Court Place Advisors 13F annual report

Court Place Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $319 billion ran by John Santry. There are currently 159 companies in Mr. Santry’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and United Rentals, together worth $46.6 billion.

$319 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 24th July 2024, Court Place Advisors’s top holding is 60,016 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $26.8 billion and making up 8.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Court Place Advisors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 30,603 shares of United Rentals worth $19.8 billion, whose value grew 18.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Automatic Data Processing worth $16.2 billion and the next is Berkshire Hathaway B worth $13.7 billion, with 33,669 shares owned.

Currently, Court Place Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $319 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 Court Place Advisors

The Court Place Advisors office and employees reside in Ellicott City, Maryland. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, John Santry serves as the Managing Member at Court Place Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Court Place Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Alphabet Inc and bought 3,320 shares worth $609 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Alphabet Inc makes up 1.1% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 37.7% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Microsoft by buying 826 additional shares. This makes their stake in Microsoft total 60,016 shares worth $26.8 billion. Microsoft soared 30.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Court Place Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Court Place Advisors closed its position in McCormick & Co on 31st July 2024. It sold the previously owned 3,290 shares for $253 million. John Santry also disclosed a decreased stake in Berkshire Hathaway B by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $13.7 billion and 33,669 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Court Place Advisors are Panview Asian Equity Master Fund and Karpas Strategies. They manage $319 billion and $319 billion respectively.


John Santry investment strategy

Court Place Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 17.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 52.8% 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 50% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $176 billion.

The complete list of Court Place Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 31st 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 Corporation
1.40%
60,016
$26,824,346,000 8.42%
United Rentals, Inc.
7.65%
30,603
$19,791,610,000 6.21%
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
2.23%
67,932
$16,214,796,000 5.09%
Berkshire Hathaway B
3.74%
33,669
$13,696,711,000 4.30%
Jack Henry & Assoc Inc
1.65%
74,707
$12,402,876,000 3.89%
Spdr Technology Etf
2.12%
46,678
$10,559,959,000 3.31%
Proctor & Gamble Co
1.21%
57,399
$9,466,231,000 2.97%
S&P Global Inc
5.31%
17,920
$7,992,157,000 2.51%
Ross Stores, Inc.
1.22%
49,435
$7,183,864,000 2.25%
NVIDIA Corp
1,013.08%
54,730
$6,761,344,000 2.12%
Home Depot, Inc.
8.03%
19,001
$6,541,019,000 2.05%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
0.41%
119,274
$5,666,702,000 1.78%
Markel Corp Hldg Co
1.97%
3,516
$5,540,021,000 1.74%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
6.38%
46,841
$5,392,362,000 1.69%
Apple Inc
0.62%
25,314
$5,331,737,000 1.67%
Checkpoint Software
0.96%
29,429
$4,855,785,000 1.52%
S&p Midcap 400 Etf
2.09%
8,827
$4,723,368,000 1.48%
Fidel Tech Etf
4.61%
26,309
$4,512,520,000 1.42%
Raytheon Technologies
5.69%
40,343
$4,050,022,000 1.27%
Merck & Co Inc
0.29%
31,964
$3,957,119,000 1.24%
Sei Corp
2.80%
61,000
$3,946,060,000 1.24%
Alphabet Inc
5.41%
19,496
$3,551,163,000 1.11%
Oracle Corp.
3.29%
25,145
$3,550,484,000 1.11%
Aflac Inc.
4.71%
38,401
$3,429,593,000 1.08%
Jp Morgan Chase & Co
7.13%
16,340
$3,305,024,000 1.04%
Abbvie Inc
3.92%
18,395
$3,155,110,000 0.99%
Adobe Systems
8.60%
5,622
$3,123,246,000 0.98%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
7.16%
5,016
$2,774,022,000 0.87%
Cvs Caremark
0.31%
46,533
$2,748,237,000 0.86%
Applied Materials Inc.
30.69%
11,498
$2,713,413,000 0.85%
Caterpillar Inc.
1.23%
7,964
$2,652,698,000 0.83%
Dover Corp.
1.56%
14,690
$2,650,784,000 0.83%
Intel Corp.
1.03%
80,456
$2,491,728,000 0.78%
Berkshire Hathaway A
300.00%
4
$2,448,964,000 0.77%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
7.07%
5,455
$2,426,657,000 0.76%
United Health Group
1.45%
4,759
$2,423,678,000 0.76%
Cencora Inc.
5.48%
10,585
$2,384,890,000 0.75%
Ishares Tr
0.37%
4,337
$2,373,140,000 0.74%
Qualcomm, Inc.
8.82%
11,618
$2,314,051,000 0.73%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
5.42%
23,447
$2,275,299,000 0.71%
Eaton Corp
6.83%
7,039
$2,207,078,000 0.69%
TJX Companies, Inc.
1.70%
20,003
$2,202,347,000 0.69%
Biogen Inc
0.16%
9,173
$2,126,415,000 0.67%
Johnson & Johnson
30.03%
12,675
$1,852,592,000 0.58%
Spdr Financial Etf
0.95%
43,471
$1,787,077,000 0.56%
Public Service Enterp
6.90%
24,191
$1,782,869,000 0.56%
Ishrs High Dividend
3.39%
14,365
$1,561,489,000 0.49%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group
50.43%
9,803
$1,524,239,000 0.48%
Union Pacific Corp.
10.28%
6,630
$1,500,104,000 0.47%
Deere & Co.
7.83%
3,993
$1,491,823,000 0.47%
Arcosa Inc
3.59%
17,296
$1,442,700,000 0.45%
Mcdonalds Corp
15.64%
5,569
$1,419,204,000 0.45%
Coca-Cola Co
6.24%
21,892
$1,393,425,000 0.44%
NextEra Energy Inc
2.04%
19,245
$1,362,768,000 0.43%
Pepsico Inc
1.32%
7,905
$1,303,801,000 0.41%
Accenture
35.23%
4,265
$1,294,043,000 0.41%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
1.32%
9,228
$1,262,835,000 0.40%
Novartis
3.73%
11,820
$1,258,357,000 0.39%
Chevron Corp.
11.69%
7,788
$1,218,154,000 0.38%
Ligand Pharm Inc
83.73%
14,208
$1,197,166,000 0.38%
Nvr Homes
2.60%
158
$1,195,957,000 0.38%
Bank Of America Corp.
30.30%
29,980
$1,192,292,000 0.37%
Trinity Inds Inc
6.49%
38,816
$1,161,366,000 0.36%
Fiserv, Inc.
10.37%
7,558
$1,126,444,000 0.35%
Lilly Eli
15.31%
1,234
$1,117,239,000 0.35%
Arthur J Gallagher
72.46%
4,308
$1,117,107,000 0.35%
General Electric Co
5.95%
6,663
$1,059,164,000 0.33%
Disney Co
8.85%
10,408
$1,033,415,000 0.32%
Costco
No change
1,207
$1,025,920,000 0.32%
AMGEN Inc.
No change
3,118
$974,219,000 0.31%
Fidel Health Care Etf
10.96%
14,013
$961,319,000 0.30%
Fastenal Co.
2.62%
14,856
$933,551,000 0.29%
Abbott Laboratories
8.87%
8,583
$891,860,000 0.28%
ON Semiconductor Corp.
3.20%
12,900
$884,295,000 0.28%
Fidelity Comm Services Etf
29.87%
16,707
$872,593,000 0.27%
Southern Company
4.86%
10,779
$836,105,000 0.26%
Emerson Electric Co.
2.76%
7,459
$821,683,000 0.26%
Pfizer Inc.
12.29%
28,947
$809,936,000 0.25%
Spdr Health Care Etf
3.65%
5,282
$769,913,000 0.24%
Visa Inc
No change
2,780
$729,794,000 0.23%
Lowes Co Inc
No change
3,303
$728,179,000 0.23%
Target Corp
5.82%
4,854
$718,586,000 0.23%
Nike B
4.21%
9,051
$682,179,000 0.21%
Spdr Energy Etf
30.07%
7,035
$641,240,000 0.20%
Southwest Airlines Co
5.38%
21,580
$617,393,000 0.19%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
3,320
$608,932,000 0.19%
Halliburton Co.
2.33%
17,601
$594,558,000 0.19%
Corning, Inc.
5.56%
15,200
$590,520,000 0.19%
Marathon Petroleum Corp
2.28%
3,363
$583,486,000 0.18%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1.77%
13,903
$577,381,000 0.18%
Waste Management, Inc.
No change
2,703
$576,658,000 0.18%
Viking Therapeutics Inc
Opened
10,800
$572,508,000 0.18%
Verizon Comm Inc
18.12%
13,630
$562,102,000 0.18%
Vang St Corp Bond Etf
4.73%
7,216
$557,616,000 0.17%
Meta Platforms Inc A
1.00%
1,009
$508,758,000 0.16%
Paychex Inc.
No change
4,209
$499,019,000 0.16%
Unilever plc
4.66%
8,975
$493,535,000 0.15%
Radian Group, Inc.
40.18%
15,700
$488,270,000 0.15%
Diamonds Trust
10.76%
1,244
$486,566,000 0.15%
Fidel Financial Etf
4.56%
8,367
$484,788,000 0.15%
Paycom Software Inc
16.84%
3,365
$481,346,000 0.15%
Broadridge Financial
24.28%
2,426
$477,922,000 0.15%
AT&T Inc.
1.28%
24,817
$474,255,000 0.15%
Trane Tech Plc
16.60%
1,405
$462,147,000 0.14%
M&t Bank
74.49%
2,914
$441,122,000 0.14%
Altria Group Inc.
4.12%
9,420
$429,081,000 0.13%
Constellation Energy
No change
2,076
$415,761,000 0.13%
Klatencor
No change
500
$412,255,000 0.13%
Nucor Corp.
3.74%
2,575
$407,056,000 0.13%
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
7.79%
6,381
$402,194,000 0.13%
Ibm Corp
63.88%
2,309
$399,342,000 0.13%
Omniab Inc
126.65%
106,268
$398,505,000 0.13%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.80%
6,032
$380,499,000 0.12%
Genuine Parts Co.
5.77%
2,750
$380,380,000 0.12%
Marriott Internat'l Cl A
No change
1,571
$379,821,000 0.12%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf
10.24%
689
$374,811,000 0.12%
Fidel Energy Etf
11.23%
14,642
$367,356,000 0.12%
Honeywell Intl
No change
1,714
$365,946,000 0.11%
Elevance Health
No change
667
$361,429,000 0.11%
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
6.05%
3,092
$356,549,000 0.11%
Cummins Inc.
No change
1,253
$346,993,000 0.11%
D.R. Horton Inc.
No change
2,460
$346,688,000 0.11%
Schlumberger Ltd.
10.55%
7,337
$346,148,000 0.11%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
15.18%
732
$341,917,000 0.11%
Comcast A
5.76%
8,184
$320,485,000 0.10%
Schwab Charles Corp New
3.37%
4,300
$316,867,000 0.10%
Citigroup Inc
Opened
4,943
$313,651,000 0.10%
Baxter Int'l Inc
0.79%
9,368
$313,360,000 0.10%
Old Republic Intl
5.24%
10,050
$310,545,000 0.10%
Realty Income Corp.
1.50%
5,764
$304,442,000 0.10%
Boeing Co.
3.18%
1,620
$294,856,000 0.09%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
5.80%
3,250
$290,615,000 0.09%
Dollar General Corp.
4.81%
2,179
$288,129,000 0.09%
Marsh & Mclennan
12.50%
1,350
$284,472,000 0.09%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
1,622
$278,189,000 0.09%
Wal-mart
1.49%
4,076
$275,963,000 0.09%
Du Pont Inc
22.29%
3,413
$274,712,000 0.09%
Sandy Spring Bank
6.69%
10,775
$262,491,000 0.08%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
0.89%
2,710
$260,865,000 0.08%
Cigna
No change
783
$258,711,000 0.08%
Kroger Co.
24.63%
5,086
$253,959,000 0.08%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
Closed
3,290
$252,685,000
CSX Corp.
No change
7,554
$252,681,000 0.08%
Discover Finl Svcs
No change
1,878
$245,704,000 0.08%
Quanta Svcs Inc
Opened
950
$241,386,000 0.08%
American Electric Power Company Inc.
11.20%
2,743
$240,671,000 0.08%
Gartner, Inc.
No change
519
$233,062,000 0.07%
Centene Corp.
12.50%
3,500
$232,050,000 0.07%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
796
$230,951,000 0.07%
Vanguard World Fds
No change
400
$230,636,000 0.07%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
2.42%
8,050
$228,540,000 0.07%
Exelon Corp.
Closed
6,007
$225,672,000
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals In
Opened
5,500
$220,000,000 0.07%
Devon Energy Corp.
Opened
4,430
$209,982,000 0.07%
Spdr Conv Secs Etf
No change
2,900
$208,974,000 0.07%
Kinder Morgan Inc
Opened
10,486
$208,366,000 0.07%
Erie Indty Co
Closed
513
$206,005,000
Conoco Phillips
22.00%
1,783
$203,937,000 0.06%
Ford Mtr Co Del
14.03%
16,259
$203,883,000 0.06%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Closed
1,575
$203,726,000
Sherwin-Williams Co.
No change
675
$201,440,000 0.06%
Dow Inc
Opened
3,790
$201,060,000 0.06%
Glen Burnie Bancorp
Closed
16,692
$91,472,000
Amarin Corp Plc
Opened
13,500
$9,288,000 0.00%
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