Buttonwood Advisors 13F annual report

Buttonwood Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $183 billion ran by Jeffrey Malcom. There are currently 87 companies in Mr. Malcom’s portfolio. The largest investments include VanEck ETF Trust and Microsoft, together worth $27.5 billion.

$183 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 1st August 2024, Buttonwood Advisors’s top holding is 185,598 shares of VanEck ETF Trust currently worth over $15.8 billion and making up 8.6% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of VanEck ETF Trust, Buttonwood Advisors owns less than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 31,245 shares of Microsoft worth $11.7 billion, whose value fell 3.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Fidelity Covington Trust worth $9.43 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $8.96 billion, with 64,151 shares owned.

Currently, Buttonwood Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $183 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 Vanguard Index Fds and bought 2,209 shares worth $320 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in VanEck ETF Trust by buying 27,104 additional shares. This makes their stake in VanEck ETF Trust total 185,598 shares worth $15.8 billion. VanEck ETF Trust soared 28.0% 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 Roper Technologies Inc on 8th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 2,215 shares for $1.07 billion. Jeffrey Malcom also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $11.7 billion and 31,245 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 17.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.5% 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 57% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.4% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $229 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
17.10%
185,598
$15,751,677,000 8.58%
Microsoft Corporation
4.60%
31,245
$11,749,349,000 6.40%
Fidelity Covington Trust
3.26%
145,827
$9,433,570,000 5.14%
Alphabet Inc
1.23%
64,151
$8,964,964,000 4.89%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.63%
22,863
$8,154,318,000 4.44%
Meta Platforms Inc
5.04%
20,072
$7,104,774,000 3.87%
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
413.54%
145,718
$6,708,857,000 3.66%
Ishares Tr
14.70%
217,167
$15,701,272,000 8.56%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.43%
69,028
$4,460,604,000 2.43%
Visa Inc
2.52%
16,172
$4,210,466,000 2.29%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
1.83%
40,671
$3,667,676,000 2.00%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.51%
23,901
$3,631,518,000 1.98%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
0.24%
19,983
$3,405,115,000 1.86%
Dimensional Etf Trust
No change
104,510
$3,054,826,000 1.66%
Apple Inc
0.81%
15,861
$3,053,714,000 1.66%
Markel Group Inc
235.35%
1,992
$2,828,796,000 1.54%
Canadian Nat Res Ltd
4.83%
42,778
$2,802,837,000 1.53%
Kenvue Inc
29.68%
120,067
$2,585,045,000 1.41%
Schwab Charles Corp
6.73%
36,430
$2,506,374,000 1.37%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.91%
7,194
$2,493,032,000 1.36%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.99%
24,922
$2,491,655,000 1.36%
Starbucks Corp.
1.77%
25,321
$2,431,063,000 1.32%
Emerson Elec Co
1.19%
24,341
$2,369,097,000 1.29%
Accenture Plc Ireland
2.91%
6,243
$2,190,816,000 1.19%
Disney Walt Co
0.11%
24,002
$2,167,135,000 1.18%
American Express Co.
1.97%
11,048
$2,069,681,000 1.13%
Applied Matls Inc
1.52%
12,363
$2,003,612,000 1.09%
Fiserv, Inc.
16.15%
14,671
$1,948,896,000 1.06%
Mcdonalds Corp
3.02%
5,872
$1,741,048,000 0.95%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
326.48%
21,708
$1,722,310,000 0.94%
3M Co.
0.71%
15,614
$1,706,868,000 0.93%
Vanguard World Fd
1.75%
11,993
$2,230,194,000 1.22%
Booking Holdings Inc
8.53%
461
$1,635,268,000 0.89%
Procter And Gamble Co
5.28%
9,249
$1,355,379,000 0.74%
Carmax Inc
2.73%
17,478
$1,341,243,000 0.73%
Lowes Cos Inc
0.75%
5,948
$1,323,727,000 0.72%
Blackrock Inc.
3.74%
1,494
$1,212,871,000 0.66%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
22.71%
2,219
$1,168,228,000 0.64%
Bank America Corp
1.88%
34,660
$1,167,002,000 0.64%
Roper Technologies Inc
Closed
2,215
$1,072,801,000
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.44%
1,597
$1,053,883,000 0.57%
Netflix Inc.
2.17%
2,163
$1,052,878,000 0.57%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
0.07%
88,888
$1,011,543,000 0.55%
American Tower Corp.
6.62%
4,666
$1,007,321,000 0.55%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.63%
5,896
$1,002,887,000 0.55%
Pepsico Inc
7.58%
5,731
$973,379,000 0.53%
Intercontinental Exchange In
5.24%
6,925
$889,378,000 0.48%
Dominion Energy Inc
5.39%
18,592
$873,821,000 0.48%
Schlumberger Ltd.
5.03%
15,824
$823,457,000 0.45%
GE Aerospace
18.02%
5,914
$754,825,000 0.41%
Coca-Cola Co
0.09%
12,696
$748,172,000 0.41%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
1.86%
4,738
$744,882,000 0.41%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
3.52%
1,537
$696,746,000 0.38%
Vanguard Index Fds
4.33%
8,448
$2,014,920,000 1.10%
Johnson & Johnson
1.95%
4,073
$638,451,000 0.35%
S&P Global Inc
1.64%
1,443
$635,799,000 0.35%
Abbvie Inc
7.60%
4,061
$629,355,000 0.34%
Abbott Labs
4.31%
5,414
$595,932,000 0.32%
PayPal Holdings Inc
0.49%
9,498
$583,257,000 0.32%
General Dynamics Corp.
3.22%
2,193
$569,522,000 0.31%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.17%
1,180
$560,910,000 0.31%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
0.19%
2,683
$541,377,000 0.30%
Stryker Corp.
0.12%
1,729
$517,790,000 0.28%
Northern Lights Fund Trust
5.11%
5,184
$503,049,000 0.27%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
0.59%
8,544
$498,349,000 0.27%
Walmart Inc
10.16%
3,024
$476,676,000 0.26%
Automatic Data Processing In
2.32%
2,018
$470,075,000 0.26%
Ares Management Corp
4.27%
3,812
$453,368,000 0.25%
Boeing Co.
1.53%
1,530
$398,858,000 0.22%
The Southern Co.
8.93%
5,526
$387,456,000 0.21%
EBay Inc.
1.97%
8,558
$373,312,000 0.20%
Expeditors Intl Wash Inc
0.41%
2,727
$346,909,000 0.19%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
No change
4,997
$341,863,000 0.19%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
2,209
$320,327,000 0.17%
Gentex Corp.
0.20%
8,844
$288,861,000 0.16%
Flexshares Tr
Closed
6,393
$489,177,000
Novartis AG
No change
2,775
$280,208,000 0.15%
Pfizer Inc.
3.02%
9,530
$274,358,000 0.15%
NextEra Energy Inc
No change
4,415
$268,177,000 0.15%
Oracle Corp.
0.16%
2,459
$259,260,000 0.14%
Yum Brands Inc.
10.53%
1,955
$255,396,000 0.14%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.24%
4,984
$251,813,000 0.14%
Mondelez International Inc.
6.46%
3,400
$246,262,000 0.13%
Eaton Corp Plc
No change
1,000
$240,820,000 0.13%
Us Bancorp Del
Opened
5,399
$233,662,000 0.13%
Genuine Parts Co.
No change
1,655
$229,164,000 0.12%
Leidos Holdings Inc
Closed
2,316
$213,399,000
First Tr Enhanced Equity Inc
15.98%
11,569
$211,366,000 0.12%
Ishares Tr
Opened
1,798
$205,065,000 0.11%
RTX Corp
Opened
2,405
$202,389,000 0.11%
No transactions found
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