Barr E S & Co 13F annual report
Barr E S & Co is an investment fund managing more than $1.52 trillion ran by Edward Barr. There are currently 91 companies in Mr. Barr’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway B and Markel Inc, together worth $346 billion.
$1.52 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 7th August 2024, Barr E S & Co’s top holding is 547,013 shares of Berkshire Hathaway B currently worth over $223 billion and making up 14.6% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 78,681 shares of Markel Inc worth $124 billion, whose value grew 3.5% in the past six months.
The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc Shs Cl C worth $110 billion and the next is Goldman Sachs Inc worth $86.2 billion, with 190,466 shares owned.
Currently, Barr E S & Co's portfolio is worth at least $1.52 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 Barr E S & Co
The Barr E S & Co office and employees reside in Lexington, Kentucky. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Edward Barr serves as the President at Barr E S & Co.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Barr E S & Co revealed that it had opened a new position in
Vanguard Bd Index Fds and bought 496,630 shares worth $38.1 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in American Tower by buying
5,710 additional shares.
This makes their stake in American Tower total 165,192 shares worth $32.1 billion.
American Tower soared 19.0% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Barr E S & Co is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Barr E S & Co closed its position in Broadcom Ltd F on 14th August 2024.
It sold the previously owned 575 shares for $762 million.
Edward Barr also disclosed a decreased stake in Berkshire Hathaway B by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $223 billion and 547,013 shares.
One of the largest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Barr E S & Co are Lansdowne Partners (uk) LL.P. and Bowie Capital Management. They manage $1.52 trillion and $1.53 trillion respectively.
Edward Barr investment strategy
Barr E S & Co’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 28.1% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
54.9% 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 1.1% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $202 billion.
The complete list of Barr E S & Co 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 B |
1.09%
547,013
|
$222,524,889,000 | 14.61% |
| Markel Group Inc |
1.16%
78,681
|
$123,974,505,000 | 8.14% |
| Alphabet Inc Shs Cl C |
0.89%
597,585
|
$109,609,119,000 | 7.19% |
| Goldman Sachs Inc |
2.26%
190,466
|
$86,151,626,000 | 5.65% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
0.48%
444,694
|
$85,937,116,000 | 5.64% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
38.12%
364,694
|
$73,763,009,000 | 4.84% |
| Moody's Corp |
1.72%
170,735
|
$71,867,484,000 | 4.72% |
| Blackstone Inc |
1.25%
534,172
|
$66,130,494,000 | 4.34% |
| Home Bancshares Inc |
0.74%
2,558,902
|
$61,311,293,000 | 4.02% |
| Schwab Charles Corp |
0.71%
794,479
|
$58,545,145,000 | 3.84% |
| Alphabet Inc Shs Cl A |
1.56%
221,236
|
$40,298,138,000 | 2.65% |
| Vanguard Bd Index Fds |
Opened
496,630
|
$38,091,521,000 | 2.50% |
| Apple Inc |
0.74%
177,217
|
$37,325,537,000 | 2.45% |
| American Express Co. |
2.02%
159,321
|
$36,890,779,000 | 2.42% |
| American Tower Corp. |
3.58%
165,192
|
$32,110,098,000 | 2.11% |
| Nike, Inc. |
1.11%
393,746
|
$29,676,655,000 | 1.95% |
| Brookfield Corp |
0.64%
651,098
|
$27,046,595,000 | 1.78% |
| Adobe Sys |
1.02%
43,240
|
$24,021,550,000 | 1.58% |
| Johnson And Johnson |
3.15%
163,045
|
$23,830,634,000 | 1.56% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
0.31%
50,749
|
$22,388,457,000 | 1.47% |
| Berkshire Hathaway A |
No change
35
|
$21,428,435,000 | 1.41% |
| T. Rowe Price Group Inc. |
1.83%
168,266
|
$19,402,745,000 | 1.27% |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. |
0.15%
111,854
|
$17,392,179,000 | 1.14% |
| Pepsico Inc |
2.00%
103,560
|
$17,080,166,000 | 1.12% |
| Carmax Inc |
1.27%
232,227
|
$17,031,529,000 | 1.12% |
| Estee Lauder Inc |
0.22%
157,732
|
$16,782,634,000 | 1.10% |
| O'reilly Automotive Inc |
1.01%
14,660
|
$15,481,840,000 | 1.02% |
| City Holding Co. |
No change
138,880
|
$14,756,000,000 | 0.97% |
| Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. |
0.67%
8,866
|
$12,391,034,000 | 0.81% |
| Gaming & Leisure Inc |
20.66%
239,878
|
$10,844,890,000 | 0.71% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
0.20%
25,177
|
$7,513,573,000 | 0.49% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp |
2.23%
8,787
|
$7,468,950,000 | 0.49% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.41%
14,530
|
$6,494,184,000 | 0.43% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. |
2.74%
81,994
|
$4,869,624,000 | 0.32% |
| Diamond Hill Invt Cl A |
28.71%
33,718
|
$4,745,809,000 | 0.31% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
910.87%
33,025
|
$4,079,909,000 | 0.27% |
| Churchill Downs, Inc. |
No change
28,200
|
$3,936,720,000 | 0.26% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
3.42%
22,565
|
$3,721,420,000 | 0.24% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
1.76%
28,916
|
$3,328,810,000 | 0.22% |
| Lilly Eli & Co |
No change
3,261
|
$2,952,445,000 | 0.19% |
| KKR & Co. Inc |
No change
27,125
|
$2,854,635,000 | 0.19% |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. |
1.26%
31,850
|
$2,850,575,000 | 0.19% |
| Starbucks Corp. |
3.40%
36,501
|
$2,841,586,000 | 0.19% |
| Walt Disney Co (The) |
73.91%
27,539
|
$2,734,348,000 | 0.18% |
| Spdr S&p 500 Etf |
2.48%
3,928
|
$2,137,484,000 | 0.14% |
| Seacoast Bk Corp Fla |
24.26%
70,250
|
$1,660,710,000 | 0.11% |
| Wal-mart Stores Inc |
No change
22,460
|
$1,520,767,000 | 0.10% |
| Tesla Motors Inc |
No change
7,485
|
$1,481,132,000 | 0.10% |
| Coca Cola Com |
2.77%
21,032
|
$1,338,687,000 | 0.09% |
| CME Group Inc |
No change
6,100
|
$1,199,260,000 | 0.08% |
| Intuit Inc |
No change
1,809
|
$1,188,893,000 | 0.08% |
| Chevron Corp. |
2.82%
7,297
|
$1,141,397,000 | 0.07% |
| Pnc Financial Srvcs |
No change
7,142
|
$1,110,439,000 | 0.07% |
| Broadcom Ltd F |
Opened
560
|
$899,097,000 | 0.06% |
| Visa Inc Com Class A |
0.12%
3,314
|
$869,826,000 | 0.06% |
| Mc Donalds Corp |
2.68%
3,269
|
$833,072,000 | 0.05% |
| Merck & Co Inc |
6.26%
6,234
|
$771,770,000 | 0.05% |
| Broadcom Ltd F |
Closed
575
|
$762,111,000 | |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
0.78%
2,173
|
$748,034,000 | 0.05% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
No change
1,339
|
$675,151,000 | 0.04% |
| Cintas Corporation |
No change
950
|
$665,247,000 | 0.04% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
2.76%
1,863
|
$620,566,000 | 0.04% |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
6,775
|
$553,179,000 | 0.04% |
| United Parcel Srvc Cl B |
0.92%
3,989
|
$545,895,000 | 0.04% |
| State Street Corp. |
2.40%
6,400
|
$473,600,000 | 0.03% |
| Wintrust Financial Corp. |
No change
4,800
|
$473,088,000 | 0.03% |
| Abbvie Inc |
0.37%
2,699
|
$462,933,000 | 0.03% |
| Live Nation Entmt |
Closed
4,368
|
$462,003,000 | |
| Sunoco LP |
No change
7,775
|
$439,599,000 | 0.03% |
| Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf |
No change
781
|
$427,387,000 | 0.03% |
| Conocophillips |
No change
3,725
|
$426,066,000 | 0.03% |
| Humana Inc. |
9.54%
1,090
|
$407,279,000 | 0.03% |
| RTX Corp |
No change
3,744
|
$375,861,000 | 0.02% |
| Ishares Core S&p Mid Cap Etf |
2.10%
6,085
|
$356,095,000 | 0.02% |
| Hershey Foods Corp |
No change
1,936
|
$355,896,000 | 0.02% |
| Us Bancorp Del |
No change
8,668
|
$344,120,000 | 0.02% |
| Fedex Corp |
No change
1,116
|
$334,622,000 | 0.02% |
| Texas Pacific Land Corporation |
No change
450
|
$330,422,000 | 0.02% |
| Union Pac Corp |
No change
1,446
|
$327,172,000 | 0.02% |
| Tjx Cos Inc New |
No change
2,921
|
$321,564,000 | 0.02% |
| Automatic Data Process |
No change
1,316
|
$314,117,000 | 0.02% |
| MGM Resorts International |
Opened
7,000
|
$311,080,000 | 0.02% |
| I Shares S & P 500 Barra Growt |
24.81%
3,270
|
$302,606,000 | 0.02% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
No change
957
|
$299,015,000 | 0.02% |
| Abbott Laboratories |
No change
2,738
|
$284,525,000 | 0.02% |
| Accenture plc |
No change
893
|
$270,946,000 | 0.02% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
1.57%
8,768
|
$245,329,000 | 0.02% |
| CSX Corp. |
No change
7,000
|
$234,150,000 | 0.02% |
| Marathon Pete Corp |
No change
1,319
|
$228,821,000 | 0.02% |
| Philip Morris International Inc |
No change
2,230
|
$225,966,000 | 0.01% |
| Unitedhealth Grp Inc |
1.65%
431
|
$219,736,000 | 0.01% |
| Ford Motor Co. |
No change
16,675
|
$209,105,000 | 0.01% |
| Emerson Elec Co |
Closed
1,800
|
$204,156,000 | |
| Rand Worldwide Inc |
Closed
11,500
|
$193,200,000 | |
| Microvision Inc Wash |
20.28%
29,650
|
$31,429,000 | 0.00% |
| No transactions found | |||
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