Willis Investment Counsel 13F annual report

Willis Investment Counsel is an investment fund managing more than $1.44 trillion ran by Kelli Wright. There are currently 107 companies in Mrs. Wright’s portfolio. The largest investments include Texas Instruments and Microsoft, together worth $96.6 billion.

$1.44 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 17th July 2024, Willis Investment Counsel’s top holding is 251,103 shares of Texas Instruments currently worth over $48.8 billion and making up 3.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Texas Instruments, Willis Investment Counsel owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 106,740 shares of Microsoft worth $47.7 billion, whose value grew 8.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Johnson And Johnson worth $45 billion and the next is Cisco Systems worth $42.1 billion, with 886,821 shares owned.

Currently, Willis Investment Counsel's portfolio is worth at least $1.44 trillion. 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 Willis Investment Counsel

The Willis Investment Counsel office and employees reside in Gainesville, Georgia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Kelli Wright serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Willis Investment Counsel.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Willis Investment Counsel revealed that it had opened a new position in Lab Corp Of Amer and bought 64,032 shares worth $13 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Texas Instruments by buying 146 additional shares. This makes their stake in Texas Instruments total 251,103 shares worth $48.8 billion. Texas Instruments soared 8.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Willis Investment Counsel is getting rid of from its portfolio. Willis Investment Counsel closed its position in Lab Corp Of Amer on 24th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 63,991 shares for $14 billion. Kelli Wright also disclosed a decreased stake in Aflac by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $26.5 billion and 296,603 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Willis Investment Counsel are First Interstate Bank and Oak Associates Ltd oh/. They manage $1.44 trillion and $1.44 trillion respectively.


Kelli Wright investment strategy

Willis Investment Counsel’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 15.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 51.4% 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 38% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $135 billion.

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

These positions were updated on July 24th 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
Texas Instruments Inc.
0.06%
251,103
$48,847,067,000 3.38%
Microsoft Corporation
0.01%
106,740
$47,707,443,000 3.30%
Johnson And Johnson
4.16%
308,029
$45,021,519,000 3.12%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
0.06%
886,821
$42,132,866,000 2.92%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
0.05%
89,192
$41,661,583,000 2.89%
Chubb Ltd
0.10%
145,121
$37,017,463,000 2.56%
Paychex Inc.
0.09%
311,893
$36,978,034,000 2.56%
Pfizer Inc.
5.75%
1,290,240
$36,100,915,000 2.50%
Accenture plc
0.05%
114,527
$34,748,637,000 2.41%
Applied Material Inc
0.01%
146,586
$34,592,830,000 2.40%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.08%
96,543
$33,233,962,000 2.30%
Pepsico Inc
22.41%
194,219
$32,032,540,000 2.22%
Verizon Communications Com
0.04%
676,193
$27,886,199,000 1.93%
Medtronic Inc
0.09%
350,860
$27,616,191,000 1.91%
Aflac Inc.
0.01%
296,603
$26,489,614,000 1.84%
Google Inc Class A
29.35%
145,328
$26,471,495,000 1.83%
Wal-mart Stores Inc
No change
385,545
$26,105,252,000 1.81%
Intel Corp.
0.05%
824,461
$25,533,557,000 1.77%
Price T Rowe Group Inc
0.04%
220,344
$25,407,867,000 1.76%
Conocophillips
0.12%
221,103
$25,289,761,000 1.75%
Clorox Co Del Com
0.07%
184,369
$25,160,837,000 1.74%
Shell
0.06%
334,819
$24,167,235,000 1.67%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.07%
72,411
$24,120,104,000 1.67%
Tractor Supply Co.
0.15%
88,124
$23,793,480,000 1.65%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.06%
205,615
$23,670,399,000 1.64%
Bhp Billiton Ltd
0.03%
411,171
$23,473,752,000 1.63%
Apple Computer
0.60%
110,518
$23,277,301,000 1.61%
Merck & Co Inc
18.78%
187,645
$23,230,451,000 1.61%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
29.03%
168,458
$23,053,477,000 1.60%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
46.51%
164,440
$22,725,608,000 1.57%
AT&T Inc.
No change
998,410
$19,079,615,000 1.32%
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
No change
136,300
$18,656,744,000 1.29%
Hershey Company
12.01%
95,527
$17,560,728,000 1.22%
Factset Resh Sys Inc
No change
41,900
$17,106,513,000 1.19%
Genuine Parts Co.
No change
121,743
$16,839,492,000 1.17%
Automatic Data Proc
No change
69,782
$16,656,266,000 1.15%
Ao Smith Corporation
0.07%
203,452
$16,638,305,000 1.15%
Mcdonalds Corp Com
117.45%
64,800
$16,513,632,000 1.14%
Jp Morgan Chase & Co
No change
80,180
$16,217,207,000 1.12%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
53,903
$15,639,416,000 1.08%
American Express Co.
0.10%
67,483
$15,625,689,000 1.08%
NVIDIA Corp
901.05%
123,910
$15,307,841,000 1.06%
Lowe's Companies Inc
No change
68,474
$15,095,778,000 1.05%
Procter & Gamble Co.
No change
88,592
$14,610,593,000 1.01%
Lab Corp Of Amer
Closed
63,991
$13,979,474,000
American Electric Power Company Inc.
No change
155,613
$13,653,485,000 0.95%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
123,100
$13,560,696,000 0.94%
Eaton Corp
No change
42,941
$13,464,151,000 0.93%
Kenvue Inc.
144.13%
737,677
$13,410,968,000 0.93%
Target Corp Com
No change
88,484
$13,099,171,000 0.91%
Lab Corp Of Amer
Opened
64,032
$13,031,152,000 0.90%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
No change
83,006
$12,560,468,000 0.87%
3M Co.
22.18%
119,621
$12,224,070,000 0.85%
Generac Holdings Inc
0.21%
88,466
$11,696,975,000 0.81%
Globe Life Inc.
Closed
100,384
$11,681,686,000
Sanofi-aventis
No change
235,700
$11,436,164,000 0.79%
Deere Co
No change
30,117
$11,252,615,000 0.78%
Chevron Corp.
No change
71,746
$11,222,509,000 0.78%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
111,260
$11,151,590,000 0.77%
Reinsurance Group America
0.31%
51,053
$10,479,649,000 0.73%
Murphy Oil Corp.
0.31%
242,661
$10,007,340,000 0.69%
Keysight Technologies Inc
13.91%
72,334
$9,891,675,000 0.69%
Valero Energy Corp.
No change
59,117
$9,267,181,000 0.64%
Adobe Systems Inc
32.96%
15,487
$8,603,648,000 0.60%
Fortinet Inc
0.23%
125,948
$7,590,886,000 0.53%
Mastercard Incorporated
0.55%
16,331
$7,204,584,000 0.50%
Ross Stores, Inc.
0.03%
49,158
$7,143,641,000 0.49%
Msc Industrial
0.52%
86,249
$6,840,408,000 0.47%
Total Energies Se
No change
102,443
$6,830,899,000 0.47%
Waters Corp.
0.28%
21,529
$6,245,993,000 0.43%
Advance Auto Parts Inc
0.25%
71,153
$4,506,119,000 0.31%
Fortrea Hldgs Inc
0.35%
182,083
$4,249,817,000 0.29%
Vanguard Small Cap Value Etf
2.57%
22,929
$4,185,001,000 0.29%
Mosaic Company
0.03%
142,091
$4,106,430,000 0.28%
Medpace Holdings Inc
0.93%
7,702
$3,172,069,000 0.22%
Maxcyte Inc Com
16.43%
438,750
$1,719,900,000 0.12%
frontdoor, inc.
1.35%
44,598
$1,506,966,000 0.10%
Logitech International
1.21%
15,338
$1,485,945,000 0.10%
Qualys Inc
19.62%
9,877
$1,408,460,000 0.10%
Gildan Activewear Inc
1.53%
33,249
$1,260,802,000 0.09%
Donaldson Co. Inc.
1.61%
17,458
$1,249,294,000 0.09%
Evertec Inc
3.53%
34,288
$1,140,076,000 0.08%
Hexcel Corp.
1.04%
15,888
$992,206,000 0.07%
Liquidity Svcs Inc
1.61%
48,725
$973,526,000 0.07%
Sterling Construction
51.12%
7,054
$834,770,000 0.06%
National Research Corporation
13.26%
34,702
$796,411,000 0.06%
CSG Systems International Inc.
12.57%
17,726
$729,779,000 0.05%
John Bean Technologies Corpora
0.50%
7,418
$704,487,000 0.05%
Atkore International Group
1.39%
5,109
$689,357,000 0.05%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
10,397
$661,769,000 0.05%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
1
$612,241,000 0.04%
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
1.06%
3,447
$572,271,000 0.04%
Vanguard Mid-cap Etf
No change
2,276
$551,020,000 0.04%
Ishares S&p 100
No change
1,841
$486,576,000 0.03%
Par Technology Corp.
No change
10,000
$470,900,000 0.03%
Ubiquiti Inc
Opened
3,065
$446,448,000 0.03%
Dolby Laboratories Inc
1.81%
5,621
$445,352,000 0.03%
Wisdomtree Total Div Fund
4.04%
5,341
$378,308,000 0.03%
The Toro Company
1.73%
3,825
$357,676,000 0.02%
Verisign Inc.
63.60%
1,816
$322,885,000 0.02%
National Beverage Corp.
1.63%
5,978
$306,313,000 0.02%
Southern Company
No change
3,717
$288,328,000 0.02%
Sunoco Lp/sunoco Fin Corp Com
No change
4,883
$276,085,000 0.02%
Intl Business Machines Corp Ib
0.26%
1,524
$263,649,000 0.02%
Flowers Foods, Inc.
No change
10,294
$228,527,000 0.02%
Google Inc
Opened
1,200
$220,104,000 0.02%
Abbvie Inc
Closed
1,141
$207,776,000
Mycelx Technologies Corp
No change
10,360
$7,987,000 0.00%
Cytodyn Inc
No change
13,037
$1,812,000 0.00%
Puresafe Water Systems Inc
No change
14,000
$1,000 0.00%
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