Latest WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC Stock Portfolio

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC Performance:

2025 Q2: 5.47%YTD: 3.4%2024: 9.95%

Performance for 2025 Q2 is 5.47%, and YTD is 3.4%, and 2024 is 9.95%.

About WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC is a hedge fund based in NEW ORLEANS, LA. On 28-Mar-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $2.3 Billions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC reported an equity portfolio of $2 Billions as of 30 Jun, 2025.

The top stock holdings of WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC are META, MSFT, V. The fund has invested 5.7% of it's portfolio in META PLATFORMS INC and 5.4% of portfolio in MICROSOFT CORP.

The fund managers got completely rid off DISCOVER FINL SVCS (DFS), SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR (FNDA) and CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in NIKE INC (NKE), GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD) and GENERAL MTRS CO (GM). WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC opened new stock positions in CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP (COF), GE VERNOVA INC and FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC (FCX). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to WASTE MGMT INC DEL (WM), UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC (UNH) and MORGAN STANLEY (MS).

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC made a return of 5.47% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 7.93%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
capital one finl corp	274,673
ge vernova inc	268,279
freeport-mcmoran inc	251,690
uber technologies inc	232,597
autodesk inc	227,534
venture global inc	161,253

New stocks bought by WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
waste mgmt inc del	93.96
unitedhealth group inc	50.98
morgan stanley	34.43
ryan specialty holdings inc	31.34
cbiz inc	30.94
stryker corporation	28.88
simon ppty group inc new	22.91
idexx labs inc	18.82

Additions to existing portfolio by WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
nike inc	-57.89
general dynamics corp	-25.72
general mtrs co	-22.31
honeywell intl inc	-19.27
southern co	-18.57
dow inc	-16.27
schlumberger ltd	-14.13
haverty furniture cos inc	-13.4

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
schwab strategic tr	-283,870
schwab strategic tr	-213,159
discover finl svcs	-506,296
conocophillips	-230,729

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC has about 18.3% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

Sector	%
Technology	18.3
Financial Services	17.1
Industrials	14.3
Healthcare	12
Consumer Defensive	9
Communication Services	8.6
Others	6.7
Energy	5.5
Consumer Cyclical	4.7
Real Estate	1.7

Market Cap. Distribution

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC has about 86.5% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
MEGA-CAP	51.6
LARGE-CAP	34.9
MID-CAP	6.7
UNALLOCATED	6.7

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 86% of the stocks held by WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	83
Others	14
RUSSELL 2000	3

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
AVGO	broadcom inc	64.6 %
AXON	axon enterprise inc	57.4 %
ORCL	oracle corp	56.4 %
MCHP	microchip technology inc.	45.4 %
NVDA	nvidia corporation	44.5 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
MSFT	microsoft corp	26.4 M
META	meta platforms inc	25.5 M
JPM	jpmorgan chase & co.	15.8 M
ORCL	oracle corp	12.9 M
ROK	rockwell automation inc	12.3 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
UNH	unitedhealth group inc	-31.0 %
DOW	dow inc	-24.2 %
BMY	bristol-myers squibb co	-24.1 %
CRWS	crown crafts inc	-21.1 %
SLB	schlumberger ltd	-19.1 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
TMO	thermo fisher scientific inc	-14.5 M
CVX	chevron corp new	-7.3 M
XOM	exxon mobil corp	-6.1 M
FBHS	fortune brands innovations i	-4.0 M
PEP	pepsico inc	-3.6 M

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC Holdings Map

This heatmap illustrates the top 50 positions within the fund's portfolio.

Current Stock Holdings of WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC

WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC has 185 stocks in it's portfolio. About 40.3% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. TMO proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. MSFT was the most profitable stock for WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC last quarter.

Last Reported on: 14 Aug, 2025

	Ticker	Namesorted descending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
	META	meta platforms inc	5.74	156,023	115,159,000	reduced	-0.9
Historical Trend of META PLATFORMS INC Position Held By WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC What % of Portfolio is META?: Number of META shares held: Change in No. of Shares Held:
	MSFT	microsoft corp	5.36	215,832	107,357,000	reduced	-0.07

	V	visa inc	5.34	301,714	107,124,000	reduced	-1.22

	JPM	jpmorgan chase & co.	5.08	351,321	101,851,000	reduced	-1.09

	HD	home depot inc	3.51	192,099	70,431,100	reduced	-0.18

	TMO	thermo fisher scientific inc	3.22	159,110	64,512,600	added	0.79

	ABT	abbott labs	3.11	457,727	62,255,400	reduced	-0.03

	ACN	accenture plc ireland	3.04	204,102	61,004,000	added	0.8

	PM	philip morris intl inc	2.94	323,856	58,984,000	reduced	-0.38

	XOM	exxon mobil corp	2.93	545,316	58,785,100	added	0.23

	ROK	rockwell automation inc	2.82	169,889	56,431,900	added	1.53

	BAC	bank america corp	2.76	1,169,350	55,333,800	added	0.74

	CVX	chevron corp new	2.18	305,332	43,720,400	added	0.88

	COHR	coherent corp	2.05	461,321	41,154,400	added	3.98

	PG	procter and gamble co	1.87	235,460	37,513,500	reduced	-1.00

	ORCL	oracle corp	1.79	164,155	35,889,200	reduced	-0.03

	BAH	booz allen hamilton hldg cor	1.71	328,203	34,175,800	added	1.64

	AAPL	apple inc	1.70	165,655	33,987,500	added	0.4

	RYAN	ryan specialty holdings inc	1.65	487,200	33,124,700	added	31.34

	POOL	pool corp	1.63	112,293	32,731,200	added	7.57