Front Street Capital Management 13F annual report

Front Street Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $522 million ran by Virginia Belker. There are currently 72 companies in Mrs. Belker’s portfolio. The largest investments include Cognex and General Electric Co, together worth $91.4 million.

$522 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Front Street Capital Management’s top holding is 1,061,641 shares of Cognex currently worth over $49.6 million and making up 9.5% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Cognex, Front Street Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 262,956 shares of General Electric Co worth $41.8 million. The third-largest holding is Berkshire Hathaway worth $38.2 million and the next is Vanguard Sp 500 Etf worth $35.6 million, with 71,139 shares owned.

Currently, Front Street Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $522 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 Front Street Capital Management

The Front Street Capital Management office and employees reside in Missoula, Montana. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Virginia Belker serves as the Compliance Manager at Front Street Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Front Street Capital Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Ge Vernova Inc and bought 65,507 shares worth $11.2 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Cognex by buying 50,212 additional shares. This makes their stake in Cognex total 1,061,641 shares worth $49.6 million. Cognex dropped 20.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Front Street Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Front Street Capital Management closed its position in Twilio Inc on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 12,703 shares for $964 thousand. Virginia Belker also disclosed a decreased stake in General Electric Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $41.8 million and 262,956 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Front Street Capital Management are Autus Asset Management and S&t Bank/pa. They manage $522 million and $521 million respectively.


Virginia Belker investment strategy

Front Street Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 24.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.0% 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 25% 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 $123 billion.

The complete list of Front Street Capital Management 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
Cognex Corp.
4.96%
1,061,641
$49,555,000 9.50%
General Electric Co
2.20%
262,956
$41,802,000 8.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
4.40%
92,087
$38,165,000 7.32%
Vanguard Sp 500 Etf
9.88%
71,139
$35,564,000 6.82%
Danaher Corp Del Com
4.42%
133,827
$33,437,000 6.41%
Costco Wholesale Corp
11.21%
38,734
$32,923,000 6.31%
Manitowoc Co., Inc.
8.59%
2,806,642
$32,361,000 6.20%
St Joe Cp Com
7.11%
505,852
$27,670,000 5.30%
Miller Knoll Inc
1.34%
676,915
$17,931,000 3.44%
Esab Corportaion Com
1.30%
180,363
$17,032,000 3.26%
Nucor Corp.
3.71%
101,343
$16,020,000 3.07%
Terex Corp.
0.80%
285,575
$15,661,000 3.00%
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
70.26%
11,661,112
$12,827,000 2.46%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
65,507
$11,235,000 2.15%
Corning, Inc.
19.89%
248,488
$9,654,000 1.85%
Enovis Corporation Com
1.43%
210,545
$9,517,000 1.82%
Coherent Corp
10.90%
128,458
$9,308,000 1.78%
Vontier Corporation
4.91%
218,943
$8,364,000 1.60%
Modine Manufacturing Co.
1.26%
77,904
$7,805,000 1.50%
Apple Computer Inc
1.38%
33,397
$7,035,000 1.35%
Global Payments, Inc.
4.53%
66,600
$6,440,000 1.23%
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4,742.93%
101,750
$6,375,000 1.22%
Ge Healthcare Technologies
5.85%
81,732
$6,369,000 1.22%
Lumentum Holdings Inc
0.55%
116,821
$5,949,000 1.14%
CIENA Corp.
1.43%
112,717
$5,431,000 1.04%
Microsoft Corporation
1.96%
10,878
$4,824,000 0.92%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
2.73%
9,299
$4,704,000 0.90%
Ats Corp
869.86%
136,750
$4,418,000 0.85%
Expeditors International Of Wa
10.29%
34,527
$4,309,000 0.83%
Bank Of America Corp.
19.06%
109,498
$4,230,000 0.81%
Veralto Corp
5.52%
43,787
$4,180,000 0.80%
Envista
3.33%
187,591
$3,120,000 0.60%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
9,713
$2,475,000 0.47%
Kimball Electronics Inc
19.48%
101,072
$2,222,000 0.43%
Procter Gamble Co
1.66%
10,923
$1,859,000 0.36%
Standard Poors Depositary Re
215.31%
2,904
$1,580,000 0.30%
Interface Inc.
26.98%
104,077
$1,528,000 0.29%
Chevron Corp.
7.96%
9,453
$1,479,000 0.28%
Rogers Corp.
63.61%
11,808
$1,424,000 0.27%
Fairfax Financial
13.29%
1,050
$1,165,000 0.22%
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
1.58%
28,878
$1,078,000 0.21%
Twilio Inc
Closed
12,703
$964,000
Nvidia Corp Com
909.93%
7,625
$942,000 0.18%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Et
No change
3,423
$916,000 0.18%
Tesla Motors Inc Com
No change
4,092
$810,000 0.16%
Starbucks Corp.
2.65%
9,920
$772,000 0.15%
Belden Inc
0.82%
7,221
$677,000 0.13%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.61%
3,271
$603,000 0.12%
Container Store Group Inc
48.28%
1,061,190
$573,000 0.11%
Rollins, Inc.
1.92%
11,625
$567,000 0.11%
Markel Cp Com
11.22%
348
$532,000 0.10%
Wells Fargo And Co New
5.55%
8,771
$521,000 0.10%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
5,106
$495,000 0.09%
SEI Investments Co.
0.04%
7,331
$474,000 0.09%
Coca-Cola Co
0.80%
7,398
$472,000 0.09%
Google Inc Cl A
0.70%
2,133
$376,000 0.07%
Jpmorgan Chase And Co
7.50%
1,752
$354,000 0.07%
Verizon Communications Inc
33.17%
8,424
$347,000 0.07%
Martinrea International Inc Co
1.96%
39,957
$336,000 0.06%
Adobe Systems Inc Com
No change
550
$306,000 0.06%
PayPal Holdings Inc
15.34%
4,663
$300,000 0.06%
Eaton Corp
7.11%
914
$287,000 0.06%
Northrop Grumman Corp Com
0.80%
628
$274,000 0.05%
Target Corp
No change
1,775
$262,000 0.05%
Ishares Russell 2000 Idx Fund
7.80%
1,288
$261,000 0.05%
Novo Nordisk A/s-adr Repstg 1/
No change
1,648
$235,000 0.05%
Boeing Co.
Closed
883
$230,000
Dimensional Etf Tr Us Equity E
Closed
4,223
$219,000
Merck Co Inc
No change
1,749
$217,000 0.04%
Google Inc Cl C
No change
1,160
$213,000 0.04%
Johnson And Johnson
No change
1,421
$208,000 0.04%
Tennant Co Com
Closed
2,201
$204,000
Us Bancorp Del
Closed
3,775
$163,000
RTX Corp
Closed
1,918
$161,000
Deere And Co Com
Closed
366
$146,000
Schwab 1000 Index
Opened
1,182
$135,000 0.03%
Pfizer Inc.
Closed
4,697
$135,000
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Closed
500
$131,000
Ibm
Closed
800
$131,000
Medtronic Inc
Closed
1,541
$127,000
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Closed
1,268
$127,000
American Express Co.
Closed
675
$126,000
Csx Corp Com
Closed
3,593
$125,000
Source Capital, Inc.
Closed
3,038
$123,000
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Closed
825
$122,000
AMGEN Inc.
Closed
423
$122,000
Meta Platforms Inc
Closed
343
$121,000
Att
Closed
7,234
$121,000
Vestas Wind Systems Com
Opened
15,000
$115,000 0.02%
Comcast Corp New Cl A
Closed
2,632
$115,000
Qualcomm, Inc.
Closed
766
$111,000
Abbvie Inc
Closed
709
$110,000
Biogen Idec Inc
Closed
400
$104,000
Motorola Solutions Inc
Closed
329
$103,000
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Closed
2,002
$101,000
FIGS, Inc.
No change
10,600
$56,000 0.01%
Purple Innovation Inc
No change
39,427
$41,000 0.01%
No transactions found
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