Ironwood Investment Counsel 13F annual report

Ironwood Investment Counsel is an investment fund managing more than $559 billion ran by Matthew Carter. There are currently 256 companies in Mr. Carter’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and Apple Inc, together worth $69 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$559 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 29th July 2024, Ironwood Investment Counsel’s top holding is 90,789 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $40.6 billion and making up 7.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Ironwood Investment Counsel owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 135,048 shares of Apple Inc worth $28.4 billion, whose value grew 17.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Schwab Fundemental Us Small Company Etf worth $14.7 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $13.4 billion, with 73,634 shares owned.

Currently, Ironwood Investment Counsel's portfolio is worth at least $559 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 Ironwood Investment Counsel

The Ironwood Investment Counsel office and employees reside in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Matthew Carter serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Ironwood Investment Counsel.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Ironwood Investment Counsel revealed that it had opened a new position in Anheuser-busch Inbev Sa Adr and bought 87,202 shares worth $5.07 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Schwab Fundemental Us Small Company Etf by buying 46,478 additional shares. This makes their stake in Schwab Fundemental Us Small Company Etf total 267,067 shares worth $14.7 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Ironwood Investment Counsel is getting rid of from its portfolio. Ironwood Investment Counsel closed its position in Two Rds Shared Tr on 5th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 86,653 shares for $5.27 billion. Matthew Carter also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $40.6 billion and 90,789 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Ironwood Investment Counsel are Viking Fund Management and Legacy Advisors. They manage $558 billion and $558 billion respectively.


Matthew Carter investment strategy

Ironwood Investment Counsel’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 21.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 47.3% 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 42% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.3% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $148 billion.

The complete list of Ironwood Investment Counsel trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 5th 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
Microsoft Corporation
1.32%
90,789
$40,578,358,000 7.26%
Apple Inc
0.35%
135,048
$28,443,936,000 5.09%
Schwab Fundemental Us Small Company Etf
21.07%
267,067
$14,667,348,000 2.63%
Alphabet Inc
1.21%
73,634
$13,412,587,000 2.40%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.06%
62,930
$12,161,353,000 2.18%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.60%
25,147
$10,230,123,000 1.83%
Charles Schwab Corp.
0.51%
129,495
$9,542,539,000 1.71%
American Express Co.
1.48%
40,300
$9,331,528,000 1.67%
KLA Corp.
0.71%
11,238
$9,266,405,000 1.66%
Merck Co Inc
0.73%
73,247
$9,068,047,000 1.62%
Johnson Johnson
0.25%
61,668
$9,013,460,000 1.61%
Accenture plc
0.37%
28,733
$8,718,163,000 1.56%
Sysco Corp.
0.55%
114,645
$8,184,567,000 1.47%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.08%
18,012
$7,946,483,000 1.42%
Qualcomm, Inc.
16.58%
37,475
$7,464,460,000 1.34%
Pepsico Incorporated
0.33%
45,022
$7,425,540,000 1.33%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.99%
14,344
$7,232,663,000 1.29%
Adobe Systems Inc
2.75%
12,301
$6,833,733,000 1.22%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
0.74%
14,573
$6,807,460,000 1.22%
Teradyne, Inc.
3.31%
44,312
$6,571,116,000 1.18%
Us Bancorp
0.09%
159,512
$6,332,627,000 1.13%
Schwab Fundamental Us Large Company Etf
15.83%
93,291
$6,248,671,000 1.12%
Cummins Inc.
1.62%
22,501
$6,231,368,000 1.12%
Ishares Sp 500 Index
1.95%
11,189
$6,123,117,000 1.10%
Fiserv, Inc.
1.59%
40,315
$6,008,612,000 1.08%
Market Vectors High-yield Muni Etf
0.50%
113,686
$5,871,885,000 1.05%
Medtronic
2.09%
72,505
$5,706,930,000 1.02%
Home Depot, Inc.
3.03%
16,443
$5,660,642,000 1.01%
United Parcel Service B
1.97%
40,686
$5,567,951,000 1.00%
Jp Morgan Chase Co
1.74%
26,997
$5,460,568,000 0.98%
Two Rds Shared Tr
Closed
86,653
$5,266,829,000
Walt Disney Co (The)
2.37%
52,687
$5,231,311,000 0.94%
Lowes Companies
2.74%
23,130
$5,099,252,000 0.91%
Anheuser-busch Inbev Sa Adr
Opened
87,202
$5,070,853,000 0.91%
Comcast Corp New Cl A
8.10%
128,598
$5,035,907,000 0.90%
Procter Gamble
3.67%
30,124
$4,968,049,000 0.89%
Starbucks Corp.
2.09%
63,379
$4,934,120,000 0.88%
Broadcom Inc
2.64%
3,033
$4,869,564,000 0.87%
Mckesson Corporation
1.49%
8,047
$4,699,775,000 0.84%
NVIDIA Corp
872.44%
37,293
$4,607,178,000 0.82%
Ibm
5.09%
26,577
$4,596,526,000 0.82%
First Trust Preferred Sec Inc Etf
51.61%
242,249
$4,205,458,000 0.75%
Costco
1.87%
4,824
$4,100,724,000 0.73%
Laboratory Corp Of America Holdings
21.98%
20,065
$4,083,616,000 0.73%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.15%
32,932
$3,791,136,000 0.68%
Ishares Barclays Aggregate Bond
60.50%
38,284
$3,716,247,000 0.67%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
1.56%
37,228
$3,660,285,000 0.66%
Hershey Company
5.82%
19,810
$3,641,733,000 0.65%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf
1.33%
6,650
$3,619,333,000 0.65%
Oge Energy Corp.
No change
100,289
$3,580,317,000 0.64%
Workday Inc Class A
Opened
15,592
$3,485,747,000 0.62%
Corteva Inc
4.77%
63,399
$3,419,744,000 0.61%
Vanguard Small Cap Etf
2.06%
15,392
$3,356,193,000 0.60%
Alphabet Inc
0.82%
17,951
$3,292,691,000 0.59%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Income Etf
17.29%
63,462
$3,202,927,000 0.57%
Verizon Communications Inc
6.66%
76,400
$3,150,749,000 0.56%
Lilly Eli Co
1.52%
3,480
$3,150,722,000 0.56%
Dollar General Corp.
5.39%
23,415
$3,096,214,000 0.55%
Mcdonalds
0.18%
11,298
$2,879,308,000 0.52%
Vanguard Sp 500 Etf
1.06%
5,687
$2,844,710,000 0.51%
Chevron Corp.
2.41%
17,159
$2,684,146,000 0.48%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
69.45%
52,990
$2,517,554,000 0.45%
Brown Brown Inc
30.39%
28,113
$2,513,583,000 0.45%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
1.24%
27,175
$2,437,686,000 0.44%
Att
2.70%
127,528
$2,437,075,000 0.44%
Wal-mart Stores
0.40%
34,690
$2,348,884,000 0.42%
Ishares Russell 1000 Value Index
1.22%
13,279
$2,316,881,000 0.41%
Vanguard Interm-tm Corp Bd Idx Etf
1.50%
28,098
$2,245,930,000 0.40%
Ishares Msci Eafe Value Index
4.85%
39,131
$2,075,508,000 0.37%
Paychex Inc.
1.15%
16,606
$1,968,899,000 0.35%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Municipal Inc Etf
15.08%
37,740
$1,915,150,000 0.34%
Mondelez International Inc.
0.01%
28,928
$1,893,058,000 0.34%
Vanguard Msci Eafe Etf
8.49%
36,136
$1,785,877,000 0.32%
T. Rowe Price Group Inc
4.05%
15,363
$1,771,557,000 0.32%
Auto Data Processing
1.40%
7,226
$1,724,773,000 0.31%
Emerson Electric Co.
5.76%
15,628
$1,721,682,000 0.31%
Intuit Inc
2.46%
2,617
$1,719,918,000 0.31%
iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF
9.23%
36,022
$1,706,365,000 0.31%
Vanguard Div Apprciation
10.17%
9,328
$1,702,838,000 0.30%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
4.79%
3,321
$1,691,529,000 0.30%
Ishares Barclays 1-3 Yr Treas
9.61%
20,712
$1,691,159,000 0.30%
Abbvie Inc
2.26%
9,831
$1,686,360,000 0.30%
Hubbell Inc.
0.24%
4,528
$1,655,245,000 0.30%
General Mills, Inc.
0.07%
25,997
$1,644,604,000 0.29%
Waste Management, Inc.
1.08%
7,609
$1,623,410,000 0.29%
Ishares Iboxx High Yield Corporate Bond Etf
2.49%
20,503
$1,581,636,000 0.28%
Coca-Cola Co
1.07%
24,837
$1,580,897,000 0.28%
Visa Inc
0.03%
5,944
$1,560,247,000 0.28%
Morgan Stanley
0.12%
15,993
$1,554,415,000 0.28%
Vanguard Short-term Corp Bd Idx Etf
4.61%
19,644
$1,518,016,000 0.27%
Corning, Inc.
27.98%
38,963
$1,513,731,000 0.27%
Tesla Motors Inc.
33.11%
7,294
$1,443,336,000 0.26%
AMGEN Inc.
0.96%
4,614
$1,441,770,000 0.26%
Air Prod Chemicals Inc
1.68%
5,554
$1,433,375,000 0.26%
Ishares Msci Eafe Growth Index
1.55%
13,677
$1,399,175,000 0.25%
Abbott Laboratories
1.34%
13,430
$1,395,582,000 0.25%
Vanguard Intl Divdend
2.08%
16,909
$1,374,378,000 0.25%
Schwab U.s. Dividend Equity Etf
83.21%
17,275
$1,343,354,000 0.24%
Moodys Corp
No change
3,104
$1,306,566,000 0.23%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
3.37%
2,899
$1,289,620,000 0.23%
Network Appliance Inc
17.51%
9,718
$1,251,763,000 0.22%
Honeywell International Inc
3.08%
5,825
$1,243,870,000 0.22%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
2
$1,224,482,000 0.22%
Marsh Mclennan Inc
0.28%
5,684
$1,197,732,000 0.21%
Clorox Co.
1.68%
8,619
$1,176,234,000 0.21%
Blackrock Inc.
7.67%
1,456
$1,146,501,000 0.21%
Wells Fargo
18.66%
18,643
$1,107,215,000 0.20%
Stryker Corp.
0.28%
3,244
$1,103,771,000 0.20%
Crown Castle International
3.99%
11,146
$1,089,039,000 0.19%
Vanguard Mid-cap Etf
5.16%
4,481
$1,085,068,000 0.19%
Mccormick Co
1.99%
15,262
$1,082,742,000 0.19%
Booking Holdings Inc
3.28%
265
$1,049,797,000 0.19%
Bancfirst Corp Oklahoma
No change
11,427
$1,002,147,000 0.18%
Capital One Financial Corporation
6.42%
7,093
$982,025,000 0.18%
Powershares Variable Rate Preferred
30.48%
40,782
$977,148,000 0.17%
Zoetis Inc
2.20%
5,636
$977,144,000 0.17%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.24%
2,875
$957,763,000 0.17%
Ecolab, Inc.
2.78%
3,984
$948,192,000 0.17%
Texas Instruments Inc.
7.11%
4,798
$933,498,000 0.17%
Intel Corp.
0.90%
29,809
$923,209,000 0.17%
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
Opened
12,341
$909,531,000 0.16%
T J X Cos Inc
3.40%
8,218
$904,801,000 0.16%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
3.54%
9,788
$904,117,000 0.16%
Ishares Msci Eafe Index
No change
11,508
$901,421,000 0.16%
Eaton Corp Plc
1.92%
2,814
$882,427,000 0.16%
Salesforce.com Inc
1.17%
3,385
$870,423,000 0.16%
Ishares Russell 2000 Growth Index
No change
3,301
$866,611,000 0.16%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
Closed
36,200
$785,178,000
HEICO Corporation
No change
3,496
$781,740,000 0.14%
Donaldson Co. Inc.
3.98%
10,845
$776,068,000 0.14%
Deere Co
0.24%
2,075
$775,282,000 0.14%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
2.05%
34,386
$768,527,000 0.14%
Union Pacific Corp.
0.38%
3,377
$764,164,000 0.14%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
8.09%
4,667
$757,034,000 0.14%
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
3.55%
3,182
$754,006,000 0.13%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Etf
6.34%
2,805
$750,458,000 0.13%
Xylem Inc
1.39%
5,384
$730,231,000 0.13%
Ishares Sp 500 Grwth
No change
7,852
$726,624,000 0.13%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Etf
No change
11,264
$723,729,000 0.13%
Willis Towers Watson Plc
6.75%
2,750
$720,885,000 0.13%
Ishares Sp Midcap 400 Index
1.70%
12,270
$718,040,000 0.13%
Ishares Russell 1000 Growth Index
2.02%
1,936
$705,808,000 0.13%
Sp Global Inc
0.51%
1,579
$704,592,000 0.13%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
1.35%
7,004
$679,692,000 0.12%
Fedex Corp
3.70%
2,262
$678,238,000 0.12%
Amdocs Limited
Opened
8,565
$675,949,000 0.12%
Pfizer Inc.
5.30%
23,932
$669,642,000 0.12%
Schwab U.s. Broad Market Etf
2.91%
10,606
$666,799,000 0.12%
Pinnacle West Capital Cp
0.32%
8,706
$664,974,000 0.12%
Cigna Corp
0.46%
1,927
$637,127,000 0.11%
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Closed
8,489
$616,625,000
HEICO Corporation
No change
3,452
$612,799,000 0.11%
Monster Beverage Corp.
2.75%
12,124
$605,593,000 0.11%
Ishares Msci Acwi Ex Us Index
No change
11,349
$602,972,000 0.11%
Taiwan Semiconductr Adrf
No change
3,461
$601,556,000 0.11%
Church Dwight Co Inc
No change
5,701
$591,079,000 0.11%
Target Corp
1.37%
3,964
$586,869,000 0.11%
Raytheon Technologies Co
44.09%
5,536
$555,796,000 0.10%
Lam Research Corp.
7.31%
514
$548,354,000 0.10%
Roper Industries Inc
2.72%
965
$543,931,000 0.10%
Vanguard Reit Etf
1.00%
6,213
$520,403,000 0.09%
Nike, Inc.
3.88%
6,895
$519,720,000 0.09%
Communication Services Sel Sect Spdr Etf
20.50%
5,931
$508,067,000 0.09%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
2.19%
1,653
$493,304,000 0.09%
NextEra Energy Inc
37.05%
6,840
$484,393,000 0.09%
Clarivate Plc
11.22%
84,775
$482,369,000 0.09%
Amer Electric Pwr Co Inc
3.41%
5,429
$476,340,000 0.09%
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc
6.01%
5,594
$467,994,000 0.08%
Post Holdings Inc
4.01%
4,430
$461,428,000 0.08%
Novo-nordisk A-s Adr
No change
3,204
$457,338,000 0.08%
Ishares Russell 2000 Index
2.22%
2,205
$447,428,000 0.08%
Molson Coors Brewing Co B
5.75%
8,705
$442,475,000 0.08%
State Street Corp.
7.25%
5,946
$440,026,000 0.08%
Powershares Nasdaq Internet Etf
0.77%
10,591
$434,866,000 0.08%
Sprott Phys Silver Trust
No change
43,570
$432,650,000 0.08%
Vanguard Emerging Markets Etf
21.36%
9,851
$431,116,000 0.08%
Chubb Limited
No change
1,686
$430,064,000 0.08%
Vanguard Value Etf
5.45%
2,654
$425,732,000 0.08%
Schwab International Equity Etf
12.07%
11,072
$425,386,000 0.08%
LPL Financial Holdings Inc
25.67%
1,520
$424,536,000 0.08%
Consumer Discret Sel Sect Spdr
1.94%
1,626
$418,337,000 0.07%
Ishares Sp 600 Small Cap Index
2.91%
3,874
$413,281,000 0.07%
Stericycle Inc.
14.97%
7,100
$412,723,000 0.07%
Equifax, Inc.
No change
1,650
$400,059,000 0.07%
US Foods Holding Corp
16.48%
7,475
$396,025,000 0.07%
General Electric
18.80%
2,467
$392,178,000 0.07%
Affiliated Managers Group Inc.
0.99%
2,490
$389,012,000 0.07%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
10.60%
4,216
$385,764,000 0.07%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
3.71%
5,485
$376,340,000 0.07%
Ishares 1-5 Year Invmt Grd Corp Bd Etf
59.70%
7,329
$375,556,000 0.07%
Ch Robinson Worldwide Inc.
10.38%
4,188
$369,082,000 0.07%
Spdr Barclays 1-3 Month T-bill Etf
Opened
4,015
$368,496,000 0.07%
Ishares Sp 500 Value Index
No change
1,995
$363,210,000 0.07%
Vanguard Information Technology Etf
2.33%
629
$362,752,000 0.06%
Vanguard Ftse All-world Ex-us Etf
17.19%
6,123
$359,077,000 0.06%
Northern Trust Corp.
2.31%
4,232
$355,403,000 0.06%
Cencora Inc.
1.26%
1,570
$353,721,000 0.06%
Oracle Corp.
12.00%
2,434
$343,681,000 0.06%
Netflix Inc.
No change
504
$340,139,000 0.06%
Toro Co.
Closed
3,709
$339,855,000
Guggenheim Sp 500 Equal Weight Etf
29.34%
2,050
$336,802,000 0.06%
Technology Select Spdr
6.68%
1,486
$336,377,000 0.06%
Carrier Global Corporation
41.75%
5,307
$334,779,000 0.06%
Ameren Corp.
0.24%
4,669
$332,025,000 0.06%
Cintas Corporation
15.66%
474
$331,923,000 0.06%
Boeing Co.
30.64%
1,822
$331,622,000 0.06%
PPG Industries, Inc.
No change
2,600
$327,314,000 0.06%
CVS Health Corp
94.31%
5,489
$324,180,000 0.06%
CSX Corp.
0.01%
9,332
$312,169,000 0.06%
Amphenol Corp.
100.00%
4,544
$306,129,000 0.05%
Spdr Sp Biotech Etf
4.17%
3,299
$305,851,000 0.05%
Rockwell Automation Inc
55.46%
1,110
$305,710,000 0.05%
GFL Environmental Inc.
1.89%
7,800
$303,654,000 0.05%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
548
$303,044,000 0.05%
Privia Health Group Inc
No change
17,137
$297,841,000 0.05%
International Flavors Fragrances
No change
3,115
$296,611,000 0.05%
Fastenal Co.
1.21%
4,717
$296,416,000 0.05%
Ishares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index
No change
2,445
$295,796,000 0.05%
Vanguard Growth Etf
5.29%
787
$294,441,000 0.05%
Financial Select Sector Spdr
0.01%
6,734
$276,852,000 0.05%
Proshares Sp 500 Div
No change
2,846
$273,623,000 0.05%
Ssc Technologies Holdings Inc
3.71%
4,339
$271,925,000 0.05%
Grainger, W W
No change
300
$270,672,000 0.05%
Hillenbrand Inc
4.26%
6,750
$270,135,000 0.05%
Martin Marietta Matr
No change
490
$265,482,000 0.05%
Synopsys, Inc.
No change
446
$265,396,000 0.05%
Ishares Russell Midcap Growth
2.71%
2,311
$255,018,000 0.05%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
No change
500
$251,390,000 0.05%
Vanguard Tax-exempt Bond Etf
No change
4,898
$245,438,000 0.04%
Philip Morris Int'l Inc
0.13%
2,400
$243,265,000 0.04%
Johnson Controls
3.46%
3,657
$243,117,000 0.04%
Hormel Foods Corp.
Closed
6,900
$240,746,000
Ishares Sp Midcap 400 Growth
No change
2,728
$240,364,000 0.04%
Ishares Russell Midcap Value
No change
1,973
$238,220,000 0.04%
Conocophillips
Opened
2,075
$237,415,000 0.04%
Energy Transfer Partners
17.07%
14,545
$235,924,000 0.04%
B O K Financial Cp New
No change
2,573
$235,789,000 0.04%
Marathon Petroleum Corp
No change
1,350
$234,198,000 0.04%
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
No change
850
$231,370,000 0.04%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
No change
8,000
$227,120,000 0.04%
Calvert International Responsible Etf
No change
4,000
$225,418,000 0.04%
John Wiley Sons Inc
14.45%
5,475
$222,832,000 0.04%
American Tower Corp.
0.61%
1,138
$221,326,000 0.04%
Cabot Corp.
20.82%
2,384
$219,065,000 0.04%
Energizer Holding Inc
No change
7,350
$217,119,000 0.04%
Asml Holding Nv Adr
No change
210
$214,773,000 0.04%
Vanguard Short-term Bond Etf
Closed
2,795
$214,346,000
PayPal Holdings Inc
7.92%
3,660
$212,389,000 0.04%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
Closed
1,603
$211,636,000
Vail Resorts Inc.
Closed
943
$210,128,000
Wisconsin Energy Group
1.70%
2,654
$208,232,000 0.04%
PulteGroup Inc
Opened
1,875
$206,437,000 0.04%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
4,930
$204,755,000 0.04%
Southern Company
Opened
2,624
$203,581,000 0.04%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc
Opened
6,874
$203,473,000 0.04%
Markel Corporation
Closed
133
$202,356,000
Altria Group Inc.
Opened
4,427
$201,678,000 0.04%
Pnc Finl Services Gp Inc
Closed
1,247
$201,580,000
Constellation Brands, Inc.
31.17%
2,247
$200,926,000 0.04%
Ishares Sp Smallcap 600 Grwth Idx
No change
1,559
$200,222,000 0.04%
Leslie's, Inc.
34.02%
41,680
$174,639,000 0.03%
Ready Capital Corp
3.43%
20,689
$169,242,000 0.03%
Infinera Corp.
28.50%
15,135
$92,172,000 0.02%
Altice USA Inc
7.69%
38,400
$78,336,000 0.01%
Lightpath Technologies, Inc.
23.57%
30,300
$38,178,000 0.01%
Renalytix Plc
No change
12,000
$2,772,000 0.00%
No transactions found
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