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 |
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGSB
|
+$52.7M |
| 2 |
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF
PFF
|
+$42M |
| 3 |
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
SHY
|
+$35.1M |
| 4 |
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond Index ETF
SPIB
|
+$31.7M |
| 5 |
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
|
+$27.7M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
IWF
|
+$12M |
| 2 |
Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ
|
+$8.63M |
| 3 |
Merck
MRK
|
+$5.93M |
| 4 |
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
IWD
|
+$4.9M |
| 5 |
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF
RSPT
|
+$4.01M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous | 44.07% |
| 2 | Financials | 8.49% |
| 3 | Technology | 6.82% |
| 4 | Consumer Staples | 6.61% |
| 5 | Energy | 6.38% |
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Stephens Inc's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2018, Stephens Inc held 902 positions worth $3.31B, up 23% from $2.68B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 19% of the portfolio.
Stephens Inc deployed $558M of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 216 new positions and adding to 311 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF: 1,017,592 shares worth $52.8M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 44% of assets, up from 35% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, an estimated $12M trimmed.
- Stephens Inc's largest Q2 2018 buy was iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF: 1,017,592 shares worth $52.8M.
- Stephens Inc added most to iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF in Q2 2018, an estimated $16.9M increase.
- Stephens Inc's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, cutting an estimated $12M.
- Stephens Inc fully exited Invesco QQQ Trust in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $8.63M.
- Stephens Inc's ten largest holdings make up 19% of its $3.31B portfolio in Q2 2018.
- Stephens Inc opened 216 new positions and closed 41 in Q2 2018.
- Stephens Inc's portfolio value rose 23% quarter-over-quarter to $3.31B.
Based on Stephens Inc's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 10 Aug 2018.