Willis Investment Counsel 13F annual report
Willis Investment Counsel is an investment fund managing more than $1.44 trillion ran by Kelli Wright. There are currently 107 companies in Mrs. Wright’s portfolio. The largest investments include Texas Instruments and Microsoft, together worth $96.6 billion.
$1.44 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 17th July 2024, Willis Investment Counsel’s top holding is 251,103 shares of Texas Instruments currently worth over $48.8 billion and making up 3.4% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Texas Instruments, Willis Investment Counsel owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 106,740 shares of Microsoft worth $47.7 billion, whose value grew 8.6% in the past six months.
The third-largest holding is Johnson And Johnson worth $45 billion and the next is Cisco Systems worth $42.1 billion, with 886,821 shares owned.
Currently, Willis Investment Counsel's portfolio is worth at least $1.44 trillion. 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 Willis Investment Counsel
The Willis Investment Counsel office and employees reside in Gainesville, Georgia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Kelli Wright serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Willis Investment Counsel.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Willis Investment Counsel revealed that it had opened a new position in
Lab Corp Of Amer and bought 64,032 shares worth $13 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Texas Instruments by buying
146 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Texas Instruments total 251,103 shares worth $48.8 billion.
Texas Instruments soared 8.3% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Willis Investment Counsel is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Willis Investment Counsel closed its position in Lab Corp Of Amer on 24th July 2024.
It sold the previously owned 63,991 shares for $14 billion.
Kelli Wright also disclosed a decreased stake in Aflac by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $26.5 billion and 296,603 shares.
One of the largest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Willis Investment Counsel are First Interstate Bank and Oak Associates Ltd oh/. They manage $1.44 trillion and $1.44 trillion respectively.
Kelli Wright investment strategy
Willis Investment Counsel’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 15.7% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
51.4% 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
38% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.9% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $135 billion.
The complete list of Willis Investment Counsel trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on July 24th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Instruments Inc. |
0.06%
251,103
|
$48,847,067,000 | 3.38% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.01%
106,740
|
$47,707,443,000 | 3.30% |
| Johnson And Johnson |
4.16%
308,029
|
$45,021,519,000 | 3.12% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
0.06%
886,821
|
$42,132,866,000 | 2.92% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
0.05%
89,192
|
$41,661,583,000 | 2.89% |
| Chubb Ltd |
0.10%
145,121
|
$37,017,463,000 | 2.56% |
| Paychex Inc. |
0.09%
311,893
|
$36,978,034,000 | 2.56% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
5.75%
1,290,240
|
$36,100,915,000 | 2.50% |
| Accenture plc |
0.05%
114,527
|
$34,748,637,000 | 2.41% |
| Applied Material Inc |
0.01%
146,586
|
$34,592,830,000 | 2.40% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
0.08%
96,543
|
$33,233,962,000 | 2.30% |
| Pepsico Inc |
22.41%
194,219
|
$32,032,540,000 | 2.22% |
| Verizon Communications Com |
0.04%
676,193
|
$27,886,199,000 | 1.93% |
| Medtronic Inc |
0.09%
350,860
|
$27,616,191,000 | 1.91% |
| Aflac Inc. |
0.01%
296,603
|
$26,489,614,000 | 1.84% |
| Google Inc Class A |
29.35%
145,328
|
$26,471,495,000 | 1.83% |
| Wal-mart Stores Inc |
No change
385,545
|
$26,105,252,000 | 1.81% |
| Intel Corp. |
0.05%
824,461
|
$25,533,557,000 | 1.77% |
| Price T Rowe Group Inc |
0.04%
220,344
|
$25,407,867,000 | 1.76% |
| Conocophillips |
0.12%
221,103
|
$25,289,761,000 | 1.75% |
| Clorox Co Del Com |
0.07%
184,369
|
$25,160,837,000 | 1.74% |
| Shell |
0.06%
334,819
|
$24,167,235,000 | 1.67% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
0.07%
72,411
|
$24,120,104,000 | 1.67% |
| Tractor Supply Co. |
0.15%
88,124
|
$23,793,480,000 | 1.65% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
0.06%
205,615
|
$23,670,399,000 | 1.64% |
| Bhp Billiton Ltd |
0.03%
411,171
|
$23,473,752,000 | 1.63% |
| Apple Computer |
0.60%
110,518
|
$23,277,301,000 | 1.61% |
| Merck & Co Inc |
18.78%
187,645
|
$23,230,451,000 | 1.61% |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. |
29.03%
168,458
|
$23,053,477,000 | 1.60% |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
46.51%
164,440
|
$22,725,608,000 | 1.57% |
| AT&T Inc. |
No change
998,410
|
$19,079,615,000 | 1.32% |
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
No change
136,300
|
$18,656,744,000 | 1.29% |
| Hershey Company |
12.01%
95,527
|
$17,560,728,000 | 1.22% |
| Factset Resh Sys Inc |
No change
41,900
|
$17,106,513,000 | 1.19% |
| Genuine Parts Co. |
No change
121,743
|
$16,839,492,000 | 1.17% |
| Automatic Data Proc |
No change
69,782
|
$16,656,266,000 | 1.15% |
| Ao Smith Corporation |
0.07%
203,452
|
$16,638,305,000 | 1.15% |
| Mcdonalds Corp Com |
117.45%
64,800
|
$16,513,632,000 | 1.14% |
| Jp Morgan Chase & Co |
No change
80,180
|
$16,217,207,000 | 1.12% |
| General Dynamics Corp. |
No change
53,903
|
$15,639,416,000 | 1.08% |
| American Express Co. |
0.10%
67,483
|
$15,625,689,000 | 1.08% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
901.05%
123,910
|
$15,307,841,000 | 1.06% |
| Lowe's Companies Inc |
No change
68,474
|
$15,095,778,000 | 1.05% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
No change
88,592
|
$14,610,593,000 | 1.01% |
| Lab Corp Of Amer |
Closed
63,991
|
$13,979,474,000 | |
| American Electric Power Company Inc. |
No change
155,613
|
$13,653,485,000 | 0.95% |
| Emerson Elec Co |
No change
123,100
|
$13,560,696,000 | 0.94% |
| Eaton Corp |
No change
42,941
|
$13,464,151,000 | 0.93% |
| Kenvue Inc. |
144.13%
737,677
|
$13,410,968,000 | 0.93% |
| Target Corp Com |
No change
88,484
|
$13,099,171,000 | 0.91% |
| Lab Corp Of Amer |
Opened
64,032
|
$13,031,152,000 | 0.90% |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
No change
83,006
|
$12,560,468,000 | 0.87% |
| 3M Co. |
22.18%
119,621
|
$12,224,070,000 | 0.85% |
| Generac Holdings Inc |
0.21%
88,466
|
$11,696,975,000 | 0.81% |
| Globe Life Inc. |
Closed
100,384
|
$11,681,686,000 | |
| Sanofi-aventis |
No change
235,700
|
$11,436,164,000 | 0.79% |
| Deere Co |
No change
30,117
|
$11,252,615,000 | 0.78% |
| Chevron Corp. |
No change
71,746
|
$11,222,509,000 | 0.78% |
| Duke Energy Corp. |
No change
111,260
|
$11,151,590,000 | 0.77% |
| Reinsurance Group America |
0.31%
51,053
|
$10,479,649,000 | 0.73% |
| Murphy Oil Corp. |
0.31%
242,661
|
$10,007,340,000 | 0.69% |
| Keysight Technologies Inc |
13.91%
72,334
|
$9,891,675,000 | 0.69% |
| Valero Energy Corp. |
No change
59,117
|
$9,267,181,000 | 0.64% |
| Adobe Systems Inc |
32.96%
15,487
|
$8,603,648,000 | 0.60% |
| Fortinet Inc |
0.23%
125,948
|
$7,590,886,000 | 0.53% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
0.55%
16,331
|
$7,204,584,000 | 0.50% |
| Ross Stores, Inc. |
0.03%
49,158
|
$7,143,641,000 | 0.49% |
| Msc Industrial |
0.52%
86,249
|
$6,840,408,000 | 0.47% |
| Total Energies Se |
No change
102,443
|
$6,830,899,000 | 0.47% |
| Waters Corp. |
0.28%
21,529
|
$6,245,993,000 | 0.43% |
| Advance Auto Parts Inc |
0.25%
71,153
|
$4,506,119,000 | 0.31% |
| Fortrea Hldgs Inc |
0.35%
182,083
|
$4,249,817,000 | 0.29% |
| Vanguard Small Cap Value Etf |
2.57%
22,929
|
$4,185,001,000 | 0.29% |
| Mosaic Company |
0.03%
142,091
|
$4,106,430,000 | 0.28% |
| Medpace Holdings Inc |
0.93%
7,702
|
$3,172,069,000 | 0.22% |
| Maxcyte Inc Com |
16.43%
438,750
|
$1,719,900,000 | 0.12% |
| frontdoor, inc. |
1.35%
44,598
|
$1,506,966,000 | 0.10% |
| Logitech International |
1.21%
15,338
|
$1,485,945,000 | 0.10% |
| Qualys Inc |
19.62%
9,877
|
$1,408,460,000 | 0.10% |
| Gildan Activewear Inc |
1.53%
33,249
|
$1,260,802,000 | 0.09% |
| Donaldson Co. Inc. |
1.61%
17,458
|
$1,249,294,000 | 0.09% |
| Evertec Inc |
3.53%
34,288
|
$1,140,076,000 | 0.08% |
| Hexcel Corp. |
1.04%
15,888
|
$992,206,000 | 0.07% |
| Liquidity Svcs Inc |
1.61%
48,725
|
$973,526,000 | 0.07% |
| Sterling Construction |
51.12%
7,054
|
$834,770,000 | 0.06% |
| National Research Corporation |
13.26%
34,702
|
$796,411,000 | 0.06% |
| CSG Systems International Inc. |
12.57%
17,726
|
$729,779,000 | 0.05% |
| John Bean Technologies Corpora |
0.50%
7,418
|
$704,487,000 | 0.05% |
| Atkore International Group |
1.39%
5,109
|
$689,357,000 | 0.05% |
| Coca-Cola Co |
No change
10,397
|
$661,769,000 | 0.05% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
No change
1
|
$612,241,000 | 0.04% |
| Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
1.06%
3,447
|
$572,271,000 | 0.04% |
| Vanguard Mid-cap Etf |
No change
2,276
|
$551,020,000 | 0.04% |
| Ishares S&p 100 |
No change
1,841
|
$486,576,000 | 0.03% |
| Par Technology Corp. |
No change
10,000
|
$470,900,000 | 0.03% |
| Ubiquiti Inc |
Opened
3,065
|
$446,448,000 | 0.03% |
| Dolby Laboratories Inc |
1.81%
5,621
|
$445,352,000 | 0.03% |
| Wisdomtree Total Div Fund |
4.04%
5,341
|
$378,308,000 | 0.03% |
| The Toro Company |
1.73%
3,825
|
$357,676,000 | 0.02% |
| Verisign Inc. |
63.60%
1,816
|
$322,885,000 | 0.02% |
| National Beverage Corp. |
1.63%
5,978
|
$306,313,000 | 0.02% |
| Southern Company |
No change
3,717
|
$288,328,000 | 0.02% |
| Sunoco Lp/sunoco Fin Corp Com |
No change
4,883
|
$276,085,000 | 0.02% |
| Intl Business Machines Corp Ib |
0.26%
1,524
|
$263,649,000 | 0.02% |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. |
No change
10,294
|
$228,527,000 | 0.02% |
| Google Inc |
Opened
1,200
|
$220,104,000 | 0.02% |
| Abbvie Inc |
Closed
1,141
|
$207,776,000 | |
| Mycelx Technologies Corp |
No change
10,360
|
$7,987,000 | 0.00% |
| Cytodyn Inc |
No change
13,037
|
$1,812,000 | 0.00% |
| Puresafe Water Systems Inc |
No change
14,000
|
$1,000 | 0.00% |
| No transactions found | |||
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