Poplar Forest Capital 13F annual report

Poplar Forest Capital is an investment fund managing more than $716 billion ran by J. Harvey. There are currently 53 companies in Harvey’s portfolio. The largest investments include Equitable and United Therapeutics Corp, together worth $72.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$716 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 30th July 2024, Poplar Forest Capital’s top holding is 919,216 shares of Equitable currently worth over $37.6 billion and making up 5.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Equitable, Poplar Forest Capital owns less than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 110,619 shares of United Therapeutics Corp worth $35.2 billion, whose value grew 51.5% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Allstate Corp worth $32.3 billion and the next is National Fuel Gas Co worth $31.8 billion, with 586,458 shares owned.

Currently, Poplar Forest Capital's portfolio is worth at least $716 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 Poplar Forest Capital

The Poplar Forest Capital office and employees reside in Pasadena, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, J. Harvey serves as the Managing Member at Poplar Forest Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Poplar Forest Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in Tyson Foods and bought 551,389 shares worth $31.5 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Tyson Foods makes up 40.9% of the fund's Consumer Staples sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in National Fuel Gas Co by buying 63,773 additional shares. This makes their stake in National Fuel Gas Co total 586,458 shares worth $31.8 billion. National Fuel Gas Co dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Poplar Forest Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Poplar Forest Capital closed its position in Philip Morris International Inc on 6th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 370,770 shares for $37.5 billion. J. Harvey also disclosed a decreased stake in Equitable by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $37.6 billion and 919,216 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Poplar Forest Capital are Arden Trust Co and Moss Adams Wealth Advisors. They manage $716 billion and $716 billion respectively.


J. Harvey investment strategy

Poplar Forest Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 13.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.9% 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 42% 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 $254 billion.

The complete list of Poplar Forest Capital trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 6th 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
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
19.20%
919,216
$37,559,166,000 5.24%
Philip Morris International Inc
Closed
370,770
$37,525,632,000
United Therapeutics Corp
25.99%
110,619
$35,237,682,000 4.92%
Wells Fargo Co New
Closed
787,330
$32,508,856,000
Allstate Corp (The)
24.68%
202,444
$32,322,209,000 4.51%
National Fuel Gas Co.
12.20%
586,458
$31,780,159,000 4.44%
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Opened
551,389
$31,506,367,000 4.40%
Att Inc
12.34%
1,618,756
$30,934,427,000 4.32%
Dominion Energy Inc
Opened
602,818
$29,538,082,000 4.12%
Chevron Corp.
7.09%
186,681
$29,200,642,000 4.08%
Intel Corp.
29.26%
925,115
$28,650,812,000 4.00%
Merck Co Inc
29.00%
231,350
$28,641,130,000 4.00%
International Business Machs
35.60%
157,020
$27,156,609,000 3.79%
Cencora Inc.
49.47%
120,092
$27,056,728,000 3.78%
Dow Inc
26.89%
502,457
$26,655,344,000 3.72%
Kraft Heinz Co
Opened
817,909
$26,353,028,000 3.68%
Fedex Corp
107.53%
85,401
$25,606,636,000 3.58%
Advance Auto Parts Inc
Closed
170,927
$25,131,397,000
Citigroup Inc
24.06%
392,618
$24,915,538,000 3.48%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
129.90%
304,130
$22,919,237,000 3.20%
CVS Health Corp
16.09%
382,472
$22,588,796,000 3.15%
Perrigo Co Plc
Closed
661,720
$22,558,035,000
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Closed
130,640
$21,815,574,000
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
Opened
948,870
$21,159,801,000 2.95%
Sensata Technologies Hldg Pl
9,581.02%
549,882
$20,560,088,000 2.87%
Dollar Tree Inc
16.68%
179,895
$19,207,389,000 2.68%
Las Vegas Sands Corp
33.71%
419,713
$18,572,300,000 2.59%
Ally Finl Inc
34.84%
465,797
$18,478,167,000 2.58%
Cnh Indl N V
Closed
1,122,230
$18,023,014,000
DXC Technology Co
Closed
646,631
$17,135,722,000
Stifel Finl Corp
Opened
190,155
$16,001,543,000 2.23%
Sun Cmntys Inc
Opened
122,066
$14,689,422,000 2.05%
Murphy Oil Corp.
17.34%
334,433
$13,792,017,000 1.93%
Tapestry Inc
46.16%
318,842
$13,643,249,000 1.90%
Millerknoll Inc
Closed
535,083
$11,242,094,000
American Intl Group Inc
77.52%
134,159
$9,959,964,000 1.39%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
31.34%
938,971
$6,985,944,000 0.98%
Procter And Gamble Co
No change
25,508
$4,206,779,000 0.59%
Abbvie Inc
1.19%
14,575
$2,499,904,000 0.35%
Johnson Johnson
6.52%
14,234
$2,080,441,000 0.29%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
18,005
$1,983,431,000 0.28%
Abbott Labs
0.87%
13,642
$1,417,540,000 0.20%
3M Co.
No change
13,110
$1,339,711,000 0.19%
Apple Inc
59.94%
5,067
$1,067,212,000 0.15%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
32.59%
14,077
$1,054,227,000 0.15%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
12.71%
1,855
$1,009,528,000 0.14%
Pepsico Inc
No change
6,115
$1,008,547,000 0.14%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
23,989
$996,263,000 0.14%
Ishares Tr
5.16%
4,197
$851,529,000 0.12%
Microsoft Corporation
3.36%
1,869
$835,350,000 0.12%
Oracle Corp.
16.97%
5,138
$725,486,000 0.10%
Vmware Inc.
Closed
5,440
$667,814,000
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
119.12%
6,177
$477,328,000 0.07%
Apollo Global Mgmt Inc
54.25%
4,020
$474,641,000 0.07%
Energy Transfer L P
103.46%
26,450
$429,019,000 0.06%
Costco Whsl Corp New
No change
500
$424,995,000 0.06%
Morgan Stanley
Closed
4,161
$353,768,000
Brixmor Ppty Group Inc
Closed
15,597
$353,584,000
IQVIA Holdings Inc
Closed
1,651
$338,273,000
Oshkosh Corp
Closed
3,456
$304,785,000
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
0.66%
6,864
$300,369,000 0.04%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
62.24%
3,550
$296,141,000 0.04%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
Closed
1,324
$275,670,000
First Horizon Corporation
Closed
10,910
$267,295,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Closed
368
$265,508,000
T Rowe Price Etf Inc
Opened
4,825
$248,777,000 0.03%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Closed
2,197
$241,538,000
Alphabet Inc
Opened
2,560
$467,930,000 0.07%
Bank America Corp
Opened
5,380
$213,963,000 0.03%
Cisco Sys Inc
Closed
4,259
$202,899,000
Flaherty Crumrine Pfd Inco
Opened
15,425
$161,037,000 0.02%
No transactions found
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