Lee Danner & Bass Inc 13F annual report

Lee Danner & Bass Inc is an investment fund managing more than $1.3 billion ran by Mark Smith. There are currently 213 companies in Mr. Smith’s portfolio. The largest investments include HCA Healthcare Inc and Berkshire Hathaway 'b', together worth $255 million.

$1.3 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 23rd July 2024, Lee Danner & Bass Inc’s top holding is 409,386 shares of HCA Healthcare Inc currently worth over $132 million and making up 10.1% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of HCA Healthcare Inc, Lee Danner & Bass Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 303,606 shares of Berkshire Hathaway 'b' worth $124 million. The third-largest holding is Fairfax Financial Hld worth $120 million and the next is Apple Inc worth $56.4 million, with 267,621 shares owned.

Currently, Lee Danner & Bass Inc's portfolio is worth at least $1.3 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 Lee Danner & Bass Inc

The Lee Danner & Bass Inc office and employees reside in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Mark Smith serves as the Secretary/Treasurer at Lee Danner & Bass Inc.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Lee Danner & Bass Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield E and bought 5,758 shares worth $683 thousand.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Fairfax Financial Hld by buying 685 additional shares. This makes their stake in Fairfax Financial Hld total 105,128 shares worth $120 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Lee Danner & Bass Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio. Lee Danner & Bass Inc closed its position in Amex Spdr Health Care Select I on 30th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,151 shares for $703 thousand. Mark Smith also disclosed a decreased stake in HCA Healthcare Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $132 million and 409,386 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Lee Danner & Bass Inc are Appleton Partners Inc/ma and Patricia P. Balentine. They manage $1.3 billion and $1.3 billion respectively.


Mark Smith investment strategy

Lee Danner & Bass Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 16.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 54.5% 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 48% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $148 billion.

The complete list of Lee Danner & Bass Inc 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
HCA Healthcare Inc
1.73%
409,386
$131,527,000 10.14%
Berkshire Hathaway 'b'
0.27%
303,606
$123,507,000 9.52%
Fairfax Financial Hld
0.66%
105,128
$119,570,000 9.22%
Apple Inc
2.76%
267,621
$56,366,000 4.34%
Microsoft Corporation
6.09%
101,473
$45,354,000 3.50%
Alphabet Inc
18.41%
208,702
$38,280,000 2.95%
Accenture Ltd
11.46%
115,686
$35,100,000 2.71%
Amazon.com Inc.
12.83%
164,763
$31,840,000 2.45%
United Rentals, Inc.
2.61%
32,031
$20,715,000 1.60%
Fedex Corp
19.68%
62,780
$18,824,000 1.45%
Johnson & Johnson
11.21%
121,441
$17,750,000 1.37%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.40%
37,428
$16,929,000 1.30%
Lowes Companies
0.75%
74,991
$16,533,000 1.27%
Visa Inc
0.97%
62,731
$16,465,000 1.27%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
17.10%
140,173
$16,137,000 1.24%
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
5.52%
201,048
$16,092,000 1.24%
Procter & Gamble Co.
0.34%
90,063
$14,853,000 1.14%
RTX Corp
2.12%
145,632
$14,620,000 1.13%
Mondelez Int'l Inc
1.73%
216,995
$14,200,000 1.09%
Loews Corp.
0.14%
179,007
$13,379,000 1.03%
Fiserv, Inc.
0.91%
89,241
$13,300,000 1.03%
Caterpillar Inc.
1.56%
39,617
$13,197,000 1.02%
Sysco Corp.
59.70%
178,658
$12,754,000 0.98%
Merck & Co Inc
1.61%
100,006
$12,381,000 0.95%
Republic Services, Inc.
2.15%
62,728
$12,191,000 0.94%
Walt Disney Co (The)
0.49%
120,111
$11,926,000 0.92%
Wal-mart Stores Inc.
217.11%
167,010
$11,308,000 0.87%
NVIDIA Corp
908.21%
84,851
$10,482,000 0.81%
Medtronic Plc
3.46%
128,916
$10,147,000 0.78%
Bladex
3.43%
337,932
$10,026,000 0.77%
Home Depot, Inc.
5.77%
27,046
$9,310,000 0.72%
Meta Platforms Inc
28.53%
18,071
$9,112,000 0.70%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
2.14%
137,427
$8,988,000 0.69%
Halliburton Co.
13.00%
263,231
$8,892,000 0.69%
Honeywell Intl.
1.24%
35,343
$7,547,000 0.58%
AMGEN Inc.
0.13%
23,353
$7,297,000 0.56%
United Parcel Svc. Cl B
1.08%
51,532
$7,052,000 0.54%
CoreCivic Inc
3.56%
525,279
$6,818,000 0.53%
Intel Corp.
55.80%
218,845
$6,778,000 0.52%
Bankamerica Corp.
4.21%
166,822
$6,635,000 0.51%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
63.27%
12,781
$6,509,000 0.50%
Equity Commonwealth
3.61%
333,500
$6,470,000 0.50%
Oracle Corp.
0.22%
45,519
$6,427,000 0.50%
White Mountain Ins
No change
3,283
$5,967,000 0.46%
Philip Morris Intl
21.50%
57,830
$5,860,000 0.45%
Jefferies Financial Grp
5.61%
117,740
$5,859,000 0.45%
Boeing Co.
20.26%
31,549
$5,742,000 0.44%
Brookfield Corp.
2.65%
136,002
$5,650,000 0.44%
Chevron Corp.
18.02%
33,464
$5,234,000 0.40%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
1.92%
107,670
$5,115,000 0.39%
National Health Invstrs
No change
75,140
$5,089,000 0.39%
Schlumberger Ltd.
17.10%
105,919
$4,997,000 0.39%
Stryker Corp.
3.26%
14,607
$4,970,000 0.38%
J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc.
4.73%
24,362
$4,928,000 0.38%
Zoetis Inc
2.56%
27,935
$4,843,000 0.37%
Comcast Corp. - Class A
0.64%
122,640
$4,803,000 0.37%
NOV Inc
3.89%
247,000
$4,695,000 0.36%
Alphabet Inc
0.14%
25,083
$4,569,000 0.35%
Constellation Brands Inc. Clas
30.03%
17,625
$4,535,000 0.35%
Coca-Cola Co
2.79%
69,026
$4,393,000 0.34%
ADT Inc
8.58%
574,733
$4,368,000 0.34%
Pink Simplify Health Care Etf
8.92%
139,083
$4,367,000 0.34%
Regions Financial Corp.
2.47%
211,042
$4,229,000 0.33%
Target Corp
441.96%
28,095
$4,159,000 0.32%
Geo Group, Inc.
No change
272,000
$3,906,000 0.30%
Ishares Us Insurance Etf
16.67%
34,048
$3,845,000 0.30%
Starbucks Corp.
8.84%
48,731
$3,794,000 0.29%
DXC Technology Co
4.47%
195,626
$3,735,000 0.29%
Vanguard Emerging Markets Etf
0.78%
84,866
$3,714,000 0.29%
Abbott Laboratories
0.15%
35,673
$3,707,000 0.29%
Mcdonalds Corp.
3.10%
14,450
$3,682,000 0.28%
Ishares S&p Smallcap 600 Index
1.65%
34,101
$3,637,000 0.28%
CVS Health Corp
39.95%
61,529
$3,634,000 0.28%
Pfizer Inc.
5.70%
128,861
$3,606,000 0.28%
Graham Holdings Co.
No change
5,100
$3,568,000 0.28%
Travelers Inc.
0.08%
17,496
$3,558,000 0.27%
M&t Bank Corp.
19.34%
23,354
$3,535,000 0.27%
Viasat, Inc.
2.28%
278,000
$3,531,000 0.27%
Wells Fargo & Co.
6.23%
59,196
$3,516,000 0.27%
Vitesse Energy, Inc.
No change
144,715
$3,430,000 0.26%
Nike, Inc.
88.20%
44,942
$3,387,000 0.26%
TEGNA Inc
16.41%
237,695
$3,313,000 0.26%
Brookdale Sr Living Inc
6.82%
477,995
$3,265,000 0.25%
Spdr S&p 500 Value Etf
10.19%
66,950
$3,263,000 0.25%
Brookfield Asset Mgmt
10.97%
85,258
$3,244,000 0.25%
BP plc
0.58%
87,406
$3,155,000 0.24%
3M Co.
110.15%
30,095
$3,075,000 0.24%
Abbvie Inc
0.34%
17,804
$3,054,000 0.24%
Ishares Russell 1000 Index Etf
11.00%
9,390
$2,794,000 0.22%
Pepsico Inc.
0.31%
15,880
$2,619,000 0.20%
Vaneck Vectors Oil Services Et
1.61%
7,872
$2,489,000 0.19%
Compass Minerals Int'l
19.10%
237,000
$2,448,000 0.19%
APA Corporation
24.13%
80,291
$2,364,000 0.18%
Select Basic Materials Sector
47.56%
26,760
$2,363,000 0.18%
International Business Machine
0.02%
13,197
$2,282,000 0.18%
Truist Financial Corporation
1.57%
57,753
$2,244,000 0.17%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.67%
35,374
$2,231,000 0.17%
Duke Energy Corp.
5.43%
22,028
$2,208,000 0.17%
Iron Mountain Inc.
12.17%
24,425
$2,189,000 0.17%
Vulcan Materials Co
No change
8,142
$2,025,000 0.16%
KKR & Co. Inc
2.79%
19,171
$2,018,000 0.16%
Delta Airlines Inc.
12.51%
42,229
$2,003,000 0.15%
Diageo plc
2.51%
15,883
$2,002,000 0.15%
Danaher Corp.
2.91%
7,998
$1,998,000 0.15%
Us Bancorp
1.86%
49,660
$1,972,000 0.15%
Henry Schein Inc.
2.48%
29,440
$1,887,000 0.15%
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
No change
122,000
$1,878,000 0.14%
Owens Corning
62.29%
10,031
$1,743,000 0.13%
Beyond Inc
10.91%
129,415
$1,693,000 0.13%
Ishares Russell Value Index
3.24%
9,557
$1,667,000 0.13%
Ishares Msci Emerging Markets
1.41%
38,785
$1,652,000 0.13%
Cable One Inc
24.46%
4,580
$1,621,000 0.12%
Hewlett Packard Ent
3.82%
75,584
$1,600,000 0.12%
Intuit Inc
556.51%
2,370
$1,558,000 0.12%
Mckesson Corporation
16.07%
2,622
$1,531,000 0.12%
Tapestry Inc
2.33%
34,323
$1,469,000 0.11%
S & P 500 Index Depository Rec
No change
2,681
$1,459,000 0.11%
Healthpeak Properties Inc.
12.75%
71,878
$1,409,000 0.11%
O-I Glass Inc
17.31%
126,145
$1,404,000 0.11%
American Express Co.
5.96%
6,040
$1,399,000 0.11%
Costco Wholesale Corp
147.55%
1,567
$1,332,000 0.10%
Phillips 66
3.58%
9,426
$1,331,000 0.10%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
31.23%
31,532
$1,310,000 0.10%
Dominion Energy Inc
4.75%
26,672
$1,307,000 0.10%
Ishares Msci Eafe Index Fund
1.17%
15,949
$1,249,000 0.10%
Ishares Tr Russell 1000 Growth
3.01%
3,417
$1,246,000 0.10%
American Int'l Group
18.13%
16,665
$1,237,000 0.10%
Berkshire Hathaway 'a'
No change
2
$1,224,000 0.09%
Allstate Corp (The)
No change
7,413
$1,184,000 0.09%
Spdr Utilities Select
8.52%
16,789
$1,144,000 0.09%
Southwest Airlines Co
0.53%
37,043
$1,060,000 0.08%
Vanguard Large-cap Exchanged T
10.43%
4,224
$1,054,000 0.08%
TJX Companies, Inc.
No change
9,559
$1,052,000 0.08%
Altria Group Inc.
1.01%
22,830
$1,040,000 0.08%
Shell Plc
3.51%
13,556
$978,000 0.08%
PayPal Holdings Inc
3.68%
16,576
$962,000 0.07%
Spdr Gold Trust
92.91%
4,344
$934,000 0.07%
Ishares Msci Pacific Rim
0.85%
20,795
$894,000 0.07%
Vanguard Small-cap Vipers
1.00%
4,040
$881,000 0.07%
Newmont Mining Corp
29.95%
20,759
$869,000 0.07%
Novartis AG
No change
7,830
$834,000 0.06%
General Mills, Inc.
0.63%
13,127
$830,000 0.06%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
2.14%
8,625
$830,000 0.06%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
26.30%
2,377
$806,000 0.06%
Tejon Ranch Co.
4.37%
47,000
$802,000 0.06%
Vanguard Index Total Stock Fun
82.88%
2,948
$789,000 0.06%
Truxton Corp.
159.22%
12,650
$782,000 0.06%
Ishares Tr Msci Acwi Etf
10.11%
6,672
$750,000 0.06%
Tractor Supply Co.
No change
2,749
$742,000 0.06%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.41%
10,125
$717,000 0.06%
Amex Spdr Health Care Select I
Closed
5,151
$703,000
Norfolk Southern Corp.
7.79%
3,185
$684,000 0.05%
Vanguard High Dividend Yield E
Opened
5,758
$683,000 0.05%
Conocophillips
No change
5,779
$661,000 0.05%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
No change
4,289
$649,000 0.05%
AT&T Inc.
0.45%
33,236
$635,000 0.05%
Vanguard Mid-cap Exchange Trad
3.37%
2,610
$632,000 0.05%
Morgan Stanley
No change
6,463
$628,000 0.05%
Ishares Russell Mid-cap Index
6.55%
7,384
$599,000 0.05%
Autozone Inc.
No change
198
$587,000 0.05%
Marathon Petroleum Corp
No change
3,285
$570,000 0.04%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
No change
5,876
$543,000 0.04%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
No change
25,000
$537,000 0.04%
Vanguard Growth Etf
Opened
1,390
$520,000 0.04%
Toyota Motor Corporation
No change
2,517
$516,000 0.04%
Applied Materials Inc.
No change
2,181
$515,000 0.04%
Tesla Inc
No change
2,597
$514,000 0.04%
GE Aerospace
19.55%
3,204
$509,000 0.04%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
22.89%
2,239
$503,000 0.04%
Vanguard Small-cap Growth Etf
35.87%
1,890
$473,000 0.04%
Valero Energy Corp.
1.85%
2,963
$464,000 0.04%
TE Connectivity Ltd
2.40%
3,011
$453,000 0.03%
Eli Lilly & Co.
No change
494
$447,000 0.03%
Broadcom Inc
No change
269
$432,000 0.03%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.25%
972
$429,000 0.03%
Cigna Corp.
No change
1,241
$410,000 0.03%
Ishares S&p 500 Core Index Etf
4.04%
736
$403,000 0.03%
Ishares Dj Select Dividend Ind
8.62%
3,285
$397,000 0.03%
The Southern Co.
0.57%
5,020
$389,000 0.03%
Verizon Comm.
0.41%
9,392
$387,000 0.03%
Fox Corp. Cl A
3.42%
10,336
$355,000 0.03%
Russell 2000 Index Fund
0.78%
1,680
$341,000 0.03%
Salesforce.com, Inc.
13.20%
1,315
$338,000 0.03%
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.85%
45,285
$337,000 0.03%
Prologis Inc
0.85%
2,983
$335,000 0.03%
MercadoLibre Inc
No change
200
$329,000 0.03%
Teledyne Technologies Inc
No change
847
$329,000 0.03%
Roche Holdings
4.69%
9,435
$327,000 0.03%
Alamos Gold Inc.
No change
20,000
$314,000 0.02%
Pan American Silver Corp
No change
15,036
$299,000 0.02%
Kraft Heinz Co
81.63%
9,117
$294,000 0.02%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
4.54%
668
$291,000 0.02%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
No change
2,631
$286,000 0.02%
Ishares Core S&p Midcap Etf
400.21%
4,827
$282,000 0.02%
Vanguard Health Care Etf
Opened
1,041
$277,000 0.02%
Nestle Sa Sponsored Reg
No change
2,557
$262,000 0.02%
SunCoke Energy Inc
No change
25,000
$245,000 0.02%
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. C
3,674.51%
3,850
$241,000 0.02%
Discover Financial Service
2.46%
1,825
$239,000 0.02%
Solventum Corp.
Opened
4,359
$231,000 0.02%
American Airlines Grp
No change
20,267
$230,000 0.02%
Ecolab, Inc.
Opened
964
$229,000 0.02%
Union Pacific Corp.
No change
1,002
$227,000 0.02%
Citigroup Inc
Opened
3,563
$226,000 0.02%
Vanguard Reit Etf
Closed
2,536
$224,000
Johnson Controls International
Opened
3,308
$220,000 0.02%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Opened
1,309
$212,000 0.02%
Blackstone Group, Inc.
Closed
1,588
$208,000
Kinross Gold Corp.
No change
21,466
$179,000 0.01%
Medical Properties Trust Reit
Opened
22,640
$98,000 0.01%
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
No change
80,470
$89,000 0.01%
Rimini Street Inc.
No change
20,000
$61,000 0.00%
Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc
No change
20,000
$9,000 0.00%
Provectus Biophamaceuticals
No change
50,000
$6,000 0.00%
Energold Drilling Corp
No change
10,000
$0 0.00%
Provision Holding, Inc. Com
No change
221,450
$0 0.00%
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