Latest Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC Stock Portfolio

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC Performance:

2024 Q4: 5.33%YTD: 27.59%2023: 28.49%

Performance for 2024 Q4 is 5.33%, and YTD is 27.59%, and 2023 is 28.49%.

About Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC is a hedge fund based in CHICAGO, IL. On 29-Mar-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $1.3 Billions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC reported an equity portfolio of $1 Billions as of 31 Dec, 2024.

The top stock holdings of Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC are VRT, ULTA, MCK. The fund has invested 7.6% of it's portfolio in VERTIV HOLDINGS CO and 4.3% of portfolio in ULTA BEAUTY INC.

The fund managers got completely rid off INTEL CORP (INTC), CIENA CORP (CIEN) and WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC (WBD) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in CDW CORP (CDW), HENRY SCHEIN INC (HSIC) and CME GROUP INC (CME). Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC opened new stock positions in ICON PLC, SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY INC (SITE) and UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to GOLDMAN SACHS BDC INC (GSBD), BRAINSWAY LTD and ADVISORSHARES TR (ACT).

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC made a return of 5.33% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 27.59%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
icon plc	18,014,300
siteone landscape supply inc	6,971,020
united parcel service inc	850,033
morgan stanley direct lendin	755,640
amgen inc	520,853
grayscale ethereum trust etf	453,200
kayne anderson bdc inc	345,000
oscar health inc	335,000

New stocks bought by Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
goldman sachs bdc inc	500
brainsway ltd	346
ares capital corp	113
advisorshares tr	96.91
composecure inc	85.02
ishares bitcoin trust etf	58.57
vanguard intl equity index f	57.91
vanguard tax-managed fds	46.89

Additions to existing portfolio by Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
cdw corp	-80.15
henry schein inc	-68.2
cme group inc	-52.86
ishares inc	-48.98
molina healthcare inc	-38.03
advance auto parts inc	-32.15
coterra energy inc	-30.00
rtx corporation	-26.96

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
warner bros discovery inc	-378,980
nordic american tankers limi	-128,450
intel corp	-722,085
pimco high income fd	-90,000
viatris inc	-175,126
ciena corp	-677,490
carrier global corporation	-211,106
procter and gamble co	-215,179

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC has about 23.1% of it's holdings in Others sector.

Sector	%
Others	23.1
Industrials	20.8
Consumer Cyclical	20.4
Financial Services	9.3
Healthcare	8.8
Technology	7.4
Communication Services	7
Basic Materials	2.4

Market Cap. Distribution

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC has about 57.2% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	38.6
UNALLOCATED	23.1
MEGA-CAP	18.6
SMALL-CAP	8.8
MID-CAP	8.5
MICRO-CAP	2.3

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 51.3% of the stocks held by Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
Others	48.7
S&P 500	38
RUSSELL 2000	13.3

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
PLTR	palantir technologies inc	119.1 %
CLOV	clover health investments co	52.8 %
TSLA	tesla inc	45.5 %
WFC	wells fargo co new	37.8 %
AMST	amesite inc	36.0 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
VRT	vertiv holdings co	11.0 M
PLTR	palantir technologies inc	7.7 M
KKR	kkr & co inc	6.5 M
MCK	mckesson corp	6.4 M
GOOG	alphabet inc	5.7 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
FDMT	4d molecular therapeutics in	-30.5 %
CLF	cleveland-cliffs inc new	-22.0 %
BCO	brinks co	-19.6 %
CDW	cdw corp	-18.8 %
TLS	telos corp md	-16.1 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
AVTR	avantor inc	-4.0 M
BCO	brinks co	-3.6 M
CSWI	csw industrials inc	-3.4 M
CDW	cdw corp	-2.6 M
CSWC	capital southwest corp	-2.0 M

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC

Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC has 152 stocks in it's portfolio. About 35.7% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. AVTR proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. VRT was the most profitable stock for Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC last quarter.

Last Reported on: 13 Feb, 2025

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAP	advance auto parts inc	0.87	187,441	9,034,640	reduced	-32.15

AAPL	apple inc	2.10	95,918	21,870,200	reduced	-0.48

ABBV	abbvie inc	1.39	76,390	14,524,900	reduced	-0.24

ABT	abbott labs	0.90	72,911	9,365,420	reduced	-0.03

ACN	accenture plc ireland	0.02	612	235,710	unchanged	0.00

ACT	advisorshares tr	0.05	142,234	483,596	added	96.91

ACWF	ishares tr	0.07	16,148	692,248	added	8.72

ADBE	adobe inc	0.02	483	212,051	reduced	-0.62

AI	c3 ai inc	0.03	10,300	321,463	reduced	-22.56

AMGN	amgen inc	0.05	1,803	520,853	new

AMST	amesite inc	0.02	50,000	172,500	reduced	-16.67

AMZN	amazon com inc	2.01	88,167	20,932,600	reduced	-0.33

ARKF	ark etf tr	0.07	12,250	756,805	reduced	-22.39

ARKF	ark etf tr	0.02	8,000	212,560	new

ATR	aptargroup inc	0.16	10,520	1,640,910	unchanged	0.00

AVGO	broadcom inc	0.03	1,545	336,373	reduced	-3.44

AVTR	avantor inc	2.32	1,105,830	24,184,500	added	18.24

BAC	bank america corp	0.07	15,060	695,923	reduced	-2.59

BCO	brinks co	1.05	119,696	10,984,500	reduced	-24.2

BGRN	ishares tr	0.07	15,205	704,898	added	6.31