Fairfield, Bush & Co 13F annual report

Fairfield, Bush & Co is an investment fund managing more than $167 billion ran by Charles Krause. There are currently 111 companies in Mr. Krause’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft Corp Com and Amazon.com, together worth $21.4 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$167 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 8th August 2024, Fairfield, Bush & Co’s top holding is 27,419 shares of Microsoft Corp Com currently worth over $12.3 billion and making up 7.3% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 47,491 shares of Amazon.com worth $9.18 billion, whose value grew 0.2% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Archer Daniels Midland Co Com worth $8.7 billion and the next is Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd Sponsored Ads worth $7.89 billion, with 45,384 shares owned.

Currently, Fairfield, Bush & Co's portfolio is worth at least $167 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 Fairfield, Bush & Co

The Fairfield, Bush & Co office and employees reside in Darien, Connecticut. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Charles Krause serves as the President & Managing Director at Fairfield, Bush & Co.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Fairfield, Bush & Co revealed that it had opened a new position in Labcorp Holdings Inc Com Shs and bought 12,769 shares worth $2.6 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Archer Daniels Midland Co Com by buying 2 additional shares. This makes their stake in Archer Daniels Midland Co Com total 143,924 shares worth $8.7 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Fairfield, Bush & Co is getting rid of from its portfolio. Fairfield, Bush & Co closed its position in Qualcomm on 15th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 26,640 shares for $4.51 billion. Charles Krause also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft Corp Com by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $12.3 billion and 27,419 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Fairfield, Bush & Co are Ims Capital Management and Values First Advisors. They manage $167 billion and $167 billion respectively.


Charles Krause investment strategy

Fairfield, Bush & Co’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 10.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 27.9% 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 25% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.8% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $150 billion.

The complete list of Fairfield, Bush & Co trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 15th 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 Corp Com
5.03%
27,419
$12,254,713,000 7.34%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.36%
47,491
$9,177,700,000 5.50%
Archer Daniels Midland Co Com
0.00%
143,924
$8,700,206,000 5.21%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd Sponsored Ads
2.32%
45,384
$7,888,247,000 4.73%
Oracle Corp Com
2.42%
50,092
$7,072,959,000 4.24%
Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl C
1.91%
38,050
$6,979,048,000 4.18%
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. Com
3.49%
23,976
$4,849,329,000 2.91%
Broadcom Inc.
0.14%
2,894
$4,646,496,000 2.78%
Lowes Cos Inc Com
0.67%
20,824
$4,590,790,000 2.75%
Apple Inc
2.16%
21,430
$4,513,602,000 2.70%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Closed
26,640
$4,510,091,000
Chevron Corp New Com
4.25%
25,725
$4,023,945,000 2.41%
Asml Holding N V N Y Registry Shs
13.49%
3,550
$3,630,795,000 2.18%
Novartis Ag Sponsored Adr
0.67%
28,617
$3,046,565,000 1.83%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
0.38%
27,265
$2,826,872,000 1.69%
Laboratory Corp Amer Hldgs Com New
Closed
12,844
$2,805,932,000
Walmart Inc
10.24%
40,296
$2,728,459,000 1.63%
Royal Bk Cda Com
0.29%
25,551
$2,718,077,000 1.63%
Labcorp Holdings Inc Com Shs
Opened
12,769
$2,598,649,000 1.56%
Intuit Com
1.10%
3,867
$2,541,141,000 1.52%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
2.14%
6,156
$2,359,045,000 1.41%
Novo Nordisk A/s Adr
4.64%
16,180
$2,309,464,000 1.38%
Pepsico Inc Com
7.68%
13,239
$2,183,495,000 1.31%
Honeywell Intl Inc Com
4.01%
9,973
$2,129,709,000 1.28%
Eli Lilly & Co Com
7.57%
2,301
$2,083,279,000 1.25%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0.30%
1,976
$2,077,186,000 1.24%
Arista Networks Inc
8.25%
5,851
$2,050,658,000 1.23%
Adobe Inc
0.52%
3,689
$2,049,387,000 1.23%
Philip Morris Intl Inc Com
1.43%
19,530
$1,978,985,000 1.19%
Jm Smucker Co
1.07%
18,128
$1,976,664,000 1.18%
Johnson & Johnson Com
9.22%
12,968
$1,895,373,000 1.14%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
3.99%
3,126
$1,728,678,000 1.04%
Nvidia Corporation Com
895.32%
13,815
$1,706,705,000 1.02%
Exxon Mobil Corp Com
60.36%
14,679
$1,689,812,000 1.01%
Merck & Co Inc
1.80%
11,766
$1,456,615,000 0.87%
Union Pac Corp Com
10.51%
5,997
$1,356,808,000 0.81%
Shopify Inc
12.38%
20,145
$1,330,577,000 0.80%
Spdr Gold Shares
2.35%
6,136
$1,319,301,000 0.79%
Phillips 66 Com
1.34%
9,208
$1,299,828,000 0.78%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
0.04%
7,843
$1,272,213,000 0.76%
International Business Machines Com
5.93%
6,972
$1,205,857,000 0.72%
Danaher Corporation Com
11.75%
4,807
$1,201,017,000 0.72%
Lockheed Martin Corp Com
6.66%
2,549
$1,190,754,000 0.71%
Netflix Inc.
0.29%
1,738
$1,172,941,000 0.70%
ServiceNow Inc
4.20%
1,463
$1,150,898,000 0.69%
AMGEN Inc.
15.21%
3,355
$1,048,270,000 0.63%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
9.93%
2,934
$994,655,000 0.60%
Berkley W R Corp Com
5.16%
12,225
$960,641,000 0.58%
Bhp Group Ltd Sponsored Ads
1.19%
16,659
$951,062,000 0.57%
Nutrien Ltd Com
1.11%
18,544
$944,074,000 0.57%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Etf
6.99%
3,368
$900,905,000 0.54%
Neogen Corp Com
3.92%
55,479
$867,134,000 0.52%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
10.65%
1,846
$865,257,000 0.52%
Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl A
2.47%
4,741
$863,634,000 0.52%
Fifth Third Bancorp Com
7.95%
23,218
$847,225,000 0.51%
Cameco Corp Com
98.08%
17,041
$838,417,000 0.50%
Illumina Inc
1.98%
7,915
$826,168,000 0.50%
Generac Hldgs Inc Com
13.15%
6,222
$822,673,000 0.49%
Visa Inc
Closed
2,805
$782,819,000
Deere & Co Com
8.13%
1,929
$720,700,000 0.43%
Ishares Russell 2000 Etf
1.17%
2,967
$601,993,000 0.36%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
6.15%
2,670
$599,629,000 0.36%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.06%
1,646
$548,172,000 0.33%
Abbvie Inc
22.90%
3,175
$544,636,000 0.33%
Pfizer Inc.
13.29%
19,405
$542,943,000 0.33%
American Tower Corp New Com
15.20%
2,789
$542,126,000 0.32%
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
Closed
1,970
$517,125,000
Albemarle Corp Com
12.46%
5,192
$495,929,000 0.30%
Duke Energy Corp New Com New
12.03%
4,192
$420,164,000 0.25%
Allstate Corp Com
No change
2,596
$414,419,000 0.25%
Invesco S&p 500 Equal Weight Etf
0.40%
2,468
$405,477,000 0.24%
Boeing Co Com
5.96%
2,208
$401,878,000 0.24%
Block Inc
Closed
4,717
$398,964,000
Blackstone Inc
12.70%
3,161
$391,332,000 0.23%
Csx Corp Com
33.06%
11,540
$386,013,000 0.23%
Us Bancorp Del Com New
0.82%
9,642
$382,784,000 0.23%
Norfolk Southn Corp Com
12.56%
1,768
$379,572,000 0.23%
Wolfspeed Inc Com
3.21%
16,658
$379,136,000 0.23%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del Cl B New
No change
893
$363,272,000 0.22%
Procter And Gamble Co Com
No change
2,186
$360,515,000 0.22%
Cvs Health Corp Com
Closed
4,456
$355,443,000
Sabine Rty Tr Unit Ben Int
3.93%
5,503
$355,215,000 0.21%
Bank New York Mellon Corp Com
No change
5,844
$349,983,000 0.21%
American Express Co Com
No change
1,430
$331,117,000 0.20%
Crispr Therapeutics Ag Namen Akt
19.90%
6,025
$325,410,000 0.19%
Vanguard Growth Etf
1.14%
866
$324,044,000 0.19%
Aes Corp Com
21.03%
18,206
$319,885,000 0.19%
Vanguard Financials Etf
No change
3,192
$318,817,000 0.19%
Vanguard Mid-cap Etf
No change
1,311
$317,393,000 0.19%
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
10.06%
3,800
$310,270,000 0.19%
Mcdonalds Corp Com
0.83%
1,194
$304,292,000 0.18%
Comcast Corp New Cl A
Closed
6,996
$303,277,000
Disney Walt Co Com
18.58%
3,050
$302,835,000 0.18%
Uber Technologies Inc
Opened
4,127
$299,950,000 0.18%
Fortrea Hldgs Inc Common Stock
0.55%
12,405
$289,533,000 0.17%
Bank America Corp Com
12.84%
7,060
$280,776,000 0.17%
Gxo Logistics Incorporated Common Stock
0.41%
5,325
$268,913,000 0.16%
Fiserv, Inc.
Closed
1,640
$262,105,000
Globus Med Inc Cl A
7.41%
3,750
$256,838,000 0.15%
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
0.19%
2,696
$256,686,000 0.15%
Fidelity Natl Information Svcs Com
No change
3,373
$254,195,000 0.15%
Altria Group Inc.
No change
5,440
$247,780,000 0.15%
Costco Whsl Corp New Com
8.01%
287
$244,057,000 0.15%
Paychex Inc.
34.46%
2,045
$242,455,000 0.15%
Catalent Inc.
Opened
4,239
$238,359,000 0.14%
Lantheus Hldgs Inc Com
Opened
2,930
$235,250,000 0.14%
Ishares Russell Midcap Etf
6.94%
2,883
$233,792,000 0.14%
Chubb Limited Com
No change
912
$232,633,000 0.14%
Rtx Corporation Com
No change
2,312
$232,131,000 0.14%
Cisco Sys Inc Com
No change
4,750
$225,673,000 0.14%
Ge Aerospace Com New
0.21%
1,404
$223,194,000 0.13%
State Street Corp.
6.23%
3,012
$222,888,000 0.13%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc Com
0.32%
937
$222,032,000 0.13%
Ishares Tips Bond Etf
No change
2,030
$216,763,000 0.13%
XPO Inc
No change
1,995
$211,769,000 0.13%
Merchants Bancorp Ind Com
0.06%
5,164
$209,337,000 0.13%
Invesco Qqq Trust Series I
Opened
431
$206,736,000 0.12%
Travelers Companies Inc.
Closed
876
$201,603,000
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc
1.05%
21,225
$170,225,000 0.10%
Energy Transfer L P Com Ut Ltd Ptn
Closed
10,089
$158,697,000
Freyr Battery Inc Com New
No change
19,750
$33,575,000 0.02%
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