Latest Aurora Investment Counsel Stock Portfolio

Aurora Investment Counsel Performance:

2024 Q3: 5.94%YTD: 13.81%2023: 4.32%

Performance for 2024 Q3 is 5.94%, and YTD is 13.81%, and 2023 is 4.32%.

About Aurora Investment Counsel and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

Aurora Investment Counsel is a hedge fund based in ATLANTA, GA. On 17-Mar-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $190.5 Millions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, Aurora Investment Counsel reported an equity portfolio of $184.8 Millions as of 30 Sep, 2024.

The top stock holdings of Aurora Investment Counsel are BKNG, ZTO, LAMR. The fund has invested 1.8% of it's portfolio in BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. and 1.7% of portfolio in ZTO EXPRESS (CAYMAN) INC.

The fund managers got completely rid off YETI HOLDINGS, INC. (YETI), HENRY SCHEIN, INC. (HSIC) and WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY (WY) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in NISOURCE INC. (NI), UNITIL CORPORATION (UTL) and HERSHEY COMPANY (HSY). Aurora Investment Counsel opened new stock positions in ULTA BEAUTY, INC. (ULTA), MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP. (MNST) and ODDITY TECH LTD.. The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION (WRB), CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. (GTLS) and APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC. (APLE).

Aurora Investment Counsel Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that Aurora Investment Counsel made a return of 5.94% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 15.32%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
ulta beauty, inc.	2,566,250
monster beverage corp.	2,092,120
oddity tech ltd.	2,055,870
stride, inc.	2,018,860
dorman products, inc.	1,904,380
gibraltar industries, inc.	1,709,860
interactive brokers group, inc	1,692,670
f5, inc.	1,666,030

New stocks bought by Aurora Investment Counsel

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
w. r. berkley corporation	33.04
chart industries, inc.	22.22
apple hospitality reit, inc.	20.23
dropbox, inc.	18.05
paycom software, inc.	12.82
charles schwab corp.	10.21
qualcomm incorporated	9.34
allegro microsystems, inc.	8.57

Additions to existing portfolio by Aurora Investment Counsel

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
nisource inc.	-86.04
unitil corporation	-83.97
hershey company	-77.34
oge energy corp.	-72.82
interpublic group of companies	-70.85
wec energy group, inc.	-66.1
mdu resources group, inc.	-60.43
goldman sachs group, inc.	-51.8

Aurora Investment Counsel reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
weyerhaeuser company	-1,056,620
yeti holdings, inc.	-1,351,500
henry schein, inc.	-1,260,910
chemours company	-298,172
idacorp, inc.	-788,887
acuity brands, inc.	-747,740
ies holdings, inc.	-399,459
crown holdings, inc.	-200,853

Aurora Investment Counsel got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

Aurora Investment Counsel has about 17.2% of it's holdings in Others sector.

Sector	%
Others	17.2
Industrials	15.5
Technology	11.1
Financial Services	9.8
Consumer Cyclical	9.3
Consumer Defensive	8.7
Healthcare	8.3
Real Estate	5.8
Energy	5.8
Basic Materials	3.8
Communication Services	3.6

Market Cap. Distribution

Aurora Investment Counsel has about 47.1% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	47.1
MID-CAP	32.2
UNALLOCATED	16.4
SMALL-CAP	4.3

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 65.3% of the stocks held by Aurora Investment Counsel either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	42.4
Others	34.7
RUSSELL 2000	22.9

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
MP	mp materials corp.	38.2 %
LNTH	lantheus holdings, inc.	35.1 %
PYPL	paypal holdings, inc.	32.8 %
PNR	pentair plc	26.3 %
MTCH	match group, inc.	24.5 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
LNTH	lantheus holdings, inc.	0.9 M
CARR	carrier global corporation	0.6 M
MTCH	match group, inc.	0.5 M
AMPH	amphastar pharmaceuticals, inc	0.5 M
FOX	fox corporation - class b	0.4 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
PGNY	progyny, inc.	-28.6 %
WRB	w. r. berkley corporation	-22.6 %
OEC	orion s.a.	-18.8 %
ALGM	allegro microsystems, inc.	-16.5 %
NBIX	neurocrine biosciences, inc.	-16.3 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
WRB	w. r. berkley corporation	-0.6 M
PGNY	progyny, inc.	-0.5 M
OEC	orion s.a.	-0.4 M
QCOM	qualcomm incorporated	-0.4 M
ALGM	allegro microsystems, inc.	-0.3 M

Aurora Investment Counsel Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of Aurora Investment Counsel

Aurora Investment Counsel has 113 stocks in it's portfolio. About 15.6% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. WRB proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. LNTH was the most profitable stock for Aurora Investment Counsel last quarter.

Last Reported on: 08 Nov, 2024

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
ABC	cencora, inc.	0.82	6,726	1,513,890	reduced	-1.61

ACGL	arch capital group	0.50	8,185	915,738	reduced	-43.44

ALG	alamo group inc.	0.56	5,742	1,034,310	added	1.5

ALGM	allegro microsystems, inc.	0.77	60,806	1,416,780	added	8.57

AMPH	amphastar pharmaceuticals, inc	1.44	54,698	2,654,490	added	0.43

APLE	apple hospitality reit, inc.	0.73	91,140	1,353,430	added	20.23

AYI	acuity brands, inc.	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

BATRA	atlanta braves holdings, inc.	1.04	45,754	1,928,530	added	0.07

BKNG	booking holdings inc.	1.75	770	3,243,330	unchanged	0.00

BLMN	bloomin' brands, inc.	0.19	21,228	350,899	added	1.98

BRC	brady corp.	1.33	32,135	2,462,500	added	0.85

CARR	carrier global corporation	1.34	30,828	2,481,350	reduced	-24.06

CC	chemours company	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

CCK	crown holdings, inc.	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

CF	cf industries holdings, inc.	1.00	21,645	1,857,140	added	0.39

CHK	expand energy corp.	0.52	11,710	963,148	unchanged	0.00

CHX	championx corporation	0.93	57,090	1,721,260	added	0.52

CINF	cincinnati financial corp.	0.98	13,316	1,812,570	reduced	-3.83

CME	cme group inc.	1.52	12,733	2,809,540	unchanged	0.00

CMI	cummins inc.	1.04	5,934	1,921,370	reduced	-7.32