Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors 13F annual report

Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $234 billion ran by Gerardo Martinez. There are currently 67 companies in Mr. Martinez’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway and Eli Lilly & Co, together worth $44.9 billion.

$234 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th August 2024, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors’s top holding is 1,408 shares of Berkshire Hathaway currently worth over $31.2 billion and making up 11.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 15,124 shares of Eli Lilly & Co worth $13.7 billion. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $13 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $11.2 billion, with 63,293 shares owned.

Currently, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $234 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 Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors

The Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors office and employees reside in Newport Beach, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Gerardo Martinez serves as the Regulatory Consultant at Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Ares Capital Corp and bought 2,726 shares worth $363 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Ares Capital Corp makes up 0.7% 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 Apple Inc by buying 1,933 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 61,949 shares worth $13 billion. Apple Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors closed its position in Johnson & Johnson on 13th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 2,176 shares for $344 million. Gerardo Martinez also disclosed a decreased stake in Eli Lilly & Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $13.7 billion and 15,124 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors are Bourne Lent Asset Management Inc and Mka Charitable Fund. They manage $261 billion and $261 billion respectively.


Gerardo Martinez investment strategy

Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 20.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 73.1% 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 70% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $245 billion.

The complete list of Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 13th 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
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
1,408
$31,162,298,000 11.95%
Eli Lilly & Co
1.83%
15,124
$13,693,845,000 5.25%
Apple Inc
3.22%
61,949
$13,047,720,000 5.00%
Alphabet Inc
0.26%
63,293
$11,211,090,000 4.30%
Meta Platforms Inc
4.69%
18,021
$9,086,927,000 3.48%
Qualcomm, Inc.
0.38%
44,306
$8,825,071,000 3.38%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.15%
73,318
$8,440,342,000 3.24%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.00%
38,540
$7,447,855,000 2.86%
Microsoft Corporation
7.24%
16,607
$7,422,645,000 2.85%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.75%
33,872
$6,853,051,000 2.63%
Boeing Co.
1.69%
36,989
$6,732,456,000 2.58%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
3.55%
14,324
$6,482,018,000 2.49%
Valero Energy Corp.
0.78%
40,450
$6,341,008,000 2.43%
Fedex Corp
0.41%
19,697
$5,906,362,000 2.26%
Costco Whsl Corp New
2.63%
6,550
$5,567,828,000 2.13%
Wells Fargo Co New
29.18%
92,710
$5,506,068,000 2.11%
Ulta Beauty Inc
6.80%
13,251
$5,113,163,000 1.96%
Disney Walt Co
2.88%
51,256
$5,089,322,000 1.95%
Merck & Co Inc
3.35%
40,777
$5,053,057,000 1.94%
Oracle Corp.
1.03%
30,787
$4,347,381,000 1.67%
Chevron Corp.
5.14%
26,329
$4,118,421,000 1.58%
PayPal Holdings Inc
1.58%
70,698
$4,102,464,000 1.57%
Walmart Inc
0.50%
55,154
$3,734,481,000 1.43%
Starbucks Corp.
7.97%
46,688
$3,634,790,000 1.39%
American Express Co.
2.57%
14,771
$3,420,290,000 1.31%
Spdr Gold Tr
0.44%
14,691
$3,158,712,000 1.21%
Home Depot, Inc.
8.30%
9,058
$3,118,115,000 1.20%
AMGEN Inc.
2.26%
9,793
$3,060,037,000 1.17%
Pepsico Inc
11.27%
17,450
$2,878,324,000 1.10%
Tesla Inc
10.73%
14,231
$2,816,030,000 1.08%
Occidental Pete Corp
2.61%
44,098
$2,779,478,000 1.07%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
3.78%
34,128
$2,746,980,000 1.05%
Procter And Gamble Co
3.73%
16,584
$2,735,165,000 1.05%
Coca-Cola Co
7.79%
41,771
$2,658,743,000 1.02%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
2.80%
36,672
$2,640,384,000 1.01%
RTX Corp
0.45%
26,233
$2,633,631,000 1.01%
Mcdonalds Corp
9.64%
10,118
$2,578,582,000 0.99%
Target Corp
1.07%
16,592
$2,426,957,000 0.93%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
10.87%
17,095
$2,416,272,000 0.93%
Discover Finl Svcs
4.29%
18,061
$2,362,559,000 0.91%
Dow Inc
4.65%
42,827
$2,272,052,000 0.87%
Nike, Inc.
3.74%
28,923
$2,180,334,000 0.84%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
8.28%
15,228
$2,104,636,000 0.81%
Williams Cos Inc
4.02%
48,967
$2,081,043,000 0.80%
Lululemon Athletica inc.
6.20%
6,163
$1,840,888,000 0.71%
Corteva Inc
0.36%
31,709
$1,710,412,000 0.66%
Citigroup Inc
4.71%
26,860
$1,704,600,000 0.65%
Teekay Corp
1.94%
189,163
$1,691,126,000 0.65%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
9.92%
40,169
$1,668,147,000 0.64%
Broadcom Inc
2.87%
8,147
$1,368,848,000 0.52%
Celanese Corp
1.76%
9,202
$1,241,258,000 0.48%
Lowes Cos Inc
4.29%
5,470
$1,206,059,000 0.46%
NVIDIA Corp
1,497.81%
8,740
$1,079,763,000 0.41%
Netflix Inc.
0.14%
1,431
$965,753,000 0.37%
Innospec Inc
No change
5,216
$644,645,000 0.25%
GE Aerospace
1.94%
3,883
$617,345,000 0.24%
Morgan Stanley
0.61%
4,427
$430,279,000 0.16%
Edison Intl
No change
5,112
$367,093,000 0.14%
Ares Capital Corp
Opened
2,726
$363,321,000 0.14%
Johnson & Johnson
Closed
2,176
$344,378,000
Intel Corp.
8.64%
10,584
$327,676,000 0.13%
Chord Energy Corporation
Opened
1,755
$294,278,000 0.11%
Visa Inc
30.71%
1,064
$279,268,000 0.11%
Valaris Ltd
Closed
2,926
$220,211,000
Immunitybio Inc
0.29%
34,400
$217,408,000 0.08%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
0.21%
488
$212,801,000 0.08%
Shell Plc
Closed
3,151
$211,280,000
Verizon Communications Inc
5.18%
5,094
$210,320,000 0.08%
Nucor Corp.
13.18%
1,305
$206,400,000 0.08%
Rivian Automotive, Inc.
Opened
11,940
$160,235,000 0.06%
No transactions found
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