Latest ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Stock Portfolio

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Performance:

2024 Q3: 3.5%YTD: 12.27%2023: 20.34%

Performance for 2024 Q3 is 3.5%, and YTD is 12.27%, and 2023 is 20.34%.

About ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. is a hedge fund based in STAMFORD, CT. On 13-Feb-2023, the fund reported that it had an AUM (Regulated Assets under Management) of $128.3 Millions. In it's latest 13F Holdings report, ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. reported an equity portfolio of $153.3 Millions as of 30 Sep, 2024.

The top stock holdings of ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. are AAPL, COST, NVDA. The fund has invested 3.7% of it's portfolio in APPLE INC and 3.6% of portfolio in COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP.

The fund managers got completely rid off BLACKROCK INC (BLK), INTEL CORP (INTC) and CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in BONDBLOXX BLOOMBERG ETF (XHYC), NVIDIA CORP (NVDA) and TJX COMPANIES (TJX). ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. opened new stock positions in BLACKROCK INC, TARGA RESOURCES CORP (TRGP) and DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC (DELL). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to CINTAS CORPORATION (CTAS), MICROCHIP TECH INC (MCHP) and WELLS FARGO & CO (WFC).

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. made a return of 3.5% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 23.46%.

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
blackrock inc	3,115,330
targa resources corp	798,958
dell technologies inc	607,992
ishares tr 3-7 yr treas bd	601,852
international business machine	421,600
us treasury 3 month bill etf	303,192
royal caribbean cruise	239,436
t-mobile us inc	226,583

New stocks bought by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
cintas corporation	269
microchip tech inc	97.39
wells fargo & co	34.63
boston scientific corp	32.82
regeneron pharmaceuticals inc	18.7
oracle corp	16.58
schwab us dividend equity etf	8.04
waste management inc	7.48

Additions to existing portfolio by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
bondbloxx bloomberg etf	-47.56
nvidia corp	-39.3
tjx companies	-36.44
eli lilly and company	-36.25
air prods & chems inc	-33.95
nextera energy inc	-32.65
walmart inc	-31.62
emerson elec co	-30.56

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
intel corp	-743,590
fastenal co	-446,246
conocophillips	-619,701
blackrock inc	-2,697,590

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has about 22.9% of it's holdings in Technology sector.

Sector	%
Technology	22.9
Healthcare	16.1
Industrials	14.8
Financial Services	13.6
Communication Services	7.2
Consumer Cyclical	7.1
Others	6.5
Consumer Defensive	6
Energy	2.5
Utilities	1.6
Basic Materials	1.2

Market Cap. Distribution

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has about 92.9% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
LARGE-CAP	50.2
MEGA-CAP	42.7
UNALLOCATED	6.5

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 92.5% of the stocks held by ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
S&P 500	92.5
Others	6.9

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
AXON	axon enterprise inc	35.5 %
DHI	d.r. horton inc	34.8 %
HCA	hca healthcare inc	25.8 %
URI	united rentals inc	25.1 %
LMT	lockheed martin corp	25.0 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
AAPL	apple inc	0.6 M
TT	trane technologies plc	0.6 M
URI	united rentals inc	0.5 M
AXON	axon enterprise inc	0.5 M
META	meta platforms inc	0.4 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
CTAS	cintas corporation	-72.2 %
AVGO	broadcom inc	-16.4 %
MCK	mckesson corp	-15.2 %
AMAT	applied materials inc	-14.4 %
SCHW	schwab charles corporation	-12.1 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
CTAS	cintas corporation	-1.9 M
GOOG	alphabet inc	-0.4 M
MCK	mckesson corp	-0.4 M
AVGO	broadcom inc	-0.4 M
AMAT	applied materials inc	-0.3 M

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. Holdings Map

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

Current Stock Holdings of ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.

ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. has 111 stocks in it's portfolio. About 27.9% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. CTAS proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. AAPL was the most profitable stock for ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC. last quarter.

Last Reported on: 21 Oct, 2024

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
AAPL	apple inc	3.73	24,518	5,712,580	reduced	-9.61

AAXJ	ishares tr 3-7 yr treas bd	0.39	5,032	601,852	new

ABT	abbott labs	0.61	8,156	929,847	reduced	-18.45

ADBE	adobe inc	1.61	4,760	2,464,730	reduced	-9.8

ADI	analog devices inc	1.94	12,942	2,978,800	reduced	-1.94

ADP	automatic data processing inc	0.67	3,704	1,025,010	reduced	-25.85

AIG	american international group	0.32	6,771	495,840	reduced	-5.1

AMAT	applied materials inc	1.21	9,160	1,850,860	reduced	-1.18

AMGN	amgen inc	0.80	3,826	1,232,780	reduced	-19.4

AMP	ameriprise financial inc	0.17	568	266,852	added	6.57

AMPS	ishares floating rate bd etf	0.32	9,607	490,341	added	4.32

AMT	american twr corp-reit	0.67	4,425	1,029,080	reduced	-25.38

AMZN	amazon.com inc	2.31	19,020	3,544,070	added	7.18

ANET	arista networks inc	0.27	1,096	420,667	added	6.2

APD	air prods & chems inc	0.66	3,375	1,004,870	reduced	-33.95

AVGO	broadcom inc	1.20	10,661	1,839,020	reduced	-24.5

AXON	axon enterprise inc	1.18	4,543	1,815,540	added	1.14

AXP	american express co	1.27	7,156	1,940,710	reduced	-19.44

BDX	becton dickinson & co	0.54	3,460	834,206	reduced	-14.78

BIV	vanguard short-term bd etf	0.36	7,013	551,853	reduced	-5.78