Aurora Investment Counsel 13F annual report

Aurora Investment Counsel is an investment fund managing more than $170 billion ran by David Jr.. There are currently 107 companies in Mr. Jr.’s portfolio. The largest investments include Booking Inc and Astrazeneca plc, together worth $6.09 billion.

$170 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 15th August 2024, Aurora Investment Counsel’s top holding is 770 shares of Booking Inc currently worth over $3.05 billion and making up 1.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Booking Inc, Aurora Investment Counsel owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 38,960 shares of Astrazeneca plc worth $3.04 billion, whose value grew 33.4% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Juniper Networks Inc worth $2.7 billion and the next is Verisign worth $2.69 billion, with 15,121 shares owned.

Currently, Aurora Investment Counsel's portfolio is worth at least $170 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 Aurora Investment Counsel

The Aurora Investment Counsel office and employees reside in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Jr. serves as the President at Aurora Investment Counsel.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Aurora Investment Counsel revealed that it had opened a new position in Booking Inc and bought 770 shares worth $3.05 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Booking Inc makes up 21.9% of the fund's Consumer Discretionary sector allocation and has grown its share price by 21.6% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Juniper Networks Inc by buying 230 additional shares. This makes their stake in Juniper Networks Inc total 74,108 shares worth $2.7 billion. Juniper Networks Inc soared 37.6% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Aurora Investment Counsel is getting rid of from its portfolio. Aurora Investment Counsel closed its position in Home Depot on 22nd August 2024. It sold the previously owned 7,109 shares for $2.73 billion. David Jr. also disclosed a decreased stake in Astrazeneca plc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $3.04 billion and 38,960 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Aurora Investment Counsel are Greytown Advisors and Idaho Trust Bank. They manage $170 billion and $170 billion respectively.


David Jr. investment strategy

Aurora Investment Counsel’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 15.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 76.6% 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 47% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $24.3 billion.

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

These positions were updated on August 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
Booking Holdings Inc
Opened
770
$3,050,355,000 1.79%
Astrazeneca plc
6.61%
38,960
$3,038,490,000 1.78%
Home Depot, Inc.
Closed
7,109
$2,727,012,000
Juniper Networks Inc
0.31%
74,108
$2,701,978,000 1.59%
Verisign Inc.
Opened
15,121
$2,688,514,000 1.58%
Lamar Advertising Co
0.30%
22,488
$2,687,991,000 1.58%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.28%
40,596
$2,560,796,000 1.50%
Qualcomm, Inc.
13.49%
12,781
$2,545,720,000 1.49%
CME Group Inc
0.19%
12,733
$2,503,308,000 1.47%
John Hancock Financial Opportu
0.48%
89,279
$2,500,705,000 1.47%
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc
Opened
119,103
$2,471,387,000 1.45%
Lantheus Holdings Inc
6.59%
30,394
$2,440,334,000 1.43%
NetEase Inc
2.53%
25,393
$2,427,063,000 1.42%
Corpay, Inc.
Opened
8,933
$2,379,841,000 1.40%
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.
0.34%
45,103
$2,361,593,000 1.39%
Unitil Corp.
0.15%
44,749
$2,317,551,000 1.36%
Vail Resorts Inc.
24.63%
12,812
$2,307,826,000 1.35%
Inter Parfums, Inc.
Opened
19,311
$2,240,655,000 1.32%
Kinder Morgan Inc
0.32%
112,232
$2,230,050,000 1.31%
Emerson Electric Co.
0.89%
19,881
$2,190,091,000 1.29%
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
54,466
$2,178,640,000 1.28%
Match Group Inc.
17.78%
71,002
$2,157,041,000 1.27%
Tractor Supply Co.
Closed
8,176
$2,139,823,000
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
Opened
28,660
$2,132,304,000 1.25%
Orion S.A
0.52%
95,930
$2,104,704,000 1.24%
Brady Corp.
Opened
31,863
$2,103,595,000 1.23%
Globus Medical Inc
11.52%
30,516
$2,090,041,000 1.23%
Enersys
0.70%
19,936
$2,063,775,000 1.21%
Charles Schwab Corp.
29.79%
27,933
$2,058,383,000 1.21%
MDU Resources Group Inc
1.30%
80,982
$2,032,648,000 1.19%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
15.29%
4,492
$2,031,821,000 1.19%
W. R. Berkley Corporation
4.32%
25,604
$2,011,962,000 1.18%
Sportradar Group Ag
10.66%
179,838
$2,010,589,000 1.18%
Bright Horizons Family Solutio
Closed
17,713
$2,007,946,000
Evolution Ab
13.08%
18,775
$1,958,045,000 1.15%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
0.99%
41,126
$1,953,896,000 1.15%
Dover Corp.
0.17%
10,766
$1,942,725,000 1.14%
Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc
12.13%
45,723
$1,889,732,000 1.11%
Paycom Software Inc
7.01%
13,209
$1,889,415,000 1.11%
Championx Corporation
1.48%
56,794
$1,886,129,000 1.11%
NICE Ltd
0.74%
10,906
$1,875,505,000 1.10%
Molina Healthcare Inc
Opened
6,254
$1,859,314,000 1.09%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Opened
12,266
$1,856,091,000 1.09%
Expedia Group Inc
33.20%
14,644
$1,844,998,000 1.08%
Wns Holdings Limited
17.85%
34,519
$1,812,248,000 1.06%
Timken Co.
3.61%
22,563
$1,807,973,000 1.06%
Viper Energy Inc
8.56%
48,121
$1,805,981,000 1.06%
NiSource Inc
0.72%
62,589
$1,803,189,000 1.06%
Fox Corporation
4.18%
56,113
$1,796,738,000 1.05%
Liberty Energy Inc
0.44%
85,724
$1,790,774,000 1.05%
Cummins Inc.
29.58%
6,403
$1,773,183,000 1.04%
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Closed
12,173
$1,771,293,000
Hershey Company
1.69%
9,577
$1,760,540,000 1.03%
Johnson Controls International
0.36%
26,105
$1,735,199,000 1.02%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc
11.39%
96,308
$1,731,618,000 1.02%
PagSeguro Digital Ltd
1.39%
148,029
$1,730,459,000 1.02%
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc
1.71%
37,734
$1,705,954,000 1.00%
XPEL Inc
29.60%
46,442
$1,651,478,000 0.97%
Lyondellbasell Industries N.v.
0.56%
17,096
$1,635,403,000 0.96%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
1.12%
13,846
$1,635,213,000 0.96%
Eastgroup Properties, Inc.
Opened
9,563
$1,626,666,000 0.95%
SEI Investments Co.
1.60%
25,018
$1,618,414,000 0.95%
CF Industries Holdings Inc
0.57%
21,560
$1,598,027,000 0.94%
Allegro Microsystems Inc
2.51%
56,005
$1,581,581,000 0.93%
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc
16.68%
1,424
$1,545,040,000 0.91%
Pool Corporation
0.60%
5,018
$1,542,182,000 0.91%
Cencora Inc.
1.61%
6,836
$1,540,151,000 0.90%
Diamondback Energy Inc
1.53%
7,539
$1,509,232,000 0.89%
Northern Oil and Gas Inc.
Closed
37,737
$1,497,404,000
Interpublic Group Of Companies
14.53%
50,512
$1,469,394,000 0.86%
Arch Capital Group Ltd
5.76%
14,471
$1,459,979,000 0.86%
Middleby Corp.
11.06%
11,755
$1,441,281,000 0.85%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
1.12%
10,437
$1,436,862,000 0.84%
Oge Energy Corp.
0.49%
39,950
$1,426,215,000 0.84%
Getty Realty Corp.
Closed
52,062
$1,423,896,000
AGCO Corp.
Closed
11,225
$1,380,900,000
WEC Energy Group Inc
0.39%
17,331
$1,359,790,000 0.80%
YETI Holdings Inc
12.64%
35,426
$1,351,502,000 0.79%
Royalty Pharma plc
15.08%
49,929
$1,316,628,000 0.77%
Electronic Arts, Inc.
0.43%
9,083
$1,265,534,000 0.74%
Henry Schein Inc.
3.35%
19,671
$1,260,911,000 0.74%
Intuit Inc
Closed
1,927
$1,252,550,000
Photronics, Inc.
Closed
43,301
$1,226,284,000
Pentair plc
14.97%
15,761
$1,208,396,000 0.71%
First Merchants Corp.
2.18%
35,710
$1,188,786,000 0.70%
WEX Inc
0.60%
6,705
$1,187,724,000 0.70%
Markel Corporation
10.44%
746
$1,175,442,000 0.69%
Chart Industries Inc
11.57%
8,037
$1,160,061,000 0.68%
EPAM Systems Inc
44.35%
5,865
$1,103,265,000 0.65%
Apple Hospitality REIT Inc
182.85%
75,802
$1,102,161,000 0.65%
Global Payments, Inc.
5.85%
11,300
$1,092,710,000 0.64%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
0.16%
37,218
$1,056,619,000 0.62%
Diodes, Inc.
Closed
14,851
$1,046,996,000
Alamo Group Inc.
No change
5,657
$978,661,000 0.57%
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
1.84%
11,710
$962,445,000 0.56%
AMN Healthcare Services Inc.
Closed
15,192
$949,652,000
Equity Commonwealth 6.5 Percent Pfd
0.70%
37,515
$934,499,000 0.55%
Fiserv, Inc.
10.16%
6,226
$927,923,000 0.54%
Snap-on, Inc.
5.96%
3,519
$919,831,000 0.54%
Crocs Inc
45.90%
6,004
$876,224,000 0.51%
PayPal Holdings Inc
4.32%
14,932
$866,504,000 0.51%
MP Materials Corp.
1.73%
66,153
$842,128,000 0.49%
General Mills, Inc.
0.97%
12,968
$820,356,000 0.48%
Six Flags Entertainment Corp
Opened
15,067
$818,891,000 0.48%
Idacorp, Inc.
0.79%
8,469
$788,887,000 0.46%
Acuity Brands, Inc.
45.75%
3,097
$747,740,000 0.44%
Dropbox Inc
5.86%
33,245
$747,015,000 0.44%
Materion Corp
2.69%
6,325
$683,922,000 0.40%
Humana Inc.
2.77%
1,719
$642,304,000 0.38%
Cedar Fair, L.p.
Closed
15,077
$631,726,000
McCormick & Co., Inc.
0.21%
8,271
$586,745,000 0.34%
Service Corporation Internatio
6.20%
6,571
$467,395,000 0.27%
Oneok Inc.
78.50%
5,503
$448,770,000 0.26%
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
52.75%
20,815
$400,272,000 0.23%
IES Holdings Inc
86.50%
2,867
$399,459,000 0.23%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
No change
3,458
$398,742,000 0.23%
Chemours Company
No change
13,211
$298,172,000 0.18%
Asml Holding N.v.
87.29%
223
$228,069,000 0.13%
Crown Holdings, Inc.
0.37%
2,700
$200,853,000 0.12%
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