Gagnon Securities 13F annual report

Gagnon Securities is an investment fund managing more than $481 billion ran by Lisa Ferrante. There are currently 95 companies in Mrs. Ferrante’s portfolio. The largest investments include Air Lease Corp and Ensign Inc, together worth $67.2 billion.

$481 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Gagnon Securities’s top holding is 893,182 shares of Air Lease Corp currently worth over $37.4 billion and making up 7.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Air Lease Corp, Gagnon Securities owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 312,116 shares of Ensign Inc worth $29.8 billion, whose value grew 17.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Intuitive Surgical Inc worth $22.8 billion and the next is Pacira BioSciences Inc worth $22.4 billion, with 559,209 shares owned.

Currently, Gagnon Securities's portfolio is worth at least $481 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 Gagnon Securities

The Gagnon Securities office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Lisa Ferrante serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Gagnon Securities.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Gagnon Securities revealed that it had opened a new position in Exact Sciences and bought 65,590 shares worth $6.16 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Exact Sciences makes up 5.2% of the fund's Health Care sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 30.9% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Caredx Inc by buying 769,180 additional shares. This makes their stake in Caredx Inc total 2,062,790 shares worth $17.5 billion. Caredx Inc soared 195.5% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Gagnon Securities is getting rid of from its portfolio. Gagnon Securities closed its position in Apollo Endosurgery Inc on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,786,485 shares for $9.84 million. Lisa Ferrante also disclosed a decreased stake in Air Lease Corp by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $37.4 billion and 893,182 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Gagnon Securities are Perennial Advisors and Icon Advisers Inc/co. They manage $444 billion and $444 billion respectively.


Lisa Ferrante investment strategy

Gagnon Securities’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 24.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 68.4% 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 32% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $92.3 billion.

The complete list of Gagnon Securities trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th 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
Air Lease Corp
4.59%
893,182
$37,379,670,000 7.77%
Ensign Group Inc
4.07%
312,116
$29,794,595,000 6.20%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
1.34%
66,645
$22,788,595,000 4.74%
Pacira BioSciences Inc
2.68%
559,209
$22,407,504,000 4.66%
Profound Med Corp
9.15%
1,605,140
$20,882,871,000 4.34%
Navigator Holdings Ltd
15.88%
1,581,159
$20,570,878,000 4.28%
Caredx Inc
59.46%
2,062,790
$17,533,718,000 3.65%
Enterprise Products Partners L P
15.62%
658,129
$17,341,710,000 3.61%
Five9 Inc
32.71%
205,432
$16,937,868,000 3.52%
Biolife Solutions Inc
12.97%
637,576
$14,090,429,000 2.93%
New Relic Inc
1.39%
213,349
$13,961,558,000 2.90%
E2open Parent Holdings Inc
24.38%
2,963,462
$14,191,407,000 2.95%
Carmax Inc
1.84%
155,102
$12,982,037,000 2.70%
Ameresco Inc.
1.37%
262,839
$12,781,860,000 2.66%
Equinix Inc
3.58%
16,074
$12,601,051,000 2.62%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
0.11%
5,568
$11,909,952,000 2.48%
Zuora Inc
24.60%
1,075,325
$11,796,315,000 2.45%
Yext Inc
41.74%
1,035,034
$11,706,234,000 2.43%
Alpha And Omega Semiconductor Ltd
2.10%
352,711
$11,568,920,000 2.41%
BlackLine Inc
0.97%
192,810
$10,377,034,000 2.16%
SecureWorks Corp
32.87%
1,362,222
$9,848,865,000 2.05%
CarGurus Inc
30.45%
426,361
$9,648,549,000 2.01%
Freshworks Inc
0.18%
543,622
$9,556,874,000 1.99%
Quidel Corp
7.79%
103,772
$8,598,547,000 1.79%
Cheesecake Factory Inc.
0.71%
210,445
$7,277,206,000 1.51%
Everbridge Inc
10.92%
238,771
$6,422,939,000 1.34%
Exact Sciences Corp.
Opened
65,590
$6,158,901,000 1.28%
Generac Holdings Inc
244.72%
34,313
$5,117,097,000 1.06%
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
13.08%
16,541
$5,101,906,000 1.06%
Cnfinance Holdings Limited
2.04%
1,629,468
$4,761,306,000 0.99%
CareTrust REIT Inc
12.63%
186,363
$3,701,169,000 0.77%
Power Solutions International Inc
2.81%
1,317,281
$3,688,386,000 0.77%
Enviva Partners Lp
17.99%
333,920
$3,623,032,000 0.75%
Opsens Inc
2.49%
2,922,166
$3,599,553,000 0.75%
Kaltura Inc
Opened
1,629,577
$3,454,703,000 0.72%
Proto Labs Inc
36.92%
88,694
$3,100,742,000 0.64%
Akamai Technologies Inc
1.25%
30,158
$2,710,299,000 0.56%
Miromatrix Med Inc
82.01%
1,441,414
$2,522,474,000 0.52%
Tapestry Inc
0.09%
57,844
$2,475,736,000 0.51%
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc
4.31%
275,031
$2,458,777,000 0.51%
Icu Med
Opened
13,234
$2,358,166,000 0.49%
Pennant Group Inc
0.15%
189,379
$2,325,574,000 0.48%
Genedx Holdings Corp
Opened
363,567
$2,166,861,000 0.45%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
0.59%
21,553
$1,930,958,000 0.40%
Somalogic Inc
42.65%
980,417
$1,904,100,000 0.40%
Gentex Corp.
1.05%
59,536
$1,742,043,000 0.36%
Sl Green Rlty Corp
123.67%
52,624
$1,581,360,000 0.33%
Pfizer Inc.
13.68%
34,148
$1,252,548,000 0.26%
Devon Energy Corp.
13.27%
25,132
$1,214,929,000 0.25%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
21.81%
10,276
$1,102,101,000 0.23%
Marvell Technology Inc
13.56%
17,173
$1,026,604,000 0.21%
Durect Corp
Opened
190,414
$942,549,000 0.20%
Nintendo 8
407.96%
77,424
$876,129,000 0.18%
AT&T, Inc.
7.04%
47,322
$754,785,000 0.16%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
85.01%
21,302
$606,893,000 0.13%
Celcuity Inc
34.21%
53,719
$589,834,000 0.12%
Wells Fargo Co
No change
13,056
$557,230,000 0.12%
Ocado Group Plc
36.05%
67,814
$489,703,000 0.10%
Starbucks Corp.
2.30%
4,682
$463,798,000 0.10%
Shopify Inc
14.22%
7,062
$456,205,000 0.09%
Merck & Co Inc
21.06%
3,839
$442,982,000 0.09%
EOG Resources, Inc.
13.33%
3,804
$435,337,000 0.09%
Necessity Retail REIT Inc (The)
0.12%
62,341
$421,425,000 0.09%
Shell Plc
3.08%
6,394
$386,069,000 0.08%
Mobileye Global Inc
Opened
9,591
$368,486,000 0.08%
Meta Platforms Inc
Opened
1,207
$346,384,000 0.07%
Alphabet Inc
11.35%
2,748
$328,935,000 0.07%
Microsoft Corporation
4.62%
952
$324,194,000 0.07%
Intest Corp.
Opened
11,804
$309,973,000 0.06%
Zoom Video Communications Inc
10.65%
4,540
$308,175,000 0.06%
Onto Innovation Inc.
Opened
2,593
$302,007,000 0.06%
Sysmex Corp
4.53%
4,446
$301,516,000 0.06%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
5.33%
23,537
$295,166,000 0.06%
NVIDIA Corp
Opened
635
$268,617,000 0.06%
Commvault Sys Inc
Opened
3,691
$268,040,000 0.06%
Model N Inc
30.76%
7,535
$266,437,000 0.06%
GoodRx Holdings, Inc.
46.63%
48,015
$265,042,000 0.06%
Viavi Solutions Inc
22.26%
23,390
$265,008,000 0.06%
Roblox Corporation
Opened
6,570
$264,771,000 0.06%
PayPal Holdings Inc
4.84%
3,948
$263,450,000 0.05%
Petmed Express, Inc.
6.71%
19,006
$262,092,000 0.05%
Micron Technology Inc.
13.35%
3,979
$251,114,000 0.05%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Opened
3,180
$245,082,000 0.05%
Ces Energy Solutions Corp
3.07%
115,115
$227,924,000 0.05%
LL Flooring Holdings Inc
95.75%
57,917
$221,823,000 0.05%
Etsy Inc
3.90%
2,583
$218,547,000 0.05%
Blackstone Inc
Opened
2,347
$218,200,000 0.05%
Maxcyte Inc
Opened
46,091
$211,557,000 0.04%
Digital Turbine Inc
Opened
22,503
$208,827,000 0.04%
DHI Group Inc
43.04%
49,997
$191,488,000 0.04%
Backblaze Inc
Opened
41,154
$178,196,000 0.04%
Farfetch Ltd
Opened
22,919
$138,430,000 0.03%
Liveperson Inc
24.70%
18,397
$83,154,000 0.02%
Tff Pharmaceuticals Inc
43.45%
161,074
$75,704,000 0.02%
Apollo Endosurgery Inc
Closed
1,786,485
$9,844,000
Heron Therapeutics Inc
Closed
617,703
$2,607,000
Sema4 Holdings Corp
Closed
1,093,068
$959,000
Sprott Physical Uraniumtr Trust
Closed
74,735
$887,000
Durect Corp
Closed
1,480,419
$856,000
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Closed
16,638
$625,000
Range Resources Corp
Closed
23,443
$592,000
Energy Transfer L P
Closed
53,164
$586,000
Sprott Fds Tr Uraniumminers E
Closed
8,442
$549,000
Helmerich &payne Inc
Closed
13,459
$498,000
NCS Multistage Holdings Inc
Closed
22,582
$491,000
Genedx Holdings Corp
92.84%
47,525
$489,000 0.00%
Ur-Energy Inc.
Closed
444,998
$485,000
RPC, Inc.
Closed
65,230
$452,000
Denison Mines Corporation
Closed
364,956
$434,000
Chegg Inc
Closed
19,380
$408,000
Clean Energy Fuels Corp
Closed
74,228
$396,000
Arc Resources Ltd
Closed
24,066
$291,000
Redhill Biopharma Ltd.
Closed
386,074
$194,000
Core Laboratories Nv
Closed
11,216
$151,000
uniQure N.V.
Closed
5,668
$106,000
T2 Biosystems Inc
Closed
766,302
$87,000
Aptose Biosciences Inc
Closed
64,400
$38,000
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