Zuckerman Investment 13F annual report

Zuckerman Investment is an investment fund managing more than $860 billion ran by Daniel Zuckerman. There are currently 131 companies in Mr. Zuckerman’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vertiv Co and Ulta Beauty Inc, together worth $109 billion.

$860 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th August 2024, Zuckerman Investment’s top holding is 824,916 shares of Vertiv Co currently worth over $71.4 billion and making up 8.3% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Vertiv Co, Zuckerman Investment owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 98,148 shares of Ulta Beauty Inc worth $37.9 billion, whose value fell 38.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Mckesson worth $35.2 billion and the next is Dicks Sporting Goods worth $29.7 billion, with 138,191 shares owned.

Currently, Zuckerman Investment's portfolio is worth at least $860 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 Zuckerman Investment

The Zuckerman Investment office and employees reside in Chicago, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Daniel Zuckerman serves as the CEO and Chief Compliance Officer at Zuckerman Investment.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Zuckerman Investment revealed that it had opened a new position in CME Inc and bought 3,322 shares worth $653 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. CME Inc makes up 0.8% of the fund's Finance sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ulta Beauty Inc by buying 24,948 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ulta Beauty Inc total 98,148 shares worth $37.9 billion. Ulta Beauty Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Zuckerman Investment is getting rid of from its portfolio. Zuckerman Investment closed its position in Calamos Strategic Total Retu on 12th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 28,000 shares for $458 million. Daniel Zuckerman also disclosed a decreased stake in Vertiv Co by 0.3%. This leaves the value of the investment at $71.4 billion and 824,916 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Zuckerman Investment are Verus Partners and Consolidated Press International Ltd. They manage $860 billion and $860 billion respectively.


Daniel Zuckerman investment strategy

Zuckerman Investment’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 20.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 55.0% 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 40% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $167 billion.

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

These positions were updated on August 12th 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
Vertiv Holdings Co
25.25%
824,916
$71,412,980,000 8.31%
Ulta Beauty Inc
34.08%
98,148
$37,872,369,000 4.41%
Mckesson Corporation
0.14%
60,303
$35,219,364,000 4.10%
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc.
0.64%
138,191
$29,690,375,000 3.45%
Microsoft Corporation
0.30%
64,911
$29,011,967,000 3.37%
Pentair plc
0.05%
368,617
$28,261,865,000 3.29%
Alphabet Inc
1.16%
162,956
$29,692,754,000 3.45%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.12%
62,811
$38,399,909,000 4.47%
Henry Schein Inc.
34.63%
374,280
$23,991,348,000 2.79%
Progressive Corp.
0.17%
114,154
$23,710,927,000 2.76%
CSW Industrials Inc
0.07%
87,771
$23,286,524,000 2.71%
Kkr Co Inc
0.00%
202,573
$21,318,783,000 2.48%
Apple Inc
0.26%
94,248
$19,850,503,000 2.31%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.11%
39,336
$19,834,000,000 2.31%
Avantor, Inc.
2.40%
918,247
$19,466,836,000 2.26%
Kenvue Inc
2.66%
937,910
$17,051,204,000 1.98%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.80%
87,931
$16,992,670,000 1.98%
Openlane Inc.
24.84%
1,008,710
$16,734,499,000 1.95%
Capital Southwest Corp.
0.38%
640,652
$16,714,614,000 1.94%
Brinks Co
23.26%
159,456
$16,328,256,000 1.90%
Vanguard World Fd
0.50%
119,814
$15,284,672,000 1.78%
Chewy Inc
5,402.78%
550,278
$14,989,573,000 1.74%
The Shyft Group, Inc.
3.85%
1,259,566
$14,938,453,000 1.74%
VanEck ETF Trust
0.17%
46,956
$14,846,449,000 1.73%
Yum China Holdings Inc
19.24%
461,469
$14,231,704,000 1.66%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
5.64%
318,059
$13,918,281,000 1.62%
CDW Corp
0.22%
59,820
$13,390,109,000 1.56%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
7.48%
265,515
$13,121,735,000 1.53%
Abbvie Inc
0.13%
76,129
$13,057,646,000 1.52%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
0.07%
60,473
$12,231,269,000 1.42%
Portillos Inc
4.03%
1,226,596
$11,922,513,000 1.39%
Vanguard Index Fds
10.50%
56,908
$19,930,987,000 2.32%
Advance Auto Parts Inc
2.38%
162,047
$10,262,437,000 1.19%
Starbucks Corp.
3.11%
113,399
$8,828,112,000 1.03%
Merck Co Inc
0.21%
68,267
$8,451,455,000 0.98%
Abbott Labs
0.08%
72,325
$7,515,291,000 0.87%
Hillman Solutions Corp
86.72%
825,411
$7,304,887,000 0.85%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
2.74%
250,703
$11,806,943,000 1.37%
U-Haul Holding Company
0.75%
111,694
$6,703,874,000 0.78%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
16.75%
80,047
$6,525,526,000 0.76%
Ishares Tr
20.02%
105,170
$13,009,585,000 1.51%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
1.21%
189,562
$4,801,605,000 0.56%
Ishares Inc
0.47%
88,909
$4,759,299,000 0.55%
Disney Walt Co
10.98%
32,518
$3,228,674,000 0.38%
Johnson Johnson
16.64%
15,978
$2,335,344,000 0.27%
Pepsico Inc
19.71%
13,350
$2,201,834,000 0.26%
Bank America Corp
0.00%
55,060
$2,189,736,000 0.25%
Tesla Inc
3.98%
10,870
$2,150,956,000 0.25%
International Business Machs
0.84%
11,760
$2,033,892,000 0.24%
Visa Inc
0.75%
7,540
$1,979,024,000 0.23%
Trade Desk Inc
No change
20,000
$1,953,400,000 0.23%
Pfizer Inc.
18.51%
66,064
$1,848,471,000 0.22%
Verizon Communications Inc
11.05%
44,369
$1,829,778,000 0.21%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
228.31%
43,140
$1,791,604,000 0.21%
Home Depot, Inc.
10.93%
4,718
$1,624,124,000 0.19%
Aptargroup Inc.
No change
10,520
$1,481,321,000 0.17%
Cboe Global Mkts Inc
No change
8,415
$1,431,055,000 0.17%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
14.59%
9,943
$1,179,240,000 0.14%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.75%
2,550
$1,124,958,000 0.13%
Oracle Corp.
No change
7,877
$1,112,232,000 0.13%
Intel Corp.
6.01%
33,831
$1,047,746,000 0.12%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
66.15%
2,052
$1,045,013,000 0.12%
Citigroup Inc
2.81%
16,450
$1,043,917,000 0.12%
Eli Lilly Co
No change
1,001
$906,237,000 0.11%
Ares Capital Corp
No change
43,000
$896,120,000 0.10%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
No change
1,616
$893,648,000 0.10%
Constellation Energy Corp
No change
4,417
$884,593,000 0.10%
NVIDIA Corp
1,481.37%
7,132
$881,101,000 0.10%
Novo-nordisk A S
No change
5,930
$846,448,000 0.10%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
33.03%
112,838
$839,515,000 0.10%
3M Co.
No change
7,993
$816,805,000 0.10%
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
16.67%
50,000
$769,500,000 0.09%
Ark Etf Tr
No change
15,785
$693,751,000 0.08%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
1,229
$668,846,000 0.08%
Jacobs Solutions Inc
No change
4,730
$660,828,000 0.08%
CME Group Inc
Opened
3,322
$653,105,000 0.08%
Molina Healthcare Inc
No change
2,130
$633,249,000 0.07%
Eaton Corp Plc
No change
2,000
$627,100,000 0.07%
Mach Natural Resources LP
No change
32,000
$608,640,000 0.07%
Moderna Inc
25.00%
5,000
$593,750,000 0.07%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
9,968
$592,000,000 0.07%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
12.82%
7,736
$579,349,000 0.07%
RTX Corp
7.31%
5,139
$515,904,000 0.06%
Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd
24.15%
31,406
$510,347,000 0.06%
Uber Technologies Inc
3.72%
6,942
$504,545,000 0.06%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
No change
1,000
$502,780,000 0.06%
Baker Hughes Company
No change
13,930
$489,918,000 0.06%
Advisorshares Tr
7.14%
63,234
$463,505,000 0.05%
Calamos Strategic Total Retu
Closed
28,000
$458,360,000
Exxon Mobil Corp.
6.56%
3,976
$457,761,000 0.05%
CIENA Corp.
No change
9,500
$457,710,000 0.05%
UiPath, Inc.
Opened
36,000
$456,480,000 0.05%
HP Inc
No change
12,400
$434,248,000 0.05%
Cisco Sys Inc
1.24%
8,759
$416,140,000 0.05%
C3.ai Inc
No change
13,300
$385,168,000 0.04%
Nutrien Ltd
No change
7,348
$374,087,000 0.04%
Newmark Group Inc
No change
36,250
$370,837,000 0.04%
Coca-Cola Co
12.00%
5,788
$368,406,000 0.04%
Vimeo Inc
110.24%
95,356
$355,678,000 0.04%
Deere Co
2.71%
935
$349,344,000 0.04%
Schlumberger Ltd.
No change
7,259
$342,480,000 0.04%
Diageo plc
No change
2,555
$322,134,000 0.04%
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.
25.00%
6,000
$314,160,000 0.04%
Telos Corp Md
4.65%
77,900
$313,158,000 0.04%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
No change
1,650
$286,786,000 0.03%
Calamos Gbl Dyn Income Fund
No change
41,074
$281,768,000 0.03%
General Dynamics Corp.
Closed
997
$281,643,000
Empire St Rlty Tr Inc
No change
30,000
$281,400,000 0.03%
Coterra Energy Inc
No change
10,520
$280,568,000 0.03%
Paramount Global
30.22%
26,179
$272,000,000 0.03%
Adobe Inc
No change
482
$267,770,000 0.03%
Sonder Holdings Inc
15.93%
57,000
$263,910,000 0.03%
Zebra Technologies Corporati
No change
850
$262,590,000 0.03%
Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin
Opened
5,000
$262,300,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
570
$257,822,000 0.03%
Broadcom Inc
No change
153
$245,646,000 0.03%
Marathon Pete Corp
No change
1,400
$242,872,000 0.03%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.96%
1,470
$242,432,000 0.03%
Hancock Whitney Corp.
No change
4,848
$231,880,000 0.03%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
1,159
$230,850,000 0.03%
GMS Inc
No change
2,800
$225,708,000 0.03%
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc
No change
15,000
$225,450,000 0.03%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Closed
2,356
$222,430,000
Viatris Inc.
No change
20,076
$213,408,000 0.02%
Accenture Plc Ireland
Closed
610
$211,432,000
Howard Hughes Corporation
Closed
2,855
$207,330,000
NovoCure Ltd
No change
12,000
$205,560,000 0.02%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals In
Opened
25,000
$187,500,000 0.02%
Amesite Inc.
16.65%
60,000
$180,000,000 0.02%
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.
No change
14,250
$136,657,000 0.02%
Nordic American Tankers Limi
No change
25,000
$99,500,000 0.01%
Pimco High Income Fd
No change
18,000
$86,760,000 0.01%
Cxapp Inc
24.00%
38,000
$76,760,000 0.01%
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
20,000
$38,000,000 0.00%
Thredup Inc
No change
11,727
$19,936,000 0.00%
Qurate Retail Inc
No change
12,935
$8,149,000 0.00%
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