Navalign 13F annual report

Navalign is an investment fund managing more than $317 billion ran by Chris Carter. There are currently 96 companies in Mr. Carter’s portfolio. The largest investments include Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr and Schwab Strategic Tr, together worth $50.9 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$317 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 23rd July 2024, Navalign’s top holding is 608,296 shares of Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr currently worth over $27.3 billion and making up 8.6% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 452,865 shares of Schwab Strategic Tr worth $23.6 billion. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $20.3 billion and the next is Ishares Tr worth $30.9 billion, with 347,915 shares owned.

Currently, Navalign's portfolio is worth at least $317 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 Navalign

The Navalign office and employees reside in Encino, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Chris Carter serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Navalign.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Navalign revealed that it had opened a new position in Ishares Tr and bought 4,210 shares worth $225 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr by buying 50,940 additional shares. This makes their stake in Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr total 608,296 shares worth $27.3 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Navalign is getting rid of from its portfolio. Navalign closed its position in Fidelity Covington Trust on 30th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,632 shares for $332 million. Chris Carter also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $20.3 billion and 96,375 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Navalign are Benin Management Corp and Security Benefit Life Insurance Co ks/. They manage $317 billion and $317 billion respectively.


Chris Carter investment strategy

Navalign’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 8.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.3% 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 56% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $244 billion.

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

These positions were updated on July 30th 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
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
9.14%
608,296
$27,330,750,000 8.63%
Schwab Strategic Tr
5.36%
452,865
$23,553,516,000 7.44%
Apple Inc
9.01%
96,375
$20,298,426,000 6.41%
Ishares Tr
8.25%
347,915
$30,864,701,000 9.75%
Spdr Ser Tr
0.10%
583,921
$35,110,301,000 11.09%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
5.79%
209,399
$17,019,939,000 5.38%
Flexshares Tr
2.62%
323,717
$12,994,008,000 4.10%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
12.39%
644,960
$16,388,353,000 5.18%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.02%
125,491
$11,833,675,000 3.74%
AMGEN Inc.
6.82%
22,781
$7,118,068,000 2.25%
NVIDIA Corp
858.82%
52,994
$6,546,919,000 2.07%
Vanguard Star Fds
6.07%
105,558
$6,365,169,000 2.01%
American Centy Etf Tr
7.10%
70,537
$6,328,564,000 2.00%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
6.72%
35,188
$5,780,759,000 1.83%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.02%
6,840
$3,449,004,000 1.09%
Alphabet Inc
0.67%
24,604
$4,491,852,000 1.42%
Microsoft Corporation
0.49%
6,756
$3,019,523,000 0.95%
Visa Inc
1.79%
11,163
$2,929,861,000 0.93%
Amazon.com Inc.
2.04%
13,882
$2,682,697,000 0.85%
Broadcom Inc
1.23%
1,363
$2,187,582,000 0.69%
Mckesson Corporation
0.94%
3,659
$2,137,146,000 0.67%
Salesforce Inc
3.71%
7,936
$2,040,442,000 0.64%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
0.55%
26,366
$2,022,249,000 0.64%
Walmart Inc
2.21%
28,871
$1,954,858,000 0.62%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
1.95%
9,579
$1,937,543,000 0.61%
Eli Lilly Co
No change
2,012
$1,821,648,000 0.58%
Uber Technologies Inc
5.37%
25,045
$1,820,271,000 0.57%
Procter And Gamble Co
3.98%
10,395
$1,714,320,000 0.54%
Netflix Inc.
1.71%
2,498
$1,685,850,000 0.53%
Merck Co Inc
2.77%
12,922
$1,599,693,000 0.51%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
1.15%
4,646
$1,574,871,000 0.50%
Cigna Group (The)
2.63%
4,681
$1,547,250,000 0.49%
Coca-Cola Co
8.54%
23,992
$1,527,116,000 0.48%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.21%
34,015
$1,488,501,000 0.47%
Blackrock Inc.
4.32%
1,884
$1,483,102,000 0.47%
Tjx Cos Inc New
3.37%
12,763
$1,405,258,000 0.44%
Honeywell International Inc
6.26%
6,518
$1,391,828,000 0.44%
Booking Holdings Inc
2.97%
347
$1,374,659,000 0.43%
Union Pac Corp
4.18%
5,729
$1,296,272,000 0.41%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1.08%
2,816
$1,273,850,000 0.40%
TE Connectivity Ltd
3.91%
8,430
$1,268,191,000 0.40%
Bank America Corp
6.65%
30,692
$1,220,628,000 0.39%
Johnson Ctls Intl Plc
3.85%
18,321
$1,217,774,000 0.38%
Linde Plc.
2.74%
2,738
$1,201,623,000 0.38%
Capital One Finl Corp
2.32%
8,673
$1,200,844,000 0.38%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
7.57%
2,031
$1,122,964,000 0.35%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
1,943
$1,057,489,000 0.33%
Conocophillips
4.10%
8,762
$1,002,247,000 0.32%
CSX Corp.
4.31%
29,359
$982,061,000 0.31%
Starbucks Corp.
0.81%
12,510
$973,869,000 0.31%
Boston Scientific Corp.
0.16%
12,429
$957,157,000 0.30%
Zoetis Inc
7.92%
5,449
$944,703,000 0.30%
Phillips 66
0.92%
6,584
$929,531,000 0.29%
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
7.77%
10,094
$903,434,000 0.29%
Transdigm Group Incorporated
9.98%
705
$900,715,000 0.28%
PayPal Holdings Inc
8.90%
15,182
$881,011,000 0.28%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
1.05%
18,560
$880,492,000 0.28%
American Tower Corp.
6.21%
4,498
$874,279,000 0.28%
Schwab Charles Corp
3.42%
11,521
$848,983,000 0.27%
Fedex Corp
4.36%
2,822
$846,278,000 0.27%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
4.34%
2,044
$831,499,000 0.26%
MetLife, Inc.
4.43%
11,773
$826,313,000 0.26%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
3.82%
9,408
$825,465,000 0.26%
CVS Health Corp
10.37%
13,668
$807,208,000 0.25%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
0.97%
14,320
$799,772,000 0.25%
Cisco Sys Inc
2.60%
16,273
$773,116,000 0.24%
Nike, Inc.
7.48%
9,834
$741,194,000 0.23%
Firstenergy Corp.
5.45%
19,311
$739,044,000 0.23%
Autodesk Inc.
6.24%
2,826
$699,294,000 0.22%
Dollar Gen Corp New
7.67%
4,942
$653,504,000 0.21%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.67%
737
$626,142,000 0.20%
Constellation Brands Inc
5.48%
2,215
$569,976,000 0.18%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
67.31%
11,183
$560,380,000 0.18%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
No change
1,090
$555,117,000 0.18%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.36%
1,162
$512,628,000 0.16%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
14.81%
1,150
$511,578,000 0.16%
Oracle Corp.
10.04%
3,575
$504,824,000 0.16%
Rockwell Automation Inc
0.53%
1,692
$465,644,000 0.15%
Abbvie Inc
3.87%
2,685
$460,581,000 0.15%
Tesla Inc
2.23%
2,108
$417,131,000 0.13%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
11.54%
3,790
$403,281,000 0.13%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
No change
7,708
$380,929,000 0.12%
Verizon Communications Inc
0.53%
8,872
$365,900,000 0.12%
Pfizer Inc.
6.22%
12,245
$342,609,000 0.11%
NextEra Energy Inc
5.53%
4,785
$338,810,000 0.11%
Fidelity Covington Trust
Closed
5,632
$331,957,000
Southern Calif Bancorp
No change
22,800
$307,116,000 0.10%
Vanguard Index Fds
Closed
1,785
$278,361,000
Abbott Labs
3.32%
2,622
$272,452,000 0.09%
Paychex Inc.
No change
2,289
$271,390,000 0.09%
Disney Walt Co
Closed
1,932
$236,441,000
Ishares Tr
Opened
4,210
$225,488,000 0.07%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
1,014
$223,649,000 0.07%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Closed
3,550
$205,377,000
Astrazeneca plc
Opened
2,625
$204,724,000 0.06%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
14.83%
4,049
$203,928,000 0.06%
Stryker Corp.
No change
590
$200,748,000 0.06%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Opened
1,739
$200,151,000 0.06%
Allogene Therapeutics Inc
No change
75,365
$175,600,000 0.06%
Cue Biopharma Inc
No change
25,000
$31,000,000 0.01%
Planet Labs Pbc
Closed
11,168
$28,478,000
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