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Parnassus Investments

Parnassus Investments Portfolio holdings

AUM $37.4B
1-Year Est. Return 35.42%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+0.76%
1 Year Est. Return
+35.42%
3 Year Est. Return
+106.24%
5 Year Est. Return
+128.96%
10 Year Est. Return
+492.3%
AUM
$10.4B
AUM Growth
+$552M
Cap. Flow
+$533M
Cap. Flow %
5.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
31.54%
Holding
119
New
4
Increased
51
Reduced
38
Closed
9

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
IRM icon
Iron Mountain
IRM
+$33.5M
2
ADSK icon
Autodesk
ADSK
+$33.3M
3
ITMN
INTERMUNE INC
ITMN
+$20.4M
4
WTI icon
W&T Offshore
WTI
+$18.4M
5
INTU icon
Intuit
INTU
+$17.9M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Industrials 19.06%
2 Technology 18.8%
3 Consumer Staples 13.91%
4 Healthcare 13.37%
5 Energy 10.17%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
NVS icon
26
Novartis
NVS
$291B
$194M 1.87%
2,546,358
+251,550
+11% +$18.3M
WM icon
27
Waste Management
WM
$87.8B
$192M 1.86%
4,569,331
-1,049
-0% -$44K
GILD icon
28
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$182B
$187M 1.81%
2,638,187
+24,256
+0.9% +$1.9M
EGN
29
DELISTED
Energen
EGN
$187M 1.8%
2,312,358
-656
-0% -$49.2K
TFX icon
30
Teleflex
TFX
$5.9B
$179M 1.72%
1,664,561
-534
-0% -$52.6K
MKC icon
31
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$14.8B
$175M 1.69%
4,875,196
+1,463,220
+43% +$49.3M
SE
32
DELISTED
Spectra Energy Corp Wi
SE
$173M 1.67%
4,694,717
-1,381
-0% -$50.1K
GOOG icon
33
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.2T
$168M 1.62%
6,042,685
-1,044
-0% -$30.4K
ACN icon
34
Accenture
ACN
$117B
$152M 1.47%
1,912,809
+891,050
+87% +$73.2M
UPS icon
35
United Parcel Service
UPS
$89.9B
$152M 1.46%
1,557,030
-484
-0% -$47.2K
TGT icon
36
Target
TGT
$74.3B
$146M 1.41%
2,409,127
+49,295
+2% +$2.92M
VRSK icon
37
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$24.9B
$124M 1.2%
2,069,295
+1,028,737
+99% +$65.1M
WTI icon
38
W&T Offshore
WTI
$534M
$107M 1.03%
6,176,087
-1,218,934
-16% -$18.4M
RVBD
39
DELISTED
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC COM
RVBD
$96.2M 0.93%
4,882,814
-47,284
-1% -$945K
GAS
40
DELISTED
AGL Resources Inc
GAS
$94.5M 0.91%
1,931,086
-285
-0% -$13.4K
NWN icon
41
Northwest Natural Holdings
NWN
$2.09B
$92.1M 0.89%
2,091,838
+85,000
+4% +$3.58M
WDFC icon
42
WD-40
WDFC
$2.91B
$88.7M 0.86%
1,143,818
-383
-0% -$27.9K
DDC
43
DELISTED
Dominion Diamond Corporation
DDC
$57.9M 0.56%
4,317,928
+799,533
+23% +$11.3M
IBM icon
44
IBM
IBM
$224B
$51M 0.49%
277,190
+94,140
+51% +$16.6M
CIEN icon
45
Ciena
CIEN
$55.2B
$50.7M 0.49%
2,231,631
-228,763
-9% -$5.38M
AL
46
DELISTED
Air Lease Corp
AL
$46.9M 0.45%
1,258,183
+12
+0% +$407
FNSR
47
DELISTED
Finisar Corp
FNSR
$42.1M 0.41%
1,587,278
-164,303
-9% -$3.94M
EZCH
48
DELISTED
EZCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED ORD SHS (IL)
EZCH
$39.7M 0.38%
1,565,457
-122,904
-7% -$3.15M
GNTX icon
49
Gentex
GNTX
$4.83B
$38.6M 0.37%
2,448,576
+48
+0% +$766
WOOF
50
DELISTED
VCA Inc.
WOOF
$37.1M 0.36%
1,152,497
+4,467
+0.4% +$144K

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Parnassus Investments's Q1 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2014, Parnassus Investments held 119 positions worth $10.4B, up 5.6% from $9.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 32% of the portfolio.

Parnassus Investments deployed $533M of net new capital in Q1 2014, opening 4 new positions and adding to 51 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Knowles: 618,599 shares worth $19.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Industrials at 19% of assets, down from 20% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Consumer Staples.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Iron Mountain, an estimated $33.5M trimmed.

  • Parnassus Investments's largest Q1 2014 buy was Knowles: 618,599 shares worth $19.5M.
  • Parnassus Investments added most to Praxair Inc in Q1 2014, an estimated $77.3M increase.
  • Parnassus Investments's biggest Q1 2014 reduction was Iron Mountain, cutting an estimated $33.5M.
  • Parnassus Investments fully exited Calgon Carbon Corp in Q1 2014, selling an estimated $16M.
  • Parnassus Investments's ten largest holdings make up 32% of its $10.4B portfolio in Q1 2014.
  • Parnassus Investments opened 4 new positions and closed 9 in Q1 2014.
  • Parnassus Investments's portfolio value rose 5.6% quarter-over-quarter to $10.4B.

Based on Parnassus Investments's 13F filing for Q1 2014, filed 30 Apr 2014.