Latest Aurora Investment Counsel Stock Portfolio

$170Million– No. of Holdings #107

Aurora Investment Counsel Performance:

2024 Q2: -3.07%YTD: 7.43%2023: 4.32%

Performance for 2024 Q2 is -3.07%, and YTD is 7.43%, and 2023 is 4.32%.

About Aurora Investment Counsel and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

Aurora Investment Counsel is a hedge fund based in ATLANTA, GA. On 17-Mar-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $190.5 Millions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, Aurora Investment Counsel reported an equity portfolio of $170.4 Millions as of 30 Jun, 2024.

The top stock holdings of Aurora Investment Counsel are BKNG, , JNPR. The fund has invested 1.8% of it's portfolio in BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. and 1.8% of portfolio in ASTRAZENECA PLC.

The fund managers got completely rid off HOME DEPOT, INC. (HD), TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY (TSCO) and BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIO (BFAM) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in ASML HOLDING N.V., IES HOLDINGS, INC. (IESC) and ONEOK, INC. (OKE). Aurora Investment Counsel opened new stock positions in BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. (BKNG), VERISIGN, INC. (VRSN) and ZTO EXPRESS (CAYMAN) INC. (ZTO). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC. (APLE), BLOOMIN' BRANDS, INC. (BLMN) and EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. (EPAM).

Aurora Investment Counsel Equity Portfolio Value

Last Reported on: 22 Aug, 2024

Aurora Investment Counsel Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Aurora Investment Counsel made a return of -3.07% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 5.47%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
booking holdings inc.	3,050,360
verisign, inc.	2,688,510
zto express (cayman) inc.	2,471,390
corpay, inc.	2,379,840
inter parfums, inc.	2,240,660
amphastar pharmaceuticals, inc	2,178,640
mgp ingredients, inc.	2,132,300
brady corp.	2,103,600

New stocks bought by Aurora Investment Counsel

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
apple hospitality reit, inc.	182
bloomin' brands, inc.	52.75
epam systems, inc.	44.35
expedia group, inc.	33.2
xpel, inc.	29.6
vail resorts, inc.	24.63
wns holdings limited	17.85
match group, inc.	17.78

Additions to existing portfolio by Aurora Investment Counsel

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
asml holding n.v.	-87.29
ies holdings, inc.	-86.5
oneok, inc.	-78.5
crocs, inc.	-45.9
acuity brands, inc.	-45.75
charles schwab corp.	-29.79
cummins inc.	-29.58
coca-cola consolidated, inc.	-16.68

Aurora Investment Counsel reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
getty realty corp.	-1,423,900
photronics, inc.	-1,226,280
northern oil and gas, inc.	-1,497,400
bright horizons family solutio	-2,007,950
amn healthcare services, inc.	-949,652
cedar fair, l.p.	-631,726
diodes incorporated	-1,047,000
agilent technologies, inc.	-1,771,290

Aurora Investment Counsel got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Aurora Investment Counsel has about 16.3% of it's holdings in Industrials sector.

Sector	%
Industrials	16.3
Others	16.2
Financial Services	9.9
Technology	9.6
Healthcare	9.1
Consumer Cyclical	8.2
Real Estate	6.4
Energy	6.2
Consumer Defensive	5.3
Utilities	4.5
Basic Materials	4.2
Communication Services	3.9

Market Cap. Distribution

Aurora Investment Counsel has about 46.8% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	46.8
MID-CAP	32.3
UNALLOCATED	15.3
SMALL-CAP	5.5

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 64.5% of the stocks held by Aurora Investment Counsel either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	43.8
Others	35.6
RUSSELL 2000	20.7

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
HALO	halozyme therapeutics, inc.	28.7 %
LNTH	lantheus holdings, inc.	28.7 %
GMED	globus medical, inc.	26.8 %
COKE	coca-cola consolidated, inc.	25.4 %
QCOM	qualcomm incorporated	16.8 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
LNTH	lantheus holdings, inc.	0.6 M
HALO	halozyme therapeutics, inc.	0.5 M
GMED	globus medical, inc.	0.5 M
QCOM	qualcomm incorporated	0.4 M
COKE	coca-cola consolidated, inc.	0.4 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
XPEL	xpel, inc.	-29.4 %
BLMN	bloomin' brands, inc.	-28.3 %
PAYC	paycom software, inc.	-27.5 %
GPN	global payments inc	-26.9 %
WEX	wex inc.	-25.4 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
PAYC	paycom software, inc.	-0.7 M
XPEL	xpel, inc.	-0.7 M
POOL	pool corporation	-0.5 M
MTN	vail resorts, inc.	-0.5 M
MIDD	middleby corporation	-0.4 M

Aurora Investment Counsel Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of Aurora Investment Counsel

Aurora Investment Counsel has 107 stocks in it's portfolio. About 15.7% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. PAYC proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. LNTH was the most profitable stock for Aurora Investment Counsel last quarter.

Last Reported on: 22 Aug, 2024

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
A	agilent technologies, inc.	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

ABC	cencora, inc.	0.90	6,836	1,540,150	added	1.61

ACGL	arch capital group	0.86	14,471	1,459,980	reduced	-5.76

AGCO	agco corporation	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

ALG	alamo group inc.	0.57	5,657	978,661	unchanged	0.00

ALGM	allegro microsystems, inc.	0.93	56,005	1,581,580	reduced	-2.51

AMN	amn healthcare services, inc.	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

AMPH	amphastar pharmaceuticals, inc	1.28	54,466	2,178,640	new

APLE	apple hospitality reit, inc.	0.65	75,802	1,102,160	added	182

AYI	acuity brands, inc.	0.44	3,097	747,740	reduced	-45.75

BATRA	atlanta braves holdings, inc.	1.11	45,723	1,889,730	added	12.13

BFAM	bright horizons family solutio	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

BKNG	booking holdings inc.	1.79	770	3,050,360	new

BLMN	bloomin' brands, inc.	0.23	20,815	400,272	added	52.75

BRC	brady corp.	1.24	31,863	2,103,600	new

CARR	carrier global corporation	1.50	40,596	2,560,800	added	0.28

CC	chemours company	0.17	13,211	298,172	unchanged	0.00

CCK	crown holdings, inc.	0.12	2,700	200,853	added	0.37

CF	cf industries holdings, inc.	0.94	21,560	1,598,030	added	0.57

CHK	chesapeake energy	0.56	11,710	962,445	reduced	-1.84