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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
+5.85%
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
$18.3B
AUM Growth
+$1.88B
Cap. Flow
+$1.05B
Cap. Flow %
5.71%
Top 10 Hldgs %
34.8%
Holding
88
New
5
Increased
50
Reduced
11
Closed
3

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FTV icon
Fortive
FTV
+$273M
2
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$272M
3
GILD icon
Gilead Sciences
GILD
+$189M
4
DIS icon
Walt Disney
DIS
+$169M
5
CVS icon
CVS Health
CVS
+$166M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
PRGO icon
Perrigo
PRGO
+$417M
2
STR
QUESTAR CORP
STR
+$359M
3
AMAT icon
Applied Materials
AMAT
+$243M
4
DE icon
Deere & Co
DE
+$169M
5
DHR icon
Danaher
DHR
+$96M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 20.63%
2 Healthcare 18.06%
3 Industrials 16.41%
4 Financials 13.55%
5 Consumer Staples 8.78%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
MDU icon
26
MDU Resources
MDU
$4.16B
$349M 1.9%
36,033,148
+1,774,877
+5% +$16.2M
WM icon
27
Waste Management
WM
$87.7B
$345M 1.88%
5,411,100
+348,405
+7% +$22.8M
NVS icon
28
Novartis
NVS
$292B
$338M 1.84%
4,774,254
+888,458
+23% +$64.7M
PG icon
29
Procter & Gamble
PG
$334B
$329M 1.8%
3,666,319
+260,131
+8% +$22.6M
PDCO
30
DELISTED
Patterson Companies, Inc.
PDCO
$325M 1.78%
7,077,566
+21,592
+0.3% +$1.02M
MA icon
31
Mastercard
MA
$521B
$324M 1.77%
3,188,051
+223,043
+8% +$21.4M
GOOGL icon
32
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.25T
$314M 1.72%
7,812,960
+249,440
+3% +$9.76M
FTV icon
33
Fortive
FTV
$18B
$274M 1.49%
+8,520,958
New +$273M
MKC icon
34
McCormick & Company Non-Voting
MKC
$14.9B
$213M 1.16%
4,254,468
+502,910
+13% +$25.5M
CMP icon
35
Compass Minerals
CMP
$1.04B
$205M 1.12%
2,776,676
+261,750
+10% +$19M
WDFC icon
36
WD-40
WDFC
$2.91B
$148M 0.81%
1,319,796
+2,564
+0.2% +$300K
CIEN icon
37
Ciena
CIEN
$53.6B
$124M 0.68%
5,700,000
-300,000
-5% -$6.26M
WFM
38
DELISTED
Whole Foods Market Inc
WFM
$117M 0.64%
4,135,000
+835,000
+25% +$25.7M
KLAC icon
39
KLA
KLAC
$229B
$117M 0.64%
+16,794,150
New +$121M
QCOM icon
40
Qualcomm
QCOM
$175B
$115M 0.63%
1,682,000
IBM icon
41
IBM
IBM
$222B
$113M 0.62%
742,660
ADSK icon
42
Autodesk
ADSK
$54.9B
$107M 0.58%
1,475,000
-57,500
-4% -$3.62M
DE icon
43
Deere & Co
DE
$170B
$103M 0.56%
1,210,000
-2,068,348
-63% -$169M
PRGO icon
44
Perrigo
PRGO
$2.01B
$90M 0.49%
975,049
-4,523,838
-82% -$417M
EXPD icon
45
Expeditors International
EXPD
$24.8B
$86.7M 0.47%
1,683,000
+160,000
+11% +$8.1M
AXP icon
46
American Express
AXP
$225B
$76.8M 0.42%
1,200,000
-250,000
-17% -$16.1M
LRCX icon
47
Lam Research
LRCX
$380B
$71M 0.39%
7,500,000
COF icon
48
Capital One
COF
$132B
$61.1M 0.33%
850,000
CMI icon
49
Cummins
CMI
$77.7B
$51.3M 0.28%
400,000
+100,000
+33% +$12.1M
FHN icon
50
First Horizon
FHN
$11.7B
$48.7M 0.27%
3,200,000
+520,000
+19% +$7.7M

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Parnassus Investments's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2016, Parnassus Investments held 88 positions worth $18.3B, up 11% from $16.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 35% of the portfolio.

Parnassus Investments deployed $1.05B of net new capital in Q3 2016, opening 5 new positions and adding to 50 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Fortive: 8,520,958 shares worth $274M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 21% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Perrigo, an estimated $417M trimmed.

  • Parnassus Investments's largest Q3 2016 buy was Fortive: 8,520,958 shares worth $274M.
  • Parnassus Investments added most to Wells Fargo in Q3 2016, an estimated $272M increase.
  • Parnassus Investments's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was Perrigo, cutting an estimated $417M.
  • Parnassus Investments fully exited QUESTAR CORP in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $359M.
  • Parnassus Investments's ten largest holdings make up 35% of its $18.3B portfolio in Q3 2016.
  • Parnassus Investments opened 5 new positions and closed 3 in Q3 2016.
  • Parnassus Investments's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $18.3B.

Based on Parnassus Investments's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 10 Nov 2016.