Liberty Capital Management 13F annual report

Liberty Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $420 billion ran by Kenneth Carbaugh. There are currently 123 companies in Mr. Carbaugh’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Apple Inc, together worth $52.4 billion.

$420 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 22nd July 2024, Liberty Capital Management’s top holding is 141,926 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $32.5 billion and making up 7.7% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 94,727 shares of Apple Inc worth $20 billion, whose value grew 17.0% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is NVIDIA Corp worth $13.9 billion and the next is Costco Whsl Corp New worth $13.8 billion, with 16,190 shares owned.

Currently, Liberty Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $420 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 Liberty Capital Management

The Liberty Capital Management office and employees reside in Birmingham, Michigan. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Kenneth Carbaugh serves as the President & CEO at Liberty Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Liberty Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc and bought 415 shares worth $341 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 735 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 94,727 shares worth $20 billion. Apple Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Liberty Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Liberty Capital Management closed its position in Blackrock Muniyield Mich Qu on 29th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 11,072 shares for $127 million. Kenneth Carbaugh also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Index Fds by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $32.5 billion and 141,926 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Liberty Capital Management are Khrom Capital Management and Princeton Global Asset Management. They manage $420 billion and $420 billion respectively.


Kenneth Carbaugh investment strategy

Liberty Capital Management’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 49.6% 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 49% 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 $226 billion.

The complete list of Liberty Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 29th 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
1.60%
141,926
$32,473,693,000 7.72%
Apple Inc
0.78%
94,727
$19,951,404,000 4.75%
NVIDIA Corp
761.45%
112,591
$13,909,504,000 3.31%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.70%
16,190
$13,761,338,000 3.27%
Intuit Inc
0.17%
20,815
$13,679,826,000 3.25%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.50%
62,817
$12,139,385,000 2.89%
Microsoft Corporation
2.10%
26,012
$11,626,063,000 2.77%
Alphabet Inc
0.40%
86,120
$15,718,744,000 3.74%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
0.10%
16,618
$9,189,754,000 2.19%
Visa Inc
0.59%
34,748
$9,120,308,000 2.17%
Cintas Corporation
0.92%
12,396
$8,680,423,000 2.06%
Danaher Corp.
0.84%
34,003
$8,495,650,000 2.02%
Schwab Strategic Tr
9.31%
370,253
$21,282,773,000 5.06%
Fiserv, Inc.
0.70%
52,034
$7,755,147,000 1.84%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.30%
22,499
$7,745,056,000 1.84%
Aflac Inc.
1.31%
81,809
$7,306,362,000 1.74%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
0.78%
13,999
$7,129,131,000 1.70%
Abbvie Inc
4.83%
39,164
$6,717,409,000 1.60%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
14.45%
125,226
$6,188,669,000 1.47%
Constellation Brands Inc
0.10%
22,151
$5,698,950,000 1.36%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
0.83%
22,572
$5,348,661,000 1.27%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
2.85%
105,606
$5,291,917,000 1.26%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
11.86%
73,222
$5,275,562,000 1.25%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
1.33%
25,773
$5,212,847,000 1.24%
Ecolab, Inc.
0.41%
21,848
$5,199,824,000 1.24%
Church Dwight Co Inc
0.80%
45,810
$4,749,581,000 1.13%
Mcdonalds Corp
3.80%
18,109
$4,614,898,000 1.10%
Abbott Labs
7.13%
43,609
$4,531,411,000 1.08%
American Tower Corp.
2.93%
22,525
$4,378,410,000 1.04%
Chubb Limited
0.58%
16,782
$4,280,753,000 1.02%
Fortinet Inc
2.46%
67,563
$4,072,022,000 0.97%
American Centy Etf Tr
21.58%
44,559
$3,997,833,000 0.95%
Fastenal Co.
0.65%
61,540
$3,867,174,000 0.92%
Stryker Corp.
6.56%
11,242
$3,825,091,000 0.91%
Packaging Corp Amer
0.65%
19,971
$3,645,906,000 0.87%
Ishares Tr
4.62%
205,967
$14,776,265,000 3.51%
Ulta Beauty Inc
0.67%
9,207
$3,552,705,000 0.85%
RTX Corp
7.01%
34,030
$3,416,272,000 0.81%
Adobe Inc
10.12%
5,559
$3,088,247,000 0.73%
Fortive Corp
9.96%
41,335
$3,062,924,000 0.73%
Tractor Supply Co.
5.23%
10,308
$2,783,160,000 0.66%
Asml Holding N V
9.28%
2,719
$2,780,803,000 0.66%
Cadence Design System Inc
1.91%
8,469
$2,606,335,000 0.62%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
8.57%
26,684
$2,568,602,000 0.61%
Progressive Corp.
No change
12,071
$2,507,267,000 0.60%
Pepsico Inc
1.91%
14,448
$2,382,951,000 0.57%
Dimensional Etf Trust
4.71%
332,835
$10,743,385,000 2.56%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
22.66%
6,724
$2,279,503,000 0.54%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
1.17%
42,560
$2,065,783,000 0.49%
Intercontinental Exchange In
0.53%
14,999
$2,053,213,000 0.49%
NextEra Energy Inc
3.46%
27,518
$1,948,550,000 0.46%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
30.93%
3,501
$1,905,522,000 0.45%
Eli Lilly Co
12.85%
2,035
$1,842,448,000 0.44%
Blackrock Inc.
3.71%
2,321
$1,827,370,000 0.43%
Carrier Global Corporation
18.85%
27,575
$1,739,431,000 0.41%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
3,912
$1,725,818,000 0.41%
Welltower Inc.
1.36%
16,179
$1,686,661,000 0.40%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
14.39%
81,719
$5,107,686,000 1.21%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
4.10%
3,808
$1,549,094,000 0.37%
Cognizant Technology Solutio
0.56%
22,145
$1,505,860,000 0.36%
Walmart Inc
1.95%
21,372
$1,447,098,000 0.34%
Trimble Inc
27.48%
23,971
$1,340,458,000 0.32%
Automatic Data Processing In
0.97%
5,193
$1,239,517,000 0.29%
Spdr Ser Tr
No change
14,000
$1,096,340,000 0.26%
Veeva Sys Inc
17.98%
5,840
$1,068,778,000 0.25%
Accenture Plc Ireland
31.16%
3,342
$1,013,996,000 0.24%
Lowes Cos Inc
13.73%
4,364
$962,087,000 0.23%
Johnson Johnson
12.07%
6,247
$913,062,000 0.22%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.68%
21,960
$905,630,000 0.22%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
19.52%
1,990
$885,252,000 0.21%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
No change
7,359
$872,777,000 0.21%
Cisco Sys Inc
8.26%
17,895
$850,191,000 0.20%
Vanguard Star Fds
42.07%
13,479
$812,779,000 0.19%
Maximus Inc.
No change
8,856
$758,959,000 0.18%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
8.40%
1,561
$706,072,000 0.17%
Procter And Gamble Co
12.53%
4,258
$702,151,000 0.17%
Emerson Elec Co
6.17%
5,973
$657,986,000 0.16%
Disney Walt Co
7.31%
6,336
$629,101,000 0.15%
Merck Co Inc
14.94%
4,932
$610,582,000 0.15%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.58%
1,203
$606,597,000 0.14%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
6.11%
10,683
$845,250,000 0.20%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
No change
20,054
$581,165,000 0.14%
Blackrock Utils Infrastructu
No change
25,480
$564,382,000 0.13%
Terex Corp.
No change
9,962
$546,316,000 0.13%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
1.72%
5,700
$500,118,000 0.12%
Gartner, Inc.
No change
1,080
$484,985,000 0.12%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
No change
3,535
$483,765,000 0.12%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
No change
5,040
$465,545,000 0.11%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
4.02%
984
$459,626,000 0.11%
Proshares Tr
22.26%
5,364
$395,970,000 0.09%
Phillips 66
13.73%
2,618
$369,583,000 0.09%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
No change
3,962
$362,523,000 0.09%
Booking Holdings Inc
1.10%
90
$356,535,000 0.08%
Vanguard World Fd
0.83%
605
$348,837,000 0.08%
Ppg Inds Inc
6.39%
2,746
$345,694,000 0.08%
Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc
Opened
415
$340,997,000 0.08%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
No change
1,834
$334,797,000 0.08%
Chevron Corp.
20.90%
2,059
$322,069,000 0.08%
Conocophillips
No change
2,712
$310,199,000 0.07%
Air Prods Chems Inc
14.26%
1,194
$308,112,000 0.07%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
5.68%
2,655
$305,676,000 0.07%
Intel Corp.
32.77%
9,719
$300,997,000 0.07%
Sysco Corp.
3.15%
3,928
$280,420,000 0.07%
Coca-Cola Co
3.72%
4,319
$274,904,000 0.07%
Northern Tr Corp
No change
3,224
$270,752,000 0.06%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
No change
2,329
$268,557,000 0.06%
Travelers Companies Inc.
No change
1,230
$250,108,000 0.06%
Sunoco Lp/sunoco Fin Corp
Opened
4,384
$247,871,000 0.06%
Veralto Corp
2.78%
2,552
$243,639,000 0.06%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
1,282
$233,991,000 0.06%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
18,368
$230,335,000 0.05%
Us Bancorp Del
18.34%
5,790
$229,863,000 0.05%
Norfolk Southn Corp
23.58%
1,069
$229,504,000 0.05%
Tesla Inc
Opened
1,128
$223,209,000 0.05%
Pfizer Inc.
7.23%
7,729
$216,257,000 0.05%
Landstar Sys Inc
No change
1,154
$212,890,000 0.05%
International Business Machs
No change
1,224
$211,691,000 0.05%
Starbucks Corp.
No change
2,660
$207,081,000 0.05%
Duke Energy Corp.
Opened
2,040
$204,469,000 0.05%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
6.73%
402
$203,336,000 0.05%
3M Co.
No change
1,986
$202,949,000 0.05%
Eaton Vance Risk-managed Div
No change
16,170
$141,973,000 0.03%
Blackrock Muniyield Mich Qu
Closed
11,072
$127,439,000
Gabelli Util Tr
No change
10,000
$59,200,000 0.01%
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