Latest Willis Investment Counsel Stock Portfolio

Willis Investment Counsel Performance:

2024 Q3: 6.71%YTD: 10.49%2023: 6.52%

Performance for 2024 Q3 is 6.71%, and YTD is 10.49%, and 2023 is 6.52%.

About Willis Investment Counsel and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

Willis Investment Counsel is a hedge fund based in GAINESVILLE, GA. On 12-Sep-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $3.4 Billions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, Willis Investment Counsel reported an equity portfolio of $1.5 Billions as of 30 Sep, 2024.

The top stock holdings of Willis Investment Counsel are TXN, JNJ, LMT. The fund has invested 3.4% of it's portfolio in TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC and 3.2% of portfolio in JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.

The fund managers got completely rid off CYTODYN INC (CYDY) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in INTEL CORP (INTC), EVERTEC, INC (EVTC) and JP MORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM). Willis Investment Counsel opened new stock positions in PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC (PAYC), CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP (COF) and QXO, INC (SSNT). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (NRC), EATON CORP (ETN) and WATERS CORP (WAT).

Willis Investment Counsel Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Willis Investment Counsel made a return of 6.71% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 18.58%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
paycom software inc	706,423
capital one financial corp	455,329
qxo, inc	236,550
ishares russell 2000 value etf	233,548
vanguard total stock market et	229,671
abbvie inc	225,325
summit therapeutics	219,000

New stocks bought by Willis Investment Counsel

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
national research corporation	61.81
eaton corp	43.51
waters corp	42.93
kenvue inc.	19.8
nvidia corp	19.6
generac	18.7
verisign inc	7.98
the toro company	7.27

Additions to existing portfolio by Willis Investment Counsel

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
intel corp	-63.8
evertec, inc	-26.74
jp morgan chase & co	-24.67
american express	-22.02
general dynamics corp	-20.97
google inc class a	-17.65
csg systems international, inc	-11.95
quest diagnostics, inc.	-11.89

Willis Investment Counsel reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
cytodyn inc	-1,812

Willis Investment Counsel got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Willis Investment Counsel has about 19.8% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

Sector	%
Technology	19.8
Industrials	18.5
Healthcare	11.5
Consumer Defensive	10.8
Financial Services	10.6
Consumer Cyclical	9.6
Others	7.5
Energy	4.9
Communication Services	4.7
Utilities	1.9

Market Cap. Distribution

Willis Investment Counsel has about 87.6% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	61.2
MEGA-CAP	26.4
UNALLOCATED	7.5
MID-CAP	4.5

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 90.4% of the stocks held by Willis Investment Counsel either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	89.1
Others	9.5
RUSSELL 2000	1.3

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
UI	ubiquiti inc.	49.9 %
FTDR	frontdoor inc	39.8 %
MMM	3m company	33.5 %
FTNT	fortinet, inc	28.4 %
IBM	intl business machines corp ib	27.7 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
LMT	lockheed martin corp	10.3 M
AFL	aflac inc	6.5 M
HD	home depot inc	5.9 M
ACN	accenture plc	5.7 M
CSCO	cisco systems inc	5.1 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
AAP	advance auto parts inc	-38.3 %
ATKR	atkore international group	-37.0 %
INTC	intel corp	-27.1 %
MEDP	medpace holdings, inc	-18.7 %
MUR	murphy oil corp	-18.1 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
INTC	intel corp	-6.9 M
AMAT	applied material inc	-5.0 M
GOOG	google inc class a	-2.4 M
COP	conocophillips	-2.0 M
MRK	merck & company, inc	-1.9 M

Willis Investment Counsel Holdings Map

This heatmap illustrates the top 50 positions within the fund's portfolio.

Current Stock Holdings of Willis Investment Counsel

Willis Investment Counsel has 113 stocks in it's portfolio. About 29% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. INTC proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. LMT was the most profitable stock for Willis Investment Counsel last quarter.

Last Reported on: 11 Oct, 2024

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAP	advance auto parts inc	0.18	73,115	2,850,750	added	2.76

AAPL	apple computer	1.67	110,534	25,754,400	added	0.01

ABBV	abbvie inc	0.01	1,141	225,325	new

ACN	accenture plc	2.64	115,013	40,654,800	added	0.42

ADBE	adobe systems inc	0.54	15,903	8,234,260	added	2.69

ADP	automatic data proc	1.25	69,744	19,300,300	reduced	-0.05

AEP	american electric power co	1.04	155,600	15,964,600	reduced	-0.01

AFL	aflac inc	1.96	270,109	30,198,200	reduced	-8.93

AGZD	wisdomtree total div fund	0.03	5,341	409,540	unchanged	0.00

AMAT	applied material inc	1.94	147,384	29,778,900	added	0.54

AOS	ao smith corporation	1.19	203,952	18,321,000	added	0.25

ATKR	atkore international group	0.03	5,179	438,868	added	1.37

AXP	american express	0.93	52,622	14,271,100	reduced	-22.02

CAT	caterpillar inc del	1.85	72,835	28,487,200	added	0.59

CB	chubb ltd	2.73	145,943	42,088,500	added	0.57

CLX	clorox co del com	1.96	184,966	30,132,800	added	0.32

COF	capital one financial corp	0.03	3,041	455,329	new

COP	conocophillips	1.52	222,144	23,387,300	added	0.47

CSCO	cisco systems inc	3.08	890,204	47,376,700	added	0.38

CSGS	csg systems international, inc	0.05	15,608	759,329	reduced	-11.95