Kesler, Norman & Wride 13F annual report

Kesler, Norman & Wride is an investment fund managing more than $469 billion ran by Garrett Smith. There are currently 137 companies in Mr. Smith’s portfolio. The largest investments include Kroger Co and Apple Inc, together worth $34.5 billion.

$469 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 17th July 2024, Kesler, Norman & Wride’s top holding is 348,510 shares of Kroger Co currently worth over $17.4 billion and making up 3.7% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Kroger Co, Kesler, Norman & Wride owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 81,117 shares of Apple Inc worth $17.1 billion, whose value grew 15.3% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $16.4 billion and the next is Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr worth $15.3 billion, with 28,200 shares owned.

Currently, Kesler, Norman & Wride's portfolio is worth at least $469 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 Kesler, Norman & Wride

The Kesler, Norman & Wride office and employees reside in Ogden, Utah. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Garrett Smith serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Kesler, Norman & Wride.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Kesler, Norman & Wride revealed that it had opened a new position in EA Series Trust and bought 7,969 shares worth $859 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. EA Series Trust makes up 31.5% of the fund's Miscellaneous sector allocation and has grown its share price by 3.6% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 3,656 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 81,117 shares worth $17.1 billion. Apple Inc soared 16.4% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Kesler, Norman & Wride is getting rid of from its portfolio. Kesler, Norman & Wride closed its position in Fortinet Inc on 23rd July 2024. It sold the previously owned 3,210 shares for $219 million. Garrett Smith also disclosed a decreased stake in Kroger Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $17.4 billion and 348,510 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Kesler, Norman & Wride are Armbruster Capital Management and Arthur M. Cohen & Associates. They manage $469 billion and $469 billion respectively.


Garrett Smith investment strategy

Kesler, Norman & Wride’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 12.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 54.7% 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 2.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $174 billion.

The complete list of Kesler, Norman & Wride trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 23rd 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
Kroger Co.
0.54%
348,510
$17,401,102,000 3.71%
Apple Inc
4.72%
81,117
$17,084,782,000 3.64%
Microsoft Corporation
0.99%
36,619
$16,367,634,000 3.49%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
3.02%
28,200
$15,346,825,000 3.27%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
9.46%
21,479
$10,938,350,000 2.33%
Costco Whsl Corp New
6.99%
12,811
$10,890,405,000 2.32%
Cencora Inc.
1.86%
39,593
$8,920,936,000 1.90%
Analog Devices Inc.
1.13%
38,503
$8,789,473,000 1.88%
Lowes Cos Inc
4.98%
37,177
$8,196,732,000 1.75%
NVIDIA Corp
1,012.96%
60,968
$7,531,882,000 1.61%
Johnson Johnson
5.74%
51,319
$7,501,122,000 1.60%
General Dynamics Corp.
6.74%
25,746
$7,470,103,000 1.59%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.26%
44,827
$7,392,802,000 1.58%
Ishares Tr
2.34%
1,169,751
$36,450,176,000 7.78%
Blackrock Inc.
4.23%
9,075
$7,146,569,000 1.52%
Texas Instrs Inc
0.77%
36,417
$7,085,082,000 1.51%
Chubb Limited
3.65%
27,239
$6,948,752,000 1.48%
Phillips 66
3.88%
47,707
$6,734,958,000 1.44%
Accenture Plc Ireland
2.40%
22,154
$6,721,574,000 1.43%
Intercontinental Exchange In
4.94%
48,008
$6,572,141,000 1.40%
AMGEN Inc.
3.14%
20,829
$6,508,844,000 1.39%
Cisco Sys Inc
7.11%
136,217
$6,471,788,000 1.38%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
6.33%
28,726
$6,451,917,000 1.38%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.90%
14,422
$6,362,507,000 1.36%
Vanguard World Fd
4.19%
10,873
$6,269,246,000 1.34%
Cambria Etf Tr
1.40%
405,374
$15,460,399,000 3.30%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
6.68%
13,052
$6,097,486,000 1.30%
NextEra Energy Inc
9.38%
85,492
$6,053,728,000 1.29%
Union Pac Corp
6.88%
25,998
$5,882,752,000 1.26%
Abbott Labs
0.62%
54,170
$5,628,859,000 1.20%
Air Prods Chems Inc
6.34%
21,154
$5,458,764,000 1.16%
Henry Jack Assoc Inc
1.92%
31,889
$5,294,173,000 1.13%
Broadcom Inc
26.23%
3,191
$5,127,167,000 1.09%
Emerson Elec Co
7.17%
46,033
$5,071,376,000 1.08%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
1.07%
9,158
$4,633,375,000 0.99%
Medtronic Plc
2.60%
58,768
$4,625,622,000 0.99%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
5.18%
33,427
$4,574,687,000 0.98%
Stryker Corp.
2.62%
12,433
$4,231,444,000 0.90%
Alphabet Inc
30.27%
28,118
$5,130,064,000 1.09%
Amazon.com Inc.
20.55%
20,487
$3,959,245,000 0.84%
Keycorp
No change
257,514
$3,659,274,000 0.78%
Visa Inc
21.04%
13,491
$3,541,755,000 0.76%
Eli Lilly Co
22.01%
3,642
$3,297,393,000 0.70%
Meta Platforms Inc
27.98%
6,463
$3,259,080,000 0.70%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
27.51%
15,511
$3,137,313,000 0.67%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
23.39%
27,229
$3,134,617,000 0.67%
Sp Global Inc
1.36%
6,659
$2,970,334,000 0.63%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
27.28%
6,937
$2,822,147,000 0.60%
Pepsico Inc
14.87%
16,922
$2,790,877,000 0.60%
Honeywell International Inc
11.11%
12,382
$2,644,459,000 0.56%
Aflac Inc.
6.16%
29,325
$2,619,228,000 0.56%
Mondelez International Inc.
7.42%
39,020
$2,553,626,000 0.54%
Automatic Data Processing In
2.86%
10,121
$2,416,745,000 0.52%
Brown Brown Inc
7.36%
26,190
$2,341,856,000 0.50%
Linde Plc.
12.56%
5,290
$2,322,120,000 0.50%
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
9.29%
17,913
$2,313,993,000 0.49%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
10.79%
9,712
$2,301,750,000 0.49%
Factset Resh Sys Inc
6.67%
5,413
$2,211,345,000 0.47%
Walmart Inc
11.35%
32,569
$2,205,420,000 0.47%
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
18.35%
38,754
$2,161,681,000 0.46%
Comcast Corp New
6.70%
54,221
$2,123,433,000 0.45%
Grainger W W Inc
13.62%
2,296
$2,073,266,000 0.44%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.23%
5,973
$2,056,746,000 0.44%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
10.31%
19,359
$1,878,712,000 0.40%
Ecolab, Inc.
16.47%
7,747
$1,844,174,000 0.39%
Ppg Inds Inc
1.56%
13,768
$1,733,721,000 0.37%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
7.27%
14,443
$1,665,632,000 0.36%
Church Dwight Co Inc
11.87%
15,600
$1,617,658,000 0.35%
Mcdonalds Corp
8.57%
6,275
$1,600,017,000 0.34%
Xylem Inc
20.98%
11,443
$1,552,285,000 0.33%
Broadridge Finl Solutions In
11.55%
7,772
$1,531,304,000 0.33%
Paychex Inc.
16.25%
12,769
$1,514,195,000 0.32%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
54.95%
9,023
$1,463,621,000 0.31%
Becton Dickinson Co
3.61%
6,166
$1,441,475,000 0.31%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
4.00%
50,080
$4,468,192,000 0.95%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
17.42%
4,683
$1,398,224,000 0.30%
Target Corp
24.33%
8,999
$1,332,127,000 0.28%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
3.85%
96,052
$4,609,322,000 0.98%
Cintas Corporation
9.73%
1,846
$1,294,178,000 0.28%
Prologis Inc
10.74%
11,220
$1,260,224,000 0.27%
First Tr Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind
0.91%
6,346
$1,253,081,000 0.27%
Realty Income Corp.
10.65%
23,648
$1,249,072,000 0.27%
Starbucks Corp.
20.70%
15,798
$1,229,912,000 0.26%
Federal Rlty Invt Tr New
25.83%
11,988
$1,210,453,000 0.26%
VanEck ETF Trust
7.83%
4,589
$1,196,352,000 0.26%
CMS Energy Corporation
26.99%
19,204
$1,143,188,000 0.24%
Tesla Inc
5.52%
5,602
$1,108,543,000 0.24%
Zoetis Inc
0.08%
6,311
$1,094,288,000 0.23%
WEC Energy Group Inc
26.95%
13,493
$1,058,705,000 0.23%
Mccormick Co Inc
30.13%
14,482
$1,027,381,000 0.22%
New Jersey Res Corp
28.58%
23,958
$1,023,982,000 0.22%
RTX Corp
8.18%
9,335
$937,104,000 0.20%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
0.22%
2,314
$904,918,000 0.19%
Nike, Inc.
24.79%
11,684
$880,673,000 0.19%
EA Series Trust
Opened
7,969
$859,156,000 0.18%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
5,093
$836,678,000 0.18%
Tractor Supply Co.
37.94%
3,072
$829,690,000 0.18%
Atmos Energy Corp.
8.56%
6,493
$757,450,000 0.16%
Adobe Inc
0.96%
1,235
$686,092,000 0.15%
Morgan Stanley
1.91%
6,885
$669,153,000 0.14%
Brown-Forman Corporation
31.36%
14,838
$640,853,000 0.14%
Netapp Inc
Opened
4,892
$630,257,000 0.13%
Shopify Inc
3.61%
9,358
$618,096,000 0.13%
KLA Corp.
Opened
745
$616,214,000 0.13%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
3,083
$614,559,000 0.13%
American Tower Corp.
15.59%
3,151
$612,586,000 0.13%
Nxp Semiconductors N V
Opened
2,115
$569,848,000 0.12%
Belden Inc
Opened
5,821
$546,181,000 0.12%
Autodesk Inc.
Opened
2,193
$543,468,000 0.12%
Cars.com
Opened
26,263
$517,342,000 0.11%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.04%
12,452
$513,512,000 0.11%
Hackett Group Inc (The)
Opened
22,373
$485,903,000 0.10%
Electronic Arts, Inc.
Opened
3,475
$484,177,000 0.10%
Smucker J M Co
12.16%
4,390
$478,657,000 0.10%
Xcel Energy Inc.
15.68%
8,634
$461,150,000 0.10%
HF Sinclair Corporation
Opened
8,256
$440,393,000 0.09%
Marathon Pete Corp
Opened
2,508
$435,602,000 0.09%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
Opened
4,835
$433,811,000 0.09%
Dillards Inc
Opened
976
$430,731,000 0.09%
International Business Machs
2.55%
2,370
$409,891,000 0.09%
Pulte Group Inc
Opened
3,605
$396,783,000 0.08%
Clorox Co.
14.17%
2,829
$386,136,000 0.08%
Toll Brothers Inc.
Opened
3,333
$383,770,000 0.08%
Wells Fargo Co New
0.32%
5,997
$356,135,000 0.08%
Blackrock Corpor Hi Yld Fd I
3.63%
34,619
$335,458,000 0.07%
Eversource Energy
13.67%
5,532
$313,699,000 0.07%
Crown Castle Inc
5.55%
2,960
$289,208,000 0.06%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
Opened
14,289
$265,475,000 0.06%
Deere Co
No change
699
$261,200,000 0.06%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
0.30%
1,668
$259,341,000 0.06%
Chevron Corp.
8.23%
1,644
$257,154,000 0.05%
Disney Walt Co
4.27%
2,491
$247,356,000 0.05%
Unitil Corp.
Opened
4,422
$228,951,000 0.05%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
No change
1,488
$225,164,000 0.05%
Fortinet Inc
Closed
3,210
$219,275,000
First Tr Energy Infrastrctr
Closed
10,881
$197,599,000
SoFi Technologies, Inc.
No change
11,000
$72,710,000 0.02%
Nuveen Cr Strategies Income
No change
11,266
$62,526,000 0.01%
Purple Innovation Inc
No change
10,027
$10,428,000 0.00%
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