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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
+6.63%
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
$26.4B
AUM Growth
+$1.06B
Cap. Flow
-$366M
Cap. Flow %
-1.39%
Top 10 Hldgs %
30.36%
Holding
101
New
14
Increased
27
Reduced
38
Closed
10

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FDX icon
FedEx
FDX
+$590M
2
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$558M
3
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$524M
4
CME icon
CME Group
CME
+$517M
5
DE icon
Deere & Co
DE
+$369M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MMM icon
3M
MMM
+$732M
2
UPS icon
United Parcel Service
UPS
+$527M
3
NOV icon
NOV
NOV
+$296M
4
CDNS icon
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
+$279M
5
SCHW
Charles Schwab
SCHW
+$275M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 24.15%
2 Healthcare 15.49%
3 Industrials 13.84%
4 Financials 12.53%
5 Consumer Staples 11.35%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
MSFT icon
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.78T
$1.18B 4.47%
8,818,322
+4,126,121
+88% +$524M
DIS icon
2
Walt Disney
DIS
$186B
$968M 3.66%
6,934,027
-175,138
-2% -$23.2M
LIN icon
3
Linde
LIN
$225B
$783M 2.96%
3,898,611
-1,097,262
-22% -$205M
AXP icon
4
American Express
AXP
$226B
$754M 2.85%
6,108,538
-721,013
-11% -$84.7M
CERN
5
DELISTED
Cerner Corp
CERN
$748M 2.83%
10,200,957
-1,160,365
-10% -$78.3M
HOLX
6
DELISTED
Hologic
HOLX
$746M 2.82%
15,525,782
-114,613
-0.7% -$5.3M
CDNS icon
7
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS
$94B
$724M 2.74%
10,218,901
-4,166,481
-29% -$279M
MA icon
8
Mastercard
MA
$522B
$713M 2.7%
2,694,878
-490,522
-15% -$123M
CLX icon
9
Clorox
CLX
$12.6B
$710M 2.69%
4,634,090
+128,886
+3% +$19.7M
VRSK icon
10
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$24.9B
$695M 2.63%
4,747,299
-41,288
-0.9% -$5.82M
MSI icon
11
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$80.2B
$690M 2.61%
4,136,173
+16,391
+0.4% +$2.47M
DHR icon
12
Danaher
DHR
$152B
$674M 2.55%
5,322,412
-94,127
-2% -$11.1M
SNPS icon
13
Synopsys
SNPS
$85.7B
$670M 2.54%
5,209,868
-1,513,796
-23% -$182M
WM icon
14
Waste Management
WM
$87.5B
$631M 2.39%
5,469,366
-407,365
-7% -$44.2M
VFC icon
15
VF Corp
VFC
$5.41B
$623M 2.36%
7,134,648
-542,719
-7% -$46.8M
GILD icon
16
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$182B
$604M 2.29%
8,945,837
-4,128,718
-32% -$272M
SYY icon
17
Sysco
SYY
$39.4B
$601M 2.27%
8,494,634
-257,959
-3% -$18.4M
COST icon
18
Costco
COST
$420B
$592M 2.24%
+2,239,781
New +$558M
FDX icon
19
FedEx
FDX
$78.7B
$575M 2.17%
3,499,875
+3,370,929
+2,614% +$590M
NVDA icon
20
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.43T
$554M 2.1%
134,989,040
+11,739,000
+10% +$48.6M
CME icon
21
CME Group
CME
$101B
$544M 2.06%
+2,804,040
New +$517M
XYL icon
22
Xylem
XYL
$26B
$536M 2.03%
6,407,410
+133,286
+2% +$10.6M
PG icon
23
Procter & Gamble
PG
$334B
$489M 1.85%
4,463,509
+795,789
+22% +$84.8M
PPG icon
24
PPG Industries
PPG
$25.3B
$488M 1.85%
4,184,541
+67,167
+2% +$7.66M
GOOGL icon
25
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.2T
$462M 1.75%
8,529,620
-1,328,780
-13% -$76.9M

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Parnassus Investments's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2019, Parnassus Investments held 101 positions worth $26.4B, up 4.2% from $25.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 30% of the portfolio.

Parnassus Investments's Q2 2019 filing shows 14 new, 27 increased, 38 reduced and 10 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Costco: 2,239,781 shares worth $592M. The largest sale was 3M, an estimated $732M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 24% of assets, up from 22% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Industrials.

  • Parnassus Investments's largest Q2 2019 buy was Costco: 2,239,781 shares worth $592M.
  • Parnassus Investments added most to FedEx in Q2 2019, an estimated $590M increase.
  • Parnassus Investments's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was Cadence Design Systems, cutting an estimated $279M.
  • Parnassus Investments fully exited 3M in Q2 2019, selling an estimated $732M.
  • Parnassus Investments's ten largest holdings make up 30% of its $26.4B portfolio in Q2 2019.
  • Parnassus Investments opened 14 new positions and closed 10 in Q2 2019.
  • Parnassus Investments's portfolio value rose 4.2% quarter-over-quarter to $26.4B.

Based on Parnassus Investments's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 8 Aug 2019.