Heron Financial Group 13F annual report

Heron Financial Group is an investment fund managing more than $185 billion ran by David Edwards. There are currently 123 companies in Mr. Edwards’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Ishares Tr, together worth $81.4 billion.

$185 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 3rd August 2023, Heron Financial Group’s top holding is 94,323 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $26.9 billion and making up 14.5% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 554,863 shares of Ishares Tr worth $54.5 billion. The third-largest holding is Vanguard Whitehall Fds worth $7.07 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $5.04 billion, with 25,979 shares owned.

Currently, Heron Financial Group's portfolio is worth at least $185 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 Heron Financial Group

The Heron Financial Group office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Edwards serves as the President & Chief Compliance Officer at Heron Financial Group.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Heron Financial Group revealed that it had opened a new position in Proshares Tr and bought 7,000 shares worth $287 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Whitehall Fds by buying 133 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Whitehall Fds total 66,684 shares worth $7.07 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Heron Financial Group is getting rid of from its portfolio. Heron Financial Group closed its position in Moderna Inc on 10th August 2023. It sold the previously owned 1,528 shares for $235 million. David Edwards also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Index Fds by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $26.9 billion and 94,323 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Heron Financial Group are Atlantic Investment Management, Inc and Highview Capital Management de/. They manage $185 billion and $185 billion respectively.


David Edwards investment strategy

Heron Financial Group’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 6.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 56.1% 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 52% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.3% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $167 billion.

The complete list of Heron Financial Group trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 10th 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
Vanguard Index Fds
3.12%
94,323
$26,884,290,000 14.51%
Ishares Tr
3.94%
554,863
$54,472,207,000 29.39%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
0.20%
66,684
$7,073,181,000 3.82%
Apple Inc
1.77%
25,979
$5,039,147,000 2.72%
Microsoft Corporation
3.18%
8,501
$2,894,953,000 1.56%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
2.06%
55,931
$2,829,843,000 1.53%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
5,006
$2,611,881,000 1.41%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
0.61%
247,024
$3,201,322,000 1.73%
Morgan Stanley
0.40%
25,449
$2,173,355,000 1.17%
Pacer Fds Tr
14.30%
42,606
$2,039,538,000 1.10%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.30%
5,899
$2,011,559,000 1.09%
Lyondellbasell Industries N
1.65%
21,593
$1,982,897,000 1.07%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
No change
7,926
$1,982,768,000 1.07%
T-Mobile US, Inc.
5.44%
14,163
$1,967,241,000 1.06%
Aon plc.
1.64%
5,583
$1,927,252,000 1.04%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.14%
16,762
$1,797,698,000 0.97%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
1.52%
11,638
$1,692,663,000 0.91%
Johnson Johnson
1.37%
10,117
$1,674,505,000 0.90%
Teleflex Incorporated
0.31%
6,451
$1,561,336,000 0.84%
Costco Whsl Corp New
3.26%
2,854
$1,536,736,000 0.83%
NextEra Energy Inc
0.54%
20,417
$1,514,954,000 0.82%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.72%
11,127
$1,450,516,000 0.78%
Fair, Isaac Corp.
1.71%
1,780
$1,440,394,000 0.78%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.91%
3,333
$1,311,018,000 0.71%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
0.04%
2,682
$1,289,299,000 0.70%
DTE Energy Co.
0.80%
11,489
$1,263,991,000 0.68%
Valero Energy Corp.
3.77%
9,708
$1,138,748,000 0.61%
Procter And Gamble Co
2.46%
7,502
$1,138,388,000 0.61%
Adobe Systems Incorporated
0.04%
2,269
$1,109,518,000 0.60%
Cisco Sys Inc
2.26%
20,909
$1,081,832,000 0.58%
Duke Energy Corp.
0.39%
11,684
$1,048,494,000 0.57%
Verizon Communications Inc
4.03%
27,337
$1,016,675,000 0.55%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
0.15%
13,059
$982,429,000 0.53%
Analog Devices Inc.
0.75%
4,944
$963,141,000 0.52%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
2.30%
9,786
$923,113,000 0.50%
Merck Co Inc
4.05%
7,844
$905,119,000 0.49%
Smucker J M Co
1.24%
5,716
$844,033,000 0.46%
Home Depot, Inc.
1.50%
2,705
$840,281,000 0.45%
Commercial Metals Co.
No change
15,648
$824,024,000 0.44%
Lilly Eli Co
2.23%
1,754
$822,591,000 0.44%
Pool Corporation
2.62%
2,156
$807,861,000 0.44%
NVIDIA Corp
0.11%
1,879
$794,855,000 0.43%
Williams Cos Inc
2.25%
23,860
$778,552,000 0.42%
Autozone Inc.
No change
310
$772,942,000 0.42%
Texas Instrs Inc
0.59%
4,254
$765,885,000 0.41%
Sealed Air Corp.
1.97%
19,108
$764,334,000 0.41%
Fedex Corp
1.46%
3,036
$752,624,000 0.41%
Texas Pacific Land Corporati
No change
559
$735,924,000 0.40%
Sonoco Prods Co
2.46%
12,092
$713,666,000 0.39%
AMGEN Inc.
No change
3,207
$712,018,000 0.38%
Marathon Pete Corp
1.97%
5,967
$695,752,000 0.38%
Alphabet Inc
1.74%
9,547
$1,147,552,000 0.62%
Progressive Corp.
2.81%
5,092
$674,079,000 0.36%
Genuine Parts Co.
2.92%
3,878
$656,274,000 0.35%
Intuit Inc
2.00%
1,431
$655,670,000 0.35%
Phillips 66
2.25%
6,830
$651,445,000 0.35%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
7,049
$637,159,000 0.34%
RPM International, Inc.
0.18%
6,598
$592,039,000 0.32%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
0.65%
7,700
$581,801,000 0.31%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
8.00%
13,110
$579,069,000 0.31%
Netflix Inc.
No change
1,313
$578,363,000 0.31%
Qualcomm, Inc.
No change
4,701
$559,607,000 0.30%
Ecolab, Inc.
No change
2,956
$551,856,000 0.30%
Caterpillar Inc.
3.02%
2,217
$545,440,000 0.29%
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
No change
3,812
$535,815,000 0.29%
Caci International Inc.
No change
1,543
$525,916,000 0.28%
Fastenal Co.
0.01%
8,815
$520,001,000 0.28%
Pfizer Inc.
1.55%
14,110
$517,546,000 0.28%
Applied Matls Inc
0.97%
3,580
$517,453,000 0.28%
Oracle Corp.
3.60%
4,290
$510,896,000 0.28%
Biogen Inc
2.05%
1,745
$497,063,000 0.27%
Yum Brands Inc.
3.85%
3,565
$493,988,000 0.27%
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
2.41%
9,577
$430,965,000 0.23%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
1,886
$425,670,000 0.23%
Dimensional Etf Trust
0.56%
8,809
$424,241,000 0.23%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
0.53%
945
$418,975,000 0.23%
Materion Corp
No change
3,641
$415,802,000 0.22%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
0.45%
3,560
$405,520,000 0.22%
Intel Corp.
4.05%
11,736
$392,452,000 0.21%
Att Inc
2.69%
24,598
$392,338,000 0.21%
CVS Health Corp
3.07%
5,657
$391,068,000 0.21%
Ishares Inc
10.73%
7,898
$389,292,000 0.21%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
1,298
$387,336,000 0.21%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
0.99%
6,027
$385,427,000 0.21%
Eaton Corp Plc
0.32%
1,859
$373,845,000 0.20%
Penske Automotive Grp Inc
No change
2,229
$371,418,000 0.20%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
0.27%
3,770
$356,529,000 0.19%
Pepsico Inc
No change
1,860
$344,494,000 0.19%
Broadcom Inc.
2.48%
393
$340,900,000 0.18%
Fiserv, Inc.
No change
2,564
$323,449,000 0.17%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
4,270
$311,454,000 0.17%
Abbott Labs
No change
2,853
$311,034,000 0.17%
Coca-Cola Co
3.06%
5,121
$308,387,000 0.17%
International Business Machs
1.00%
2,276
$304,552,000 0.16%
Entergy Corp.
No change
3,088
$300,679,000 0.16%
Chevron Corp.
12.33%
1,884
$296,492,000 0.16%
Cummins Inc.
3.05%
1,182
$289,893,000 0.16%
Proshares Tr
Opened
7,000
$287,000,000 0.15%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
No change
1,479
$278,170,000 0.15%
Truist Finl Corp
0.05%
9,133
$277,187,000 0.15%
Corteva Inc
0.25%
4,789
$274,426,000 0.15%
Becton Dickinson Co
0.29%
1,027
$271,138,000 0.15%
Autodesk Inc.
5.79%
1,286
$263,128,000 0.14%
Clearway Energy Inc
No change
9,208
$262,980,000 0.14%
Chubb Limited
1.53%
1,329
$255,912,000 0.14%
Unilever plc
0.25%
4,800
$250,224,000 0.14%
Plexus Corp.
No change
2,543
$249,824,000 0.13%
Boeing Co.
0.85%
1,166
$246,213,000 0.13%
PayPal Holdings Inc
4.27%
3,642
$243,031,000 0.13%
General Electric Co.
No change
2,154
$236,617,000 0.13%
Stryker Corp.
No change
775
$236,328,000 0.13%
Moderna Inc
Closed
1,528
$234,670,000
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.39%
759
$234,212,000 0.13%
Target Corp
Closed
1,383
$229,066,000
Travelers Companies Inc.
No change
1,303
$226,279,000 0.12%
Pinnacle West Cap Corp
No change
2,737
$222,956,000 0.12%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
1,052
$218,290,000 0.12%
Diageo plc
No change
1,245
$215,983,000 0.12%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
980
$215,394,000 0.12%
Revvity Inc.
Closed
1,599
$213,083,000
Nike, Inc.
Closed
1,713
$210,082,000
Baxter International Inc.
Opened
4,545
$207,070,000 0.11%
Abbvie Inc
Closed
1,298
$206,862,000
3M Co.
No change
2,050
$205,185,000 0.11%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
4,774
$203,734,000 0.11%
Agree Rlty Corp
No change
3,100
$202,709,000 0.11%
Deutsche Bank A G
No change
18,690
$196,806,000 0.11%
Dnp Select Income Fd Inc
0.29%
16,171
$169,472,000 0.09%
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