Clarkston Capital Partners 13F annual report

Clarkston Capital Partners is an investment fund managing more than $5.24 trillion ran by Melanie West. There are currently 134 companies in Mrs. West’s portfolio. The largest investments include Clarivate Plc and Post Inc, together worth $740 billion.

$5.24 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Clarkston Capital Partners’s top holding is 66,821,676 shares of Clarivate Plc currently worth over $380 billion and making up 7.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Clarivate Plc, Clarkston Capital Partners owns more than 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 3,456,405 shares of Post Inc worth $360 billion, whose value grew 8.7% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Stericycle worth $307 billion and the next is Us Foods Hldg Corp worth $305 billion, with 5,759,090 shares owned.

Currently, Clarkston Capital Partners's portfolio is worth at least $5.24 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 Clarkston Capital Partners

The Clarkston Capital Partners office and employees reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Melanie West serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Clarkston Capital Partners.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Clarkston Capital Partners revealed that it had opened a new position in Spdr Ser Tr and bought 186,225 shares worth $17.1 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Clarivate Plc by buying 9,763,262 additional shares. This makes their stake in Clarivate Plc total 66,821,676 shares worth $380 billion. Clarivate Plc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Clarkston Capital Partners is getting rid of from its portfolio. Clarkston Capital Partners closed its position in DTE Co on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,356 shares for $601 million. Melanie West also disclosed a decreased stake in Post Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $360 billion and 3,456,405 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Clarkston Capital Partners are Dragoneer Investment and Crawford Investment Counsel Inc. They manage $5.23 trillion and $5.25 trillion respectively.


Melanie West investment strategy

Clarkston Capital Partners’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 27.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 54.5% 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 49% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $190 billion.

The complete list of Clarkston Capital Partners 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
Clarivate Plc
17.11%
66,821,676
$380,215,336,000 7.26%
Post Holdings Inc
2.89%
3,456,405
$360,019,145,000 6.87%
Stericycle Inc.
2.66%
5,285,845
$307,266,170,000 5.86%
Us Foods Hldg Corp
12.19%
5,759,090
$305,116,588,000 5.82%
Affiliated Managers Group In
2.61%
1,828,389
$285,649,207,000 5.45%
Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc
25.56%
992,615
$277,237,370,000 5.29%
GFL Environmental Inc.
0.43%
6,131,375
$238,694,429,000 4.56%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
0.67%
4,667,837
$237,266,151,000 4.53%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
0.65%
2,142,576
$188,803,815,000 3.60%
Sysco Corp.
1.28%
2,314,496
$165,231,837,000 3.15%
Hillenbrand Inc
1.03%
3,748,446
$150,012,802,000 2.86%
Brown & Brown, Inc.
39.30%
1,588,285
$142,008,562,000 2.71%
Willis Towers Watson Plc Ltd
23.47%
531,318
$139,279,605,000 2.66%
Wiley John & Sons Inc
17.21%
3,399,842
$138,373,569,000 2.64%
Energizer Hldgs Inc New
1.15%
4,241,346
$125,289,361,000 2.39%
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
415.65%
1,489,359
$125,225,322,000 2.39%
Avantor, Inc.
1.56%
5,760,370
$122,119,844,000 2.33%
Fedex Corp
12.69%
352,835
$105,794,110,000 2.02%
Leslies Inc
28.89%
23,458,550
$98,291,325,000 1.88%
Cable One Inc
21.94%
274,955
$97,334,070,000 1.86%
Henry Schein Inc.
0.01%
1,326,245
$85,012,305,000 1.62%
Schwab Charles Corp
2.54%
1,020,048
$75,167,352,000 1.43%
Envista Holdings Corp
23.72%
4,330,215
$72,011,475,000 1.37%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.05%
1,144,624
$66,559,902,000 1.27%
Altice USA Inc
8.56%
31,243,434
$63,736,605,000 1.22%
Dollar Gen Corp New
1.69%
442,448
$58,504,949,000 1.12%
Microsoft Corporation
3.01%
106,963
$47,807,119,000 0.91%
American Express Co.
25.52%
170,922
$39,577,073,000 0.76%
Capital One Finl Corp
0.16%
281,372
$38,955,889,000 0.74%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
35.12%
4,749,074
$35,333,111,000 0.67%
Apple Inc
0.88%
156,400
$32,940,912,000 0.63%
International Flavors&fragra
4.29%
334,350
$31,833,464,000 0.61%
Alphabet Inc
0.08%
177,402
$32,327,078,000 0.62%
Mid-amer Apt Cmntys Inc
No change
210,000
$29,948,100,000 0.57%
Pepsico Inc
1.58%
181,424
$29,922,309,000 0.57%
Us Bancorp Del
1.13%
735,577
$29,202,391,000 0.56%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
39.59%
200,861
$27,487,894,000 0.52%
Comcast Corp New
21.31%
677,895
$26,546,366,000 0.51%
Kenvue Inc
70.88%
1,361,794
$24,757,423,000 0.47%
Paychex Inc.
2.25%
205,259
$24,335,492,000 0.46%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
3.24%
1,079,127
$24,118,479,000 0.46%
Diageo plc
71.06%
188,823
$23,806,862,000 0.45%
Disney Walt Co
2.42%
234,186
$23,252,296,000 0.44%
Medtronic Plc
34.51%
270,803
$21,314,866,000 0.41%
Procter And Gamble Co
2.49%
122,094
$20,135,664,000 0.38%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc
1.75%
587,321
$19,616,527,000 0.37%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.23%
41,611
$18,357,305,000 0.35%
Johnson & Johnson
2.36%
121,525
$17,762,134,000 0.34%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
186,225
$17,091,731,000 0.33%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
2.75%
68,664
$14,648,842,000 0.28%
3M Co.
5.28%
140,349
$14,342,226,000 0.27%
Blackstone Inc
No change
75,325
$9,325,235,000 0.18%
Eli Lilly & Co
No change
10,075
$9,121,704,000 0.17%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.13%
16,221
$8,178,953,000 0.16%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
3.58%
113,841
$8,075,910,000 0.15%
ServisFirst Bancshares Inc
No change
120,000
$7,582,800,000 0.14%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
No change
55,441
$6,382,368,000 0.12%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
0.97%
204,600
$5,929,308,000 0.11%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
10,000
$4,523,200,000 0.09%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
No change
60,000
$4,521,600,000 0.09%
Cisco Sys Inc
2.33%
79,650
$3,784,172,000 0.07%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.34%
4,357
$3,703,537,000 0.07%
Ishares Tr
0.06%
50,323
$7,955,126,000 0.15%
Mckesson Corporation
No change
5,840
$3,410,794,000 0.07%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.81%
6,952
$3,290,832,000 0.06%
Nucor Corp.
No change
20,000
$3,161,600,000 0.06%
Charter Communications Inc N
No change
10,500
$3,139,080,000 0.06%
IQVIA Holdings Inc
No change
14,000
$2,960,160,000 0.06%
Philip Morris International Inc
No change
25,900
$2,624,447,000 0.05%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.56%
4,487
$2,441,990,000 0.05%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.65%
12,474
$2,410,601,000 0.05%
Home Depot, Inc.
1.78%
6,912
$2,379,387,000 0.05%
The Southern Co.
25.49%
30,000
$2,327,100,000 0.04%
Bank America Corp
No change
54,700
$2,175,419,000 0.04%
Chevron Corp.
No change
13,190
$2,063,180,000 0.04%
Credit Accep Corp Mich
No change
4,000
$2,058,720,000 0.04%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
20,210
$2,025,648,000 0.04%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
31,315
$1,993,200,000 0.04%
Sun Cmntys Inc
No change
16,000
$1,925,440,000 0.04%
Vici Pptys Inc
No change
60,000
$1,718,400,000 0.03%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
41,000
$1,702,730,000 0.03%
Energy Transfer L P
No change
103,840
$1,684,285,000 0.03%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
5,916
$1,507,523,000 0.03%
DraftKings Inc.
No change
38,835
$1,482,332,000 0.03%
Prudential Finl Inc
No change
12,500
$1,464,875,000 0.03%
Eversource Energy
No change
25,000
$1,417,750,000 0.03%
International Business Machs
No change
8,151
$1,409,765,000 0.03%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
No change
39,500
$1,385,660,000 0.03%
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.77%
4,525
$1,372,930,000 0.03%
Merck & Co Inc
0.42%
10,975
$1,358,752,000 0.03%
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
No change
10,000
$1,291,600,000 0.02%
Stryker Corp.
No change
3,772
$1,283,423,000 0.02%
Pfizer Inc.
11.60%
44,077
$1,233,286,000 0.02%
First Merchants Corp.
No change
34,696
$1,155,030,000 0.02%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
No change
2,482
$1,104,118,000 0.02%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.37%
2,697
$1,708,974,000 0.03%
Visa Inc
No change
3,894
$1,022,058,000 0.02%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
5,211
$1,013,696,000 0.02%
DaVita Inc
No change
6,954
$963,616,000 0.02%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
3.71%
3,895
$922,959,000 0.02%
NVIDIA Corp
760.64%
7,040
$869,722,000 0.02%
Oracle Corp.
No change
6,143
$867,392,000 0.02%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
No change
17,000
$857,990,000 0.02%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
No change
765
$807,886,000 0.02%
Fair Isaac Corp.
No change
500
$744,330,000 0.01%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
2,910
$694,588,000 0.01%
Old Natl Bancorp Ind
No change
37,353
$642,098,000 0.01%
Abbott Labs
No change
6,042
$627,824,000 0.01%
Tesla Inc
No change
3,075
$608,481,000 0.01%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.70%
3,051
$607,698,000 0.01%
DTE Energy Co.
Closed
5,356
$600,627,000
Abbvie Inc
No change
3,350
$574,592,000 0.01%
Pulte Group Inc
No change
4,829
$531,696,000 0.01%
Boston Scientific Corp.
No change
6,500
$500,565,000 0.01%
Schwab Strategic Tr
No change
11,921
$804,573,000 0.02%
Vanguard World Fd
No change
821
$473,380,000 0.01%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
37,660
$472,256,000 0.01%
Pinnacle West Cap Corp
No change
5,500
$420,090,000 0.01%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
No change
1,966
$397,643,000 0.01%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
716
$395,948,000 0.01%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
No change
1,725
$363,492,000 0.01%
Target Corp
No change
2,446
$362,106,000 0.01%
Danaher Corp.
No change
1,400
$349,790,000 0.01%
Walmart Inc
2.25%
4,903
$331,986,000 0.01%
Liberty Broadband Corp
No change
6,000
$328,920,000 0.01%
Sealed Air Corp.
Closed
8,500
$316,200,000
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
1,081
$313,641,000 0.01%
Agree Rlty Corp
No change
4,700
$291,118,000 0.01%
RTX Corp
No change
2,284
$229,291,000 0.00%
Intuit Inc
No change
346
$227,395,000 0.00%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
No change
1,000
$226,120,000 0.00%
Deere & Co.
No change
600
$224,178,000 0.00%
Royal Bk Cda
No change
2,106
$224,036,000 0.00%
Oneok Inc.
No change
2,734
$222,958,000 0.00%
Canadian Imperial Bk Comm To
Closed
4,000
$202,880,000
AMGEN Inc.
Opened
646
$201,843,000 0.00%
Ishares Tr
Closed
587
$66,994,000
Ishares Tr
Opened
33
$3,520,000 0.00%
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