Aperture Investors 13F annual report

Aperture Investors is an investment fund managing more than $683 billion ran by Ryan Macdonald. There are currently 78 companies in Mr. Macdonald’s portfolio. The largest investments include CyberArk Software Ltd and Vertex Inc, together worth $59.9 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$683 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Aperture Investors’s top holding is 111,119 shares of CyberArk Software Ltd currently worth over $30.4 billion and making up 4.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of CyberArk Software Ltd, Aperture Investors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 818,337 shares of Vertex Inc worth $29.5 billion. The third-largest holding is Mks Instrs Inc worth $26.1 billion and the next is TREX Co worth $24.4 billion, with 328,577 shares owned.

Currently, Aperture Investors's portfolio is worth at least $683 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 Aperture Investors

The Aperture Investors office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Ryan Macdonald serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Aperture Investors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Aperture Investors revealed that it had opened a new position in CyberArk Software Ltd and bought 111,119 shares worth $30.4 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. CyberArk Software Ltd makes up 29.0% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 69.8% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Star Fds by buying 209,242 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Star Fds total 371,181 shares worth $22.4 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Aperture Investors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Aperture Investors closed its position in Montrose Environmental on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 795,155 shares for $33.5 billion. Ryan Macdonald also disclosed a decreased stake in TREX Co by 0.3%. This leaves the value of the investment at $24.4 billion and 328,577 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Aperture Investors are Avitas Wealth Management and Engaged Capital. They manage $683 billion and $683 billion respectively.


Ryan Macdonald investment strategy

Aperture Investors’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 15.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 44.9% 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 32% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $118 billion.

The complete list of Aperture Investors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 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
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.
Closed
795,155
$33,491,929,000
Vail Resorts Inc.
Closed
124,935
$31,453,636,000
Hillman Solutions Corp
Closed
3,487,954
$31,426,466,000
Ingevity Corp
Closed
527,166
$30,659,975,000
CyberArk Software Ltd
Opened
111,119
$30,382,157,000 4.45%
SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc
Closed
177,051
$29,631,255,000
Vertex Inc
Opened
818,337
$29,501,049,000 4.32%
New York Times Co.
Closed
697,311
$27,460,107,000
Mks Instrs Inc
Opened
199,707
$26,077,740,000 3.82%
Atkore Inc
Closed
157,335
$24,534,820,000
TREX Co., Inc.
31.56%
328,577
$24,354,127,000 3.57%
Clean Harbors, Inc.
Opened
105,124
$23,773,793,000 3.48%
Acv Auctions Inc
Opened
1,290,001
$23,542,518,000 3.45%
Enpro Inc
36.37%
161,014
$23,438,808,000 3.43%
Descartes Sys Group Inc
34.24%
236,274
$22,894,201,000 3.35%
Arhaus Inc
Opened
1,337,133
$22,651,033,000 3.32%
Vanguard Star Fds
129.21%
371,181
$22,382,214,000 3.28%
YETI Holdings Inc
Closed
553,746
$21,507,495,000
Federal Signal Corp.
51.30%
253,733
$21,229,840,000 3.11%
NVIDIA Corp
396.71%
162,662
$20,095,263,000 2.94%
Cava Group Inc
Opened
198,924
$18,450,201,000 2.70%
Shake Shack Inc
Opened
191,911
$17,271,990,000 2.53%
Integral Ad Science Hldng Co
Closed
933,289
$16,780,536,000
Boot Barn Holdings Inc
Closed
195,195
$16,531,065,000
Driven Brands Holdings Inc.
Closed
604,237
$16,350,653,000
Avidxchange Holdings Inc
Opened
1,248,067
$15,051,688,000 2.20%
Spotify Technology S.A.
Opened
47,075
$14,771,664,000 2.16%
Lindblad Expeditions Hldgs I
29.25%
1,464,062
$14,128,198,000 2.07%
APi Group Corporation
Opened
360,678
$13,572,313,000 1.99%
Option Care Health, Inc.
41.77%
477,155
$13,217,194,000 1.94%
Skyline Champion Corp
13.12%
191,936
$13,003,664,000 1.90%
Linde Plc.
59.02%
29,277
$12,847,040,000 1.88%
Progyny Inc
Closed
303,268
$11,930,563,000
Sony Group Corp
16.88%
138,438
$11,760,308,000 1.72%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
263,332
$11,523,408,000 1.69%
GitLab Inc.
Opened
225,136
$11,193,762,000 1.64%
Vestis Corporation
Opened
865,618
$10,586,508,000 1.55%
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Closed
69,491
$9,652,300,000
Natera Inc
Opened
87,673
$9,494,109,000 1.39%
Sprout Social, Inc.
Closed
200,445
$9,252,541,000
Rubrik Inc.
Opened
300,637
$9,217,530,000 1.35%
CRH Plc
Opened
122,059
$9,151,984,000 1.34%
RH
53.15%
36,250
$8,860,950,000 1.30%
Activision Blizzard Inc
Closed
99,085
$8,352,866,000
Logitech Intl S A
Opened
84,842
$8,205,276,000 1.20%
Novo-nordisk A S
62.71%
54,460
$7,773,620,000 1.14%
Amazon.com Inc.
28.40%
39,990
$7,728,068,000 1.13%
Microsoft Corporation
41.23%
16,593
$7,416,241,000 1.09%
Aon plc.
Closed
19,889
$6,865,683,000
HDFC Bank Ltd.
231.59%
106,432
$6,846,771,000 1.00%
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
51.42%
350,381
$6,821,918,000 1.00%
Willscot Mobil Mini Hldng Co
Closed
135,758
$6,487,875,000
Tradeweb Mkts Inc
20.12%
59,142
$6,269,052,000 0.92%
Icici Bank Limited
39.48%
210,344
$6,060,011,000 0.89%
Brunswick Corp.
75.67%
79,615
$5,793,584,000 0.85%
Primo Water Corporation
Opened
264,880
$5,790,277,000 0.85%
Intercontinental Exchange In
44.94%
38,570
$5,279,847,000 0.77%
Medtronic Plc
11.42%
63,686
$5,012,725,000 0.73%
Sap SE
162.95%
23,605
$4,761,365,000 0.70%
Tesla Inc
Opened
23,176
$4,586,067,000 0.67%
Malibu Boats Inc
Closed
76,682
$4,498,166,000
ServiceNow Inc
Closed
7,810
$4,388,986,000
Coca-cola Europacific Partne
51.51%
56,766
$4,136,538,000 0.61%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
118.18%
82,932
$4,030,495,000 0.59%
DoorDash Inc
Opened
37,039
$4,029,102,000 0.59%
Burford Cap Ltd
Opened
294,060
$3,837,483,000 0.56%
Salesforce Inc
Opened
14,615
$3,757,517,000 0.55%
S&P Global Inc
31.20%
8,324
$3,712,504,000 0.54%
Atmus Filtration Technologie
Opened
125,583
$3,614,279,000 0.53%
Yum China Holdings Inc
Opened
116,347
$3,588,141,000 0.53%
3M Co.
Opened
33,734
$3,447,277,000 0.50%
Chevron Corp.
Opened
21,585
$3,376,326,000 0.49%
Noble Corp Plc
4.03%
72,616
$3,242,304,000 0.47%
Mastercard Incorporated
53.47%
7,317
$3,227,968,000 0.47%
Alcon Ag
37.40%
35,820
$3,190,846,000 0.47%
Nasdaq Inc
Opened
52,485
$3,162,746,000 0.46%
Verisk Analytics Inc
Closed
13,976
$3,158,995,000
Splunk Inc
Closed
28,338
$3,006,378,000
Stellantis N.V
35.19%
143,049
$2,830,610,000 0.41%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Closed
24,325
$2,770,861,000
Gxo Logistics Incorporated
12.69%
53,632
$2,708,416,000 0.40%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
0.70%
37,531
$2,702,232,000 0.40%
Astrazeneca plc
677.24%
33,732
$2,630,759,000 0.39%
Vistra Corp
93.64%
28,524
$2,452,494,000 0.36%
Perimeter Solutions, SA
Closed
394,349
$2,425,246,000
Mirion Technologies Inc
Opened
220,094
$2,363,810,000 0.35%
FTAI Aviation Ltd
Opened
22,704
$2,343,734,000 0.34%
Rxo Inc
61.45%
76,068
$1,989,178,000 0.29%
PDD Holdings Inc
43.15%
14,774
$1,964,203,000 0.29%
Constellation Energy Corp
Opened
9,735
$1,949,628,000 0.29%
Wayfair Inc
Closed
28,209
$1,833,867,000
Maplebear Inc
Opened
56,523
$1,816,649,000 0.27%
Six Flags Entmt Corp New
39.08%
54,447
$1,804,374,000 0.26%
XPO Inc
83.86%
16,983
$1,802,745,000 0.26%
Western Digital Corp.
Opened
22,153
$1,678,533,000 0.25%
Intercontinental Hotels Grou
263.53%
15,741
$1,667,759,000 0.24%
New Oriental Ed & Technology
Closed
41,616
$1,643,416,000
Uber Technologies Inc
85.78%
22,565
$1,640,024,000 0.24%
Meta Platforms Inc
77.38%
2,752
$1,387,613,000 0.20%
Marathon Oil Corporation
Closed
60,031
$1,381,914,000
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
90.06%
7,851
$1,364,582,000 0.20%
Blackstone Inc
Closed
14,435
$1,342,022,000
GFL Environmental Inc.
Opened
25,575
$995,635,000 0.15%
Purecycle Technologies Inc
Closed
92,444
$988,226,000
Littelfuse, Inc.
Opened
3,305
$844,725,000 0.12%
Transocean Ltd
Closed
108,221
$758,629,000
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc
Opened
8,326
$753,503,000 0.11%
JD.com Inc
Closed
18,148
$619,391,000
Vital Energy Inc
Closed
10,000
$451,500,000
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