Latest MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. Stock Portfolio

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. Performance:

2024 Q4: -0.57%YTD: 6.81%2023: 12.8%

Performance for 2024 Q4 is -0.57%, and YTD is 6.81%, and 2023 is 12.8%.

About MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. is a hedge fund based in LAFAYETTE, CA. On 31-Mar-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $425.1 Millions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. reported an equity portfolio of $335 Millions as of 31 Dec, 2024.

The top stock holdings of MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. are AAPL, TSM, MSFT. The fund has invested 5.7% of it's portfolio in APPLE INC and 5.6% of portfolio in TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD.

The fund managers got completely rid off LAM RESEARCH CORP (LRCX), UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC (UBER) and ISHARES INC (EMGF) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in INVESCO SR INCOME TR, VODAFONE GROUP PLC NEW (VOD) and O-I GLASS INC (OI). MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. opened new stock positions in SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR (XLB), JANUS DETROIT STR TR (JAAA) and PACER FDS TR (AFTY). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to ISHARES TR (AAXJ), SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR (FNDA) and VANECK ETF TRUST (AFK).

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. made a return of -0.57% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 6.81%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
select sector spdr tr	1,114,430
janus detroit str tr	824,038
pacer fds tr	705,408
lam research corp	485,386
mcdonalds corp	365,841
hershey co	355,635
asml holding n v	288,321
american express co	268,001

New stocks bought by MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC.

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
ishares tr	357
schwab strategic tr	187
schwab strategic tr	152
vaneck etf trust	107
entergy corp new	100
medtronic plc	97.31
novo-nordisk a s	95.43
spdr s&p midcap 400 etf tr	70.65

Additions to existing portfolio by MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC.

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
invesco sr income tr	-47.97
vodafone group plc new	-47.48
o-i glass inc	-40.17
ishares inc	-31.28
ishares inc	-28.45
mckesson corp	-27.92
mgic invt corp wis	-27.03
intel corp	-26.41

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
cohen & steers total return	-181,872
nuveen pfd & income opportun	-111,770
walgreens boots alliance inc	-95,872
uber technologies inc	-360,768
ishares tr	-229,966
ishares inc	-308,910
schwab strategic tr	-203,491
vanguard bd index fds	-216,144

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. has about 36.5% of it's holdings in Others sector.

Sector	%
Others	36.5
Technology	19.6
Financial Services	7.8
Industrials	7.3
Healthcare	6.1
Consumer Cyclical	5.2
Energy	4.3
Consumer Defensive	4.3
Communication Services	3.4
Real Estate	2.4
Basic Materials	2
Utilities	1.2

Market Cap. Distribution

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. has about 59.3% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
UNALLOCATED	36.5
LARGE-CAP	31.7
MEGA-CAP	27.6
MID-CAP	2.6
SMALL-CAP	1.5

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 60.2% of the stocks held by MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	57.7
Others	39.8
RUSSELL 2000	2.5

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
PLTR	palantir technologies inc	99.5 %
TSLA	tesla inc	48.8 %
AXON	axon enterprise inc	48.8 %
DOCU	docusign inc	44.5 %
TPR	tapestry inc	39.1 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
PLTR	palantir technologies inc	2.4 M
AAPL	apple inc	1.4 M
DOCU	docusign inc	0.8 M
AXON	axon enterprise inc	0.6 M
KMI	kinder morgan inc del	0.5 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
ETR	entergy corp new	-43.2 %
REGN	regeneron pharmaceuticals	-32.2 %
IBRX	immunitybio inc	-31.2 %
NEM	newmont corp	-30.4 %
CVS	cvs health corp	-25.6 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
ADBE	adobe inc	-1.6 M
WGO	winnebago inds inc	-0.7 M
ABBV	abbvie inc	-0.5 M
DD	dupont de nemours inc	-0.5 M
QCOM	qualcomm inc	-0.4 M

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC.

MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. has 213 stocks in it's portfolio. About 28.1% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. ADBE proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. PLTR was the most profitable stock for MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. last quarter.

Last Reported on: 12 Feb, 2025

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAPL	apple inc	5.73	76,662	19,197,600	added	26.59

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.34	19,438	1,134,210	added	357

AAXJ	ishares tr	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

ABBV	abbvie inc	1.43	26,894	4,779,060	reduced	-3.38

ABT	abbott labs	0.10	3,017	341,253	added	38.2

ACWV	ishares inc	0.10	10,728	341,365	reduced	-31.28

ADBE	adobe inc	2.91	21,912	9,743,830	reduced	-1.16

ADP	automatic data processing in	0.30	3,488	1,021,040	unchanged	0.00

AEP	american elec pwr co inc	0.49	17,740	1,636,160	added	62.53

AFK	vaneck etf trust	0.13	12,450	422,180	added	107

AFTY	pacer fds tr	0.21	13,200	705,408	new

AGZD	wisdomtree tr	0.07	7,000	240,450	new

AIB	midcap financial invstmnt co	0.22	54,445	734,463	reduced	-22.79

AIG	american intl group inc	0.07	3,159	229,975	unchanged	0.00

ALLY	ally finl inc	0.20	18,600	669,786	reduced	-19.83

AMD	advanced micro devices inc	0.07	1,905	230,105	added	7.38

AMGN	amgen inc	0.53	6,767	1,763,750	unchanged	0.00

AMPS	ishares tr	0.09	3,284	291,586	unchanged	0.00

AMZN	amazon com inc	0.27	4,131	906,300	unchanged	0.00

ARCB	arcbest corp	0.42	15,235	1,421,730	unchanged	0.00