Prairie Sky 13F annual report

Prairie Sky is an investment fund managing more than $161 billion ran by Brent Nicks. There are currently 75 companies in Mr. Nicks’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Spdr Portfolio, together worth $41.3 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$161 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 15th July 2024, Prairie Sky’s top holding is 111,869 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $23.6 billion and making up 14.6% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Prairie Sky owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 304,966 shares of Spdr Portfolio worth $17.7 billion. The third-largest holding is Abbvie Inc worth $13.3 billion and the next is Vanguard Total worth $11.9 billion, with 44,492 shares owned.

Currently, Prairie Sky's portfolio is worth at least $161 billion. 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 Prairie Sky

The Prairie Sky office and employees reside in Westchester, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Brent Nicks serves as the CCO at Prairie Sky.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Prairie Sky revealed that it had opened a new position in Invesco Qqq and bought 636 shares worth $305 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying 163 additional shares. This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 111,869 shares worth $23.6 billion. Apple Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Prairie Sky is getting rid of from its portfolio. Prairie Sky closed its position in Philip Morris International Inc on 22nd July 2024. It sold the previously owned 4,172 shares for $392 million. Brent Nicks also disclosed a decreased stake in Spdr Portfolio by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $17.7 billion and 304,966 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Prairie Sky are Woodward Diversified Capital and Ccg Wealth Management. They manage $161 billion and $161 billion respectively.


Brent Nicks investment strategy

Prairie Sky’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 21.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 57.3% 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 63% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.3% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $241 billion.

The complete list of Prairie Sky trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 22nd 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
Apple Inc
0.15%
111,869
$23,561,807,000 14.63%
Spdr Portfolio
4.08%
304,966
$17,723,304,000 11.01%
Abbvie Inc
3.24%
77,359
$13,268,688,000 8.24%
Vanguard Total
1.67%
44,492
$11,902,189,000 7.39%
Amazon.com Inc.
5.68%
48,185
$9,311,751,000 5.78%
Invesco S&p
6.98%
52,268
$8,586,614,000 5.33%
Eli Lilly
0.13%
8,760
$7,930,709,000 4.93%
Abbott Laboratories
5.16%
74,892
$7,782,062,000 4.83%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
4.38%
1,989
$8,151,137,000 5.06%
Microsoft Corporation
5.87%
15,801
$7,062,043,000 4.39%
Alphabet Inc
0.57%
32,782
$6,009,845,000 3.73%
Pacer Us
4.60%
71,160
$3,877,518,000 2.41%
Spdr Bloomberg
5.00%
35,101
$3,221,596,000 2.00%
Pacer U S
16.34%
72,624
$3,163,519,000 1.96%
Spdr S&p
4.65%
3,106
$1,690,154,000 1.05%
Waste Management, Inc.
5.54%
6,962
$1,485,303,000 0.92%
Merck & Co Inc
1.19%
11,456
$1,418,258,000 0.88%
Jpmorgan Chase
0.75%
6,775
$1,370,410,000 0.85%
American Express Co.
No change
4,181
$968,157,000 0.60%
Pepsico Inc
0.24%
5,785
$954,081,000 0.59%
Wec Energy
No change
11,736
$920,814,000 0.57%
NVIDIA Corp
1,013.92%
7,040
$869,719,000 0.54%
Netflix Inc.
No change
1,220
$823,354,000 0.51%
Conocophillips
No change
6,920
$791,510,000 0.49%
Mcdonalds Corp
0.77%
2,885
$735,302,000 0.46%
Johnson & Johnson
89.35%
4,887
$714,214,000 0.44%
Aon plc.
No change
2,285
$670,817,000 0.42%
Southern Company
1.90%
7,745
$600,804,000 0.37%
Home Depot, Inc.
6.82%
1,599
$550,285,000 0.34%
Teck Resources Ltd
No change
11,320
$542,228,000 0.34%
Snap-on, Inc.
No change
2,000
$522,780,000 0.32%
Phillips 66
0.06%
3,544
$500,296,000 0.31%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
No change
10,000
$486,000,000 0.30%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
4,596
$460,662,000 0.29%
Weyerhaeuser Co.
No change
16,000
$454,240,000 0.28%
Discover Financial
No change
3,320
$434,290,000 0.27%
Chevron Corp.
0.04%
2,696
$421,699,000 0.26%
Whirlpool Corp.
No change
4,107
$419,719,000 0.26%
Old Republic
No change
13,320
$411,588,000 0.26%
Enterprise Products
No change
13,844
$401,200,000 0.25%
Price T
4.41%
3,450
$397,821,000 0.25%
Philip Morris International Inc
Closed
4,172
$392,462,000
Procter & Gamble Co.
No change
2,361
$389,457,000 0.24%
Nucor Corp.
No change
2,461
$389,068,000 0.24%
Digital Realty
No change
2,440
$371,002,000 0.23%
Novartis AG
No change
3,350
$356,642,000 0.22%
Sector Technology
11.57%
1,551
$350,913,000 0.22%
Comcast Corp
3.26%
8,921
$349,330,000 0.22%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
12,427
$347,722,000 0.22%
Welltower Inc.
No change
3,332
$347,362,000 0.22%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.55%
4,727
$334,730,000 0.21%
Kinder Morgan Inc
No change
15,810
$314,147,000 0.20%
Bristol Myers
7.39%
7,557
$313,842,000 0.19%
Invesco Qqq
Opened
636
$304,564,000 0.19%
Astera Labs
Opened
5,000
$302,550,000 0.19%
American Electric
No change
3,437
$301,594,000 0.19%
Vaneck Fallen
Closed
10,469
$301,293,000
Meta Platforms Inc
0.68%
594
$299,506,000 0.19%
Vanguard Growth
19.43%
799
$298,845,000 0.19%
Autozone Inc.
No change
100
$296,410,000 0.18%
CVS Health Corp
Closed
3,612
$285,204,000
Realty Income Corp.
No change
5,332
$281,636,000 0.17%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
1,370
$272,876,000 0.17%
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
No change
6,660
$246,952,000 0.15%
Royce Micro-Cap Trust Inc
No change
26,676
$245,149,000 0.15%
Astrazeneca plc
No change
3,000
$233,970,000 0.15%
Schlumberger Ltd.
No change
4,794
$226,180,000 0.14%
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Opened
1,920
$224,976,000 0.14%
Visa Inc
Opened
847
$222,342,000 0.14%
Oracle Corp.
Opened
1,556
$219,708,000 0.14%
AT&T Inc.
3.27%
11,434
$218,501,000 0.14%
Enbridge Inc
0.03%
6,044
$215,111,000 0.13%
Mondelez International Inc.
2.29%
3,239
$211,991,000 0.13%
Equinor ASA
Closed
6,660
$210,722,000
Intel Corp.
2.44%
6,750
$209,052,000 0.13%
Stanley Black
Closed
2,096
$205,666,000
PPL Corp
Opened
7,378
$204,008,000 0.13%
Telus Corp.
No change
13,332
$201,846,000 0.13%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Opened
1,450
$200,390,000 0.12%
Ford Motor Co.
0.11%
12,253
$153,657,000 0.10%
No transactions found
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