Baker Ellis Asset Management 13F annual report

Baker Ellis Asset Management is an investment fund managing more than $660 billion ran by Patricia Watson. There are currently 174 companies in Mrs. Watson’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Berkshire Hathaway, together worth $123 billion.

$660 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 2nd July 2024, Baker Ellis Asset Management’s top holding is 316,254 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $87.8 billion and making up 13.3% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 66,135 shares of Berkshire Hathaway worth $34.9 billion, whose value grew 10.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $25 billion and the next is Vanguard World Fd worth $35.8 billion, with 118,455 shares owned.

Currently, Baker Ellis Asset Management's portfolio is worth at least $660 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 Baker Ellis Asset Management

The Baker Ellis Asset Management office and employees reside in Vancouver, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Patricia Watson serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Baker Ellis Asset Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Baker Ellis Asset Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Sterling Infrastructure Inc and bought 57,195 shares worth $6.77 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Sterling Infrastructure Inc makes up 15.0% of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Index Fds by buying 1,103 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Index Fds total 316,254 shares worth $87.8 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Baker Ellis Asset Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Baker Ellis Asset Management closed its position in Pioneer Nat Res Co on 9th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 22,299 shares for $5.85 billion. Patricia Watson also disclosed a decreased stake in Berkshire Hathaway by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $34.9 billion and 66,135 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Baker Ellis Asset Management are Security National Bank and Canyon Capital Advisors. They manage $660 billion and $660 billion respectively.


Patricia Watson investment strategy

Baker Ellis Asset Management’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 10.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 49.4% 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 41% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.7% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $141 billion.

The complete list of Baker Ellis Asset Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 9th 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
0.35%
316,254
$87,801,981,000 13.30%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.02%
66,135
$34,857,699,000 5.28%
Microsoft Corporation
4.43%
55,964
$25,012,906,000 3.79%
Vanguard World Fd
8.02%
118,455
$35,849,132,000 5.43%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
1.54%
152,069
$18,035,344,000 2.73%
Lam Research Corp.
3.53%
13,018
$13,862,222,000 2.10%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.70%
349,224
$15,645,618,000 2.37%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.81%
14,226
$12,091,960,000 1.83%
John Hancock Exchange Traded
0.76%
218,248
$12,012,372,000 1.82%
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
0.56%
260,364
$11,698,155,000 1.77%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
5.25%
455,698
$22,789,538,000 3.45%
Schwab Strategic Tr
1.71%
207,182
$15,033,857,000 2.28%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.30%
52,762
$10,671,644,000 1.62%
Pimco Equity Ser
0.55%
220,307
$10,445,747,000 1.58%
Ishares Tr
0.45%
843,745
$39,932,231,000 6.05%
Dimensional Etf Trust
3.53%
337,894
$9,091,039,000 1.38%
Apple Inc
1.32%
43,146
$9,087,405,000 1.38%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
372.80%
67,137
$7,728,811,000 1.17%
Stryker Corp.
0.07%
22,429
$7,631,452,000 1.16%
Broadcom Inc.
3.59%
4,353
$6,988,872,000 1.06%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc
Opened
57,195
$6,768,456,000 1.03%
Molson Coors Beverage Company
4.38%
132,962
$6,758,458,000 1.02%
Fiserv, Inc.
0.90%
43,070
$6,419,108,000 0.97%
Alphabet Inc
2.46%
55,462
$10,145,431,000 1.54%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.12%
98,457
$6,210,668,000 0.94%
Wisdomtree Tr
0.07%
120,077
$6,176,737,000 0.94%
Pepsico Inc
2.05%
37,128
$6,123,522,000 0.93%
Mid-amer Apt Cmntys Inc
12.90%
41,433
$5,908,760,000 0.90%
Pioneer Nat Res Co
Closed
22,299
$5,853,488,000
Analog Devices Inc.
1.40%
25,482
$5,816,521,000 0.88%
RTX Corp
1.10%
57,653
$5,787,786,000 0.88%
Skechers U S A, Inc.
0.36%
83,335
$5,760,115,000 0.87%
ON Semiconductor Corp.
7.20%
74,076
$5,077,910,000 0.77%
BP plc
1.96%
134,977
$4,872,654,000 0.74%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
0.49%
169,077
$4,800,096,000 0.73%
Timken Co.
23.31%
59,781
$4,790,252,000 0.73%
Fomento Economico Mexicano S
0.32%
43,446
$4,676,925,000 0.71%
Sanofi
0.92%
92,642
$4,494,990,000 0.68%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
1.98%
10,168
$4,432,742,000 0.67%
Graphic Packaging Hldg Co
3.21%
166,469
$4,363,152,000 0.66%
Discover Finl Svcs
0.23%
32,797
$4,290,176,000 0.65%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
0.76%
83,811
$6,970,326,000 1.06%
AGCO Corp.
11.18%
40,689
$3,982,639,000 0.60%
Fortune Brands Innovations I
4.10%
61,260
$3,978,224,000 0.60%
Oshkosh Corp
32.48%
36,127
$3,908,941,000 0.59%
Ingles Mkts Inc
0.33%
55,641
$3,817,530,000 0.58%
Pinnacle West Cap Corp
0.26%
49,119
$3,751,709,000 0.57%
Kroger Co.
0.40%
74,905
$3,740,004,000 0.57%
Henry Schein Inc.
4.57%
55,926
$3,584,857,000 0.54%
Baxter International Inc.
2.69%
106,085
$3,548,543,000 0.54%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
2.18%
6,516
$3,546,138,000 0.54%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
4.22%
54,881
$3,317,526,000 0.50%
Amazon.com Inc.
2.58%
16,756
$3,238,097,000 0.49%
Disney Walt Co
Closed
26,024
$3,184,298,000
Louisiana Pac Corp
1.58%
37,298
$3,070,728,000 0.47%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.56%
70,800
$2,919,804,000 0.44%
Union Pac Corp
1.21%
11,826
$2,675,842,000 0.41%
World Gold Tr
No change
55,050
$2,537,255,000 0.38%
Kimco Rlty Corp
0.65%
128,953
$2,509,426,000 0.38%
Honeywell International Inc
46.54%
10,486
$2,239,180,000 0.34%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
9.05%
4,923
$2,226,771,000 0.34%
Garrett Motion Inc
1.71%
236,353
$2,030,271,000 0.31%
Boise Cascade Co
0.30%
16,480
$1,964,746,000 0.30%
Spdr Gold Tr
No change
8,506
$1,828,875,000 0.28%
Regency Ctrs Corp
5.72%
28,864
$1,795,352,000 0.27%
Target Corp
0.55%
11,839
$1,752,646,000 0.27%
Laboratory Corp Amer Hldgs
5.26%
8,381
$1,705,617,000 0.26%
Stellantis N.V
5.90%
79,266
$1,573,431,000 0.24%
Home Depot, Inc.
No change
4,292
$1,477,478,000 0.22%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
0.58%
6,664
$1,421,698,000 0.22%
Merck & Co Inc
3.63%
11,405
$1,411,939,000 0.21%
Cenovus Energy Inc
0.56%
70,400
$1,384,064,000 0.21%
Visa Inc
No change
5,095
$1,337,285,000 0.20%
Novartis AG
1.31%
12,009
$1,278,479,000 0.19%
Chevron Corp.
6.41%
8,034
$1,256,678,000 0.19%
Comcast Corp New
5.61%
31,968
$1,251,866,000 0.19%
UBS Group AG
3.48%
41,600
$1,228,853,000 0.19%
ITT Inc
No change
9,400
$1,214,292,000 0.18%
Shell Plc
No change
16,200
$1,169,316,000 0.18%
VanEck ETF Trust
2.64%
42,672
$1,678,301,000 0.25%
Abbvie Inc
No change
6,755
$1,158,618,000 0.18%
Nike, Inc.
17.21%
15,224
$1,147,433,000 0.17%
Johnson & Johnson
0.63%
7,827
$1,143,994,000 0.17%
Phillips 66
4.04%
7,843
$1,107,197,000 0.17%
Walmart Inc
No change
15,972
$1,081,464,000 0.16%
Prologis Inc
9.76%
9,250
$1,038,868,000 0.16%
Exponent Inc.
5.87%
10,900
$1,036,808,000 0.16%
Matson Inc
No change
7,813
$1,023,269,000 0.16%
FMC Corp.
29.87%
16,907
$972,998,000 0.15%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc
0.95%
53,182
$956,213,000 0.14%
TotalEnergies SE
No change
14,150
$943,522,000 0.14%
Vaneck Merk Gold Tr
No change
42,000
$943,320,000 0.14%
Deere & Co.
No change
2,280
$851,876,000 0.13%
Honda Motor
No change
26,350
$849,524,000 0.13%
Ball Corp.
0.60%
14,046
$843,041,000 0.13%
Listed Fd Tr
5.60%
24,610
$804,255,000 0.12%
NextEra Energy Inc
9.09%
11,005
$779,264,000 0.12%
Oracle Corp.
No change
5,304
$748,925,000 0.11%
News Corp
No change
42,350
$1,188,213,000 0.18%
Masonite Intl Corp
Closed
5,110
$671,710,000
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
2,790
$665,945,000 0.10%
Preformed Line Prods Co
0.19%
5,310
$661,307,000 0.10%
Spdr Ser Tr
112.27%
4,670
$653,707,000 0.10%
Entergy Corp.
1.67%
5,880
$629,160,000 0.10%
Starwood Ppty Tr Inc
No change
32,510
$615,739,000 0.09%
Limoneira Co
2.34%
29,200
$607,652,000 0.09%
Equity Comwlth
0.33%
30,650
$594,610,000 0.09%
Procter And Gamble Co
1.46%
3,574
$589,424,000 0.09%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
No change
7,275
$581,491,000 0.09%
Investors Title Co Nc
No change
3,175
$571,913,000 0.09%
Sonoco Prods Co
3.52%
10,956
$555,663,000 0.08%
Eversource Energy
11.97%
9,769
$554,000,000 0.08%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
12.18%
10,812
$545,682,000 0.08%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
10,500
$532,823,000 0.08%
Fedex Corp
No change
1,769
$530,417,000 0.08%
Caterpillar Inc.
7.01%
1,527
$508,644,000 0.08%
Conocophillips
0.46%
4,350
$497,553,000 0.08%
Rayonier Inc.
3.41%
16,975
$493,803,000 0.07%
Bank America Corp
10.81%
12,305
$489,370,000 0.07%
CRH Plc
No change
6,400
$479,872,000 0.07%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
4.51%
6,949
$454,465,000 0.07%
Cencora Inc.
No change
1,980
$446,094,000 0.07%
Starbucks Corp.
2.90%
5,689
$442,889,000 0.07%
Fortrea Hldgs Inc
Closed
10,823
$434,435,000
KLA Corp.
No change
520
$428,745,000 0.06%
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Opened
6,200
$423,150,000 0.06%
Allete, Inc.
3.01%
6,450
$402,158,000 0.06%
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
No change
3,000
$399,090,000 0.06%
Smucker J M Co
49.93%
3,660
$399,086,000 0.06%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
No change
5,020
$385,034,000 0.06%
Encore Wire Corp.
97.39%
1,266
$366,867,000 0.06%
Eli Lilly & Co
8.05%
400
$362,152,000 0.05%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
26.23%
770
$360,914,000 0.05%
PotlatchDeltic Corp
No change
9,131
$359,678,000 0.05%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
No change
684
$348,334,000 0.05%
Valero Energy Corp.
No change
2,180
$341,737,000 0.05%
Seaboard Corp.
24.48%
108
$341,360,000 0.05%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
14.16%
1,612
$339,681,000 0.05%
Marriott Intl Inc New
No change
1,400
$338,478,000 0.05%
John Bean Technologies Corp
3.41%
3,540
$336,194,000 0.05%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
No change
3,500
$323,295,000 0.05%
U-Haul Holding Company
3.63%
5,310
$318,706,000 0.05%
Bank New York Mellon Corp
No change
5,190
$310,829,000 0.05%
Albemarle Corp.
Closed
2,270
$299,051,000
Jefferies Finl Group Inc
No change
6,000
$298,560,000 0.05%
American Centy Etf Tr
12.50%
4,500
$292,275,000 0.04%
Ishares Gold Tr
No change
6,500
$285,545,000 0.04%
Norfolk Southn Corp
No change
1,300
$279,097,000 0.04%
Penske Automotive Grp Inc
No change
1,800
$268,236,000 0.04%
Invesco Currencyshares Swiss
No change
2,700
$267,260,000 0.04%
Tjx Cos Inc New
Opened
2,420
$266,442,000 0.04%
Pinterest Inc
No change
6,000
$264,420,000 0.04%
Accenture Plc Ireland
Closed
760
$263,424,000
Gxo Logistics Incorporated
61.35%
5,055
$255,278,000 0.04%
Autonation Inc.
No change
1,600
$255,008,000 0.04%
Marten Trans Ltd
5.47%
13,482
$248,743,000 0.04%
Suncor Energy, Inc.
No change
6,500
$247,650,000 0.04%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
3.26%
5,930
$246,273,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
No change
5,050
$239,926,000 0.04%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
1,474
$239,098,000 0.04%
International Seaways Inc
No change
4,000
$236,520,000 0.04%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
10.99%
505
$235,886,000 0.04%
Linde Plc.
No change
530
$232,569,000 0.04%
Ardmore Shipping Corp
No change
10,000
$225,300,000 0.03%
Andersons Inc.
No change
4,500
$223,200,000 0.03%
Corning, Inc.
Opened
5,700
$221,445,000 0.03%
Coca-cola Europacific Partne
No change
3,000
$218,610,000 0.03%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
3,400
$216,410,000 0.03%
Clorox Co.
Closed
1,400
$214,354,000
Canadian Natl Ry Co
Closed
1,600
$210,736,000
Meta Platforms Inc
No change
415
$209,251,000 0.03%
Donnelley Finl Solutions Inc
No change
3,500
$208,670,000 0.03%
LCNB Corp
36.36%
15,000
$208,650,000 0.03%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
Closed
1,700
$207,264,000
Intel Corp.
Closed
4,679
$206,671,000
Rio Tinto plc
Opened
3,100
$204,383,000 0.03%
Rush Enterprises Inc
3.77%
5,100
$200,124,000 0.03%
O-I Glass Inc
Closed
12,000
$199,080,000
Black Stone Minerals L.P.
No change
12,000
$188,040,000 0.03%
Siriuspoint Ltd
No change
15,000
$183,000,000 0.03%
Armada Hoffler Pptys Inc
13.47%
11,560
$128,200,000 0.02%
Tricon Residential Inc
Closed
11,000
$122,650,000
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc
No change
11,000
$99,000,000 0.01%
Global Self Storage Inc
No change
20,000
$97,200,000 0.01%
Tetra Technologies, Inc.
No change
18,000
$62,280,000 0.01%
Tmc The Metals Company Inc
No change
10,000
$13,500,000 0.00%
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