Appleton Partners Inc/ma 13F annual report

Appleton Partners Inc/ma is an investment fund managing more than $1.3 billion ran by Michael Howard. There are currently 256 companies in Mr. Howard’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Microsoft, together worth $136 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$1.3 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 25th June 2024, Appleton Partners Inc/ma’s top holding is 391,069 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $82.4 million and making up 6.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Appleton Partners Inc/ma owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 120,550 shares of Microsoft worth $53.9 million, whose value grew 20.5% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Goldman Sachs Activebeta U.s. worth $48.5 million and the next is Schwab Us Large-cap Etf worth $41.9 million, with 651,654 shares owned.

Currently, Appleton Partners Inc/ma's portfolio is worth at least $1.3 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 Appleton Partners Inc/ma

The Appleton Partners Inc/ma office and employees reside in Boston, Massachusetts. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Howard serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Appleton Partners Inc/ma.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Appleton Partners Inc/ma revealed that it had opened a new position in Rollins and bought 19,605 shares worth $957 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Rollins makes up 1.3% 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 Micron Technology by buying 2,316 additional shares. This makes their stake in Micron Technology total 150,314 shares worth $19.8 million. Micron Technology dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Appleton Partners Inc/ma is getting rid of from its portfolio. Appleton Partners Inc/ma closed its position in Paychex on 2nd July 2024. It sold the previously owned 13,589 shares for $1.67 million. Michael Howard also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $82.4 million and 391,069 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Appleton Partners Inc/ma are Janney Capital Management and Patricia P. Balentine. They manage $1.3 billion and $1.3 billion respectively.


Michael Howard investment strategy

Appleton Partners Inc/ma’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 17.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 43.0% 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 2.7% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $159 billion.

The complete list of Appleton Partners Inc/ma trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 2nd 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
2.53%
391,069
$82,367,000 6.34%
Microsoft Corporation
0.78%
120,550
$53,880,000 4.15%
Goldman Sachs Activebeta U.s.
0.29%
453,032
$48,452,000 3.73%
Schwab Us Large-cap Etf
1.79%
651,654
$41,869,000 3.22%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.20%
196,004
$37,878,000 2.92%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.92%
153,193
$30,985,000 2.39%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Income Et
6.94%
601,940
$30,380,000 2.34%
Alphabet Inc
2.47%
221,066
$40,474,000 3.12%
Broadcom Inc.
5.74%
17,922
$28,775,000 2.22%
Visa Inc
1.27%
96,854
$25,421,000 1.96%
Home Depot Inc/the
1.55%
67,164
$23,121,000 1.78%
Energy Select Sector Spdr Fund
2.93%
238,362
$21,727,000 1.67%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
1.46%
37,165
$20,552,000 1.58%
Micron Technology Inc.
1.56%
150,314
$19,771,000 1.52%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
0.63%
38,672
$19,694,000 1.52%
Intuit Inc
6.34%
26,614
$17,491,000 1.35%
Schwab International Equity Et
0.70%
428,412
$16,460,000 1.27%
Zoetis Inc
0.37%
88,948
$15,420,000 1.19%
Morgan Stanley
3.02%
157,336
$15,291,000 1.18%
Goldman Sachs Activebeta Inter
0.63%
440,787
$14,832,000 1.14%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc
5.50%
108,074
$14,794,000 1.14%
Ishares Core Msci Emerging Mar
2.25%
255,355
$13,669,000 1.05%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Trust
2.59%
25,082
$13,650,000 1.05%
Netflix Inc.
3.16%
20,221
$13,647,000 1.05%
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income
1.87%
234,807
$13,309,000 1.03%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4,779.87%
210,225
$13,171,000 1.01%
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
1.56%
50,072
$12,984,000 1.00%
Merck & Co Inc
0.67%
104,864
$12,982,000 1.00%
Danaher Corp.
0.32%
50,757
$12,682,000 0.98%
Roper Technologies Inc
0.56%
21,977
$12,388,000 0.95%
Blackstone Inc
0.91%
99,740
$12,348,000 0.95%
Costco Wholesale Corp
4.28%
14,486
$12,313,000 0.95%
Bank Of America Corp.
1.13%
301,091
$11,974,000 0.92%
Verisk Analytics Inc
2.56%
43,830
$11,814,000 0.91%
Meta Platforms Inc
234.04%
23,196
$11,696,000 0.90%
Equinix Inc
1.10%
15,335
$11,602,000 0.89%
Procter & Gamble Co/the
2.54%
70,339
$11,600,000 0.89%
Walt Disney Co/the
25.00%
112,138
$11,134,000 0.86%
Sherwin-williams Co/the
1.38%
34,044
$10,160,000 0.78%
Ishares Biotechnology Etf
1.01%
73,667
$10,112,000 0.78%
Schwab Us Small-cap Etf
2.11%
212,228
$10,070,000 0.78%
NVIDIA Corp
1,631.40%
81,012
$10,008,000 0.77%
Republic Services, Inc.
1.92%
51,270
$9,964,000 0.77%
Booking Holdings Inc
3.75%
2,464
$9,761,000 0.75%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
0.45%
22,033
$9,605,000 0.74%
Stryker Corp.
5.72%
27,640
$9,405,000 0.72%
Pepsico Inc
4.40%
55,998
$9,236,000 0.71%
Constellation Brands Inc
4.06%
34,566
$8,893,000 0.68%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
7.00%
26,086
$8,843,000 0.68%
Jpmorgan Diversified Return Us
1.56%
265,004
$16,102,000 1.24%
Johnson & Johnson
1.83%
56,359
$8,237,000 0.63%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Municipal
11.09%
161,743
$8,208,000 0.63%
Vulcan Materials Co
2.46%
32,538
$8,092,000 0.62%
Waste Connections Inc
2.31%
43,997
$7,715,000 0.59%
Spdr Portfolio Intermediate Te
2.43%
233,547
$7,604,000 0.59%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
1.34%
16,210
$7,572,000 0.58%
First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecuri
5.51%
133,797
$7,549,000 0.58%
Constellation Software Inc/can
9.58%
2,561
$7,345,000 0.57%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City L
4.53%
91,168
$7,178,000 0.55%
Abbvie Inc
1.14%
41,793
$7,168,000 0.55%
Tjx Cos Inc/the
2.32%
62,664
$6,899,000 0.53%
IQVIA Holdings Inc
6.23%
31,603
$6,682,000 0.51%
Monster Beverage Corp.
5.82%
127,092
$6,348,000 0.49%
AMGEN Inc.
1.07%
20,096
$6,279,000 0.48%
Spdr Portfolio Aggregate Bond
3.97%
248,351
$6,231,000 0.48%
Autodesk Inc.
0.75%
24,679
$6,107,000 0.47%
Spdr Bloomberg Investment Grad
0.12%
197,417
$6,090,000 0.47%
Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt
10.60%
38,689
$5,933,000 0.46%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1.96%
14,322
$6,438,000 0.50%
Ishares Core International Agg
0.60%
112,077
$5,595,000 0.43%
Global X Video Games & Esports ETF
2.84%
250,192
$5,357,000 0.41%
Hershey Co/the
1.58%
28,462
$5,232,000 0.40%
American Tower Corp.
2.87%
25,522
$4,961,000 0.38%
Walmart Inc
1.46%
67,574
$4,575,000 0.35%
Ishares Russell 2000 Etf
0.86%
22,538
$4,573,000 0.35%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
8.26%
39,476
$4,544,000 0.35%
Mcdonald's Corp
8.59%
17,638
$4,495,000 0.35%
Eli Lilly & Co
2.50%
4,946
$4,478,000 0.34%
First Trust North American Ene
0.59%
137,600
$4,191,000 0.32%
Global X Us Preferred Etf
1.13%
205,069
$4,036,000 0.31%
Watsco Inc.
9.24%
8,700
$4,030,000 0.31%
Schwab U.s. Reit Etf
0.91%
201,144
$4,017,000 0.31%
Accenture plc
1.05%
12,997
$3,943,000 0.30%
Utilities Select Sector Spdr F
0.32%
53,892
$3,672,000 0.28%
Graniteshares Bloomberg Commod
0.83%
160,088
$3,259,000 0.25%
Amplify Cybersecurity Etf
0.42%
49,999
$3,236,000 0.25%
CME Group Inc
0.17%
16,214
$3,188,000 0.25%
Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf
No change
5,291
$2,896,000 0.22%
Medtronic Plc
3.87%
35,867
$2,823,000 0.22%
Invesco Senior Loan Etf
0.44%
134,075
$2,821,000 0.22%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/the
3.08%
6,198
$2,803,000 0.22%
Welltower Inc.
0.44%
26,204
$2,732,000 0.21%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
2.51%
13,665
$2,692,000 0.21%
Spdr Portfolio High Yield Bond
4.73%
114,201
$2,653,000 0.20%
Vanguard Mid-cap Etf
0.77%
10,921
$2,644,000 0.20%
Vanguard Ftse Developed Market
3.37%
53,101
$2,624,000 0.20%
Discover Financial Services
No change
19,909
$2,604,000 0.20%
Ishares Msci Eafe Etf
1.56%
33,109
$2,593,000 0.20%
TE Connectivity Ltd
0.25%
15,945
$2,399,000 0.18%
Technology Select Sector Spdr
2.25%
10,422
$2,358,000 0.18%
Adobe Inc
38.74%
4,123
$2,290,000 0.18%
Ishares Russell Mid-cap Etf
3.28%
24,077
$1,952,000 0.15%
Spdr S&p Oil & Gas Exploration
8.46%
13,393
$1,948,000 0.15%
CRH Plc
7.09%
24,637
$1,847,000 0.14%
Sysco Corp.
1.25%
25,788
$1,841,000 0.14%
Nintendo Co Ltd
9.74%
132,445
$1,762,000 0.14%
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
4.81%
7,355
$1,756,000 0.14%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Growth E
2.42%
16,916
$1,706,000 0.13%
Paychex Inc.
Closed
13,589
$1,669,000
Corning, Inc.
5.48%
42,231
$1,641,000 0.13%
Abbott Laboratories
13.69%
14,692
$1,527,000 0.12%
Cintas Corporation
25.29%
2,046
$1,433,000 0.11%
Invitation Homes Inc
0.92%
39,868
$1,431,000 0.11%
Vanguard Information Technolog
0.41%
2,415
$1,392,000 0.11%
Ishares Core Total Usd Bond Ma
4.82%
29,937
$1,354,000 0.10%
Vanguard Ftse All-world Ex-us
1.90%
22,499
$1,319,000 0.10%
Verisign Inc.
4.89%
7,384
$1,313,000 0.10%
Vanguard Ftse Emerging Markets
2.89%
29,902
$1,309,000 0.10%
Spdr Msci Emerging Markets Str
6.85%
22,377
$1,308,000 0.10%
Invesco Qqq Trust Series 1
1.59%
2,594
$1,243,000 0.10%
Dow Inc
0.31%
23,042
$1,222,000 0.09%
Mondelez International Inc.
4.35%
18,213
$1,192,000 0.09%
ServiceNow Inc
No change
1,514
$1,191,000 0.09%
Ishares Russell 2000 Growth Et
1.21%
4,421
$1,161,000 0.09%
Ishares Russell 1000 Growth Et
0.38%
3,141
$1,145,000 0.09%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Et
1.26%
4,153
$1,111,000 0.09%
Coca-cola Co/the
3.73%
17,212
$1,096,000 0.08%
Vanguard Large-cap Etf
22.24%
4,317
$1,078,000 0.08%
Airbnb, Inc.
5.17%
7,000
$1,061,000 0.08%
Texas Instruments Inc.
11.73%
5,410
$1,052,000 0.08%
Communication Services Select
4.80%
12,077
$1,035,000 0.08%
Ishares Core S&p Mid-cap Etf
No change
17,433
$1,020,000 0.08%
Rollins, Inc.
Opened
19,605
$957,000 0.07%
Financial Select Sector Spdr F
0.57%
22,206
$913,000 0.07%
Amphenol Corp.
99.01%
13,501
$910,000 0.07%
Oracle Corp.
6.42%
6,329
$894,000 0.07%
Yum! Brands Inc
0.30%
6,634
$879,000 0.07%
Union Pacific Corp.
0.75%
3,846
$870,000 0.07%
Lowe's Cos Inc
7.32%
3,860
$851,000 0.07%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.28%
1,804
$846,000 0.07%
Ishares Msci Emerging Markets
1.95%
18,620
$793,000 0.06%
International Business Machine
2.08%
4,369
$756,000 0.06%
iShares Select Dividend ETF
No change
6,184
$748,000 0.06%
Chevron Corp.
6.18%
4,709
$737,000 0.06%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.90%
15,091
$717,000 0.06%
Spdr Gold Shares
4.00%
3,241
$697,000 0.05%
General Mills, Inc.
0.64%
10,811
$684,000 0.05%
Spdr S&p Dividend Etf
5.97%
5,305
$675,000 0.05%
Salesforce Inc
1.80%
2,621
$674,000 0.05%
Schwab Us Dividend Equity Etf
4.62%
8,519
$662,000 0.05%
Ishares Msci Eafe Min Vol Fact
4.62%
9,548
$662,000 0.05%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation
9.96%
3,607
$659,000 0.05%
Intel Corp.
13.70%
21,262
$658,000 0.05%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technol
0.84%
4,108
$649,000 0.05%
Ishares Russell Mid-cap Growth
2.49%
5,876
$648,000 0.05%
CSX Corp.
1.84%
18,748
$627,000 0.05%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
13.09%
6,272
$609,000 0.05%
Caterpillar Inc.
3.69%
1,825
$608,000 0.05%
Waste Management, Inc.
3.07%
2,842
$606,000 0.05%
Valero Energy Corp.
4.43%
3,774
$592,000 0.05%
General Electric Co
0.22%
3,685
$586,000 0.05%
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
No change
9,497
$574,000 0.04%
EOG Resources, Inc.
20.50%
4,519
$569,000 0.04%
Wells Fargo & Co.
4.62%
9,557
$568,000 0.04%
Schwab Fundamental U.s. Large
45.18%
8,462
$567,000 0.04%
Applied Materials Inc.
No change
2,314
$546,000 0.04%
NXP Semiconductors NV
20.55%
2,030
$546,000 0.04%
Trane Technologies plc
No change
1,651
$543,000 0.04%
Ishares Core S&p Small-cap Etf
0.69%
4,970
$530,000 0.04%
SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust
No change
982
$525,000 0.04%
Vanguard Esg Us Stock Etf
7.63%
5,385
$520,000 0.04%
Ishares Gold Trust
10.17%
11,557
$508,000 0.04%
Ishares Russell 2000 Value Etf
0.73%
3,307
$504,000 0.04%
Silvercrest Asset Management G
No change
31,650
$493,000 0.04%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
12.37%
5,315
$491,000 0.04%
Vanguard Communication Service
6.13%
3,523
$487,000 0.04%
Vanguard Ftse All World Ex-us
No change
4,137
$486,000 0.04%
Schwab Fundamental Internation
39.94%
13,359
$468,000 0.04%
Honeywell International Inc
6.56%
2,193
$468,000 0.04%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.40%
1,055
$465,000 0.04%
Vanguard Small-cap Etf
0.34%
2,073
$452,000 0.03%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
5.22%
4,333
$449,000 0.03%
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf
No change
891
$445,000 0.03%
Travelers Cos Inc/the
4.42%
2,164
$440,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs Just Us Large Ca
7.20%
5,608
$438,000 0.03%
Starbucks Corp.
92.09%
5,569
$434,000 0.03%
Ford Motor Co.
6.92%
33,635
$422,000 0.03%
Workday Inc
10.94%
1,865
$417,000 0.03%
Ishares Esg Aware Msci Eafe Et
4.30%
5,231
$412,000 0.03%
RTX Corp
6.70%
4,105
$412,000 0.03%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
No change
2,696
$408,000 0.03%
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Ma
Closed
14,589
$405,000
Ishares Msci Global Min Vol Fa
No change
3,850
$403,000 0.03%
Ishares Core Msci Eafe Etf
2.75%
5,515
$401,000 0.03%
RLI Corp.
6.56%
2,850
$401,000 0.03%
Schwab Us Broad Market Etf
5.35%
5,996
$377,000 0.03%
Deere & Co.
4.55%
964
$360,000 0.03%
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
7.92%
1,512
$358,000 0.03%
Fortive Corp
1.55%
4,765
$353,000 0.03%
Tesla Inc
8.38%
1,771
$350,000 0.03%
Nike, Inc.
13.07%
4,571
$345,000 0.03%
Lam Research Corp.
4.44%
323
$344,000 0.03%
Ishares Core S&p U.s. Value Et
5.16%
3,862
$340,000 0.03%
Boeing Co/the
2.28%
1,845
$336,000 0.03%
Pfizer Inc.
20.74%
11,964
$335,000 0.03%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
4.94%
2,402
$332,000 0.03%
Vanguard Small-cap Value Etf
5.81%
1,816
$332,000 0.03%
Southern Co/the
3.12%
4,220
$327,000 0.03%
Schwab Fundamental U.s. Small
43.95%
5,952
$327,000 0.03%
Chubb Ltd
26.06%
1,277
$326,000 0.03%
Verizon Communications Inc
6.77%
7,805
$322,000 0.02%
Ishares U.s. Energy Etf
No change
6,639
$319,000 0.02%
Vanguard Growth Etf
1.76%
839
$314,000 0.02%
Novo Nordisk A/s
No change
2,192
$313,000 0.02%
Invesco Financial Preferred Et
11.13%
20,700
$305,000 0.02%
WEC Energy Group Inc
No change
3,887
$305,000 0.02%
Ishares Russell Mid-cap Value
2.06%
2,522
$305,000 0.02%
Schwab Fundamental Internation
Closed
8,600
$305,000
Vanguard Value Etf
8.31%
1,890
$303,000 0.02%
S&P Global Inc
2.74%
675
$301,000 0.02%
Spdr Gold Minishares Trust
4.44%
6,459
$298,000 0.02%
First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge
0.45%
8,763
$298,000 0.02%
Nucor Corp.
No change
1,850
$292,000 0.02%
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity
37.44%
10,888
$289,000 0.02%
Vanguard High Dividend Yield E
No change
2,437
$289,000 0.02%
Invesco S&p 500 Equal Weight E
No change
1,660
$273,000 0.02%
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Aver
2.12%
694
$271,000 0.02%
Becton Dickinson & Co.
8.07%
1,151
$269,000 0.02%
Ishares S&p Mid-cap 400 Value
22.24%
2,336
$265,000 0.02%
Comcast Corp
12.64%
6,676
$261,000 0.02%
Schwab U.s. Mid-cap Etf
13.15%
3,355
$261,000 0.02%
Invesco S&p 500 Low Volatility
7.30%
3,937
$256,000 0.02%
MongoDB Inc
Closed
712
$255,000
3M Co.
7.18%
2,496
$255,000 0.02%
Materials Select Sector Spdr F
8.74%
2,875
$254,000 0.02%
Ishares National Muni Bond Etf
59.83%
2,375
$253,000 0.02%
Spdr Euro Stoxx 50 Etf
No change
5,000
$250,000 0.02%
Consumer Staples Select Sector
7.37%
3,266
$250,000 0.02%
Ishares Msci Usa Min Vol Facto
6.77%
2,963
$249,000 0.02%
CVS Health Corp
10.10%
4,167
$246,000 0.02%
United States Steel Corp.
Closed
6,000
$245,000
AT&T Inc.
15.70%
12,789
$244,000 0.02%
Ishares S&p 500 Value Etf
No change
1,323
$241,000 0.02%
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc
No change
4,318
$236,000 0.02%
Dr Horton Inc
95.51%
1,655
$233,000 0.02%
Vanguard Esg International Sto
Closed
4,029
$232,000
Akamai Technologies Inc
Closed
2,117
$230,000
Albemarle Corp.
Closed
1,731
$228,000
Ametek Inc
10.00%
1,350
$225,000 0.02%
Northern Trust Corp.
Closed
2,515
$224,000
Novartis AG
4.92%
2,106
$224,000 0.02%
NextEra Energy Inc
5.11%
3,121
$221,000 0.02%
Air Products And Chemicals Inc
17.62%
851
$220,000 0.02%
Proshares Trust S&p 500 Ex-ene
100.00%
3,760
$220,000 0.02%
Schwab International Small-cap
Closed
6,089
$218,000
Schlumberger Nv
Closed
3,969
$218,000
Philip Morris International In
56.96%
2,111
$214,000 0.02%
Emerson Electric Co.
Closed
1,876
$213,000
Unilever plc
14.72%
3,904
$212,000 0.02%
T-Mobile US Inc
7.36%
1,196
$211,000 0.02%
Spdr S&p 400 Mid Cap Value Etf
7.52%
2,828
$206,000 0.02%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Closed
1,140
$206,000
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
26.14%
975
$205,000 0.02%
Us Diversified Real Estate Etf
4.93%
6,755
$205,000 0.02%
Unilever Plc Ord Gbp0.031111
Closed
3,904
$203,000
Ishares Core U.s. Aggregate Bo
Closed
2,070
$203,000
CF Industries Holdings Inc
Closed
2,433
$202,000
Jpmorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium
Opened
3,615
$201,000 0.02%
British American Tobacco Plc
Closed
6,557
$201,000
Yum China Holdings Inc
No change
6,506
$201,000 0.02%
Shell Plc
Opened
2,772
$200,000 0.02%
Davide Campari-milano Nv
No change
20,725
$197,000 0.02%
Clifton Mining Co
No change
25,000
$1,000 0.00%
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