Founders Alliance 13F annual report

Founders Alliance is an investment fund managing more than $332 billion ran by James Sloop. There are currently 245 companies in Mr. Sloop’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and NVIDIA Corp, together worth $39.2 billion.

$332 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th May 2024, Founders Alliance’s top holding is 132,730 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $22.8 billion and making up 6.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Founders Alliance owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 18,227 shares of NVIDIA Corp worth $16.5 billion, whose value grew 82.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $12.6 billion and the next is Select Sector Spdr Tr worth $11.1 billion, with 124,311 shares owned.

Currently, Founders Alliance's portfolio is worth at least $332 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 Founders Alliance

The Founders Alliance office and employees reside in Raleigh, North Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, James Sloop serves as the CCO at Founders Alliance.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Founders Alliance revealed that it had opened a new position in Pgim Etf Tr and bought 140,121 shares worth $6.96 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 1,366 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 132,730 shares worth $22.8 billion. Apple Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Founders Alliance is getting rid of from its portfolio. Founders Alliance closed its position in Vertex Pharmaceuticals on 14th May 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,136 shares for $462 million. James Sloop also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $12.6 billion and 30,049 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Founders Alliance are Hourglass Capital and Fourth Sail Capital L.P.. They manage $332 billion and $332 billion respectively.


James Sloop investment strategy

Founders Alliance’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 13.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 40.8% 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 38% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $162 billion.

The complete list of Founders Alliance trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 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
Apple Inc
1.04%
132,730
$22,760,568,000 6.86%
NVIDIA Corp
1.27%
18,227
$16,469,179,000 4.96%
Microsoft Corporation
3.45%
30,049
$12,642,256,000 3.81%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
80.82%
124,311
$11,085,836,000 3.34%
Pgim Etf Tr
Opened
140,121
$6,964,046,000 2.10%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.91%
34,262
$6,180,183,000 1.86%
First Bancorp N C
2.06%
168,386
$6,082,103,000 1.83%
Duke Energy Corp.
4.16%
54,134
$5,235,293,000 1.58%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
2.47%
9,593
$5,018,008,000 1.51%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.59%
24,642
$4,935,714,000 1.49%
Spdr Ser Tr
75.56%
277,425
$16,029,262,000 4.83%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
95,966
$4,752,790,000 1.43%
Wisdomtree Tr
588.59%
119,374
$7,884,840,000 2.38%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
2.41%
168,113
$8,102,281,000 2.44%
Ishares Tr
13.48%
190,360
$21,676,442,000 6.53%
Broadcom Inc.
11.60%
2,864
$3,796,576,000 1.14%
Abbvie Inc
0.07%
19,837
$3,612,387,000 1.09%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
357.58%
30,205
$3,576,150,000 1.08%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
7.30%
8,043
$3,199,337,000 0.96%
Alphabet Inc
2.97%
28,854
$4,365,122,000 1.32%
Johnson & Johnson
5.25%
19,169
$3,032,327,000 0.91%
Lowes Cos Inc
1.52%
11,756
$2,994,480,000 0.90%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
5.36%
23,193
$2,695,948,000 0.81%
Chevron Corp.
0.39%
17,084
$2,694,901,000 0.81%
Altria Group Inc.
11.07%
60,917
$2,657,221,000 0.80%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
5.46%
5,528
$2,324,635,000 0.70%
Merck & Co Inc
1.41%
16,892
$2,228,959,000 0.67%
Amplify Etf Tr
12.07%
56,294
$2,188,711,000 0.66%
Procter And Gamble Co
11.84%
12,965
$2,103,556,000 0.63%
Pacer Fds Tr
5.59%
104,816
$3,721,021,000 1.12%
Philip Morris International Inc
0.32%
21,876
$2,004,251,000 0.60%
Home Depot, Inc.
44.87%
5,140
$1,971,806,000 0.59%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
45,248
$2,773,566,000 0.84%
Honeywell International Inc
0.48%
9,035
$1,854,502,000 0.56%
AT&T, Inc.
46.04%
103,320
$1,818,439,000 0.55%
Eaton Corp Plc
46.60%
5,364
$1,677,097,000 0.51%
Eli Lilly & Co
3.40%
2,127
$1,654,759,000 0.50%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
2.67%
8,983
$1,621,342,000 0.49%
Pepsico Inc
9.48%
8,799
$1,539,938,000 0.46%
International Business Machs
5.99%
7,628
$1,456,617,000 0.44%
Target Corp
0.39%
8,129
$1,440,568,000 0.43%
CVS Health Corp
61.80%
17,942
$1,431,067,000 0.43%
Vanguard Index Fds
35.99%
23,754
$6,020,069,000 1.81%
NextEra Energy Inc
3.96%
22,236
$1,421,114,000 0.43%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
5.24%
7,692
$1,404,662,000 0.42%
Mcdonalds Corp
0.96%
4,944
$1,393,999,000 0.42%
Guggenheim Strategic Opportu
46.15%
95,841
$1,372,441,000 0.41%
Meta Platforms Inc
29.97%
2,778
$1,349,061,000 0.41%
Cisco Sys Inc
44.04%
26,221
$1,308,675,000 0.39%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
423.33%
27,192
$1,278,566,000 0.39%
Visa Inc
20.05%
4,569
$1,275,252,000 0.38%
Coca-Cola Co
7.58%
20,754
$1,269,761,000 0.38%
Starbucks Corp.
4.60%
13,834
$1,264,307,000 0.38%
Caterpillar Inc.
70.63%
3,399
$1,245,577,000 0.38%
CVR Partners LP
Opened
15,498
$1,218,017,000 0.37%
Bank America Corp
1.57%
31,450
$1,192,576,000 0.36%
Invesco Actively Managed Etf
No change
24,612
$1,152,087,000 0.35%
Rollins, Inc.
1.35%
24,041
$1,112,377,000 0.34%
Truist Finl Corp
4.11%
27,896
$1,087,390,000 0.33%
Verizon Communications Inc
10.34%
25,477
$1,069,034,000 0.32%
Royal Bk Cda
4.98%
10,524
$1,061,675,000 0.32%
Qualcomm, Inc.
280.65%
6,079
$1,029,124,000 0.31%
RTX Corp
7.61%
10,357
$1,010,159,000 0.30%
Marriott Intl Inc New
2.46%
3,752
$946,758,000 0.29%
Vanguard World Fd
2.36%
13,957
$2,227,139,000 0.67%
Wp Carey Inc
3.52%
15,973
$901,529,000 0.27%
Disney Walt Co
11.05%
7,276
$890,299,000 0.27%
Walmart Inc
199.53%
14,572
$876,786,000 0.26%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
43.00%
17,396
$872,763,000 0.26%
Cf Inds Hldgs Inc
Opened
10,456
$870,038,000 0.26%
Agnc Invt Corp
52.14%
87,785
$869,077,000 0.26%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
2.64%
4,024
$857,796,000 0.26%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
11.44%
9,556
$822,816,000 0.25%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.91%
1,110
$813,238,000 0.25%
BP plc
3.48%
21,465
$808,792,000 0.24%
Occidental Pete Corp
Opened
11,815
$767,829,000 0.23%
Iron Mtn Inc Del
0.01%
9,511
$762,847,000 0.23%
Pfizer Inc.
10.04%
27,424
$761,027,000 0.23%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
11.48%
4,943
$734,755,000 0.22%
Oneok Inc.
No change
8,977
$719,686,000 0.22%
Aon plc.
0.19%
2,156
$719,569,000 0.22%
Dominion Energy Inc
0.12%
14,581
$717,232,000 0.22%
Adobe Inc
11.60%
1,418
$715,523,000 0.22%
AMGEN Inc.
2.90%
2,484
$706,194,000 0.21%
Global X Fds
8.82%
137,637
$2,893,740,000 0.87%
Eaton Vance Tax Advt Div Inc
2.65%
28,144
$664,205,000 0.20%
Calumet Specialty Prods Part
Opened
44,650
$663,499,000 0.20%
Oracle Corp.
2.21%
5,080
$638,130,000 0.19%
Orchid Is Cap Inc
Opened
70,595
$630,416,000 0.19%
Boeing Co.
10.20%
3,259
$628,866,000 0.19%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
152.81%
3,863
$624,251,000 0.19%
Union Pac Corp
43.67%
2,530
$622,260,000 0.19%
General Electric Co
0.40%
3,495
$613,411,000 0.18%
American Express Co.
6.14%
2,594
$590,589,000 0.18%
Olin Corp.
Opened
9,958
$585,522,000 0.18%
Oxford Lane Cap Corp
Opened
114,928
$583,836,000 0.18%
Ares Capital Corp
Opened
27,987
$582,691,000 0.18%
Realty Income Corp.
9.11%
10,471
$566,484,000 0.17%
Schwab Strategic Tr
6.30%
9,908
$688,366,000 0.21%
Rithm Capital Corp
Opened
49,656
$554,155,000 0.17%
Linde Plc.
14.19%
1,175
$545,564,000 0.16%
Intel Corp.
20.61%
12,343
$545,203,000 0.16%
Portman Ridge Fin Corp
104.60%
28,681
$544,364,000 0.16%
United Bancorp Inc Ohio
16.98%
37,494
$542,544,000 0.16%
Wesbanco, Inc.
0.01%
17,949
$535,056,000 0.16%
Capital Group Gbl Growth Eqt
Opened
18,210
$524,448,000 0.16%
Conocophillips
9.73%
4,065
$517,370,000 0.16%
Universal Display Corp.
190.48%
3,050
$513,773,000 0.15%
Ishares Silver Tr
26.12%
22,450
$510,740,000 0.15%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
0.36%
1,122
$510,520,000 0.15%
American Tower Corp.
6.14%
2,567
$507,185,000 0.15%
Hercules Capital Inc
8.52%
27,401
$505,545,000 0.15%
NewtekOne Inc
4.65%
45,551
$501,060,000 0.15%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
81.17%
1,857
$498,316,000 0.15%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
54.25%
974
$481,761,000 0.15%
Lsb Inds Inc
Opened
54,853
$481,611,000 0.15%
Yum Brands Inc.
Opened
3,433
$475,996,000 0.14%
Spdr Gold Tr
17.17%
2,307
$474,597,000 0.14%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
3.72%
3,486
$474,216,000 0.14%
Nuveen Amt Free Mun Cr Inc F
3.18%
38,887
$472,472,000 0.14%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
13.55%
21,220
$1,110,486,000 0.33%
Dollar Gen Corp New
1.75%
3,018
$471,048,000 0.14%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
2.14%
32,650
$1,969,053,000 0.59%
Texas Instrs Inc
9.35%
2,689
$468,454,000 0.14%
Abbott Labs
15.35%
4,088
$464,629,000 0.14%
Enbridge Inc
0.15%
12,841
$464,603,000 0.14%
CSX Corp.
1.15%
12,531
$464,540,000 0.14%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Closed
1,136
$462,227,000
Shell Plc
0.52%
6,631
$444,529,000 0.13%
First Tr Nas100 Eq Weighted
0.03%
3,581
$443,689,000 0.13%
Eastgroup Pptys Inc
No change
2,461
$442,414,000 0.13%
Emerson Elec Co
1.23%
3,853
$437,064,000 0.13%
Applied Matls Inc
34.56%
2,114
$436,059,000 0.13%
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
No change
1,680
$429,979,000 0.13%
Mastercard Incorporated
3.16%
888
$427,566,000 0.13%
Williams Cos Inc
3.15%
10,833
$422,160,000 0.13%
Cummins Inc.
Opened
1,432
$421,941,000 0.13%
Blackrock Health Sciences Tr
0.07%
10,181
$421,903,000 0.13%
S&P Global Inc
20.32%
988
$420,526,000 0.13%
Kinder Morgan Inc
3.45%
22,819
$418,501,000 0.13%
Nexstar Media Group Inc
Opened
2,428
$418,281,000 0.13%
Citigroup Inc
8.20%
6,552
$414,382,000 0.12%
Ishares Inc
30.05%
10,997
$516,394,000 0.16%
VanEck ETF Trust
Opened
15,301
$575,169,000 0.17%
Nucor Corp.
0.10%
2,045
$404,671,000 0.12%
Wells Fargo Co New
3.03%
6,972
$404,119,000 0.12%
Capital Group Growth Etf
Opened
12,560
$401,796,000 0.12%
Kemper Corp
No change
6,480
$401,242,000 0.12%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.24%
941
$392,874,000 0.12%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
4.03%
7,103
$385,196,000 0.12%
Carrier Global Corporation
25.82%
6,617
$384,634,000 0.12%
Comcast Corp New
41.53%
8,831
$382,840,000 0.12%
Automatic Data Processing In
1.67%
1,533
$382,739,000 0.12%
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc
3.63%
25,198
$377,465,000 0.11%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
No change
3,523
$365,652,000 0.11%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
2.11%
12,489
$364,439,000 0.11%
Calamos Conv Opportunities &
0.64%
31,887
$361,924,000 0.11%
F.N.B. Corp.
4.36%
25,254
$356,081,000 0.11%
Tjx Cos Inc New
24.57%
3,475
$352,442,000 0.11%
Monster Beverage Corp.
17.59%
5,936
$351,886,000 0.11%
Snap-on, Inc.
Opened
1,167
$345,761,000 0.10%
Peabody Energy Corp.
Opened
13,635
$330,786,000 0.10%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
53.23%
1,027
$329,247,000 0.10%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
13.93%
687
$328,981,000 0.10%
Blackrock Inc.
25.82%
385
$320,903,000 0.10%
Pinterest Inc
22.32%
9,184
$318,412,000 0.10%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Closed
1,079
$318,176,000
TE Connectivity Ltd
Closed
2,248
$315,888,000
Gxo Logistics Incorporated
Opened
5,811
$312,398,000 0.09%
First Tr Lrg Cp Vl Alphadex
No change
4,062
$310,256,000 0.09%
Zoetis Inc
Closed
1,561
$308,091,000
Ishares U S Etf Tr
2.93%
4,745
$358,071,000 0.11%
Armstrong World Inds Inc New
No change
2,453
$304,713,000 0.09%
Tesla Inc
30.63%
1,728
$303,766,000 0.09%
Autodesk Inc.
Closed
1,241
$302,159,000
EQT Corp
2.13%
7,850
$290,985,000 0.09%
Insulet Corporation
Closed
1,341
$290,971,000
Brightspire Capital Inc
Closed
37,724
$280,666,000
Strategic Trust
Opened
9,000
$280,558,000 0.08%
Prudential Finl Inc
1.85%
2,389
$280,488,000 0.08%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
25.18%
7,546
$329,940,000 0.10%
T Rowe Price Etf Inc
Opened
9,080
$274,489,000 0.08%
Salesforce Inc
Closed
1,031
$271,298,000
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
4.29%
19,436
$271,132,000 0.08%
Elevance Health Inc
10.81%
520
$269,608,000 0.08%
Phillips 66
3.82%
1,602
$261,621,000 0.08%
GSK Plc
26.89%
6,038
$258,856,000 0.08%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
2.59%
14,616
$950,155,000 0.29%
Pennantpark Invt Corp
3.20%
36,920
$254,010,000 0.08%
Trade Desk Inc
Opened
2,875
$251,333,000 0.08%
First Tr High Income Long /
4.92%
21,029
$250,873,000 0.08%
Discover Finl Svcs
1.55%
1,905
$249,726,000 0.08%
Novo-nordisk A S
Opened
1,940
$249,145,000 0.08%
Novartis AG
Opened
2,573
$248,917,000 0.08%
High Income Secs Fd
Closed
38,537
$247,413,000
HubSpot Inc
Closed
426
$247,310,000
Accenture Plc Ireland
32.10%
713
$247,241,000 0.07%
Intuit Inc
13.56%
376
$244,201,000 0.07%
Republic Svcs Inc
17.55%
1,273
$243,684,000 0.07%
United Rentals, Inc.
Opened
335
$241,571,000 0.07%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
0.04%
2,667
$240,190,000 0.07%
First Tr Value Line Divid In
2.49%
5,592
$236,161,000 0.07%
Netflix Inc.
48.88%
387
$235,036,000 0.07%
Medtronic Plc
0.74%
2,690
$234,445,000 0.07%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
Closed
1,111
$234,065,000
Energy Transfer L P
32.27%
14,842
$233,465,000 0.07%
United Cmnty Bks Blairsvle G
No change
8,870
$233,458,000 0.07%
Air Prods & Chems Inc
21.03%
954
$231,079,000 0.07%
Diageo plc
27.71%
1,539
$228,856,000 0.07%
Nike, Inc.
29.58%
2,423
$227,729,000 0.07%
First Trust Lrgcp Gwt Alphad
No change
1,833
$225,972,000 0.07%
Danaher Corp.
1.85%
900
$224,753,000 0.07%
Dow Inc
2.41%
3,824
$221,546,000 0.07%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
18.42%
4,540
$217,330,000 0.07%
Ishares Gold Tr
Opened
5,136
$215,764,000 0.07%
PayPal Holdings Inc
Closed
3,438
$211,128,000
Johnson Ctls Intl Plc
Closed
3,629
$209,181,000
Crown Castle Inc
Closed
1,810
$208,498,000
Rockwell Automation Inc
0.83%
714
$208,052,000 0.06%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
47.96%
357
$207,534,000 0.06%
Smith A O Corp
Opened
2,316
$207,190,000 0.06%
National Fuel Gas Co.
Opened
3,832
$205,855,000 0.06%
Etfis Ser Tr I
1.17%
9,943
$212,207,000 0.06%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
Closed
1,069
$202,633,000
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Opened
1,564
$202,320,000 0.06%
Teledyne Technologies Inc
48.69%
469
$201,351,000 0.06%
Gabelli Divid & Income Tr
Opened
8,759
$201,281,000 0.06%
Cantaloupe Inc
Opened
30,000
$192,900,000 0.06%
Proshares Tr
Opened
2,123
$207,024,000 0.06%
Pimco High Income Fd
30.36%
37,785
$186,658,000 0.06%
Ford Mtr Co Del
7.99%
13,968
$185,495,000 0.06%
Us Bancorp Del
Closed
4,206
$182,052,000
Brandywine Rlty Tr
55.21%
37,451
$179,765,000 0.05%
Fifth Third Bancorp
Closed
5,177
$178,558,000
Ishares Tr
Opened
8,919
$831,549,000 0.25%
Nuveen S&p 500 Buy-write Inc
6.24%
12,510
$165,510,000 0.05%
Calamos Strategic Total Retu
Opened
10,089
$165,152,000 0.05%
First Tr Exchange-traded Alp
No change
9,771
$598,154,000 0.18%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Opened
4,133
$166,765,000 0.05%
Nuveen Amt Free Qlty Mun Inc
25.13%
13,386
$148,179,000 0.04%
Oxford Square Cap Corp
Opened
46,400
$147,088,000 0.04%
First Tr Abrdn Gbl Opp Incm
14.75%
21,038
$138,743,000 0.04%
Dynex Cap Inc
Opened
10,503
$130,756,000 0.04%
Cion Invt Corp
Opened
11,726
$128,986,000 0.04%
Schwab Charles Corp
Closed
1,860
$127,995,000
VanEck ETF Trust
9.42%
3,979
$275,043,000 0.08%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
3.02%
6,242
$224,778,000 0.07%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
24.04%
12,580
$109,823,000 0.03%
Kayne Anderson Energy Infrst
2.49%
10,784
$107,948,000 0.03%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
1.20%
17,238
$462,482,000 0.14%
Vodafone Group plc
Opened
10,727
$95,468,000 0.03%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
3.57%
2,638
$197,854,000 0.06%
Medical Pptys Trust Inc
23.20%
18,995
$89,278,000 0.03%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc
4.50%
16,270
$63,128,000 0.02%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Opened
1,456
$69,891,000 0.02%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
512
$47,713,000 0.01%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise C
0.37%
2,472
$43,828,000 0.01%
Amplify Etf Tr
Opened
4,588
$19,178,000 0.01%
Pacer Fds Tr
Opened
200
$11,622,000 0.00%
Ishares Inc
Opened
185
$10,650,000 0.00%
Bank America Corp
Opened
7
$8,356,000 0.00%
Global X Fds
Closed
311
$7,585,000
Spdr Index Shs Fds
Opened
18
$946,000 0.00%
Schwab Strategic Tr
Opened
18
$1,159,000 0.00%
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