Grisanti Capital Management 13F annual report

Grisanti Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $163 million ran by Michael Pietzak. There are currently 46 companies in Mr. Pietzak’s portfolio. The largest investments include Facebook and AbbVie, together worth $24.4 million.

$163 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Grisanti Capital Management’s top holding is 76,525 shares of Facebook currently worth over $12.8 million and making up 7.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Facebook, Grisanti Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 153,099 shares of AbbVie worth $11.7 million, whose value grew 6.9% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Alphabet worth $11.3 million and the next is Amazon.com worth $10.1 million, with 5,166 shares owned.

Currently, Grisanti Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $163 million. 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 Grisanti Capital Management

The Grisanti Capital Management office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Pietzak serves as the chief operating officer at Grisanti Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Grisanti Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in The Home Depot and bought 19,530 shares worth $3.65 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. The Home Depot makes up 22.0% of the fund's Consumer Discretionary sector allocation and has grown its share price by 24.0% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Facebook by buying 12,470 additional shares. This makes their stake in Facebook total 76,525 shares worth $12.8 million. Facebook soared 50.7% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Grisanti Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Grisanti Capital Management closed its position in Disney Walt Co on 6th May 2020. It sold the previously owned 77,538 shares for $11.2 million. Michael Pietzak also disclosed a decreased stake in Alphabet by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $11.3 million and 9,730 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Grisanti Capital Management are Monument Capital Management and Packer & Co Ltd. They manage $163 million and $163 million respectively.


Michael Pietzak investment strategy

Grisanti Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 21.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 60.9% 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 57% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $298 billion.

The complete list of Grisanti Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 6th 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
Facebook, Inc.
19.47%
76,525
$12,764,000 7.84%
AbbVie, Inc.
20.26%
153,099
$11,665,000 7.17%
Alphabet, Inc.
1.49%
9,730
$11,306,000 6.95%
Disney Walt Co
Closed
77,538
$11,214,000
Amazon.com, Inc.
27.21%
5,166
$10,072,000 6.19%
Lamar Advertising Co.
Closed
99,388
$8,871,000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
19.39%
43,853
$8,018,000 4.93%
Comcast Corp New
152.43%
232,596
$7,997,000 4.91%
Visa, Inc.
95.52%
49,452
$7,968,000 4.90%
Becton Dickinson Co
8.68%
33,852
$7,778,000 4.78%
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
Closed
88,672
$7,628,000
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Closed
125,692
$7,350,000
Boston Scientific Corp.
13.86%
224,746
$7,333,000 4.51%
CME Group, Inc.
21.15%
42,138
$7,286,000 4.48%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
66.72%
21,275
$7,211,000 4.43%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
24.48%
71,481
$6,844,000 4.21%
Roku, Inc.
38.94%
71,753
$6,277,000 3.86%
The Boeing Co.
Closed
19,051
$6,206,000
Apple, Inc.
Closed
20,613
$6,053,000
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
91.77%
13,169
$6,051,000 3.72%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
14.77%
96,707
$5,752,000 3.53%
Booking Holdings, Inc.
Closed
2,649
$5,440,000
Adobe, Inc.
16.87%
17,041
$5,423,000 3.33%
Autodesk, Inc.
19.69%
29,976
$4,679,000 2.87%
The Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
19,530
$3,646,000 2.24%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Closed
10,597
$3,443,000
The Charles Schwab Corp.
Closed
71,302
$3,391,000
Dominos Pizza Inc
Opened
10,232
$3,316,000 2.04%
Enbridge, Inc.
Closed
78,945
$3,140,000
Johnson Johnson
18.68%
22,864
$2,998,000 1.84%
NIKE, Inc.
Opened
34,056
$2,818,000 1.73%
Stryker Corp.
Opened
16,035
$2,670,000 1.64%
Crown Castle Intl Corp New
1.16%
17,402
$2,513,000 1.54%
New Residential Invt Corp
Closed
137,587
$2,217,000
Jpmorgan Chase Co
2,518.57%
22,415
$2,018,000 1.24%
Avalara, Inc.
Closed
21,467
$1,572,000
Verizon Communications, Inc.
181.93%
27,178
$1,460,000 0.90%
Wal-mart Stores Inc
1.54%
11,366
$1,291,000 0.79%
PPL Corp.
22.27%
44,138
$1,089,000 0.67%
Chevron Corp.
Closed
8,154
$983,000
Merck Co Inc New
1.85%
11,132
$856,000 0.53%
Atrion Corp.
No change
1,080
$702,000 0.43%
The Coca-Cola Co.
No change
13,142
$582,000 0.36%
Union Pac Corp
11.66%
2,827
$399,000 0.25%
Philip Morris International, Inc.
No change
4,575
$334,000 0.21%
Cigna Corp.
23.58%
1,744
$309,000 0.19%
Pepsico Inc
22.80%
1,544
$185,000 0.11%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
11.14%
4,387
$167,000 0.10%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
3,300
$157,000 0.10%
Agnc Invt Corp
No change
14,590
$154,000 0.09%
Microsoft Corp.
No change
953
$150,000 0.09%
Wells Fargo Co
Opened
3,500
$100,000 0.06%
Abbott Labs
No change
990
$78,000 0.05%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
545
$74,000 0.05%
International Business Machs
No change
608
$67,000 0.04%
Brookfield Infrast Partners
No change
1,475
$53,000 0.03%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
1,528
$50,000 0.03%
PJT Partners, Inc.
18.78%
1,129
$49,000 0.03%
Raytheon Co
No change
355
$47,000 0.03%
No transactions found
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