Clarus 13F annual report

Clarus is an investment fund managing more than $142 billion ran by Rex Whiteside. There are currently 98 companies in Mr. Whiteside’s portfolio. The largest investments include Exxon Mobil and Apple Inc, together worth $20.3 billion.

$142 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 15th April 2024, Clarus’s top holding is 95,232 shares of Exxon Mobil currently worth over $11.1 billion and making up 7.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Exxon Mobil, Clarus owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 54,028 shares of Apple Inc worth $9.26 billion, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $8.01 billion and the next is Global X Fds worth $7.72 billion, with 193,857 shares owned.

Currently, Clarus's portfolio is worth at least $142 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 Clarus

The Clarus office and employees reside in Houston, Texas. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Rex Whiteside serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Clarus.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Clarus revealed that it had opened a new position in Wisdomtree Tr and bought 4,856 shares worth $370 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Exxon Mobil by buying 59 additional shares. This makes their stake in Exxon Mobil total 95,232 shares worth $11.1 billion. Exxon Mobil dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Clarus is getting rid of from its portfolio. Clarus closed its position in Texas Instrs Inc on 22nd April 2024. It sold the previously owned 2,298 shares for $392 million. Rex Whiteside also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $8.01 billion and 19,035 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Clarus are Wealthspan Partners and Horizon Financial Services. They manage $142 billion and $142 billion respectively.


Rex Whiteside investment strategy

Clarus’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Energy — making up 16.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 51.0% 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 46% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $245 billion.

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

These positions were updated on April 22nd 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
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.06%
95,232
$11,069,715,000 7.82%
Apple Inc
0.99%
54,028
$9,264,648,000 6.54%
Microsoft Corporation
1.43%
19,035
$8,008,432,000 5.65%
Global X Fds
2.50%
193,857
$7,717,463,000 5.45%
American Centy Etf Tr
1.41%
78,769
$7,381,488,000 5.21%
Ishares Tr
4.24%
65,435
$6,895,928,000 4.87%
Pacer Fds Tr
2.14%
567,487
$23,360,748,000 16.49%
Black Stone Minerals L.P.
No change
334,996
$5,353,236,000 3.78%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
2.72%
188,280
$5,264,309,000 3.72%
Amazon.com Inc.
14.04%
22,892
$4,129,259,000 2.92%
Chevron Corp.
0.41%
26,058
$4,110,321,000 2.90%
NVIDIA Corp
No change
3,374
$3,048,474,000 2.15%
Energy Transfer L P
8.60%
131,778
$2,072,860,000 1.46%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
0.69%
66,302
$1,934,695,000 1.37%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
8.26%
8,881
$1,778,891,000 1.26%
Alphabet Inc
32.88%
14,323
$2,176,944,000 1.54%
Comstock Res Inc
No change
155,745
$1,445,314,000 1.02%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
3,423
$1,439,440,000 1.02%
Eli Lilly Co
No change
1,644
$1,279,159,000 0.90%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.78%
2,801
$1,026,364,000 0.72%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
0.11%
1,865
$975,364,000 0.69%
Johnson Johnson
14.17%
6,050
$957,091,000 0.68%
Pepsico Inc
0.10%
5,150
$901,349,000 0.64%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.06%
1,761
$854,938,000 0.60%
Merck Co Inc
5.26%
6,415
$846,450,000 0.60%
Conocophillips
1.44%
6,092
$775,355,000 0.55%
Mcdonalds Corp
4.36%
2,745
$774,089,000 0.55%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
4.49%
1,560
$771,764,000 0.54%
Walmart Inc
177.52%
12,039
$724,403,000 0.51%
VanEck ETF Trust
0.11%
7,873
$707,783,000 0.50%
Home Depot, Inc.
4.63%
1,763
$676,169,000 0.48%
Abbvie Inc
0.20%
3,494
$636,301,000 0.45%
Boeing Co.
0.03%
3,241
$625,478,000 0.44%
Marathon Pete Corp
31.79%
3,097
$624,004,000 0.44%
Visa Inc
2.61%
2,201
$614,276,000 0.43%
Halliburton Co.
0.28%
15,567
$613,645,000 0.43%
Kinder Morgan Inc
27.39%
32,839
$602,271,000 0.43%
Coca-Cola Co
1.64%
9,426
$576,675,000 0.41%
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
1.08%
45,623
$544,738,000 0.38%
Procter And Gamble Co
4.19%
3,317
$538,105,000 0.38%
Pfizer Inc.
2.35%
18,588
$515,811,000 0.36%
Abbott Labs
No change
4,329
$492,034,000 0.35%
Eaton Corp Plc
No change
1,567
$489,986,000 0.35%
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
No change
4,589
$488,866,000 0.35%
Cisco Sys Inc
12.14%
9,672
$482,736,000 0.34%
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc
No change
29,464
$479,674,000 0.34%
International Business Machs
25.57%
2,490
$475,529,000 0.34%
Bank America Corp
2.20%
12,384
$469,620,000 0.33%
Shell Plc
0.39%
6,489
$434,989,000 0.31%
Spdr Ser Tr
2.87%
4,736
$434,765,000 0.31%
Accenture Plc Ireland
No change
1,193
$413,506,000 0.29%
Philip Morris International Inc
0.77%
4,404
$403,491,000 0.28%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
36.99%
959
$400,510,000 0.28%
Texas Instrs Inc
Closed
2,298
$391,688,000
Microchip Technology, Inc.
No change
4,304
$386,112,000 0.27%
Raymond James Finl Inc
No change
3,002
$385,459,000 0.27%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
1,873
$384,433,000 0.27%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.01%
2,247
$380,417,000 0.27%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
4,856
$369,979,000 0.26%
Intel Corp.
6.66%
8,313
$367,171,000 0.26%
CME Group Inc
8.15%
1,659
$357,166,000 0.25%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
0.06%
1,712
$356,552,000 0.25%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
1.12%
885
$353,195,000 0.25%
Enphase Energy Inc
No change
2,891
$349,753,000 0.25%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
No change
2,535
$344,887,000 0.24%
BP plc
2.16%
9,038
$340,541,000 0.24%
First Tr Morningstar Divid L
28.39%
8,742
$336,392,000 0.24%
Netflix Inc.
1.08%
547
$332,210,000 0.23%
Broadcom Inc.
35.77%
246
$326,108,000 0.23%
Sable Offshore Corp
Opened
29,613
$324,558,000 0.23%
Union Pac Corp
1.36%
1,305
$321,036,000 0.23%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.79%
15,361
$317,205,000 0.22%
Williams Cos Inc
1.15%
7,894
$307,639,000 0.22%
Etf Ser Solutions
Opened
8,385
$302,127,000 0.21%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
0.68%
5,986
$300,318,000 0.21%
Ishares Tr
Closed
5,539
$298,109,000
Chubb Limited
No change
1,130
$292,933,000 0.21%
Deere Co
15.71%
703
$288,774,000 0.20%
Schwab Strategic Tr
0.28%
10,391
$288,454,000 0.20%
Verizon Communications Inc
11.06%
6,675
$280,102,000 0.20%
Altria Group Inc.
0.13%
6,357
$277,273,000 0.20%
Equifax, Inc.
No change
1,000
$267,520,000 0.19%
Spdr Gold Tr
No change
1,285
$264,350,000 0.19%
Eog Res Inc
No change
2,033
$259,942,000 0.18%
Rxsight Inc
No change
5,000
$257,900,000 0.18%
Tesla Inc
2.66%
1,393
$244,875,000 0.17%
Conagra Brands Inc
No change
8,260
$244,826,000 0.17%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
No change
1,181
$242,211,000 0.17%
Dow Inc
0.90%
4,157
$240,790,000 0.17%
Adobe Inc
8.51%
472
$238,171,000 0.17%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
3,854
$237,137,000 0.17%
RTX Corp
1.32%
2,401
$234,209,000 0.17%
Duke Energy Corp.
3.79%
2,358
$228,062,000 0.16%
American Tower Corp.
Opened
1,139
$225,024,000 0.16%
Brookfield Corp
Opened
5,279
$221,042,000 0.16%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Opened
4,305
$202,441,000 0.14%
First Tr Energy Income Gro
3.64%
10,990
$179,577,000 0.13%
Iteris Inc.
No change
13,476
$66,571,000 0.05%
Tellurian Inc
No change
33,724
$22,305,000 0.02%
Matinas Biopharma Holdings Inc
No change
12,000
$3,252,000 0.00%
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