Ns Partners Ltd 13F annual report

Ns Partners Ltd is an investment fund managing more than $2.21 trillion ran by Anna Kirk. There are currently 74 companies in Mrs. Kirk’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and NVIDIA Corp, together worth $422 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$2.21 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 1st August 2024, Ns Partners Ltd’s top holding is 522,654 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $234 billion and making up 10.6% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Ns Partners Ltd owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 1,521,464 shares of NVIDIA Corp worth $188 billion, whose value fell 85.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet Inc worth $125 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $120 billion, with 568,943 shares owned.

Currently, Ns Partners Ltd's portfolio is worth at least $2.21 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Ns Partners Ltd

The Ns Partners Ltd office and employees reside in London, United Kingdom. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Anna Kirk serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Ns Partners Ltd.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Ns Partners Ltd revealed that it had opened a new position in ServiceNow Inc and bought 17,072 shares worth $13.4 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. ServiceNow Inc makes up 1.7% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 40.4% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 1,357,652 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 1,521,464 shares worth $188 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped 77.9% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Ns Partners Ltd is getting rid of from its portfolio. Ns Partners Ltd closed its position in HDFC Bank on 8th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 122,825 shares for $6.87 billion. Anna Kirk also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $234 billion and 522,654 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Ns Partners Ltd are Saratoga Research & Investment Management and Pallas Capital Advisors. They manage $2.2 trillion and $2.21 trillion respectively.


Anna Kirk investment strategy

Ns Partners Ltd’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 36.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 66.2% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 70% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.4% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $208 billion.

The complete list of Ns Partners Ltd trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 8th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Microsoft Corporation
0.33%
522,654
$233,600,205,000 10.59%
NVIDIA Corp
828.79%
1,521,464
$187,961,663,000 8.52%
Alphabet Inc
0.98%
679,797
$124,688,366,000 5.65%
Apple Inc
0.49%
568,943
$119,830,775,000 5.43%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.28%
452,879
$87,518,867,000 3.97%
Meta Platforms Inc
0.34%
162,582
$81,977,096,000 3.72%
Intuit Inc
4.15%
99,485
$65,382,537,000 2.97%
Mastercard Incorporated
1.39%
110,193
$48,612,744,000 2.20%
Trip.com Group Ltd
4.08%
1,012,000
$47,564,000,000 2.16%
Visa Inc
0.84%
173,711
$45,593,926,000 2.07%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
1.66%
80,336
$40,911,911,000 1.86%
Adobe Inc
26.95%
68,450
$38,026,713,000 1.72%
Stryker Corp.
8.98%
111,578
$37,964,415,000 1.72%
S&P Global Inc
0.48%
83,807
$37,377,922,000 1.70%
Marriott Intl Inc New
6.31%
150,799
$36,458,674,000 1.65%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.09%
175,372
$35,470,741,000 1.61%
MSCI Inc
0.31%
73,215
$35,271,326,000 1.60%
T-Mobile US Inc
2.89%
198,349
$34,945,127,000 1.58%
NextEra Energy Inc
0.68%
478,267
$33,866,086,000 1.54%
Petroleo Brasileiro Sa Petro
4.50%
2,295,858
$33,266,982,000 1.51%
Verisk Analytics Inc
0.12%
121,140
$32,653,287,000 1.48%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
0.44%
71,886
$31,978,487,000 1.45%
Moodys Corp
1.31%
75,351
$31,717,496,000 1.44%
Mcdonalds Corp
5.88%
122,122
$31,121,570,000 1.41%
Coca-Cola Co
2.49%
485,142
$30,879,288,000 1.40%
Zoetis Inc
26.05%
162,971
$28,252,653,000 1.28%
Boston Scientific Corp.
0.47%
359,551
$27,689,023,000 1.26%
Salesforce Inc
0.58%
99,282
$25,525,402,000 1.16%
Itau Unibanco Hldg S A
3.43%
4,067,553
$23,754,510,000 1.08%
Yum Brands Inc.
7.98%
176,573
$23,388,860,000 1.06%
Equinix Inc
0.59%
30,651
$23,190,547,000 1.05%
Pepsico Inc
2.12%
140,415
$23,158,646,000 1.05%
Equifax, Inc.
0.58%
92,916
$22,528,413,000 1.02%
Booking Holdings Inc
0.35%
5,372
$21,281,178,000 0.97%
Automatic Data Processing In
0.31%
89,030
$21,250,571,000 0.96%
Honeywell International Inc
0.21%
90,462
$19,317,255,000 0.88%
Verisign Inc.
0.65%
106,232
$18,888,050,000 0.86%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
0.37%
204,471
$18,886,986,000 0.86%
Bank America Corp
0.04%
472,523
$18,792,240,000 0.85%
Idexx Labs Inc
0.40%
38,549
$18,781,073,000 0.85%
McCormick & Co., Inc.
1.72%
259,511
$18,409,710,000 0.83%
Nike, Inc.
15.50%
233,650
$17,610,201,000 0.80%
Monster Beverage Corp.
0.35%
346,707
$17,318,015,000 0.79%
Starbucks Corp.
0.77%
213,961
$16,656,864,000 0.76%
Autodesk Inc.
21.58%
66,921
$16,559,601,000 0.75%
Becton Dickinson & Co.
0.88%
69,113
$16,152,399,000 0.73%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
2.50%
34,330
$16,035,543,000 0.73%
Crown Castle Inc
0.89%
153,839
$15,030,070,000 0.68%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
0.63%
33,084
$14,422,970,000 0.65%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
0.58%
134,946
$14,358,254,000 0.65%
ServiceNow Inc
Opened
17,072
$13,430,030,000 0.61%
Costar Group, Inc.
0.39%
178,581
$13,239,995,000 0.60%
Veeva Sys Inc
0.21%
68,643
$12,562,355,000 0.57%
Johnson & Johnson
4.47%
85,348
$12,474,464,000 0.57%
TransUnion
0.25%
144,960
$10,750,234,000 0.49%
PayPal Holdings Inc
0.59%
169,743
$9,850,186,000 0.45%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
33.31%
54,650
$9,498,717,000 0.43%
Philip Morris International Inc
1.33%
89,778
$9,097,205,000 0.41%
Kenvue Inc
5.66%
499,835
$9,087,000,000 0.41%
Allegion plc
0.36%
76,662
$9,057,615,000 0.41%
Banco Santander Chile New
15.49%
413,603
$7,788,144,000 0.35%
Constellation Brands, Inc.
1.13%
28,038
$7,213,617,000 0.33%
HDFC Bank Ltd.
Closed
122,825
$6,874,515,000
Masimo Corp
0.40%
42,051
$5,295,903,000 0.24%
Medtronic Plc
Closed
45,856
$3,996,350,000
Illumina Inc
0.41%
36,203
$3,778,869,000 0.17%
Ishares Tr
Closed
63,150
$2,594,202,000
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
34,700
$2,498,400,000 0.11%
Banco Bradesco S.A.
64.14%
1,014,490
$2,272,458,000 0.10%
Vale S.A.
No change
104,700
$1,169,499,000 0.05%
Ishares Tr
No change
25,300
$1,027,686,000 0.05%
Home Depot, Inc.
2.40%
2,557
$880,222,000 0.04%
Ryanair Holdings Plc
No change
5,710
$664,872,000 0.03%
KE Holdings Inc.
97.03%
40,800
$577,320,000 0.03%
Icici Bank Limited
Opened
19,500
$561,795,000 0.03%
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De
15.14%
11,132
$453,629,000 0.02%
Yandex N V
No change
33,418
$0 0.00%
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