Portland Investment Counsel Inc 13F annual report

Portland Investment Counsel Inc is an investment fund managing more than $202 million ran by Nadine Milne. There are currently 52 companies in Mrs. Milne’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway and Att Inc, together worth $68.2 billion.

$202 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Portland Investment Counsel Inc’s top holding is 106,908 shares of Berkshire Hathaway currently worth over $43.5 billion and making up 15.7% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Portland Investment Counsel Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 1,295,600 shares of Att Inc worth $24.8 billion. The third-largest holding is Verizon Communications Inc worth $22.7 billion and the next is Citigroup Inc worth $21.9 billion, with 345,000 shares owned.

Currently, Portland Investment Counsel Inc's portfolio is worth at least $202 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 Portland Investment Counsel Inc

The Portland Investment Counsel Inc office and employees reside in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Nadine Milne serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Portland Investment Counsel Inc.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Portland Investment Counsel Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in Nutrien Ltd and bought 307,000 shares worth $15.6 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Nutrien Ltd makes up 94.7% of the fund's Materials sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 27.2% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Berkshire Hathaway by buying 2,617 additional shares. This makes their stake in Berkshire Hathaway total 106,908 shares worth $43.5 billion. Berkshire Hathaway soared 22.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Portland Investment Counsel Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio. Portland Investment Counsel Inc closed its position in Vodafone plc on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,670,408 shares for $15.8 million. Nadine Milne also disclosed a decreased stake in Citigroup Inc by 0.5%. This leaves the value of the investment at $21.9 billion and 345,000 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Portland Investment Counsel Inc are Pathway Advisers and Northcape Wealth Management. They manage $278 billion and $277 billion respectively.


Nadine Milne investment strategy

Portland Investment Counsel Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 26.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 59.6% 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 48% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $219 billion.

The complete list of Portland Investment Counsel Inc trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th 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
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
2.51%
106,908
$43,490,174,000 15.67%
Att Inc
8,537.33%
1,295,600
$24,758,916,000 8.92%
Verizon Communications Inc
131.14%
550,800
$22,714,992,000 8.18%
Citigroup Inc
53.86%
345,000
$21,893,700,000 7.89%
Bank Nova Scotia B C
6.20%
423,391
$19,367,573,000 6.98%
Nutrien Ltd
Opened
307,000
$15,629,948,000 5.63%
Brookfield Asset Managmt Ltd
233.77%
394,150
$14,995,369,000 5.40%
Danaher Corp.
804.07%
52,454
$13,105,632,000 4.72%
CVS Health Corp
Opened
196,600
$11,611,196,000 4.18%
Magna International Inc.
Opened
270,311
$11,329,727,000 4.08%
Toronto Dominion Bk Ont
70.13%
191,800
$10,543,006,000 3.80%
Canadian Imp Bk Comm
351.04%
221,617
$10,537,762,000 3.80%
Starbucks Corp.
Opened
111,673
$8,693,743,000 3.13%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Opened
107,055
$6,471,475,000 2.33%
Ares Management Corp
82.74%
42,393
$5,650,139,000 2.04%
D.R. Horton Inc.
2.92%
35,753
$5,038,670,000 1.82%
TC Energy Corporation
Opened
102,700
$3,893,149,000 1.40%
Brookfield Corp
49.97%
60,219
$2,502,012,000 0.90%
Radnet Inc
40.82%
34,500
$2,032,740,000 0.73%
Carnival Corp.
82.76%
90,702
$1,697,941,000 0.61%
Alphabet Inc
2.36%
8,266
$1,505,652,000 0.54%
Amazon.com Inc.
5.32%
7,120
$1,375,940,000 0.50%
Meta Platforms Inc
23.95%
2,626
$1,324,082,000 0.48%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
6.42%
6,251
$1,264,327,000 0.46%
Royal Bk Cda
Opened
11,260
$1,198,800,000 0.43%
Apple Inc
3.33%
5,134
$1,081,323,000 0.39%
Nomad Foods Ltd
69.28%
65,601
$1,081,104,000 0.39%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.97%
2,251
$1,018,172,000 0.37%
Baytex Energy Corp
No change
280,300
$970,558,000 0.35%
Microsoft Corporation
6.84%
2,137
$955,132,000 0.34%
Veren Inc.
Opened
108,080
$851,897,000 0.31%
Lantheus Holdings Inc
Opened
10,000
$802,900,000 0.29%
Tesla Inc
Opened
3,915
$774,700,000 0.28%
Perspective Therapeutics Inc
93.23%
70,001
$697,910,000 0.25%
Liberty Latin America Ltd
69.33%
71,324
$685,425,000 0.25%
Bank Montreal Que
96.26%
8,000
$671,496,000 0.24%
Mastercard Incorporated
2.01%
1,363
$601,301,000 0.22%
Cameco Corp.
Opened
12,000
$590,417,000 0.21%
Altice USA Inc
59.41%
269,679
$550,145,000 0.20%
AMGEN Inc.
Opened
1,500
$468,675,000 0.17%
Nuscale Pwr Corp
Opened
40,000
$467,600,000 0.17%
BridgeBio Pharma Inc
Opened
15,000
$379,950,000 0.14%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.82%
324
$340,534,000 0.12%
Constellation Energy Corp
Opened
1,500
$300,405,000 0.11%
BeiGene Ltd
Opened
2,000
$285,340,000 0.10%
BWX Technologies Inc
Opened
3,000
$285,000,000 0.10%
Centrus Energy Corp
Opened
6,500
$277,875,000 0.10%
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc
Opened
30,000
$240,600,000 0.09%
Suncor Energy, Inc.
Opened
5,600
$213,472,000 0.08%
Oklo Inc
Opened
20,000
$169,400,000 0.06%
Plug Power Inc
Opened
50,000
$116,500,000 0.04%
Vodafone Group plc
Closed
1,670,408
$15,785,000
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
26.32%
14,000
$15,400,000 0.01%
First Horizon Corporation
Closed
931,400
$10,497,000
Bank New York Mellon Corp
Closed
166,900
$7,430,000
Point Biopharma Global Inc
Closed
113,300
$1,026,000
Crescent Pt Energy Corp
Closed
108,080
$728,000
Black Knight Inc
Closed
7,315
$437,000
No transactions found
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