Ls Investment Advisors 13F annual report

Ls Investment Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $640 billion ran by Joann Kayser. There are currently 123 companies in Mrs. Kayser’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Microsoft, together worth $105 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$640 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 19th July 2024, Ls Investment Advisors’s top holding is 324,103 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $68.3 billion and making up 10.7% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Ls Investment Advisors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 82,804 shares of Microsoft worth $37 billion, whose value grew 8.2% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc worth $41.5 billion and the next is Home Depot worth $20.4 billion, with 59,233 shares owned.

Currently, Ls Investment Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $640 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 Ls Investment Advisors

The Ls Investment Advisors office and employees reside in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Joann Kayser serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Ls Investment Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Ls Investment Advisors revealed that it had increased its stake in Microsoft and bought 824 additional shares worth around $350 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Microsoft makes up 30.6% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 29.4% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Ls Investment Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Ls Investment Advisors closed its position in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on 26th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 4,750 shares for $258 million. Joann Kayser also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $68.3 billion and 324,103 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Ls Investment Advisors are Atlas Capital Advisors and Skba Capital Management. They manage $640 billion and $640 billion respectively.


Joann Kayser investment strategy

Ls Investment Advisors’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 52.8% 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 52% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.4% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $219 billion.

The complete list of Ls Investment Advisors 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
Apple Inc
0.08%
324,103
$68,262,527,000 10.67%
Microsoft Corporation
1.01%
82,804
$37,009,180,000 5.78%
Alphabet Inc
1.41%
226,862
$41,524,698,000 6.49%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.37%
59,233
$20,390,321,000 3.19%
Visa Inc
2.54%
73,197
$19,212,112,000 3.00%
Fiserv, Inc.
0.25%
120,400
$17,944,416,000 2.80%
Qualcomm, Inc.
0.11%
85,390
$17,008,068,000 2.66%
Ecolab, Inc.
0.48%
69,198
$16,469,098,000 2.57%
Danaher Corp.
4.14%
61,399
$15,340,456,000 2.40%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
3.44%
223,691
$15,329,535,000 2.40%
Chubb Limited
2.56%
54,914
$14,007,346,000 2.19%
Caterpillar Inc.
1.74%
38,569
$12,847,420,000 2.01%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
4.64%
137,441
$12,865,447,000 2.01%
Broadcom Inc
0.31%
7,620
$12,234,156,000 1.91%
Grainger W W Inc
0.01%
13,350
$12,044,528,000 1.88%
Walmart Inc
1.28%
172,780
$11,698,932,000 1.83%
Bank America Corp
2.02%
287,055
$11,416,173,000 1.78%
Blackrock Inc.
3.51%
14,309
$11,266,006,000 1.76%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
2.64%
34,728
$10,363,924,000 1.62%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.90%
36,151
$13,092,448,000 2.05%
CSX Corp.
2.08%
301,355
$10,080,325,000 1.57%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
2.09%
54,789
$10,001,765,000 1.56%
Emerson Elec Co
2.97%
89,573
$9,867,315,000 1.54%
Pepsico Inc
0.51%
57,700
$9,516,474,000 1.49%
Linde Plc.
0.52%
21,389
$9,385,606,000 1.47%
Everest Group Ltd
1.15%
23,636
$9,005,789,000 1.41%
RTX Corp
0.89%
85,948
$8,628,320,000 1.35%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
18,925
$7,698,690,000 1.20%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.03%
8,888
$7,554,780,000 1.18%
Disney Walt Co
6.22%
75,446
$7,491,033,000 1.17%
Roper Technologies Inc
1.81%
13,023
$7,340,330,000 1.15%
Automatic Data Processing In
2.57%
30,056
$7,174,002,000 1.12%
Merck & Co Inc
0.60%
57,453
$7,112,623,000 1.11%
Spdr Gold Tr
4.91%
31,352
$6,740,994,000 1.05%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
0.79%
27,359
$5,836,725,000 0.91%
NVIDIA Corp
2,081.18%
45,085
$5,569,801,000 0.87%
Amazon.com Inc.
138.11%
24,297
$4,695,395,000 0.73%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.48%
57,301
$4,057,485,000 0.63%
Chevron Corp.
5.71%
25,758
$4,029,011,000 0.63%
Pfizer Inc.
9.87%
138,524
$3,875,905,000 0.61%
General Dynamics Corp.
0.36%
11,178
$3,243,185,000 0.51%
Elevance Health Inc
19.27%
5,774
$3,128,700,000 0.49%
Ishares Tr
10.36%
85,948
$10,949,774,000 1.71%
CVS Health Corp
26.06%
51,292
$3,029,309,000 0.47%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.61%
14,562
$2,945,340,000 0.46%
Mcdonalds Corp
41.75%
11,173
$2,847,327,000 0.44%
Schwab Charles Corp
1.95%
37,961
$2,797,346,000 0.44%
Meta Platforms Inc
128.26%
5,524
$2,785,311,000 0.44%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
5.95%
24,036
$2,767,025,000 0.43%
Discover Finl Svcs
1.09%
20,955
$2,741,124,000 0.43%
Procter And Gamble Co
11.62%
16,279
$2,684,733,000 0.42%
Us Bancorp Del
21.16%
65,796
$2,612,101,000 0.41%
Sysco Corp.
44.21%
34,180
$2,440,108,000 0.38%
Johnson & Johnson
4.29%
15,389
$2,249,269,000 0.35%
Target Corp
No change
14,760
$2,185,070,000 0.34%
Eli Lilly & Co
1.13%
2,357
$2,133,981,000 0.33%
Abbvie Inc
1.81%
12,274
$2,105,196,000 0.33%
Autozone Inc.
No change
700
$2,074,870,000 0.32%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
0.43%
13,763
$1,902,047,000 0.30%
Veralto Corp
8.42%
18,053
$1,723,520,000 0.27%
Intel Corp.
0.18%
55,229
$1,710,442,000 0.27%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
No change
8,005
$1,686,814,000 0.26%
Cisco Sys Inc
13.77%
33,649
$1,598,664,000 0.25%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
0.01%
17,930
$1,573,213,000 0.25%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
0.65%
30,505
$1,507,557,000 0.24%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
2,682
$1,483,146,000 0.23%
Verizon Communications Inc
14.53%
33,874
$1,396,964,000 0.22%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
6,242
$1,376,111,000 0.22%
AMGEN Inc.
2.46%
4,380
$1,368,531,000 0.21%
Adobe Inc
7.29%
2,355
$1,308,297,000 0.20%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
34.26%
2,485
$1,265,511,000 0.20%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
20,213
$1,200,450,000 0.19%
Duke Energy Corp.
42.54%
11,909
$1,193,639,000 0.19%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
13.99%
8,595
$1,176,226,000 0.18%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
6,489
$1,052,581,000 0.16%
Medtronic Plc
4.26%
13,210
$1,039,759,000 0.16%
International Business Machs
10.87%
5,985
$1,035,106,000 0.16%
Eog Res Inc
3.26%
8,067
$1,015,393,000 0.16%
Clorox Co.
22.83%
7,155
$976,443,000 0.15%
3M Co.
3.83%
9,182
$938,309,000 0.15%
Kenvue Inc
33.93%
51,175
$930,362,000 0.15%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
No change
5,159
$896,686,000 0.14%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
No change
1,585
$862,589,000 0.13%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
No change
26,799
$760,824,000 0.12%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
11,651
$741,586,000 0.12%
Spdr Ser Tr
5.83%
5,665
$720,475,000 0.11%
Air Prods & Chems Inc
No change
2,687
$693,380,000 0.11%
Abbott Labs
No change
5,921
$615,251,000 0.10%
Fastenal Co.
No change
9,706
$609,925,000 0.10%
Altria Group Inc.
0.23%
13,188
$600,691,000 0.09%
Conocophillips
No change
5,005
$572,472,000 0.09%
Teradyne, Inc.
No change
3,856
$571,807,000 0.09%
American Express Co.
No change
2,406
$557,109,000 0.09%
Morgan Stanley
No change
5,650
$549,124,000 0.09%
Deere & Co.
10.00%
1,430
$534,291,000 0.08%
AT&T Inc.
5.46%
26,863
$513,352,000 0.08%
Nike, Inc.
No change
6,400
$482,368,000 0.08%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
798
$426,994,000 0.07%
Wisdomtree Tr
No change
5,800
$421,950,000 0.07%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
1,970
$420,674,000 0.07%
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
No change
12,529
$420,223,000 0.07%
Gallagher Arthur J & Co
No change
1,600
$414,896,000 0.06%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
1,995
$388,087,000 0.06%
WEC Energy Group Inc
No change
4,732
$371,273,000 0.06%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
28,750
$360,525,000 0.06%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
No change
4,701
$354,267,000 0.06%
Amphenol Corp.
100.00%
5,000
$336,850,000 0.05%
Ishares Inc
No change
6,000
$321,180,000 0.05%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
3.40%
6,667
$291,748,000 0.05%
GE Aerospace
20.65%
1,823
$289,803,000 0.05%
Accenture Plc Ireland
No change
935
$283,688,000 0.04%
Comcast Corp New
12.15%
7,232
$283,205,000 0.04%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
24.54%
22,405
$258,778,000 0.04%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Closed
4,750
$257,593,000
Lyondellbasell Industries N
No change
2,555
$244,411,000 0.04%
Tjx Cos Inc New
No change
2,145
$236,165,000 0.04%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
2,381
$231,052,000 0.04%
RPM International, Inc.
No change
2,050
$220,744,000 0.03%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
498
$219,698,000 0.03%
Rockwell Automation Inc
No change
760
$209,213,000 0.03%
Capital One Finl Corp
No change
1,496
$207,121,000 0.03%
Phillips 66
No change
1,445
$203,991,000 0.03%
Neogen Corp.
No change
10,000
$156,300,000 0.02%
Tilray Brands Inc
No change
10,000
$16,600,000 0.00%
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