Buttonwood Advisors 13F annual report

Buttonwood Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $212 billion ran by Jeffrey Malcom. There are currently 85 companies in Mr. Malcom’s portfolio. The largest investments include VanEck ETF Trust and Microsoft, together worth $30.6 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$212 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 1st August 2024, Buttonwood Advisors’s top holding is 217,095 shares of VanEck ETF Trust currently worth over $18.8 billion and making up 8.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of VanEck ETF Trust, Buttonwood Advisors owns more than 0.4% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 26,366 shares of Microsoft worth $11.8 billion, whose value fell 3.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Fidelity Covington Trust worth $11.7 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $11.8 billion, with 64,932 shares owned.

Currently, Buttonwood Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $212 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 Buttonwood Advisors

The Buttonwood Advisors office and employees reside in Baltimore, Maryland. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jeffrey Malcom serves as the Portfolio Manager at Buttonwood Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Buttonwood Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Arrow Electrs Inc and bought 39,421 shares worth $4.76 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in VanEck ETF Trust by buying 31,497 additional shares. This makes their stake in VanEck ETF Trust total 217,095 shares worth $18.8 billion. VanEck ETF Trust dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Buttonwood Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Buttonwood Advisors closed its position in Warner Bros.Discovery Inc on 8th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 88,888 shares for $1.01 billion. Jeffrey Malcom also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $11.8 billion and 26,366 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Buttonwood Advisors are 14b Captial Management L.P. and Horan Securities. They manage $212 billion and $212 billion respectively.


Jeffrey Malcom investment strategy

Buttonwood Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 17.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.6% 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 58% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $234 billion.

The complete list of Buttonwood Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 8th 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
VanEck ETF Trust
16.97%
217,095
$18,802,572,000 8.87%
Microsoft Corporation
15.62%
26,366
$11,784,366,000 5.56%
Fidelity Covington Trust
16.77%
170,276
$11,680,955,000 5.51%
Alphabet Inc
1.22%
64,932
$11,831,519,000 5.58%
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
46.88%
214,030
$9,616,383,000 4.54%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1.71%
23,255
$9,460,203,000 4.46%
Meta Platforms Inc
10.31%
18,003
$9,077,377,000 4.28%
Ishares Tr
12.26%
245,817
$16,976,495,000 8.01%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
178.97%
60,558
$4,922,138,000 2.32%
Arrow Electrs Inc
Opened
39,421
$4,760,460,000 2.25%
Amazon.com Inc.
2.76%
23,242
$4,491,517,000 2.12%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
7.60%
74,274
$4,319,006,000 2.04%
Markel Group Inc
32.48%
2,639
$4,158,561,000 1.96%
Visa Inc
3.21%
15,653
$4,108,565,000 1.94%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
9.13%
44,386
$4,061,362,000 1.92%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
1.98%
19,588
$3,575,805,000 1.69%
Canadian Nat Res Ltd
126.34%
96,824
$3,446,925,000 1.63%
Dimensional Etf Trust
0.38%
104,110
$3,356,505,000 1.58%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
13.77%
28,354
$3,264,132,000 1.54%
Schwab Charles Corp
18.16%
43,044
$3,171,949,000 1.50%
Apple Inc
5.25%
15,028
$3,165,245,000 1.49%
Applied Matls Inc
2.05%
12,110
$2,857,728,000 1.35%
Disney Walt Co
7.52%
25,808
$2,562,441,000 1.21%
Kenvue Inc
13.78%
136,614
$2,483,636,000 1.17%
American Express Co.
3.93%
10,614
$2,457,568,000 1.16%
Emerson Elec Co
9.15%
22,114
$2,436,070,000 1.15%
Home Depot, Inc.
10.49%
6,439
$2,216,456,000 1.05%
Starbucks Corp.
4.31%
26,413
$2,056,245,000 0.97%
Fiserv, Inc.
7.27%
13,605
$2,027,615,000 0.96%
Vanguard World Fd
2.25%
11,723
$2,562,637,000 1.21%
Accenture Plc Ireland
3.64%
6,016
$1,825,399,000 0.86%
Booking Holdings Inc
6.94%
429
$1,699,773,000 0.80%
3M Co.
4.76%
16,358
$1,671,651,000 0.79%
Netflix Inc.
2.36%
2,112
$1,425,234,000 0.67%
Bank America Corp
2.30%
33,864
$1,346,772,000 0.64%
Lowes Cos Inc
0.52%
5,917
$1,304,352,000 0.62%
Procter And Gamble Co
18.86%
7,505
$1,237,752,000 0.58%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
72.09%
2,645
$1,235,709,000 0.58%
Carmax Inc
5.77%
16,470
$1,207,928,000 0.57%
Mcdonalds Corp
19.55%
4,724
$1,203,757,000 0.57%
Pepsico Inc
26.59%
7,255
$1,196,592,000 0.56%
Costco Whsl Corp New
13.40%
1,383
$1,175,853,000 0.55%
Blackrock Inc.
5.02%
1,419
$1,117,183,000 0.53%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
11.16%
5,238
$1,059,419,000 0.50%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
Closed
88,888
$1,011,543,000
Unitedhealth Group Inc
16.40%
1,855
$944,718,000 0.45%
Intercontinental Exchange In
5.33%
6,556
$897,451,000 0.42%
Dominion Energy Inc
Closed
18,592
$873,821,000
GE Aerospace
7.95%
5,444
$865,457,000 0.41%
Diageo plc
Opened
6,054
$763,286,000 0.36%
Schlumberger Ltd.
3.85%
15,215
$717,866,000 0.34%
Rockwell Automation Inc
Opened
2,499
$687,925,000 0.32%
American Tower Corp.
25.95%
3,455
$671,618,000 0.32%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
11.37%
2,378
$671,615,000 0.32%
Vanguard Index Fds
10.26%
11,750
$2,658,157,000 1.25%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.30%
4,724
$646,517,000 0.31%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.34%
1,176
$640,053,000 0.30%
Coca-Cola Co
21.35%
9,986
$635,585,000 0.30%
S&P Global Inc
2.15%
1,412
$629,536,000 0.30%
General Dynamics Corp.
1.23%
2,166
$628,420,000 0.30%
Hershey Company
Opened
3,182
$584,974,000 0.28%
Abbvie Inc
17.43%
3,353
$575,070,000 0.27%
Stryker Corp.
2.37%
1,688
$574,248,000 0.27%
PayPal Holdings Inc
2.16%
9,293
$539,258,000 0.25%
Johnson & Johnson
16.60%
3,397
$496,499,000 0.23%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
6.51%
7,988
$463,220,000 0.22%
Automatic Data Processing In
5.35%
1,910
$455,878,000 0.22%
EBay Inc.
9.61%
7,736
$415,552,000 0.20%
Ares Management Corp
25.94%
2,823
$376,300,000 0.18%
NVIDIA Corp
Opened
2,900
$358,266,000 0.17%
Walmart Inc
69.94%
5,139
$347,962,000 0.16%
Abbott Labs
39.53%
3,274
$340,163,000 0.16%
Oracle Corp.
5.29%
2,329
$328,804,000 0.16%
The Southern Co.
25.03%
4,143
$321,369,000 0.15%
Duke Energy Corp.
41.32%
3,042
$304,858,000 0.14%
Expeditors Intl Wash Inc
12.58%
2,384
$297,493,000 0.14%
NextEra Energy Inc
7.68%
4,076
$288,633,000 0.14%
Novartis AG
Closed
2,775
$280,208,000
Pfizer Inc.
Closed
9,530
$274,358,000
Yum Brands Inc.
No change
1,955
$258,915,000 0.12%
Boeing Co.
7.65%
1,413
$257,180,000 0.12%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
27.48%
3,624
$257,053,000 0.12%
Cisco Sys Inc
Closed
4,984
$251,813,000
Gentex Corp.
16.46%
7,388
$249,048,000 0.12%
Mondelez International Inc.
Closed
3,400
$246,262,000
RTX Corp
No change
2,405
$241,476,000 0.11%
Eaton Corp Plc
Closed
1,000
$240,820,000
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
1,377
$236,084,000 0.11%
Us Bancorp Del
Closed
5,399
$233,662,000
Genuine Parts Co.
No change
1,655
$228,866,000 0.11%
First Tr Enhanced Equity Inc
Closed
11,569
$211,366,000
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
1,314
$210,779,000 0.10%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
3,518
$208,905,000 0.10%
Constellation Energy Corp
Opened
1,017
$203,588,000 0.10%
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