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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
+4.87%
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
$21.4B
AUM Growth
+$1.18B
Cap. Flow
+$753M
Cap. Flow %
3.52%
Top 10 Hldgs %
35.9%
Holding
84
New
2
Increased
52
Reduced
18
Closed
2

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MCK icon
McKesson
MCK
+$474M
2
CLX icon
Clorox
CLX
+$429M
3
GILD icon
Gilead Sciences
GILD
+$320M
4
NVS icon
Novartis
NVS
+$287M
5
PX
Praxair Inc
PX
+$246M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
AMAT icon
Applied Materials
AMAT
+$486M
2
MU icon
Micron Technology
MU
+$463M
3
SCHW
Charles Schwab
SCHW
+$275M
4
FTV icon
Fortive
FTV
+$271M
5
SYY icon
Sysco
SYY
+$177M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Healthcare 23.98%
2 Technology 17.14%
3 Industrials 13.16%
4 Financials 12.46%
5 Consumer Staples 9.5%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
GILD icon
1
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$187B
$1.11B 5.18%
16,726,150
+4,556,901
+37% +$320M
INTC icon
2
Intel
INTC
$506B
$823M 3.84%
23,408,016
+5,230,557
+29% +$189M
AAPL icon
3
Apple
AAPL
$4.67T
$810M 3.78%
23,289,400
+5,804
+0% +$191K
AGN
4
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$767M 3.58%
3,292,855
+27,654
+0.8% +$6.44M
WFC icon
5
Wells Fargo
WFC
$272B
$749M 3.49%
13,828,969
-2,774,315
-17% -$157M
PX
6
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$738M 3.44%
6,401,228
+2,091,079
+49% +$246M
VFC icon
7
VF Corp
VFC
$5.29B
$724M 3.38%
14,316,011
+2,910,395
+26% +$144M
DHR icon
8
Danaher
DHR
$146B
$713M 3.33%
9,726,212
+1,289,625
+15% +$96M
DIS icon
9
Walt Disney
DIS
$182B
$638M 2.98%
5,823,364
+20,641
+0.4% +$2.27M
MCK icon
10
McKesson
MCK
$106B
$621M 2.9%
4,280,594
+3,236,594
+310% +$474M
MSI icon
11
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$77.5B
$614M 2.87%
7,319,437
+256,152
+4% +$20.9M
NVS icon
12
Novartis
NVS
$304B
$594M 2.77%
9,122,155
+4,306,233
+89% +$287M
NOV icon
13
NOV
NOV
$7.63B
$568M 2.65%
14,594,799
+26,995
+0.2% +$1.05M
SCHW
14
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$189B
$561M 2.62%
14,073,747
-6,665,940
-32% -$275M
PNR icon
15
Pentair
PNR
$9.61B
$552M 2.57%
13,457,978
+170,227
+1% +$6.8M
UPS icon
16
United Parcel Service
UPS
$87B
$493M 2.3%
4,749,069
+204,506
+5% +$22.3M
MDLZ icon
17
Mondelez International
MDLZ
$78.2B
$479M 2.23%
11,466,220
+1,020,219
+10% +$45.2M
CVS icon
18
CVS Health
CVS
$124B
$474M 2.21%
6,237,016
+175,695
+3% +$14M
GOOGL icon
19
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.14T
$450M 2.1%
10,994,080
+3,168,640
+40% +$133M
GOOG icon
20
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.1T
$446M 2.08%
10,981,220
-138,860
-1% -$5.7M
CLX icon
21
Clorox
CLX
$11.3B
$434M 2.03%
+3,314,774
New +$429M
VRSK icon
22
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$24.2B
$431M 2.01%
5,459,968
+303,701
+6% +$24.9M
IRM icon
23
Iron Mountain
IRM
$34.8B
$414M 1.93%
11,942,837
+441,458
+4% +$15.6M
MDU icon
24
MDU Resources
MDU
$4.12B
$389M 1.81%
38,472,206
+1,981,166
+5% +$20.7M
PYPL icon
25
PayPal
PYPL
$47B
$385M 1.8%
9,251,800
-2,641
-0% -$110K

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Parnassus Investments's Q1 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2017, Parnassus Investments held 84 positions worth $21.4B, up 5.8% from $20.3B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 36% of the portfolio.

Parnassus Investments deployed $753M of net new capital in Q1 2017, opening 2 new positions and adding to 52 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Clorox: 3,314,774 shares worth $434M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 24% of assets, up from 19% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Applied Materials, an estimated $486M trimmed.

  • Parnassus Investments's largest Q1 2017 buy was Clorox: 3,314,774 shares worth $434M.
  • Parnassus Investments added most to McKesson in Q1 2017, an estimated $474M increase.
  • Parnassus Investments's biggest Q1 2017 reduction was Applied Materials, cutting an estimated $486M.
  • Parnassus Investments fully exited Calgon Carbon Corp in Q1 2017, selling an estimated $21.4M.
  • Parnassus Investments's ten largest holdings make up 36% of its $21.4B portfolio in Q1 2017.
  • Parnassus Investments opened 2 new positions and closed 2 in Q1 2017.
  • Parnassus Investments's portfolio value rose 5.8% quarter-over-quarter to $21.4B.

Based on Parnassus Investments's 13F filing for Q1 2017, filed 1 May 2017.