Howland Capital Management 13F annual report

Howland Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $2.09 trillion ran by Lauren Mcdonough. There are currently 220 companies in Mrs. Mcdonough’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Intl Equity Index F and Microsoft, together worth $291 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$2.09 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th August 2024, Howland Capital Management’s top holding is 2,582,910 shares of Vanguard Intl Equity Index F currently worth over $150 billion and making up 7.2% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 313,481 shares of Microsoft worth $140 billion, whose value fell 2.2% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc worth $109 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $83.9 billion, with 398,381 shares owned.

Currently, Howland Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $2.09 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 Howland Capital Management

The Howland Capital Management office and employees reside in Boston, Massachusetts. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Lauren Mcdonough serves as the Compliance Associate at Howland Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Howland Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in ServiceNow Inc and bought 20,093 shares worth $15.8 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. ServiceNow Inc makes up 2.9% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 31,299 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 398,381 shares worth $83.9 billion. Apple Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Howland Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Howland Capital Management closed its position in Sprott Physical Gold & Silve on 12th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 845,607 shares for $17.2 billion. Lauren Mcdonough also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Intl Equity Index F by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $150 billion and 2,582,910 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Howland Capital Management are Kimmeridge Management and Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management. They manage $2.09 trillion and $2.09 trillion respectively.


Lauren Mcdonough investment strategy

Howland Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 26.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 60.5% 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 60% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.8% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $134 billion.

The complete list of Howland Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 12th 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 Intl Equity Index F
1.96%
2,582,910
$150,449,661,000 7.19%
Microsoft Corporation
2.15%
313,481
$140,110,333,000 6.70%
Alphabet Inc
0.34%
599,314
$109,210,251,000 5.22%
Apple Inc
8.53%
398,381
$83,907,007,000 4.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.28%
187,158
$87,148,890,000 4.17%
Watsco Inc.
7.86%
125,060
$57,932,795,000 2.77%
Tjx Cos Inc New
0.14%
488,571
$53,791,668,000 2.57%
Visa Inc
2.27%
184,998
$48,556,426,000 2.32%
S&P Global Inc
0.33%
107,095
$47,764,370,000 2.28%
Amphenol Corp.
100.87%
705,862
$47,630,264,000 2.28%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.23%
92,281
$46,529,926,000 2.23%
Danaher Corp.
2.23%
181,377
$45,365,442,000 2.17%
Ecolab, Inc.
0.59%
185,783
$44,320,346,000 2.12%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
0.12%
77,626
$42,957,135,000 2.05%
American Tower Corp.
1.66%
203,616
$39,903,250,000 1.91%
Kinsale Cap Group Inc
0.12%
96,172
$37,053,149,000 1.77%
Constellation Brands, Inc.
1.62%
143,598
$36,944,894,000 1.77%
NVIDIA Corp
1,053.74%
297,862
$36,797,872,000 1.76%
TE Connectivity Ltd
2.52%
211,835
$31,866,340,000 1.52%
Chevron Corp.
15.06%
202,413
$31,661,442,000 1.51%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
2.66%
54,903
$29,975,957,000 1.43%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
0.12%
26,632
$28,124,990,000 1.34%
MercadoLibre Inc
0.39%
16,484
$27,089,806,000 1.30%
Chubb Limited
3.09%
100,883
$25,823,166,000 1.23%
Union Pac Corp
0.07%
113,519
$25,684,809,000 1.23%
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
17.98%
192,527
$24,866,788,000 1.19%
Idexx Labs Inc
0.66%
49,767
$24,246,483,000 1.16%
Automatic Data Processing In
0.02%
93,625
$22,478,781,000 1.07%
Ishares Tr
32.12%
4,834,481
$157,959,907,000 7.55%
Walmart Inc
57.54%
295,466
$20,006,003,000 0.96%
Johnson & Johnson
0.30%
135,517
$19,807,165,000 0.95%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
0.16%
278,631
$19,766,084,000 0.95%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.37%
109,066
$17,987,165,000 0.86%
Synopsys, Inc.
4.99%
29,698
$17,672,092,000 0.85%
Sprott Physical Gold & Silve
Closed
845,607
$17,199,647,000
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.48%
142,241
$16,374,784,000 0.78%
Yum Brands Inc.
2.89%
120,881
$16,011,898,000 0.77%
Uber Technologies Inc
12.96%
217,907
$15,837,481,000 0.76%
ServiceNow Inc
Opened
20,093
$15,806,561,000 0.76%
Ansys Inc.
10.80%
47,620
$15,309,830,000 0.73%
Pimco Etf Tr
7.57%
229,282
$22,574,693,000 1.08%
Vanguard Index Fds
9.86%
71,546
$23,563,752,000 1.13%
Amazon.com Inc.
3.21%
73,085
$14,123,677,000 0.68%
Texas Pacific Land Corporati
No change
18,000
$13,216,860,000 0.63%
Stryker Corp.
1.01%
30,800
$10,504,340,000 0.50%
GE Aerospace
0.13%
64,947
$10,324,625,000 0.49%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.50%
9,398
$7,988,207,000 0.38%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.68%
37,425
$7,569,581,000 0.36%
Terreno Rlty Corp
7.56%
122,928
$7,330,197,000 0.35%
Kenvue Inc
10.10%
375,848
$6,832,917,000 0.33%
Pepsico Inc
1.27%
38,238
$6,306,594,000 0.30%
Merck & Co Inc
0.22%
50,510
$6,291,596,000 0.30%
Paychex Inc.
13.00%
49,614
$5,882,236,000 0.28%
Janus Detroit Str Tr
1.30%
118,663
$5,759,903,000 0.28%
Eaton Corp Plc
3.39%
17,336
$5,435,703,000 0.26%
Aspen Technology Inc
29.60%
25,874
$5,139,353,000 0.25%
Coca-Cola Co
0.45%
78,714
$5,048,326,000 0.24%
Blackstone Inc
2.55%
38,696
$4,790,565,000 0.23%
Spdr Gold Tr
6.14%
20,870
$4,487,259,000 0.21%
Eli Lilly & Co
1.69%
4,532
$4,103,183,000 0.20%
Abbvie Inc
4.89%
23,759
$4,075,144,000 0.19%
Nucor Corp.
0.57%
24,418
$3,873,184,000 0.19%
Independent Bk Corp Mass
Opened
74,300
$3,768,496,000 0.18%
Yandex N V
No change
222,850
$3,320,465,000 0.16%
Abbott Labs
1.19%
31,676
$3,291,454,000 0.16%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
2.39%
28,575
$2,772,918,000 0.13%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
16,045
$2,751,878,000 0.13%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
1.19%
29,180
$2,695,357,000 0.13%
Emerson Elec Co
1.61%
24,163
$2,661,797,000 0.13%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.90%
7,594
$2,614,159,000 0.13%
Mcdonalds Corp
1.10%
9,353
$2,383,519,000 0.11%
Sysco Corp.
14.53%
33,354
$2,381,143,000 0.11%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
1.17%
11,062
$2,330,985,000 0.11%
Caterpillar Inc.
6.11%
6,921
$2,305,386,000 0.11%
Conocophillips
0.99%
19,963
$2,283,368,000 0.11%
Illumina Inc
3.96%
21,398
$2,233,524,000 0.11%
Adobe Inc
No change
3,922
$2,178,828,000 0.10%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
2.06%
9,135
$2,177,419,000 0.10%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.59%
4,905
$2,163,890,000 0.10%
Bank America Corp
3.48%
52,218
$2,076,710,000 0.10%
Fiserv, Inc.
No change
13,158
$1,961,069,000 0.09%
Ishares Gold Tr
85.45%
44,110
$1,937,753,000 0.09%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
155.66%
30,740
$3,864,891,000 0.18%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
1.25%
11,811
$1,792,910,000 0.09%
Pfizer Inc.
2.21%
61,744
$1,727,598,000 0.08%
Morgan Stanley
2.10%
17,743
$1,724,443,000 0.08%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
No change
3,845
$1,710,449,000 0.08%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
0.99%
20,528
$1,599,542,000 0.08%
Hershey Company
12.34%
8,523
$1,566,784,000 0.07%
Ishares Tr
Opened
98,928
$2,844,879,000 0.14%
Broadcom Inc
92.81%
939
$1,507,593,000 0.07%
Service Corp Intl
3.29%
20,566
$1,462,860,000 0.07%
International Business Machs
0.06%
8,324
$1,439,564,000 0.07%
RTX Corp
33.59%
13,899
$1,395,321,000 0.07%
Air Prods & Chems Inc
5.54%
5,372
$1,386,245,000 0.07%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.35%
1,315
$1,382,105,000 0.07%
Shell Plc
0.79%
18,950
$1,367,811,000 0.07%
Cigna Group (The)
46.39%
4,075
$1,347,073,000 0.06%
Masco Corp.
No change
20,071
$1,338,134,000 0.06%
Netflix Inc.
119.27%
1,912
$1,290,371,000 0.06%
Comcast Corp New
7.42%
30,636
$1,199,706,000 0.06%
Oracle Corp.
1.21%
8,342
$1,177,891,000 0.06%
Disney Walt Co
93.13%
11,608
$1,152,559,000 0.06%
Novo-nordisk A S
No change
8,030
$1,146,203,000 0.05%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
11.70%
16,410
$1,125,891,000 0.05%
Brinker International, Inc.
No change
15,396
$1,114,517,000 0.05%
Coupang, Inc.
No change
53,140
$1,113,283,000 0.05%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
4.51%
2,897
$1,110,102,000 0.05%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
16.53%
34,831
$988,853,000 0.05%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc
No change
4,000
$972,000,000 0.05%
CSX Corp.
No change
28,896
$966,572,000 0.05%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
5.49%
6,938
$949,466,000 0.05%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.84%
4,764
$948,894,000 0.05%
Ishares Inc
15.26%
28,230
$946,552,000 0.05%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
2.15%
19,002
$939,079,000 0.04%
Intuit Inc
2.20%
1,395
$916,808,000 0.04%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
12.08%
21,918
$910,255,000 0.04%
Becton Dickinson & Co.
No change
3,808
$889,968,000 0.04%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
1,597
$857,713,000 0.04%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
No change
16,000
$838,720,000 0.04%
Fedex Corp
4.57%
2,716
$818,114,000 0.04%
Wayfair Inc
57.81%
15,229
$803,026,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
4.04%
16,142
$766,907,000 0.04%
Franco Nev Corp
No change
6,422
$761,136,000 0.04%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
12.13%
5,428
$756,894,000 0.04%
Astrazeneca plc
14.94%
9,590
$747,926,000 0.04%
Accenture Plc Ireland
29.59%
2,457
$745,479,000 0.04%
Lowes Cos Inc
1.05%
3,373
$743,612,000 0.04%
Mondelez International Inc.
4.57%
11,274
$742,563,000 0.04%
General Mls Inc
1.93%
11,682
$739,004,000 0.04%
Linde Plc.
3.98%
1,674
$734,568,000 0.04%
3M Co.
6.52%
7,115
$727,097,000 0.03%
Intel Corp.
8.77%
22,741
$704,289,000 0.03%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
78.11%
1,489
$697,925,000 0.03%
CME Group Inc
0.24%
3,394
$667,261,000 0.03%
Brown-Forman Corporation
No change
23,750
$1,045,036,000 0.05%
Applied Matls Inc
No change
2,794
$659,357,000 0.03%
AMGEN Inc.
0.14%
2,103
$657,083,000 0.03%
Verizon Communications Inc
52.98%
15,202
$626,931,000 0.03%
Deere & Co.
No change
1,671
$626,793,000 0.03%
Grayscale Bitcoin Tr Btc
Opened
11,640
$619,714,000 0.03%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Closed
7,900
$605,693,000
Caci International Inc.
No change
1,400
$602,182,000 0.03%
Schwab Strategic Tr
137.63%
7,616
$598,499,000 0.03%
Philip Morris International Inc
3.21%
5,815
$596,794,000 0.03%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
No change
3,221
$590,890,000 0.03%
Nike, Inc.
18.34%
7,651
$579,418,000 0.03%
Schlumberger Ltd.
2.33%
12,135
$576,153,000 0.03%
Starbucks Corp.
0.39%
7,286
$567,216,000 0.03%
Honeywell International Inc
11.81%
2,595
$554,137,000 0.03%
American Express Co.
No change
2,387
$552,710,000 0.03%
Texas Instrs Inc
6.14%
2,817
$547,992,000 0.03%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
12.61%
1,053
$536,251,000 0.03%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
6.80%
2,357
$529,336,000 0.03%
Carmax Inc
Closed
6,005
$523,096,000
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
No change
3,406
$515,396,000 0.02%
UDR Inc
2.17%
12,185
$501,413,000 0.02%
Ishares Tr
Closed
4,745
$493,386,000
Avery Dennison Corp.
8.21%
2,236
$488,902,000 0.02%
Zoetis Inc
20.83%
2,778
$481,595,000 0.02%
BP plc
No change
13,134
$474,138,000 0.02%
Akamai Technologies Inc
14.84%
5,250
$472,920,000 0.02%
Norfolk Southn Corp
No change
2,170
$465,878,000 0.02%
Travelers Companies Inc.
0.80%
2,223
$452,025,000 0.02%
Moodys Corp
3.95%
1,053
$443,240,000 0.02%
KLA Corp.
No change
534
$440,289,000 0.02%
Tesla Inc
38.61%
2,170
$429,400,000 0.02%
Salesforce Inc
Opened
1,665
$428,072,000 0.02%
Neogenomics Inc.
No change
29,454
$408,527,000 0.02%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
15.25%
3,891
$403,419,000 0.02%
Equity Residential
No change
5,779
$400,716,000 0.02%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
2.73%
2,427
$398,708,000 0.02%
Diageo plc
No change
3,109
$391,983,000 0.02%
Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
20.00%
28,000
$391,440,000 0.02%
Canadian Natl Ry Co
No change
3,244
$383,214,000 0.02%
Asml Holding N V
No change
373
$381,479,000 0.02%
Cambridge Bancorp
8.22%
5,519
$380,811,000 0.02%
Iron Mtn Inc Del
4.73%
4,206
$379,553,000 0.02%
VanEck ETF Trust
No change
3,820
$367,637,000 0.02%
Proshares Tr
No change
3,768
$364,292,000 0.02%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
3.98%
4,507
$362,769,000 0.02%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.25%
5,582
$353,165,000 0.02%
Eversource Energy
Closed
5,855
$349,954,000
NextEra Energy Inc
8.11%
4,895
$346,615,000 0.02%
Align Technology, Inc.
No change
1,397
$337,278,000 0.02%
Xylem Inc
20.97%
2,450
$332,294,000 0.02%
Altria Group Inc.
No change
7,109
$330,782,000 0.02%
Universal Electrs Inc
Closed
32,942
$329,750,000
Shopify Inc
Opened
4,850
$320,343,000 0.02%
Dorchester Minerals LP
No change
10,257
$316,429,000 0.02%
Corning, Inc.
Opened
8,027
$311,849,000 0.01%
Copart, Inc.
0.45%
5,750
$311,420,000 0.01%
Personalis Inc
24.39%
262,608
$307,252,000 0.01%
Markel Group Inc
No change
189
$297,800,000 0.01%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
No change
10,250
$297,045,000 0.01%
Nutrien Ltd
Opened
5,720
$294,294,000 0.01%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
18.26%
4,476
$292,731,000 0.01%
Ross Stores, Inc.
No change
1,931
$280,613,000 0.01%
Dell Technologies Inc
Opened
1,969
$271,545,000 0.01%
Veralto Corp
Opened
2,837
$271,104,000 0.01%
HCA Healthcare Inc
Opened
838
$269,233,000 0.01%
RPM International, Inc.
No change
2,500
$269,200,000 0.01%
Valhi, Inc.
No change
15,095
$269,144,000 0.01%
Cummins Inc.
4.95%
955
$264,469,000 0.01%
Vanguard World Fd
No change
450
$259,809,000 0.01%
UGI Corp.
No change
11,000
$256,025,000 0.01%
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
0.98%
1,616
$255,328,000 0.01%
AT&T, Inc.
Closed
14,451
$254,338,000
Dover Corp.
No change
1,404
$253,352,000 0.01%
Vanguard Index Fds
Closed
1,050
$251,748,000
Sherwin-Williams Co.
No change
834
$248,891,000 0.01%
CVS Health Corp
Closed
3,078
$245,502,000
Equifax, Inc.
No change
1,000
$242,460,000 0.01%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
No change
2,469
$237,666,000 0.01%
Marathon Pete Corp
No change
1,342
$232,811,000 0.01%
D.R. Horton Inc.
Closed
1,388
$228,396,000
Analog Devices Inc.
Opened
992
$226,434,000 0.01%
Cboe Global Mkts Inc
No change
1,298
$220,738,000 0.01%
Boston Scientific Corp.
Opened
2,840
$218,709,000 0.01%
Community Financial System I
2.15%
4,550
$216,898,000 0.01%
Liberty Media Corp.
Opened
3,010
$216,239,000 0.01%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Opened
1,324
$214,767,000 0.01%
Dow Inc
Closed
3,691
$213,820,000
PayPal Holdings Inc
Closed
3,175
$212,694,000
Healthpeak Properties Inc.
No change
10,745
$210,602,000 0.01%
Sempra
Opened
2,726
$209,030,000 0.01%
Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc
Opened
1,171
$206,997,000 0.01%
Clorox Co.
No change
1,500
$204,705,000 0.01%
Corteva Inc
Closed
3,536
$203,922,000
AES Corp.
No change
11,400
$200,298,000 0.01%
The Southern Co.
Opened
2,579
$200,054,000 0.01%
Commscope Hldg Co Inc
No change
82,700
$101,721,000 0.00%
CASI Pharmaceuticals Inc
62.72%
15,072
$82,896,000 0.00%
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