Values First Advisors 13F annual report
Values First Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $167 billion ran by Ed West. There are currently 153 companies in Mr. West’s portfolio. The largest investments include Pimco Etf Tr and Ishares Tr, together worth $35.8 billion.
$167 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 12th July 2024, Values First Advisors’s top holding is 107,013 shares of Pimco Etf Tr currently worth over $10.8 billion and making up 6.5% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 248,500 shares of Ishares Tr worth $25.1 billion.
The third-largest holding is Vanguard Scottsdale Fds worth $4.49 billion and the next is Ensign Inc worth $3.36 billion, with 27,136 shares owned.
Currently, Values First Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $167 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 Values First Advisors
The Values First Advisors office and employees reside in Gray, Tennessee. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Ed West serves as the Chief Compliance Officer and Operations Manager at Values First Advisors.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Values First Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in
Grand Canyon Ed Inc and bought 14,018 shares worth $1.96 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Pimco Etf Tr by buying
1,417 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Pimco Etf Tr total 107,013 shares worth $10.8 billion.
On the other hand, there are companies that Values First Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Values First Advisors closed its position in SS&C Technologies Inc on 19th July 2024.
It sold the previously owned 32,130 shares for $2.07 billion.
Ed West also disclosed a decreased stake in Ensign Inc by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $3.36 billion and 27,136 shares.
One of the smallest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Values First Advisors are Ims Capital Management and Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd. They manage $167 billion and $167 billion respectively.
Ed West investment strategy
Values First Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 14.7% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
60.8% 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
24% 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 $19.8 billion.
The complete list of Values First Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on July 19th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pimco Etf Tr |
1.34%
107,013
|
$10,770,840,000 | 6.45% |
| Ishares Tr |
2.76%
248,500
|
$25,064,469,000 | 15.02% |
| Vanguard Scottsdale Fds |
0.98%
77,445
|
$4,490,205,000 | 2.69% |
| Ensign Group Inc |
6.81%
27,136
|
$3,356,506,000 | 2.01% |
| Emergent Biosolutions Inc |
0.84%
466,151
|
$3,179,151,000 | 1.90% |
| Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc |
25.76%
3,530
|
$2,900,250,000 | 1.74% |
| VAALCO Energy, Inc. |
1.25%
456,718
|
$2,863,624,000 | 1.72% |
| Ishares U S Etf Tr |
3.06%
53,197
|
$2,677,416,000 | 1.60% |
| Mid-amer Apt Cmntys Inc |
10.50%
18,620
|
$2,655,504,000 | 1.59% |
| Trane Technologies plc |
1.09%
7,790
|
$2,562,301,000 | 1.54% |
| NNN REIT Inc |
3.23%
59,181
|
$2,521,129,000 | 1.51% |
| Lemaitre Vascular Inc |
14.85%
28,074
|
$2,309,963,000 | 1.38% |
| National Beverage Corp. |
21.03%
42,238
|
$2,164,259,000 | 1.30% |
| Synovus Finl Corp |
17.23%
51,635
|
$2,075,223,000 | 1.24% |
| Cognex Corp. |
18.58%
44,349
|
$2,073,763,000 | 1.24% |
| Bio-Techne Corp |
30.65%
28,898
|
$2,070,550,000 | 1.24% |
| Expeditors Intl Wash Inc |
0.68%
16,582
|
$2,069,237,000 | 1.24% |
| SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc |
Closed
32,130
|
$2,068,238,000 | |
| Amphenol Corp. |
28.47%
30,294
|
$2,040,895,000 | 1.22% |
| 1st Source Corp. |
11.58%
37,505
|
$2,011,030,000 | 1.20% |
| Simulations Plus Inc. |
0.04%
40,861
|
$1,986,668,000 | 1.19% |
| Toro Co. |
24.61%
21,168
|
$1,979,461,000 | 1.19% |
| Grand Canyon Ed Inc |
Opened
14,018
|
$1,961,268,000 | 1.18% |
| Cintas Corporation |
29.96%
2,791
|
$1,954,139,000 | 1.17% |
| Fortinet Inc |
Closed
27,735
|
$1,894,580,000 | |
| Cincinnati Finl Corp |
8.12%
15,990
|
$1,888,379,000 | 1.13% |
| Microchip Technology, Inc. |
16.50%
20,593
|
$1,884,213,000 | 1.13% |
| Eog Res Inc |
9.96%
14,751
|
$1,856,661,000 | 1.11% |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc |
1.91%
7,590
|
$1,844,257,000 | 1.11% |
| American Finl Group Inc Ohio |
6.43%
14,925
|
$1,836,043,000 | 1.10% |
| Spdr Ser Tr |
1.35%
31,442
|
$2,954,791,000 | 1.77% |
| Donaldson Co. Inc. |
9.58%
25,421
|
$1,819,093,000 | 1.09% |
| Gentex Corp. |
19.99%
53,833
|
$1,814,722,000 | 1.09% |
| Hackett Group Inc (The) |
Opened
82,821
|
$1,798,862,000 | 1.08% |
| Badger Meter Inc. |
Opened
9,143
|
$1,703,854,000 | 1.02% |
| Medifast Inc |
203.03%
65,169
|
$1,421,985,000 | 0.85% |
| Shockwave Med Inc |
Closed
4,320
|
$1,406,843,000 | |
| Roper Technologies Inc |
4.97%
2,484
|
$1,400,025,000 | 0.84% |
| Waste Connections Inc |
6.24%
7,877
|
$1,381,318,000 | 0.83% |
| TransMedics Group, Inc. |
7.10%
9,068
|
$1,365,813,000 | 0.82% |
| Datadog Inc |
2.50%
10,438
|
$1,353,646,000 | 0.81% |
| Trade Desk Inc |
11.04%
13,753
|
$1,343,296,000 | 0.80% |
| Old Dominion Freight Line In |
0.61%
7,605
|
$1,343,044,000 | 0.80% |
| D.R. Horton Inc. |
0.75%
8,878
|
$1,251,116,000 | 0.75% |
| Lam Research Corp. |
0.18%
1,136
|
$1,209,966,000 | 0.72% |
| Tanger Inc. |
0.42%
41,900
|
$1,135,922,000 | 0.68% |
| Hawkins Inc |
0.04%
12,048
|
$1,096,365,000 | 0.66% |
| Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. |
1.14%
778
|
$1,087,662,000 | 0.65% |
| Goldman Sachs Etf Tr |
1.49%
10,779
|
$1,078,706,000 | 0.65% |
| Idexx Labs Inc |
11.45%
2,135
|
$1,040,319,000 | 0.62% |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc |
5.49%
2,426
|
$929,517,000 | 0.56% |
| Apartment Income REIT Corp. |
Closed
27,045
|
$878,152,000 | |
| Pool Corporation |
3.27%
2,782
|
$855,031,000 | 0.51% |
| Liquidity Svcs Inc |
3.38%
42,685
|
$852,837,000 | 0.51% |
| Guardant Health Inc |
21.77%
28,248
|
$815,816,000 | 0.49% |
| Toast, Inc. |
2.66%
31,342
|
$807,670,000 | 0.48% |
| Celldex Therapeutics Inc. |
8.26%
21,319
|
$789,025,000 | 0.47% |
| Argenx Se |
8.22%
1,830
|
$786,962,000 | 0.47% |
| Rollins, Inc. |
18.07%
14,963
|
$730,026,000 | 0.44% |
| Monday Com Ltd |
19.59%
3,029
|
$729,341,000 | 0.44% |
| HubSpot Inc |
5.97%
1,212
|
$715,004,000 | 0.43% |
| Olin Corp. |
0.19%
15,138
|
$713,758,000 | 0.43% |
| Under Armour Inc |
21.45%
108,091
|
$705,836,000 | 0.42% |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc |
7.73%
19,754
|
$675,375,000 | 0.40% |
| Xometry Inc |
19.48%
56,872
|
$657,442,000 | 0.39% |
| Lithia Mtrs Inc |
2.17%
2,523
|
$637,033,000 | 0.38% |
| Omega Healthcare Invs Inc |
1.44%
18,547
|
$635,250,000 | 0.38% |
| Welltower Inc. |
0.17%
6,020
|
$627,598,000 | 0.38% |
| Asml Holding N V |
3.96%
607
|
$621,236,000 | 0.37% |
| Lowes Cos Inc |
11.50%
2,794
|
$615,988,000 | 0.37% |
| Northern Lts Fd Tr Iv |
1.86%
17,391
|
$647,039,000 | 0.39% |
| Oreilly Automotive Inc |
1.75%
563
|
$594,050,000 | 0.36% |
| Coursera, Inc. |
Closed
41,669
|
$584,201,000 | |
| Aarons Company Inc (The) |
1.03%
58,322
|
$582,050,000 | 0.35% |
| Extra Space Storage Inc. |
0.42%
3,622
|
$562,835,000 | 0.34% |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc |
6.63%
16,993
|
$547,169,000 | 0.33% |
| Sprout Social, Inc. |
Closed
9,085
|
$542,486,000 | |
| Annaly Capital Management In |
2.60%
28,267
|
$538,772,000 | 0.32% |
| Entegris Inc |
9.84%
3,848
|
$520,996,000 | 0.31% |
| Stag Indl Inc |
0.08%
14,321
|
$516,425,000 | 0.31% |
| Elanco Animal Health Inc |
0.62%
35,537
|
$512,796,000 | 0.31% |
| Kimco Rlty Corp |
0.65%
26,185
|
$509,564,000 | 0.31% |
| Evolent Health Inc |
52.98%
26,546
|
$507,556,000 | 0.30% |
| Targa Res Corp |
7.09%
3,914
|
$504,089,000 | 0.30% |
| TREX Co., Inc. |
3.55%
6,700
|
$496,632,000 | 0.30% |
| Americold Realty Trust Inc |
0.27%
18,825
|
$480,798,000 | 0.29% |
| Dlocal Ltd |
Closed
32,477
|
$477,405,000 | |
| GitLab Inc. |
Opened
9,445
|
$469,588,000 | 0.28% |
| Carriage Svcs Inc |
0.13%
17,434
|
$467,924,000 | 0.28% |
| Recursion Pharmaceuticals In |
0.60%
61,763
|
$463,224,000 | 0.28% |
| Aptiv PLC |
Closed
5,806
|
$462,481,000 | |
| Flywire Corporation |
25.83%
27,942
|
$457,962,000 | 0.27% |
| Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be |
0.05%
16,010
|
$454,520,000 | 0.27% |
| Waste Mgmt Inc Del |
31.43%
2,020
|
$430,893,000 | 0.26% |
| Gallagher Arthur J & Co |
9.23%
1,622
|
$420,604,000 | 0.25% |
| Ferguson Plc New |
1.29%
2,139
|
$414,274,000 | 0.25% |
| KLA Corp. |
12.98%
496
|
$408,799,000 | 0.24% |
| Exelixis Inc |
0.22%
18,160
|
$408,052,000 | 0.24% |
| Americas Car Mart, Inc. |
0.23%
6,606
|
$397,764,000 | 0.24% |
| Central Garden & Pet Co. |
0.24%
12,792
|
$478,529,000 | 0.29% |
| Nutanix Inc |
Opened
6,909
|
$392,757,000 | 0.24% |
| Copart, Inc. |
2.91%
7,098
|
$384,439,000 | 0.23% |
| Williams Cos Inc |
2.91%
8,790
|
$373,591,000 | 0.22% |
| Iridium Communications Inc |
0.06%
13,864
|
$369,054,000 | 0.22% |
| MSCI Inc |
Closed
655
|
$366,899,000 | |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
5.59%
1,217
|
$363,297,000 | 0.22% |
| Mistras Group Inc |
0.18%
43,681
|
$362,118,000 | 0.22% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc |
32.24%
808
|
$359,533,000 | 0.22% |
| LL Flooring Holdings Inc |
0.18%
246,569
|
$352,594,000 | 0.21% |
| Perficient Inc. |
0.52%
4,609
|
$344,734,000 | 0.21% |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc |
52.24%
1,015
|
$344,155,000 | 0.21% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
Opened
2,780
|
$343,441,000 | 0.21% |
| nVent Electric plc |
16.40%
4,454
|
$341,224,000 | 0.20% |
| Houlihan Lokey Inc |
5.28%
2,492
|
$336,043,000 | 0.20% |
| Exact Sciences Corp. |
10.30%
7,701
|
$325,383,000 | 0.19% |
| CDW Corp |
6.21%
1,450
|
$324,500,000 | 0.19% |
| Vistra Corp |
30.17%
3,741
|
$321,622,000 | 0.19% |
| Global E Online Ltd |
61.61%
8,761
|
$317,753,000 | 0.19% |
| Ituran Location And Control Ltd. |
0.79%
12,813
|
$315,719,000 | 0.19% |
| The Southern Co. |
19.40%
4,068
|
$315,543,000 | 0.19% |
| Exscientia Plc |
0.68%
61,815
|
$315,258,000 | 0.19% |
| Sage Therapeutics Inc |
62.02%
28,962
|
$314,528,000 | 0.19% |
| CareTrust REIT Inc |
0.98%
12,510
|
$313,998,000 | 0.19% |
| Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Llc |
5.43%
74,925
|
$306,443,000 | 0.18% |
| Linde Plc. |
0.43%
697
|
$305,749,000 | 0.18% |
| Quanta Svcs Inc |
Opened
1,198
|
$304,329,000 | 0.18% |
| MongoDB Inc |
5.74%
1,216
|
$303,914,000 | 0.18% |
| Ardelyx Inc |
4.02%
40,392
|
$299,301,000 | 0.18% |
| Synopsys, Inc. |
13.13%
496
|
$295,237,000 | 0.18% |
| S&P Global Inc |
6.70%
655
|
$292,221,000 | 0.18% |
| Patterson Cos Inc |
0.72%
11,854
|
$285,919,000 | 0.17% |
| Lattice Semiconductor Corp. |
2.18%
4,912
|
$284,834,000 | 0.17% |
| Agenus Inc |
Opened
16,672
|
$279,262,000 | 0.17% |
| Stratasys Ltd |
51.34%
33,175
|
$278,341,000 | 0.17% |
| Workday Inc |
2.90%
1,237
|
$276,457,000 | 0.17% |
| Netapp Inc |
Opened
2,110
|
$271,813,000 | 0.16% |
| Nextracker Inc |
Opened
5,666
|
$265,606,000 | 0.16% |
| Autoliv Inc. |
2.72%
2,432
|
$260,164,000 | 0.16% |
| Five9 Inc |
2.31%
5,883
|
$259,447,000 | 0.16% |
| Neogen Corp. |
0.22%
16,529
|
$258,346,000 | 0.15% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd |
27.73%
1,475
|
$256,363,000 | 0.15% |
| Royalty Pharma plc |
0.90%
9,674
|
$255,110,000 | 0.15% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
Closed
1,300
|
$234,494,000 | |
| DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. |
43.36%
11,771
|
$229,181,000 | 0.14% |
| Digi International, Inc. |
Closed
7,163
|
$228,719,000 | |
| Public Svc Enterprise Grp In |
Opened
3,011
|
$221,938,000 | 0.13% |
| Amerisafe Inc |
0.60%
5,050
|
$221,648,000 | 0.13% |
| Scholar Rock Hldg Corp |
Opened
25,979
|
$216,409,000 | 0.13% |
| Novanta Inc |
Closed
1,218
|
$212,888,000 | |
| Greenbrier Cos., Inc. |
0.39%
4,077
|
$202,008,000 | 0.12% |
| Pentair plc |
Closed
2,350
|
$200,743,000 | |
| Dynavax Technologies Corp. |
27.99%
17,370
|
$195,062,000 | 0.12% |
| Agenus Inc |
Closed
336,100
|
$194,938,000 | |
| Lifetime Brands, Inc. |
0.11%
22,064
|
$189,528,000 | 0.11% |
| Tandy Leather Factory Inc |
0.18%
39,719
|
$178,734,000 | 0.11% |
| Remitly Global Inc |
Opened
11,362
|
$137,707,000 | 0.08% |
| Aura Biosciences Inc |
33.59%
18,124
|
$137,015,000 | 0.08% |
| Biolinerx Ltd |
0.06%
203,759
|
$116,122,000 | 0.07% |
| Geron Corp. |
Opened
27,006
|
$114,505,000 | 0.07% |
| Gulf Is Fabrication Inc |
22.58%
18,328
|
$111,252,000 | 0.07% |
| Talphera Inc |
0.21%
113,175
|
$100,725,000 | 0.06% |
| 908 Devices Inc. |
Closed
12,575
|
$94,940,000 | |
| Pluri Inc |
Closed
110,838
|
$89,335,000 | |
| Pluri Inc |
Opened
14,285
|
$82,566,000 | 0.05% |
| Inozyme Pharma, Inc. |
Opened
17,067
|
$76,119,000 | 0.05% |
| Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc |
501.80%
62,671
|
$73,325,000 | 0.04% |
| Nektar Therapeutics |
Opened
45,197
|
$56,044,000 | 0.03% |
| Aerovate Therapeutics Inc |
Opened
15,381
|
$25,532,000 | 0.02% |
| Ishares Tr |
Closed
26
|
$13,669,000 | |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
50
|
$1,578,000 | 0.00% |
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