Latest ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Stock Portfolio

$162Million– No. of Holdings #107

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Performance:

2024 Q2: 0.65%YTD: 8.46%2023: 20.34%

Performance for 2024 Q2 is 0.65%, and YTD is 8.46%, and 2023 is 20.34%.

About ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. is a hedge fund based in STAMFORD, CT. On 13-Feb-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $128.3 Millions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. reported an equity portfolio of $162.7 Millions as of 30 Jun, 2024.

The top stock holdings of ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. are NVDA, LLY, COST. The fund has invested 4.8% of it's portfolio in NVIDIA CORP and 4.6% of portfolio in ELI LILLY AND COMPANY.

The fund managers got completely rid off AUTODESK INC (ADSK), NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP (NOC) and VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED MKTS I (VEA) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in MCDONALDS CORP (MCD), AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC (ADP) and ISHARES CORE S&P 500 (AGG). ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. opened new stock positions in INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG), ORACLE CORP (ORCL) and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP (BSX). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to NOVO NORDISK A/S (NVO), MERCK & CO INC (MRK) and BONDBLOXX ETF TR BLOOMBERG SIX (XHYC).

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Equity Portfolio Value

Last Reported on: 22 Jul, 2024

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. made a return of 0.65% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 16.63%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
intuitive surgical inc	1,860,360
oracle corp	1,803,050
boston scientific corp	1,553,600
axon enterprise inc	1,321,730
jacobs solutions inc	579,796
american international group	529,672
d.r. horton inc	456,472
waste management inc	404,962

New stocks bought by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
novo nordisk a/s	88.64
merck & co inc	57.28
bondbloxx etf tr bloomberg six	38.26
chipotle mexican grill	29.73
salesforce inc	27.08
united rentals inc	17.31
quanta services inc	14.63
charles schwab (the) corporati	12.54

Additions to existing portfolio by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
mcdonalds corp	-55.95
automatic data processing inc	-37.62
ishares core s&p 500	-26.05
zoetis inc	-19.83
blackrock inc	-19.5
american twr corp-reit	-17.98
cisco systems inc	-17.44
pfizer inc	-17.28

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
vanguard ftse developed mkts i	-932,660
autodesk inc	-1,616,900
ishares core msci emerging mar	-295,152
coca-cola company	-205,871
ishares s&p mid-cap 400 growth	-292,000
spdr bloomberg barclays 1-3 mt	-286,416
arthur j gallagher & co	-762,386
northrop grumman corp	-1,295,640

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has about 23.9% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

Sector	%
Technology	23.9
Healthcare	17.2
Financial Services	14.5
Industrials	13.5
Communication Services	7.3
Consumer Cyclical	7.2
Consumer Defensive	6.3
Others	3.9
Energy	2.4
Utilities	1.6
Basic Materials	1.5

Market Cap. Distribution

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has about 95.5% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	51
MEGA-CAP	44.5
UNALLOCATED	3.9

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 95.5% of the stocks held by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	95.5
Others	3.9

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
NVDA	nvidia corp	31.2 %
AAPL	apple inc	22.7 %
ANET	arista networks inc	20.9 %
GOOG	alphabet inc	20.3 %
AVGO	broadcom inc	19.2 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
NVDA	nvidia corp	2.1 M
AAPL	apple inc	1.1 M
LLY	eli lilly and company	1.1 M
COST	costco wholesale corp	0.9 M
GOOG	alphabet inc	0.8 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
CMG	chipotle mexican grill	-91.8 %
INTC	intel corp	-29.9 %
ODFL	old dominion freight line inc	-19.4 %
NUE	nucor corp	-19.2 %
DIS	the walt disney co	-18.3 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
CMG	chipotle mexican grill	-5.1 M
ODFL	old dominion freight line inc	-0.7 M
INTC	intel corp	-0.4 M
NUE	nucor corp	-0.3 M
DIS	the walt disney co	-0.3 M

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has 107 stocks in it's portfolio. About 30.7% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. CMG proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. NVDA was the most profitable stock for ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. last quarter.

Last Reported on: 22 Jul, 2024

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAPL	apple inc	3.51	27,124	5,712,930	reduced	-1.12

ABBV	abbvie inc	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

ABT	abbott labs	0.64	10,001	1,039,160	reduced	-10.59

ADBE	adobe inc	1.80	5,277	2,931,820	reduced	-4.58

ADI	analog devices inc	1.85	13,198	3,012,570	added	6.08

ADP	automatic data processing inc	0.73	4,995	1,192,260	reduced	-37.62

ADSK	autodesk inc	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

AGG	ishares russell 1000 grw etf	0.68	3,047	1,110,660	reduced	-1.46

AGG	ishares core s&p 500	0.25	738	403,856	reduced	-26.05

AGG	ishares russell 2000 index etf	0.21	1,720	348,971	reduced	-0.35

AGG	ishares msci eafe etf	0.17	3,507	274,703	reduced	-0.43

AGG	ishares s&p mid-cap 400 growth	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

AIG	american international group	0.33	7,135	529,672	new

AJG	arthur j gallagher & co	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

AMAT	applied materials inc	1.34	9,269	2,187,280	added	12.52

AMGN	amgen inc	0.91	4,747	1,483,200	reduced	-15.8

AMP	ameriprise financial inc	0.14	533	227,692	reduced	-0.19

AMPS	ishares floating rate bd etf	0.29	9,209	470,488	unchanged	0.00

AMT	american twr corp-reit	0.71	5,930	1,152,670	reduced	-17.98

AMZN	amazon.com inc	2.11	17,746	3,429,410	reduced	-3.02