aerospace Def Etf
Opened
148,195
$20,744,336,000 1.53%
Aptargroup Inc.
1.31%
131,317
$18,490,694,000 1.36%
Zoetis Inc
3.64%
103,983
$18,026,534,000 1.33%
TJX Companies, Inc.
Opened
161,992
$17,835,319,000 1.32%
Hershey Company
Closed
86,719
$16,167,890,000
Alphabet Inc
3.50%
62,906
$11,538,294,000 0.85%
Spdr Select Sector Health Care Etf
2.35%
53,375
$7,779,452,000 0.57%
Ishares Us Financial Ser Etf
207.81%
112,060
$7,307,442,000 0.54%
Spdr Fund Consumer Staples Etf
2.58%
78,987
$6,048,840,000 0.45%
Ishares Biotechnology Etf
1.54%
43,767
$6,007,399,000 0.44%
Spdr Fund Consumer Discre Sel Etf
2.72%
25,102
$4,578,675,000 0.34%
Philip Morris Intl
No change
31,374
$3,179,127,000 0.23%
Invesco QQQ Trust
0.18%
6,570
$3,147,753,000 0.23%
Johnson & Johnson
1.56%
16,775
$2,451,768,000 0.18%
Select Sector Industrial Spdr Etf
14.40%
18,023
$2,196,520,000 0.16%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
8.94%
5,347
$2,175,160,000 0.16%
Qualcomm, Inc.
No change
10,425
$2,076,451,000 0.15%
American Express Co.
No change
8,615
$1,994,803,000 0.15%
Altria Group Inc.
No change
41,184
$1,875,931,000 0.14%
Exxonmobil
1.90%
16,224
$1,867,705,000 0.14%
Hudson Pac Pptys Inc Reit
No change
373,412
$1,796,112,000 0.13%
Spdr Communication Svs Slct Sec Etf
13.31%
20,680
$1,771,449,000 0.13%
AMGEN Inc.
1.40%
5,444
$1,700,978,000 0.13%
Financial Select Sector Spdr Fund
4.65%
41,025
$1,686,554,000 0.12%
Utilities Select Sector Spdr
39.60%
20,554
$1,400,527,000 0.10%
Ishares S&p 500 Growth Etf
1.98%
14,850
$1,374,219,000 0.10%
Procter & Gamble Co.
5.31%
8,245
$1,359,739,000 0.10%
Mondelez Intl Class A
No change
19,872
$1,300,424,000 0.10%
Tesla Motors
6.62%
6,138
$1,214,587,000 0.09%
Oaktree Specialty
22.49%
62,041
$1,166,991,000 0.09%
Oracle Corp.
5.25%
7,136
$1,007,603,000 0.07%
Invesco S&p 500 Eql Wght Etf
Opened
5,767
$947,403,000 0.07%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
11.11%
2,033
$904,380,000 0.07%
Wal-mart
200.00%
12,981
$878,944,000 0.06%
Mcdonald's
96.89%
3,262
$831,288,000 0.06%
Disney Walt Co
96.19%
8,145
$808,705,000 0.06%
Bank Of America Corp.
20.76%
19,961
$793,849,000 0.06%
Kite Realty Group Trust
No change
33,176
$742,479,000 0.05%
Pepsico Inc
No change
4,478
$738,632,000 0.05%
Meta Platforms Inc
17.73%
1,401
$706,447,000 0.05%
Chevron Corp.
4.13%
4,492
$702,608,000 0.05%
Invesco Water Resources ETF
8.07%
10,814
$701,914,000 0.05%
Ameriprise Financial Inc
No change
1,609
$687,349,000 0.05%
Sap Se Sponsored Adr
No change
3,376
$680,973,000 0.05%
Home Depot, Inc.
22.40%
1,967
$677,000,000 0.05%
The Southern Co.
No change
8,698
$674,666,000 0.05%
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf
Opened
1,340
$670,182,000 0.05%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
1.67%
13,153
$624,899,000 0.05%
Ishares S&p 100 Etf
No change
2,345
$619,784,000 0.05%
Eli Lilly & Co
10.26%
656
$593,929,000 0.04%
Vanguard Mid-cap Etf
Opened
2,453
$593,871,000 0.04%
Union Pacific Corp.
32.52%
2,457
$555,921,000 0.04%
Honeywell International Inc
6.34%
2,586
$552,214,000 0.04%
Capital Group Global Growth Equity Etf
Opened
18,566
$546,583,000 0.04%
General Electric Co
No change
3,273
$520,309,000 0.04%
Xylem Inc
21.21%
3,737
$506,814,000 0.04%
Ishares Core S&p Small-cap Etf
Opened
4,673
$498,422,000 0.04%
Spdr Portfolio Developed World Ex-us Etf
Opened
13,938
$488,945,000 0.04%
Ibm
No change
2,761
$477,515,000 0.04%
D.R. Horton Inc.
26.52%
3,325
$468,592,000 0.03%
Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf
10.81%
833
$455,942,000 0.03%
Novo Nordisk Adr
No change
3,000
$428,220,000 0.03%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf
5.10%
745
$398,635,000 0.03%
S&P Global Inc
55.18%
883
$393,818,000 0.03%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
13,881
$388,390,000 0.03%
AT&T Inc.
No change
19,832
$378,990,000 0.03%
Starbucks Corp.
0.56%
4,441
$345,732,000 0.03%
Norfolk Southern Corp.
No change
1,536
$329,764,000 0.02%
Wells Fargo & Co.
No change
5,450
$323,676,000 0.02%
Deere & Co.
No change
865
$323,190,000 0.02%
Allstate Corp Com
No change
2,000
$319,320,000 0.02%
Danaher Corp.
18.93%
1,181
$295,073,000 0.02%
Abbvie Inc
5.00%
1,673
$286,953,000 0.02%
Vanguard Short-term Bond Etf
No change
3,671
$281,566,000 0.02%
Autodesk Inc.
No change
1,114
$275,659,000 0.02%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Etf
Opened
1,495
$272,912,000 0.02%
Waste Connections Inc
Opened
1,527
$267,775,000 0.02%
Abbott Laboratories
Opened
2,576
$267,672,000 0.02%
Raytheon Technologies Co
2.73%
2,636
$264,670,000 0.02%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
6.93%
1,503
$243,802,000 0.02%
Performance Food
No change
3,630
$239,979,000 0.02%
Hartford Financial
Opened
2,327
$233,986,000 0.02%
Boeing Co.
No change
1,284
$233,701,000 0.02%
Ishares North American Tech Etf
No change
3,312
$233,372,000 0.02%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Opened
2,333
$226,394,000 0.02%
Simon Property Group, Inc.
No change
1,490
$226,182,000 0.02%
American Tower Corp.
Closed
1,000
$215,880,000
Intel Corp.
2.98%
6,950
$215,233,000 0.02%
Kraft Heinz Co Com
No change
6,656
$214,456,000 0.02%
Broadcom Inc.
Opened
131
$210,324,000 0.02%
Spdr Portfolio S&p 500 Value Etf
Opened
4,273
$208,266,000 0.02%
Bank Of Ny Mellon Co
Opened
3,387
$202,847,000 0.01%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Closed
3,714
$190,565,000
Emerson Electric Co.
No change
1,698
$187,052,000 0.01%
Wal-mart De Mexico
No change
51,232
$174,439,000 0.01%
Duke Energy Corp.
Opened
1,329
$133,203,000 0.01%
iShares Global Clean Energy ETF
No change
10,000
$133,200,000 0.01%
Altair Global Credit
15.32%
95,427
$95,427,000 0.01%
Palantir Technologies In Class A
No change
2,500
$63,325,000 0.00%
Bny Mellon High Yield Strategy Fund
No change
25,100
$60,491,000 0.00%
FIGS, Inc.
No change
10,913
$58,166,000 0.00%
Bion Enviro Tech
Closed
55,157
$50,744,000
Atari Sa
Opened
50,000
$5,975,000 0.00%
United Parcel Srvc Class B
No change
28
$3,832,000 0.00%
Searchlight Minerals
Closed
28,100
$112,000
Max Sound Corp
Closed
165,000
$0
No transactions found
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