Knuff & Co 13F annual report

Knuff & Co is an investment fund managing more than $308 billion ran by William Iii. There are currently 131 companies in Mr. Iii’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Microsoft, together worth $61.9 billion.

$308 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 25th July 2024, Knuff & Co’s top holding is 167,660 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $35.3 billion and making up 11.5% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Knuff & Co owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 59,456 shares of Microsoft worth $26.6 billion, whose value grew 3.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Procter And Gamble Co worth $23.1 billion and the next is Trade Desk Inc worth $12.5 billion, with 127,589 shares owned.

Currently, Knuff & Co's portfolio is worth at least $308 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 Knuff & Co

The Knuff & Co office and employees reside in Foster City, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, William Iii serves as the Managing Partner at Knuff & Co.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Knuff & Co revealed that it had opened a new position in Schwab U.s. Large-cap Value and bought 14,016 shares worth $1.04 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 6,010 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 167,660 shares worth $35.3 billion. Apple Inc soared 13.5% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Knuff & Co is getting rid of from its portfolio. Knuff & Co closed its position in Pioneer Nat Res Co on 1st August 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,200 shares for $315 million. William Iii also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $26.6 billion and 59,456 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Knuff & Co are Verum Partners and Balboa Wealth Partners. They manage $308 billion and $308 billion respectively.


William Iii investment strategy

Knuff & Co’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 26.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 58.0% 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 59% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.8% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $192 billion.

The complete list of Knuff & Co trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 1st 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
Apple Inc
3.72%
167,660
$35,312,549,000 11.46%
Microsoft Corporation
0.40%
59,456
$26,573,711,000 8.62%
Procter And Gamble Co
1.83%
140,028
$23,093,418,000 7.49%
Trade Desk Inc
4.38%
127,589
$12,461,618,000 4.04%
Netflix Inc.
3.94%
17,882
$12,068,204,000 3.92%
Alphabet Inc
1.16%
51,125
$9,377,348,000 3.04%
Costco Whsl Corp
0.49%
10,359
$8,805,046,000 2.86%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.70%
42,334
$8,181,046,000 2.66%
MercadoLibre Inc
0.47%
4,679
$7,689,469,000 2.50%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
No change
66,313
$7,633,953,000 2.48%
Fortinet Inc
1.63%
118,840
$7,162,487,000 2.32%
Caterpillar Inc.
No change
21,107
$7,030,742,000 2.28%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0.05%
14,343
$6,722,851,000 2.18%
NVIDIA Corp
838.77%
53,660
$6,629,156,000 2.15%
Equifax, Inc.
3.30%
26,400
$6,400,944,000 2.08%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.22%
14,841
$6,037,319,000 1.96%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
3.83%
10,633
$5,880,049,000 1.91%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
0.19%
26,052
$4,528,098,000 1.47%
Broadcom Inc
No change
2,693
$4,323,692,000 1.40%
American Tower Corp.
0.08%
21,562
$4,191,222,000 1.36%
Monster Beverage Corp.
No change
76,320
$3,812,184,000 1.24%
Qualcomm, Inc.
3.43%
18,307
$3,646,388,000 1.18%
Dexcom Inc
8.83%
30,318
$3,437,455,000 1.12%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
No change
37,432
$3,425,028,000 1.11%
Albemarle Corp.
5.26%
35,237
$3,365,838,000 1.09%
Boeing Co.
No change
18,160
$3,305,302,000 1.07%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
10.13%
45,554
$3,279,888,000 1.06%
Deere Co
0.38%
8,023
$2,997,633,000 0.97%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.87%
8,576
$2,952,202,000 0.96%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
5.96%
27,209
$2,899,935,000 0.94%
Align Technology, Inc.
13.30%
11,959
$2,887,261,000 0.94%
Disney Walt Co
2.29%
25,362
$2,518,193,000 0.82%
Alphabet Inc
0.57%
13,185
$2,401,648,000 0.78%
NextEra Energy Inc
8.38%
32,796
$2,322,285,000 0.75%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
23,805
$2,310,037,000 0.75%
Chevron Corp.
0.85%
14,534
$2,273,408,000 0.74%
Aflac Inc.
No change
25,425
$2,270,707,000 0.74%
American Express Co.
No change
9,650
$2,234,458,000 0.73%
Danaher Corp.
No change
8,190
$2,046,272,000 0.66%
Nike, Inc.
2.15%
24,802
$1,869,327,000 0.61%
Pfizer Inc.
1.22%
64,759
$1,811,957,000 0.59%
GE Aerospace
11.22%
10,288
$1,635,483,000 0.53%
Merck Co Inc
0.41%
12,220
$1,512,836,000 0.49%
Visa Inc
No change
5,260
$1,380,592,000 0.45%
Johnson Johnson
No change
9,402
$1,374,196,000 0.45%
Coca-Cola Co
1.41%
21,300
$1,355,745,000 0.44%
Abbvie Inc
1.87%
7,875
$1,350,720,000 0.44%
Union Pac Corp
No change
5,694
$1,288,324,000 0.42%
Pepsico Inc
3.81%
7,671
$1,265,178,000 0.41%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
2,693
$1,218,098,000 0.40%
Oracle Corp.
No change
8,252
$1,165,182,000 0.38%
Fidelity Natl Information Svcs
5.47%
14,400
$1,085,184,000 0.35%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Value
Opened
14,016
$1,038,327,000 0.34%
Abbott Labs
3.69%
9,797
$1,018,006,000 0.33%
Wells Fargo Co
3.54%
16,692
$991,338,000 0.32%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
28.67%
13,246
$908,808,000 0.29%
Eli Lilly Co
19.95%
920
$832,950,000 0.27%
Etsy Inc
16.89%
13,634
$804,133,000 0.26%
Ishares Floating Rate Bond
Opened
15,500
$791,895,000 0.26%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
1,740
$767,618,000 0.25%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
8,372.22%
12,200
$764,330,000 0.25%
Salesforce Inc
No change
2,940
$755,874,000 0.25%
Vanguard Mega Cap
Opened
3,747
$739,246,000 0.24%
Starbucks Corp.
6.16%
9,090
$707,657,000 0.23%
Ge Healthcare Technologies Inc
5.41%
8,714
$678,995,000 0.22%
Adobe Inc
3.72%
1,114
$618,872,000 0.20%
Cummins Inc.
No change
2,213
$612,846,000 0.20%
Intel Corp.
No change
19,643
$608,344,000 0.20%
Fortune Brands Innovations Inc
17.75%
8,622
$553,842,000 0.18%
Moderna Inc
18.27%
4,488
$532,950,000 0.17%
Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc
No change
648
$532,449,000 0.17%
AMGEN Inc.
No change
1,700
$531,165,000 0.17%
Schwab International Equity
Opened
13,356
$513,133,000 0.17%
PayPal Holdings Inc
40.00%
8,100
$470,043,000 0.15%
Veralto Corp
23.43%
4,847
$462,743,000 0.15%
Novo-nordisk A S
4,772.31%
3,167
$452,058,000 0.15%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
No change
2,202
$445,377,000 0.14%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Growth
Opened
4,251
$428,693,000 0.14%
Schlumberger Ltd.
9.99%
8,870
$418,487,000 0.14%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
4.90%
9,888
$410,649,000 0.13%
Zoetis Inc
No change
2,340
$405,662,000 0.13%
Progressive Corp.
No change
1,816
$377,201,000 0.12%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
2,058
$352,968,000 0.11%
ServiceNow Inc
No change
425
$334,335,000 0.11%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
1,702
$331,090,000 0.11%
Pulte Group Inc
264.38%
2,915
$320,942,000 0.10%
Pioneer Nat Res Co
Closed
1,200
$315,000,000
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
1,000
$290,140,000 0.09%
Constellation Brands Inc
No change
1,116
$287,124,000 0.09%
Ishares Core U.s. Aggregate Bond
No change
2,600
$252,382,000 0.08%
Uber Technologies Inc
42.11%
3,375
$245,295,000 0.08%
e.l.f. Beauty Inc
9.75%
1,157
$243,803,000 0.08%
Spdr Gold Shares
No change
1,000
$215,010,000 0.07%
Waste Mgmt Inc
No change
1,000
$213,340,000 0.07%
Abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares Etf
Opened
2,059
$212,036,000 0.07%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
949
$209,217,000 0.07%
Oddity Tech Ltd Cl A
43.11%
5,013
$196,810,000 0.06%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
912
$194,748,000 0.06%
International Business Machs
No change
1,000
$172,950,000 0.06%
Wabtec
No change
1,000
$158,050,000 0.05%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
1,358
$136,112,000 0.04%
Diageo plc
No change
1,000
$126,080,000 0.04%
Morgan Stanley
7.30%
1,270
$123,431,000 0.04%
Linde Plc.
No change
250
$109,703,000 0.04%
Smucker J M Co
No change
1,001
$109,149,000 0.04%
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
No change
413
$98,579,000 0.03%
Technology Select Sector Spdr Fund
No change
325
$73,525,000 0.02%
Prologis Inc
No change
650
$73,002,000 0.02%
International Flavorsfragranc
No change
750
$71,408,000 0.02%
Enbridge Inc
No change
2,000
$71,180,000 0.02%
Tjx Cos Inc
No change
644
$70,904,000 0.02%
Health Care Select Sector Spdr Fund
10.00%
450
$65,588,000 0.02%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
No change
826
$65,031,000 0.02%
Analog Devices Inc.
No change
275
$62,772,000 0.02%
Paycom Software Inc
54.62%
413
$59,076,000 0.02%
Accenture plc
No change
190
$57,648,000 0.02%
Garrett Motion Inc
50.44%
6,387
$54,864,000 0.02%
Ishares Core Sp 500
No change
100
$54,723,000 0.02%
Coherent Corp
No change
700
$50,722,000 0.02%
Ecolab, Inc.
No change
200
$47,600,000 0.02%
Canadian Natl Ry Co
No change
400
$47,252,000 0.02%
Ishares Sp 500 Value
No change
256
$46,595,000 0.02%
Trimble Inc
No change
700
$39,144,000 0.01%
EBay Inc.
No change
700
$37,604,000 0.01%
Blackrock Inc.
No change
40
$31,493,000 0.01%
Masterbrand Inc
No change
2,000
$29,360,000 0.01%
Rockwell Automation Inc
No change
100
$27,528,000 0.01%
Stryker Corp.
No change
80
$27,220,000 0.01%
Ambarella Inc
No change
500
$26,975,000 0.01%
Mcdonalds Corp
Closed
80
$22,556,000
Schwab Us Dividend Equity
Opened
137
$10,653,000 0.00%
Kyndryl Hldgs Inc
No change
200
$5,262,000 0.00%
Resideo Technologies Inc
No change
125
$2,445,000 0.00%
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