Newfocus 13F annual report

Newfocus is an investment fund managing more than $299 million ran by Chad Burton. There are currently 78 companies in Mr. Burton’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple and Vanguard Specialized Funds, together worth $51.4 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$299 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 19th October 2020, Newfocus’s top holding is 267,408 shares of Apple currently worth over $31 million and making up 10.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple, Newfocus owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 158,414 shares of Vanguard Specialized Funds worth $20.4 million. The third-largest holding is Ishares Tr worth $60.9 million and the next is Microsoft worth $11.9 million, with 56,372 shares owned.

Currently, Newfocus's portfolio is worth at least $299 million. 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 Newfocus

The Newfocus office and employees reside in Vancouver, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Chad Burton serves as the Chief ExecutiveOfficer at Newfocus.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Newfocus revealed that it had opened a new position in Bristol Myers Squibb Co and bought 44,181 shares worth $2.66 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Bristol Myers Squibb Co makes up 10.0% of the fund's Health Care sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple by buying 195,872 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple total 267,408 shares worth $31 million. Apple dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Newfocus is getting rid of from its portfolio. Newfocus closed its position in Vanguard Scottsdale Fds on 26th October 2020. It sold the previously owned 56,093 shares for $3.49 million. Chad Burton also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Tr by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $60.9 million and 744,759 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Newfocus are Capital Impact Advisors and Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. They manage $299 million and $299 million respectively.


Chad Burton investment strategy

Newfocus’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 12.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 56.4% 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 54% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $234 billion.

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

These positions were updated on October 26th 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.
273.81%
267,408
$30,969,000 10.34%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
0.15%
158,414
$20,382,000 6.81%
Ishares Tr
2.92%
744,759
$60,892,000 20.34%
Microsoft Corp.
4.00%
56,372
$11,857,000 3.96%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
2.76%
30,639
$9,552,000 3.19%
Lowes Cos Inc
4.20%
54,952
$9,114,000 3.04%
Cintas Corp.
20.26%
27,271
$9,077,000 3.03%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.43%
164,788
$6,491,000 2.17%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
7.33%
52,208
$6,093,000 2.03%
Vanguard World Fd
194.61%
69,957
$5,366,000 1.79%
Schwab Strategic Tr
10.99%
416,613
$15,203,000 5.08%
Johnson & Johnson
1.59%
32,300
$4,809,000 1.61%
Vanguard Index Fds
10.02%
66,603
$12,389,000 4.14%
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
0.30%
76,246
$4,387,000 1.47%
Becton Dickinson & Co
24.43%
17,563
$4,087,000 1.36%
Vanguard World Fds
3.43%
19,267
$3,930,000 1.31%
BlackRock, Inc.
2.27%
6,907
$3,892,000 1.30%
Mcdonalds Corp
13.82%
17,285
$3,794,000 1.27%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
Closed
56,093
$3,489,000
Dover Corp.
11.80%
30,562
$3,311,000 1.11%
KLA Corp.
1.24%
16,797
$3,254,000 1.09%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
17.42%
78,729
$2,878,000 0.96%
Grainger W W Inc
15.17%
7,499
$2,675,000 0.89%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Opened
44,181
$2,664,000 0.89%
Wp Carey Inc
0.95%
39,399
$2,567,000 0.86%
General Dynamics Corp.
9.23%
18,416
$2,549,000 0.85%
QUALCOMM, Inc.
16.50%
20,918
$2,462,000 0.82%
Sempra Energy
21.22%
20,728
$2,453,000 0.82%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
26.37%
25,353
$2,441,000 0.82%
Pepsico Inc
1.33%
16,677
$2,311,000 0.77%
General Mls Inc
3.26%
35,796
$2,208,000 0.74%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.68%
6,350
$2,127,000 0.71%
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
12.85%
17,364
$1,988,000 0.66%
Visa, Inc.
35.29%
9,397
$1,879,000 0.63%
The TJX Cos., Inc.
0.31%
30,354
$1,689,000 0.56%
AbbVie, Inc.
Opened
19,005
$1,665,000 0.56%
Tyson Foods, Inc.
2.60%
27,702
$1,648,000 0.55%
Merck & Co., Inc.
Opened
19,278
$1,599,000 0.53%
McKesson Corp.
Opened
10,402
$1,549,000 0.52%
Broadcom Inc.
35.66%
4,135
$1,506,000 0.50%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
1.29%
18,649
$1,439,000 0.48%
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
4.45%
47,164
$1,350,000 0.45%
CSX Corp.
40.54%
17,033
$1,323,000 0.44%
Abbott Labs
29.89%
12,141
$1,321,000 0.44%
Stryker Corp.
30.69%
6,128
$1,277,000 0.43%
CVS Health Corp.
83.34%
21,636
$1,264,000 0.42%
Phillips 66
Closed
17,191
$1,236,000
The Home Depot, Inc.
25.60%
4,391
$1,219,000 0.41%
Interpublic Group Cos Inc
Closed
69,075
$1,185,000
Honeywell International, Inc.
22.55%
7,104
$1,169,000 0.39%
Cummins, Inc.
41.57%
5,354
$1,131,000 0.38%
Ross Stores, Inc.
4.01%
11,594
$1,082,000 0.36%
3M Co.
33.52%
6,541
$1,048,000 0.35%
Ishares Tr
Closed
7,946
$1,041,000
Northrop Grumman Corp.
33.78%
3,295
$1,040,000 0.35%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
62.87%
7,759
$995,000 0.33%
Amazon.com, Inc.
15.55%
315
$992,000 0.33%
The Allstate Corp.
Opened
10,191
$959,000 0.32%
Garmin Ltd.
40.25%
9,910
$940,000 0.31%
Bk Of America Corp
Opened
37,068
$893,000 0.30%
Medtronic Plc
Closed
8,480
$778,000
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
25,398
$769,000 0.26%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
24.30%
10,235
$737,000 0.25%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.05%
30,469
$1,415,000 0.47%
D.R. Horton, Inc.
Opened
8,037
$608,000 0.20%
Sysco Corp.
83.51%
8,134
$506,000 0.17%
Facebook, Inc.
16.87%
1,814
$475,000 0.16%
nLIGHT, Inc.
12.07%
17,586
$413,000 0.14%
Verizon Communications Inc
Opened
6,893
$410,000 0.14%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
1,197
$406,000 0.14%
Alphabet, Inc.
0.20%
493
$723,000 0.24%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
1,247
$367,000 0.12%
Spdr Ser Tr
16.16%
8,641
$562,000 0.19%
Novocure Ltd.
Opened
3,210
$357,000 0.12%
F M C Corp
Opened
3,273
$347,000 0.12%
Starbucks Corp.
3.32%
3,840
$330,000 0.11%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
24.21%
3,684
$305,000 0.10%
Costco Whsl Corp New
3.66%
849
$301,000 0.10%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Closed
3,859
$297,000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
15.75%
1,311
$279,000 0.09%
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
9.14%
1,491
$276,000 0.09%
Intel Corp.
8.95%
5,085
$263,000 0.09%
Texas Pac Ld Tr
Closed
405
$241,000
Vanguard Charlotte Fds
0.13%
3,858
$224,000 0.07%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Opened
7,252
$200,000 0.07%
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