Stephens Inc Portfolio holdings
Stephens Inc. is a family-owned investment bank that Witt Stephens started in 1933 to trade Arkansas highway bonds, which were then selling for ten cents on the dollar. His brother Jack joined in 1946 and ran the firm as chief executive until 1986, when Jack's son Warren took over. Stephens handled the 1970 stock offering of Walmart, and later those of Tyson Foods and Alltel. The firm also does research, trading, wealth management, public finance, insurance and private capital work, and is privately held through its owner, SI Holdings.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Medtronic
MDT
|
+$8.1M |
| 2 |
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
|
+$6.56M |
| 3 |
Uniti Group
UNIT
|
+$5.45M |
| 4 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
|
+$4.47M |
| 5 |
Iron Mountain
IRM
|
+$3.26M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$12.1M |
| 2 |
Align Technology
ALGN
|
+$11.6M |
| 3 |
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
|
+$11.2M |
| 4 |
Sanofi
SNY
|
+$11M |
| 5 |
Salesforce
CRM
|
+$8.14M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous | 39.26% |
| 2 | Financials | 8.86% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 7.22% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 6.82% |
| 5 | Technology | 6.52% |
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Stephens Inc's Q3 2017 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2017, Stephens Inc held 949 positions worth $2.77B, down 5% from $2.91B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 27% of the portfolio.
Stephens Inc withdrew a net $223M in Q3 2017, closing 246 positions and reducing 295 holdings. Its most notable exit was Amazon, an estimated $12.1M position sold in full.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 39% of assets, up from 37% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.
Against the trend, Stephens Inc opened a new position in Medtronic worth $7.58M.
- Stephens Inc's largest Q3 2017 buy was Medtronic: 97,525 shares worth $7.58M.
- Stephens Inc added most to Honeywell in Q3 2017, an estimated $3.15M increase.
- Stephens Inc's biggest Q3 2017 reduction was McDonald's, cutting an estimated $6.49M.
- Stephens Inc fully exited Amazon in Q3 2017, selling an estimated $12.1M.
- Stephens Inc's ten largest holdings make up 27% of its $2.77B portfolio in Q3 2017.
- Stephens Inc opened 79 new positions and closed 246 in Q3 2017.
- Stephens Inc's portfolio value fell 5% quarter-over-quarter to $2.77B.
Based on Stephens Inc's 13F filing for Q3 2017, filed 8 Nov 2017.