Bennicas & Associates, Inc 13F annual report

Bennicas & Associates, Inc is an investment fund managing more than $173 million ran by Georgia Bennicas. There are currently 99 companies in Mrs. Bennicas’s portfolio. The largest investments include Procter & Gamble Co and Pimco 1-5 Year U.s. Tips Index, together worth $32.1 million.

$173 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th January 2023, Bennicas & Associates, Inc’s top holding is 159,324 shares of Procter & Gamble Co currently worth over $24.1 million and making up 14.0% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Procter & Gamble Co, Bennicas & Associates, Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 158,825 shares of Pimco 1-5 Year U.s. Tips Index worth $7.92 million. The third-largest holding is Proshares Short S&p 500 worth $7 million and the next is Newmont Goldcorp (fmly.newmo worth $5.83 million, with 123,413 shares owned.

Currently, Bennicas & Associates, Inc's portfolio is worth at least $173 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 Bennicas & Associates, Inc

The Bennicas & Associates, Inc office and employees reside in Portola Valley, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Georgia Bennicas serves as the President at Bennicas & Associates, Inc.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Bennicas & Associates, Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in Prologis (new) and bought 4,511 shares worth $509 thousand.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Procter & Gamble Co by buying 12,133 additional shares. This makes their stake in Procter & Gamble Co total 159,324 shares worth $24.1 million. Procter & Gamble Co dropped 5.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Bennicas & Associates, Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio. Bennicas & Associates, Inc closed its position in Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on 12th January 2023. It sold the previously owned 80,450 shares for $610 thousand. Georgia Bennicas also disclosed a decreased stake in Pimco 1-5 Year U.s. Tips Index by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $7.92 million and 158,825 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Bennicas & Associates, Inc are Goodwin Daniel L and Sharp Capital Gestora De Recursos Ltda. They manage $173 million and $173 million respectively.


Georgia Bennicas investment strategy

Bennicas & Associates, Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Staples — making up 18.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 41.4% 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 41% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $103 billion.

The complete list of Bennicas & Associates, Inc trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on January 12th 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
Procter & Gamble Co.
8.24%
159,324
$24,147,000 13.95%
Pimco 1-5 Year U.s. Tips Index
18.19%
158,825
$7,921,000 4.58%
Proshares Short S&p 500
0.06%
436,874
$7,003,000 4.05%
Newmont Goldcorp (fmly.newmo
2.05%
123,413
$5,825,000 3.37%
Abbvie Inc
2.55%
35,383
$5,718,000 3.30%
Sprott Physical Gold & Silver
0.66%
240,527
$4,313,000 2.49%
Franco-Nevada Corporation
1.30%
30,323
$4,138,000 2.39%
Merck & Co Inc
1.87%
34,100
$3,783,000 2.19%
Agnico Eagle Miners Limited
0.26%
69,298
$3,603,000 2.08%
Microsoft Corporation
No change
14,300
$3,429,000 1.98%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
3.17%
6,875
$3,345,000 1.93%
Chevron Corporation (fmly. Che
0.82%
18,114
$3,251,000 1.88%
AMGEN Inc.
1.24%
11,905
$3,127,000 1.81%
CSX Corp.
0.40%
99,425
$3,080,000 1.78%
Totalenergies Se (frmly Total
0.20%
49,383
$3,066,000 1.77%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
0.72%
41,500
$2,915,000 1.68%
Bunge Ltd.
0.69%
28,900
$2,883,000 1.67%
Lilly, Eli
7.18%
7,293
$2,668,000 1.54%
Wheaton Precious Metals (silve
No change
65,016
$2,541,000 1.47%
Sprott Physical Gold Trust
0.66%
179,507
$2,531,000 1.46%
American Express Co.
0.62%
15,950
$2,357,000 1.36%
Copart, Inc.
100.00%
37,700
$2,296,000 1.33%
Yamana Gold Inc.
1.36%
410,620
$2,279,000 1.32%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
0.85%
58,400
$2,219,000 1.28%
Pepsico Inc.
2.08%
11,748
$2,122,000 1.23%
Invesco Purebeta 0-5 Yr Us Tip
16.13%
80,700
$1,968,000 1.14%
Clorox Co.
1.07%
13,860
$1,945,000 1.12%
Southern Company
0.73%
27,066
$1,933,000 1.12%
Pimco Enhanced Short Maturity
10.02%
19,075
$1,882,000 1.09%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1.35%
25,506
$1,835,000 1.06%
Pan American Silver Corp
0.82%
109,031
$1,782,000 1.03%
Public Storage
No change
6,333
$1,774,000 1.03%
Hawaiian Electric
0.48%
41,612
$1,741,000 1.01%
Conocophillips
0.69%
14,466
$1,707,000 0.99%
The Gabelli Healthcare And Wel
0.72%
165,200
$1,698,000 0.98%
Sprott Physical Silver Trust
3.40%
198,650
$1,637,000 0.95%
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
7.81%
25,082
$1,580,000 0.91%
Abbott Laboratories
1.39%
14,141
$1,553,000 0.90%
Direxion Daily S&p 500 Bear 1x
1.60%
92,400
$1,526,000 0.88%
W.p. Carey, Inc.
No change
19,195
$1,500,000 0.87%
Nucor Corp.
No change
11,350
$1,496,000 0.86%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
0.58%
17,166
$1,474,000 0.85%
Verizon Corporation
9.88%
34,897
$1,375,000 0.79%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
1.46%
10,098
$1,371,000 0.79%
Johnson & Johnson
0.65%
7,626
$1,347,000 0.78%
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
No change
6,221
$1,318,000 0.76%
Sanofi-aventis Sa
No change
23,995
$1,162,000 0.67%
Anheuser Busch Inbev
2.11%
18,550
$1,114,000 0.64%
Apple Computer
1.74%
8,446
$1,097,000 0.63%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
No change
34,632
$1,074,000 0.62%
At&t Corp. (new)
7.41%
57,752
$1,063,000 0.61%
Unilever plc
2.34%
20,874
$1,051,000 0.61%
Target Stores
1.46%
6,750
$1,006,000 0.58%
Schwab Us Tips Etf
28.22%
19,427
$1,006,000 0.58%
Intel Corp.
23.77%
37,530
$992,000 0.57%
Kellogg Co
1.52%
12,924
$921,000 0.53%
Equinor Asa (formerly Statoil
No change
25,600
$917,000 0.53%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
No change
1,260
$909,000 0.53%
Vale S.A.
7.33%
53,100
$901,000 0.52%
Vestas Wind Systems A/s
0.34%
88,000
$845,000 0.49%
Bhp Billiton Ltd.
No change
13,440
$834,000 0.48%
Dnp Select Income Fund (fmly.
4.56%
64,133
$721,000 0.42%
Alamos Gold Inc.
No change
64,100
$648,000 0.37%
Phillips 66
1.61%
6,100
$635,000 0.37%
Oracle Corp.
1.32%
7,700
$629,000 0.36%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation
Closed
80,450
$610,000
Schlumberger, Ltd.
1.74%
11,300
$604,000 0.35%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.a.
10.43%
55,800
$594,000 0.34%
Asa (bermuda) Limited
4.76%
39,505
$565,000 0.33%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.92%
5,100
$561,000 0.32%
Prologis (new)
Opened
4,511
$509,000 0.29%
Rayonier Inc.
No change
14,800
$488,000 0.28%
Healthpeak Properties Inc (frm
3.95%
19,434
$487,000 0.28%
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
No change
14,300
$461,000 0.27%
Duke Realty Corp. (fmly. Duke-
Closed
9,500
$458,000
Camping World Holdings Inc
26.56%
18,800
$420,000 0.24%
Transocean Ltd
1.30%
90,820
$414,000 0.24%
Atlassian Corporation
No change
3,050
$392,000 0.23%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
No change
4,800
$369,000 0.21%
Shell Plc (formerly Royal Dutc
Opened
6,450
$367,000 0.21%
Fed Ex
Closed
2,350
$349,000
Kinross Gold Corp.
4.27%
85,116
$348,000 0.20%
Carrier Global Corporation
1.27%
7,791
$321,000 0.19%
Regions Financial Corporation
1.37%
14,400
$310,000 0.18%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
1.25%
3,958
$310,000 0.18%
Market Vectors Gold Miners Etf
No change
10,400
$298,000 0.17%
Netapp Inc
No change
4,800
$288,000 0.17%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
2,571
$265,000 0.15%
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
1,050
$252,000 0.15%
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
No change
11,830
$230,000 0.13%
Raytheon Technologies (frmly U
Opened
2,200
$222,000 0.13%
Barrick Gold Corporation
Opened
12,850
$221,000 0.13%
Realty Income Corp.
No change
3,450
$219,000 0.13%
Avista (formerly Washington Wa
Opened
4,700
$208,000 0.12%
Trimble Navigation Ltd.
No change
4,088
$207,000 0.12%
Elanco Animal Health Inc
Closed
15,353
$191,000
Hecla Mining Co.
No change
30,782
$171,000 0.10%
Warner Bros. Discovery
Closed
14,588
$168,000
Newcrest Mining Limited
17.52%
11,795
$166,000 0.10%
Novagold Resources Inc.
7.72%
23,900
$143,000 0.08%
Iamgold Corp.
18.35%
50,433
$130,000 0.08%
Norilsk Nickel Mining & Metall
0.62%
31,900
$0 0.00%
Open Joint Stock Co. Gazprom
0.77%
128,500
$0 0.00%
Medical Marijuana, Inc.
66.67%
20,000
$0 0.00%
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