Bensler 13F annual report

Bensler is an investment fund managing more than $731 billion ran by Sheila Lindsay. There are currently 104 companies in Mrs. Lindsay’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and NVIDIA Corp, together worth $78.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$731 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 19th July 2024, Bensler’s top holding is 96,306 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $43 billion and making up 5.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Bensler owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 289,749 shares of NVIDIA Corp worth $35.8 billion, whose value fell 79.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Janus Detroit Str Tr worth $36.8 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $27.3 billion, with 129,780 shares owned.

Currently, Bensler's portfolio is worth at least $731 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 Bensler

The Bensler office and employees reside in Bellevue, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Sheila Lindsay serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Bensler.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Bensler revealed that it had opened a new position in Columbia Etf Tr I and bought 199,870 shares worth $6.45 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Microsoft by buying 1,428 additional shares. This makes their stake in Microsoft total 96,306 shares worth $43 billion. Microsoft soared 29.4% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Bensler is getting rid of from its portfolio. Bensler closed its position in Monster Beverage on 26th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 79,131 shares for $4.69 billion. Sheila Lindsay also disclosed a decreased stake in Amazon.com by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $12.4 billion and 64,316 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Bensler are Nilsine Partners and Jat Capital Mgmt L.P.. They manage $731 billion and $732 billion respectively.


Sheila Lindsay investment strategy

Bensler’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 18.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 48.1% 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 42% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $242 billion.

The complete list of Bensler trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 26th 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
Microsoft Corporation
1.51%
96,306
$43,044,089,000 5.89%
NVIDIA Corp
876.57%
289,749
$35,795,534,000 4.89%
Janus Detroit Str Tr
5.04%
731,477
$36,838,894,000 5.04%
Apple Inc
0.71%
129,780
$27,334,304,000 3.74%
Global X Fds
5.45%
687,753
$25,083,174,000 3.43%
Spdr Ser Tr
11.00%
2,045,273
$61,882,006,000 8.46%
Ishares Tr
28.14%
830,613
$67,451,826,000 9.22%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
7.85%
816,869
$19,972,470,000 2.73%
VanEck ETF Trust
12.36%
755,601
$19,275,390,000 2.64%
Alphabet Inc
2.00%
104,790
$19,104,081,000 2.61%
Hartford Fds Exchange Traded
10.79%
487,102
$16,313,026,000 2.23%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
11.30%
349,677
$15,878,815,000 2.17%
Calamos Strategic Total Retu
0.16%
934,383
$15,735,001,000 2.15%
KLA Corp.
3.02%
17,929
$14,782,219,000 2.02%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
5.72%
145,536
$14,121,390,000 1.93%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.68%
64,316
$12,429,031,000 1.70%
Eli Lilly & Co
8.08%
13,355
$12,090,865,000 1.65%
Progressive Corp.
5.10%
57,965
$12,039,820,000 1.65%
Adams Diversified Equity Fd
4.07%
534,696
$11,490,622,000 1.57%
Liberty All Star Equity Fd
0.13%
1,563,813
$10,633,917,000 1.45%
Netflix Inc.
4.62%
15,233
$10,280,419,000 1.41%
Copart, Inc.
7.68%
188,186
$10,192,159,000 1.39%
Cintas Corporation
4.71%
14,349
$10,047,950,000 1.37%
Costco Whsl Corp New
4.38%
11,638
$9,891,827,000 1.35%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
2.65%
14,822
$8,066,204,000 1.10%
AMGEN Inc.
6.95%
25,232
$7,883,713,000 1.08%
Schwab Strategic Tr
11.06%
363,400
$21,965,118,000 3.00%
MercadoLibre Inc
4.98%
4,448
$7,310,514,000 1.00%
Old Dominion Freight Line In
9.15%
39,084
$6,902,282,000 0.94%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
6.91%
22,160
$6,613,083,000 0.90%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
14.66%
19,458
$6,596,356,000 0.90%
American Express Co.
5.75%
28,121
$6,511,370,000 0.89%
Columbia Etf Tr I
Opened
199,870
$6,449,791,000 0.88%
Trade Desk Inc
1.87%
64,506
$6,300,292,000 0.86%
Lowes Cos Inc
4.77%
28,455
$6,273,181,000 0.86%
Visa Inc
2.96%
22,619
$5,936,751,000 0.81%
Allspring Global Dividend Op
10.28%
1,087,260
$5,284,094,000 0.72%
Synopsys, Inc.
15.95%
8,765
$5,215,673,000 0.71%
Walmart Inc
5.18%
72,226
$4,890,421,000 0.67%
Vistra Corp
Opened
55,484
$4,770,529,000 0.65%
Monster Beverage Corp.
Closed
79,131
$4,690,892,000
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0.61%
9,341
$4,378,168,000 0.60%
Home Depot, Inc.
1.34%
12,498
$4,302,225,000 0.59%
Republic Svcs Inc
0.70%
21,560
$4,189,896,000 0.57%
Builders Firstsource Inc
17.06%
29,327
$4,059,159,000 0.55%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
1.57%
7,145
$3,638,555,000 0.50%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4,833.27%
55,450
$3,473,994,000 0.47%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
10.51%
28,567
$3,323,596,000 0.45%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.81%
44,347
$3,140,190,000 0.43%
Adobe Inc
1.43%
5,588
$3,104,358,000 0.42%
Broadcom Inc
1.91%
1,919
$3,080,452,000 0.42%
Zoetis Inc
2.04%
17,217
$2,984,785,000 0.41%
Nasdaq Inc
0.56%
45,552
$2,744,995,000 0.38%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.51%
41,167
$2,596,824,000 0.36%
Aercap Holdings Nv
1.62%
26,204
$2,442,205,000 0.33%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
0.32%
19,215
$2,278,920,000 0.31%
Tesla Inc
3.01%
10,958
$2,168,368,000 0.30%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
1.79%
71,931
$2,551,510,000 0.35%
Disney Walt Co
Closed
16,344
$1,999,912,000
Arch Cap Group Ltd
2.44%
18,795
$1,896,231,000 0.26%
Emerson Elec Co
Opened
16,586
$1,827,068,000 0.25%
Pimco Dynamic Income Fd
50.51%
92,148
$1,733,313,000 0.24%
Starbucks Corp.
18.49%
22,139
$1,723,513,000 0.24%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
3.86%
3,877
$1,577,162,000 0.22%
Vanguard Index Fds
35.10%
9,231
$2,597,847,000 0.36%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
13.03%
16,316
$1,271,370,000 0.17%
Vanguard World Fd
5.88%
1,600
$922,806,000 0.13%
Meta Platforms Inc
7.87%
1,791
$903,186,000 0.12%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
88.94%
9,663
$1,131,025,000 0.15%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.10%
2,092
$696,775,000 0.10%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
0.92%
14,616
$852,176,000 0.12%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
0.19%
1,603
$626,840,000 0.09%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
2.14%
3,347
$611,002,000 0.08%
Fidelity Covington Trust
8.57%
25,981
$792,429,000 0.11%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
5.27%
8,512
$1,047,731,000 0.14%
Nushares Etf Tr
6.54%
10,935
$430,197,000 0.06%
Brookfield Corp
Opened
9,870
$410,000,000 0.06%
Oneok Inc.
1.16%
4,717
$384,672,000 0.05%
Heritage Finl Corp Wash
0.15%
20,450
$368,715,000 0.05%
Ford Mtr Co Del
0.84%
28,486
$357,212,000 0.05%
Boeing Co.
4.19%
1,888
$343,634,000 0.05%
Eaton Corp Plc
0.10%
1,028
$322,184,000 0.04%
Eversource Energy
Opened
5,568
$315,762,000 0.04%
Paragon 28, Inc.
No change
45,379
$310,389,000 0.04%
Ishares Tr
Closed
22,171
$309,950,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.22%
1,385
$280,039,000 0.04%
Lam Research Corp.
No change
262
$278,991,000 0.04%
Coca-Cola Co
1.05%
4,345
$276,572,000 0.04%
Applied Matls Inc
0.64%
1,108
$261,567,000 0.04%
Johnson & Johnson
13.07%
1,739
$254,180,000 0.03%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
465
$248,812,000 0.03%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Opened
9,694
$246,423,000 0.03%
Conocophillips
20.53%
2,119
$242,326,000 0.03%
Alaska Air Group Inc.
0.08%
5,954
$240,542,000 0.03%
Emcor Group, Inc.
No change
654
$238,784,000 0.03%
Spdr Gold Tr
No change
1,100
$236,513,000 0.03%
Treace Med Concepts Inc
Opened
35,511
$236,148,000 0.03%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
13.61%
2,029
$233,628,000 0.03%
Procter And Gamble Co
5.02%
1,342
$221,341,000 0.03%
Oracle Corp.
Opened
1,504
$212,312,000 0.03%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
Opened
2,627
$211,458,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
Opened
2,823
$211,048,000 0.03%
Chevron Corp.
1.13%
1,344
$210,182,000 0.03%
Marathon Pete Corp
Closed
1,019
$205,257,000
Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl
Opened
1,957
$202,073,000 0.03%
Intel Corp.
Closed
4,540
$200,513,000
Cion Invt Corp
12.75%
10,662
$129,218,000 0.02%
SoFi Technologies, Inc.
No change
18,730
$123,806,000 0.02%
Apollomics Inc
No change
25,088
$5,291,000 0.00%
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