Chesley Taft & Associates 13F annual report

Chesley Taft & Associates is an investment fund managing more than $1.99 trillion ran by Faris Chesley. There are currently 246 companies in Mr. Chesley’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and Alphabet Inc, together worth $217 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$1.99 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 12th July 2024, Chesley Taft & Associates’s top holding is 240,950 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $108 billion and making up 5.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Chesley Taft & Associates owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 598,413 shares of Alphabet Inc worth $110 billion, whose value grew 21.4% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $64.3 billion and the next is Costco Whsl Corp New worth $62 billion, with 72,903 shares owned.

Currently, Chesley Taft & Associates's portfolio is worth at least $1.99 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 Chesley Taft & Associates

The Chesley Taft & Associates office and employees reside in Chicago, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Faris Chesley serves as the Manager at Chesley Taft & Associates.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Chesley Taft & Associates revealed that it had opened a new position in Transdigm and bought 2,547 shares worth $3.25 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Transdigm makes up 4.9% of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 40.6% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 420,615 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 467,330 shares worth $57.7 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped 74.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Chesley Taft & Associates is getting rid of from its portfolio. Chesley Taft & Associates closed its position in Cencora on 19th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 67,433 shares for $13.8 billion. Faris Chesley also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $108 billion and 240,950 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Chesley Taft & Associates are Cardinal Capital Management ct and Foster. They manage $1.99 trillion and $2 trillion respectively.


Faris Chesley investment strategy

Chesley Taft & Associates’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 23.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 52.4% 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 51% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $133 billion.

The complete list of Chesley Taft & Associates trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 19th 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
Microsoft Corporation
0.57%
240,950
$107,692,603,000 5.40%
Alphabet Inc
0.21%
598,413
$109,605,574,000 5.50%
Apple Inc
13.14%
305,380
$64,319,224,000 3.23%
Costco Whsl Corp New
3.87%
72,903
$61,966,821,000 3.11%
NVIDIA Corp
900.39%
467,330
$57,733,948,000 2.90%
Broadcom Inc.
5.33%
35,430
$56,883,928,000 2.85%
Stryker Corp.
0.03%
150,627
$51,250,837,000 2.57%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.16%
254,296
$49,142,702,000 2.46%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
0.85%
205,946
$41,654,638,000 2.09%
Pepsico Inc
1.25%
243,267
$40,122,081,000 2.01%
Ishares Tr
36.55%
2,784,937
$216,293,055,000 10.85%
Visa Inc
4.10%
131,960
$34,635,541,000 1.74%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
2.48%
59,797
$32,542,469,000 1.63%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
19.88%
91,765
$31,109,253,000 1.56%
Johnson Johnson
1.38%
210,928
$30,829,246,000 1.55%
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.12%
94,350
$28,626,734,000 1.44%
Honeywell International Inc
8.06%
128,876
$27,520,243,000 1.38%
Oracle Corp.
9.32%
177,564
$25,072,037,000 1.26%
Abbott Labs
0.23%
238,047
$24,735,477,000 1.24%
Mastercard Incorporated
6.66%
54,611
$24,092,189,000 1.21%
Chubb Limited
2,300.81%
88,710
$22,628,147,000 1.13%
Spdr Gold Tr
1.34%
105,141
$22,606,366,000 1.13%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
1.53%
40,041
$22,142,673,000 1.11%
American Express Co.
0.39%
94,346
$21,845,888,000 1.10%
Home Depot, Inc.
9.10%
62,087
$21,372,829,000 1.07%
Disney Walt Co
5.87%
214,305
$21,278,339,000 1.07%
Adobe Inc
9.85%
38,051
$21,138,853,000 1.06%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
0.83%
88,366
$20,939,207,000 1.05%
Eli Lilly Co
4.82%
22,553
$20,419,035,000 1.02%
Danaher Corp.
1.81%
77,531
$19,371,120,000 0.97%
Zoetis Inc
83.74%
109,532
$18,988,468,000 0.95%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.35%
36,810
$18,560,338,000 0.93%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
0.61%
83,406
$17,793,836,000 0.89%
Coca-Cola Co
18.27%
271,485
$17,280,047,000 0.87%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
45.40%
31,919
$16,255,070,000 0.82%
Autozone Inc.
308.90%
5,332
$15,804,581,000 0.79%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.95%
125,074
$14,398,523,000 0.72%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
30.53%
258,525
$15,227,911,000 0.76%
Amphenol Corp.
84.94%
210,728
$14,196,745,000 0.71%
Cencora Inc.
Closed
67,433
$13,849,390,000
Salesforce Inc
3.54%
47,763
$12,279,867,000 0.62%
Union Pac Corp
0.31%
50,975
$11,533,604,000 0.58%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
2.26%
363,239
$15,036,958,000 0.75%
Intercontinental Exchange In
0.48%
83,714
$11,459,609,000 0.57%
Blackstone Inc
17.70%
89,110
$11,031,818,000 0.55%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
2.63%
217,658
$10,756,658,000 0.54%
NextEra Energy Inc
13.08%
144,386
$10,223,973,000 0.51%
Ecolab, Inc.
0.15%
41,233
$9,813,454,000 0.49%
Church Dwight Co Inc
1.47%
90,549
$9,388,120,000 0.47%
Fiserv, Inc.
1.51%
61,387
$9,149,118,000 0.46%
Willis Towers Watson Plc Ltd
8.25%
34,343
$9,002,674,000 0.45%
Wells Fargo Co New
11.19%
142,473
$8,461,471,000 0.42%
RTX Corp
160.12%
84,028
$8,435,571,000 0.42%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.14%
129,994
$29,298,011,000 1.47%
Merck Co Inc
20.98%
66,037
$8,175,381,000 0.41%
Mcdonalds Corp
4.61%
31,407
$8,003,760,000 0.40%
Spdr Sp Midcap 400 Etf Tr
2.96%
14,126
$7,558,540,000 0.38%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.62%
44,585
$7,352,914,000 0.37%
Tractor Supply Co.
2.70%
23,369
$6,309,630,000 0.32%
Grainger W W Inc
12.23%
6,927
$6,249,816,000 0.31%
Air Prods Chems Inc
54.57%
24,127
$6,225,972,000 0.31%
AMGEN Inc.
2.01%
18,748
$5,857,813,000 0.29%
Fortive Corp
1.64%
78,757
$5,835,894,000 0.29%
Chevron Corp.
0.69%
36,133
$5,651,924,000 0.28%
Starbucks Corp.
5.13%
69,923
$5,443,506,000 0.27%
Sp Global Inc
5.33%
11,574
$5,162,004,000 0.26%
Linde Plc.
7.68%
11,624
$5,100,727,000 0.26%
Tjx Cos Inc New
2.69%
46,067
$5,071,977,000 0.25%
Truist Finl Corp
2.51%
125,236
$4,865,419,000 0.24%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
1.40%
168,917
$4,795,554,000 0.24%
T-Mobile US Inc
0.60%
26,508
$4,670,179,000 0.23%
Intuit Inc
4.81%
7,025
$4,616,900,000 0.23%
Bank America Corp
7.76%
115,717
$4,602,065,000 0.23%
Oneok Inc.
0.98%
55,479
$4,524,312,000 0.23%
Alcon Ag
10.77%
49,888
$4,444,023,000 0.22%
Lowes Cos Inc
1.59%
20,056
$4,421,546,000 0.22%
Pfizer Inc.
3.00%
150,783
$4,218,908,000 0.21%
Automatic Data Processing In
0.57%
17,506
$4,178,507,000 0.21%
Blackrock Inc.
0.06%
5,274
$4,152,326,000 0.21%
Roper Technologies Inc
0.49%
7,175
$4,044,261,000 0.20%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
9.58%
12,984
$3,874,815,000 0.19%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
37.98%
73,805
$3,698,369,000 0.19%
Emerson Elec Co
3.30%
33,141
$3,650,813,000 0.18%
Abbvie Inc
1.33%
20,443
$3,506,383,000 0.18%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
11.29%
117,288
$5,938,318,000 0.30%
Novartis AG
2.00%
32,402
$3,449,517,000 0.17%
Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53%
16,768
$3,339,850,000 0.17%
Transdigm Group Incorporated
Opened
2,547
$3,254,073,000 0.16%
Conocophillips
1.09%
27,779
$3,177,362,000 0.16%
ServiceNow Inc
2.81%
3,881
$3,053,066,000 0.15%
Eaton Corp Plc
Opened
9,388
$2,943,607,000 0.15%
International Business Machs
14.47%
16,966
$2,934,270,000 0.15%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
4.24%
31,656
$2,924,065,000 0.15%
Cigna Group (The)
0.09%
8,625
$2,851,166,000 0.14%
Ameriprise Finl Inc
1.03%
6,562
$2,803,221,000 0.14%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
12.56%
88,476
$5,250,765,000 0.26%
CVS Health Corp
Closed
34,702
$2,740,070,000
Texas Instrs Inc
21.99%
13,981
$2,719,724,000 0.14%
United Rentals, Inc.
20.49%
4,171
$2,697,511,000 0.14%
Spdr Ser Tr
26.08%
102,509
$4,073,708,000 0.20%
Aptiv PLC
4.78%
37,188
$2,618,779,000 0.13%
Progressive Corp.
33.23%
12,390
$2,573,527,000 0.13%
Hershey Company
1.42%
13,884
$2,552,296,000 0.13%
Netflix Inc.
Opened
3,569
$2,408,647,000 0.12%
Old Dominion Freight Line In
98.94%
13,160
$2,324,056,000 0.12%
Cboe Global Mkts Inc
1.74%
13,240
$2,251,594,000 0.11%
First Solar Inc
1.83%
9,922
$2,237,014,000 0.11%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
3.37%
27,107
$2,134,134,000 0.11%
Sysco Corp.
60.11%
29,770
$2,125,280,000 0.11%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
10.32%
42,999
$2,087,171,000 0.10%
Elevance Health Inc
0.45%
3,749
$2,031,433,000 0.10%
Ares Management Corp
6.20%
15,172
$2,022,124,000 0.10%
Xylem Inc
2.48%
14,896
$2,020,344,000 0.10%
GE Aerospace
1.10%
12,571
$1,998,412,000 0.10%
Teradyne, Inc.
18.76%
13,455
$1,995,242,000 0.10%
Corteva Inc
1.63%
36,408
$1,963,840,000 0.10%
Applied Matls Inc
16.64%
8,057
$1,901,371,000 0.10%
Booking Holdings Inc
1.44%
478
$1,893,597,000 0.09%
Carlisle Cos Inc
4.08%
4,606
$1,866,397,000 0.09%
Cognizant Technology Solutio
3.92%
27,050
$1,839,400,000 0.09%
Northern Tr Corp
73.75%
21,846
$1,834,627,000 0.09%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
33.50%
4,184
$1,824,015,000 0.09%
Voya Financial, Inc.
No change
25,025
$1,780,529,000 0.09%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
34.14%
19,370
$1,737,489,000 0.09%
Schwab Charles Corp
6.95%
23,573
$1,737,094,000 0.09%
Aflac Inc.
0.65%
19,025
$1,699,123,000 0.09%
Ishares Tr
Opened
95,977
$4,312,003,000 0.22%
Ishares Inc
21.11%
57,641
$3,194,346,000 0.16%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
3.51%
7,391
$1,557,432,000 0.08%
Schlumberger Ltd.
3.06%
32,741
$1,544,720,000 0.08%
Kraft Heinz Co
4.76%
47,502
$1,530,514,000 0.08%
Franklin Elec Inc
1.92%
15,825
$1,524,264,000 0.08%
Fidelity Merrimack Str Tr
28.08%
33,750
$1,516,388,000 0.08%
General Mls Inc
39.35%
23,424
$1,481,802,000 0.07%
Hubbell Inc.
10.87%
3,951
$1,444,011,000 0.07%
Hess Corporation
No change
9,556
$1,409,701,000 0.07%
Verizon Communications Inc
8.87%
32,706
$1,348,795,000 0.07%
Ishares Silver Tr
10.40%
50,100
$1,331,157,000 0.07%
Target Corp
No change
8,826
$1,306,601,000 0.07%
CDW Corp
21.35%
5,627
$1,259,548,000 0.06%
Verisk Analytics Inc
14.14%
4,560
$1,229,148,000 0.06%
Bhp Group Ltd
Closed
17,925
$1,224,457,000
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
Closed
9,128
$1,204,805,000
Agilent Technologies Inc.
0.48%
9,263
$1,200,763,000 0.06%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.67%
2,947
$1,198,840,000 0.06%
Iron Mtn Inc Del
7.76%
13,375
$1,198,668,000 0.06%
MetLife, Inc.
2.85%
17,067
$1,197,933,000 0.06%
Energy Transfer L P
55.10%
71,636
$1,161,936,000 0.06%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
17,708
$1,158,812,000 0.06%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
No change
15,367
$1,158,057,000 0.06%
Regal Rexnord Corporation
7.27%
8,560
$1,157,483,000 0.06%
Schwab Strategic Tr
1.08%
18,365
$1,154,608,000 0.06%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
No change
10,462
$1,115,040,000 0.06%
Aon plc.
68.88%
3,572
$1,048,668,000 0.05%
Shell Plc
No change
14,215
$1,026,039,000 0.05%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
19,680
$991,380,000 0.05%
Everest Group Ltd
3.18%
2,592
$987,604,000 0.05%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
9.36%
2,079
$971,101,000 0.05%
Vertiv Holdings Co
8.21%
11,184
$968,199,000 0.05%
Plains Gp Hldgs L P
0.79%
50,350
$947,587,000 0.05%
Lamar Advertising Co
0.78%
7,640
$913,209,000 0.05%
Copart, Inc.
6.43%
16,385
$887,412,000 0.04%
HCA Healthcare Inc
No change
2,755
$885,126,000 0.04%
Duke Energy Corp.
12.26%
8,765
$878,516,000 0.04%
Caesars Entertainment Inc Ne
14.35%
22,092
$877,936,000 0.04%
Intel Corp.
0.00%
28,058
$868,956,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
13.30%
18,148
$862,211,000 0.04%
KLA Corp.
4.36%
1,031
$850,070,000 0.04%
Ferguson Plc New
Opened
4,375
$847,219,000 0.04%
Apollo Global Mgmt Inc
1.93%
7,123
$841,013,000 0.04%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
3.11%
8,566
$831,245,000 0.04%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
18.48%
19,840
$829,312,000 0.04%
The Southern Co.
1.07%
10,515
$815,649,000 0.04%
Zebra Technologies Corporati
No change
2,579
$796,730,000 0.04%
Dominion Energy Inc
45.89%
15,577
$763,273,000 0.04%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
Closed
35,873
$749,208,000
Citigroup Inc
Opened
11,579
$734,803,000 0.04%
Keysight Technologies Inc
0.19%
5,298
$724,502,000 0.04%
KeyCorp
0.20%
50,517
$717,847,000 0.04%
Snap-on, Inc.
1.97%
2,730
$713,595,000 0.04%
CMS Energy Corporation
31.91%
11,906
$708,764,000 0.04%
Att Inc
0.31%
36,484
$697,209,000 0.03%
Becton Dickinson Co
No change
2,930
$684,770,000 0.03%
Paychex Inc.
No change
5,650
$669,864,000 0.03%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
0.93%
13,792
$654,292,000 0.03%
Fedex Corp
12.14%
2,134
$639,859,000 0.03%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
0.86%
7,943
$639,361,000 0.03%
Universal Display Corp.
No change
3,000
$630,750,000 0.03%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
6.06%
2,801
$629,049,000 0.03%
Tesla Inc
2.25%
3,167
$626,686,000 0.03%
VanEck ETF Trust
2.85%
11,725
$605,596,000 0.03%
Novo-nordisk A S
1.21%
4,195
$598,794,000 0.03%
General Mtrs Co
1.48%
12,355
$574,013,000 0.03%
Ishares Tr
Closed
40,000
$944,714,000
Corning, Inc.
No change
14,005
$544,094,000 0.03%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
No change
1,386
$542,106,000 0.03%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
3,129
$536,655,000 0.03%
Fidelity National Financial Inc
Opened
10,575
$522,617,000 0.03%
Allstate Corp (The)
5.93%
3,207
$512,030,000 0.03%
Block H R Inc
Opened
9,400
$509,762,000 0.03%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
No change
485
$509,750,000 0.03%
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
6.38%
2,035
$501,994,000 0.03%
American Intl Group Inc
1.19%
6,663
$494,661,000 0.02%
Jacobs Solutions Inc
No change
3,495
$488,286,000 0.02%
Veralto Corp
48.11%
4,666
$445,463,000 0.02%
Public Storage Oper Co
No change
1,540
$442,981,000 0.02%
Caterpillar Inc.
5.65%
1,286
$428,367,000 0.02%
Eastman Chem Co
1.92%
4,340
$425,190,000 0.02%
Williams Cos Inc
No change
10,000
$425,000,000 0.02%
Canadian Natl Ry Co
15.71%
3,540
$418,180,000 0.02%
WEC Energy Group Inc
No change
5,280
$414,269,000 0.02%
Philip Morris International Inc
No change
4,065
$411,933,000 0.02%
Canadian Imperial Bk Comm To
No change
8,547
$406,324,000 0.02%
Yum Brands Inc.
No change
2,994
$396,585,000 0.02%
General Dynamics Corp.
19.64%
1,350
$391,689,000 0.02%
NextEra Energy Partners LP
Closed
12,820
$389,856,000
Vanguard Star Fds
7.53%
6,325
$381,398,000 0.02%
Mckesson Corporation
No change
647
$377,874,000 0.02%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
86.24%
13,000
$376,740,000 0.02%
NRG Energy Inc.
1.35%
4,745
$369,446,000 0.02%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
20.99%
13,024
$368,709,000 0.02%
Cummins Inc.
No change
1,320
$365,548,000 0.02%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
2.15%
3,418
$363,675,000 0.02%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
35.87%
3,898
$356,667,000 0.02%
Graphic Packaging Hldg Co
79.85%
13,450
$352,525,000 0.02%
Vail Resorts Inc.
Closed
1,650
$352,226,000
First Tr Exch Trd Alphdx Fd
No change
5,700
$343,596,000 0.02%
Cogent Communications Hldgs
2.81%
6,051
$341,518,000 0.02%
Rio Tinto plc
18.33%
5,125
$337,891,000 0.02%
CME Group Inc
13.96%
1,695
$333,237,000 0.02%
Otter Tail Corporation
No change
3,680
$322,331,000 0.02%
Deere Co
14.14%
850
$317,586,000 0.02%
Flowers Foods, Inc.
Closed
14,050
$316,266,000
Boeing Co.
Closed
1,200
$312,792,000
Walmart Inc
Opened
4,563
$308,961,000 0.02%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
2.37%
2,200
$304,040,000 0.02%
Norfolk Southn Corp
No change
1,400
$300,566,000 0.02%
Lam Research Corp.
No change
280
$298,158,000 0.01%
Targa Res Corp
Opened
2,235
$287,823,000 0.01%
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
No change
21,170
$279,021,000 0.01%
Spire Inc.
No change
4,585
$278,447,000 0.01%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
38.55%
13,547
$277,036,000 0.01%
Baker Hughes Company
No change
7,815
$274,854,000 0.01%
Nike, Inc.
Closed
2,478
$269,036,000
Principal Financial Group In
0.16%
3,159
$247,791,000 0.01%
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
6.14%
6,875
$246,331,000 0.01%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
53.80%
17,626
$213,186,000 0.01%
Jetblue Awys Corp
Opened
35,002
$213,162,000 0.01%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Opened
4,000
$209,680,000 0.01%
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
1.98%
2,470
$207,678,000 0.01%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1.05%
4,998
$207,567,000 0.01%
Xcel Energy Inc.
No change
3,851
$205,682,000 0.01%
UGI Corp.
Closed
8,280
$203,688,000
Cabot Corp.
Opened
2,205
$202,617,000 0.01%
Constellation Energy Corp
Opened
1,007
$201,770,000 0.01%
CSX Corp.
Closed
5,800
$201,086,000
Viatris Inc.
34.46%
10,544
$112,083,000 0.01%
First Fndtn Inc
No change
15,842
$103,765,000 0.01%
Ftc Solar Inc
No change
73,000
$25,769,000 0.00%
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