Columbus Circle Investors 13F annual report

Columbus Circle Investors is an investment fund managing more than $2.3 billion ran by J. Penrod. There are currently 166 companies in Penrod’s portfolio. The largest investments include Horizon Therapeutics Pub L and Tandem Diabetes Care, together worth $144 million.

$2.3 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 20th October 2020, Columbus Circle Investors’s top holding is 1,017,917 shares of Horizon Therapeutics Pub L currently worth over $79.1 million and making up 3.4% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 572,551 shares of Tandem Diabetes Care worth $65 million, whose value grew 55.3% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Nuance Communications worth $58.9 million and the next is Inspire Med Sys Inc worth $55.1 million, with 426,630 shares owned.

Currently, Columbus Circle Investors's portfolio is worth at least $2.3 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 Columbus Circle Investors

The Columbus Circle Investors office and employees reside in Stamford, Connecticut. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, J. Penrod serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Columbus Circle Investors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Columbus Circle Investors revealed that it had opened a new position in Hanesbrands and bought 2,144,958 shares worth $33.8 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Hanesbrands makes up 10.3% of the fund's Consumer Discretionary sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Zendesk by buying 82,259 additional shares. This makes their stake in Zendesk total 532,244 shares worth $54.8 million. Zendesk dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Columbus Circle Investors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Columbus Circle Investors closed its position in TransUnion on 27th October 2020. It sold the previously owned 411,217 shares for $35.8 million. J. Penrod also disclosed a decreased stake in Horizon Therapeutics Pub L by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $79.1 million and 1,017,917 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Columbus Circle Investors are Castleark Management and Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co. They manage $2.3 billion and $2.3 billion respectively.


J. Penrod investment strategy

Columbus Circle Investors’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 24.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 72.9% 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 38% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $87.1 billion.

The complete list of Columbus Circle Investors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on October 27th 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
Horizon Therapeutics Pub L
5.88%
1,017,917
$79,072,000 3.44%
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
13.36%
572,551
$64,985,000 2.83%
Nuance Communications, Inc.
5.66%
1,773,152
$58,851,000 2.56%
Inspire Med Sys Inc
20.66%
426,630
$55,057,000 2.39%
Zendesk, Inc.
18.28%
532,244
$54,779,000 2.38%
Insulet Corp.
3.82%
226,642
$53,621,000 2.33%
SVB Financial Group
11.80%
218,167
$52,495,000 2.28%
Floor Decor Hldgs Inc
6.05%
670,062
$50,121,000 2.18%
Biohaven Pharmactl Hldg Co L
19.64%
600,871
$39,063,000 1.70%
Natera, Inc.
10.76%
521,023
$37,639,000 1.64%
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
24.32%
167,877
$36,935,000 1.61%
Fox Factory Hldg Corp
23.36%
484,477
$36,011,000 1.57%
TransUnion
Closed
411,217
$35,792,000
Visteon Corp.
12.16%
509,597
$35,274,000 1.53%
TopBuild Corp.
17.08%
200,218
$34,175,000 1.49%
Littelfuse, Inc.
75.50%
190,681
$33,815,000 1.47%
Hanesbrands, Inc.
Opened
2,144,958
$33,783,000 1.47%
ServiceNow, Inc.
27.43%
67,281
$32,631,000 1.42%
Enphase Energy, Inc.
1.93%
381,166
$31,480,000 1.37%
Masonite Intl Corp
9.20%
286,999
$28,241,000 1.23%
Crocs, Inc.
3.30%
649,654
$27,760,000 1.21%
Snap, Inc.
31.83%
998,085
$26,060,000 1.13%
Knight Swift Transn Hldgs In
8.64%
637,041
$25,928,000 1.13%
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
1,911.82%
829,435
$25,920,000 1.13%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
56.16%
186,031
$25,546,000 1.11%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Closed
896,129
$25,441,000
Chewy, Inc.
331.80%
459,797
$25,211,000 1.10%
Cree, Inc.
36.47%
394,088
$25,119,000 1.09%
The Timken Co.
118.38%
457,636
$24,813,000 1.08%
Tradeweb Mkts Inc
26.43%
424,063
$24,596,000 1.07%
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Closed
239,530
$24,140,000
EXACT Sciences Corp.
Closed
277,084
$24,090,000
Plug Power, Inc.
4,712.49%
1,768,974
$23,722,000 1.03%
KB Home
40.57%
595,919
$22,877,000 1.00%
Performance Food Group Co.
Opened
645,839
$22,359,000 0.97%
Ally Finl Inc
53.70%
890,602
$22,327,000 0.97%
Okta, Inc.
Closed
110,043
$22,034,000
Kansas City Southern
52.24%
119,797
$21,663,000 0.94%
Bio Rad Labs Inc
1.48%
40,907
$21,086,000 0.92%
DexCom, Inc.
43.22%
51,088
$21,060,000 0.92%
Trex Co., Inc.
84.34%
288,634
$20,666,000 0.90%
Burlington Stores, Inc.
Closed
104,168
$20,514,000
Synopsys, Inc.
0.75%
95,152
$20,361,000 0.89%
LHC Group, Inc.
9.35%
95,583
$20,317,000 0.88%
Macom Tech Solutions Hldgs I
66.68%
593,892
$20,198,000 0.88%
Q2 Holdings, Inc.
8.07%
220,948
$20,164,000 0.88%
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Closed
409,102
$19,829,000
Caesars Entertainment Inc Ne
Opened
353,402
$19,812,000 0.86%
MyoKardia, Inc.
135.24%
142,757
$19,462,000 0.85%
Penumbra, Inc.
Closed
107,654
$19,251,000
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
13.37%
482,753
$19,165,000 0.83%
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
39.39%
80,220
$19,120,000 0.83%
Everbridge, Inc.
Closed
136,999
$18,955,000
Mks Instrs Inc
4.97%
170,501
$18,624,000 0.81%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
25.68%
229,083
$18,544,000 0.81%
Five Below, Inc.
Opened
145,047
$18,421,000 0.80%
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
57.01%
992,251
$18,228,000 0.79%
MercadoLibre, Inc.
21.92%
16,362
$17,712,000 0.77%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
3.96%
78,686
$17,364,000 0.76%
RingCentral, Inc.
75.13%
63,079
$17,322,000 0.75%
Apple, Inc.
29.31%
144,500
$16,735,000 0.73%
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
15.18%
426,951
$16,327,000 0.71%
Five9, Inc.
22.80%
122,396
$15,872,000 0.69%
First Solar, Inc.
Opened
230,135
$15,235,000 0.66%
Nordson Corp.
9.87%
78,283
$15,016,000 0.65%
lululemon athletica, Inc.
45.34%
45,008
$14,824,000 0.64%
Inphi Corp.
43.87%
131,610
$14,773,000 0.64%
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
9.97%
16,454
$14,535,000 0.63%
CoStar Group, Inc.
46.28%
16,887
$14,329,000 0.62%
Microsoft Corp.
72.73%
67,900
$14,281,000 0.62%
Elastic N V
Opened
131,368
$14,173,000 0.62%
Square, Inc.
52.48%
86,651
$14,085,000 0.61%
Cummins, Inc.
54.66%
65,707
$13,875,000 0.60%
MongoDB, Inc.
Closed
60,493
$13,692,000
Teleflex, Inc.
Closed
37,558
$13,670,000
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
49.52%
10,988
$13,666,000 0.59%
Brunswick Corp.
Closed
206,456
$13,215,000
Seattle Genetics Inc
54.62%
67,509
$13,211,000 0.57%
Cintas Corp.
Opened
39,591
$13,177,000 0.57%
Addus HomeCare Corp.
69.57%
135,118
$12,770,000 0.56%
Altra Indl Motion Corp
Opened
343,134
$12,686,000 0.55%
Amazon.com, Inc.
67.84%
3,993
$12,573,000 0.55%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
28.17%
153,334
$12,572,000 0.55%
Allegiant Travel Co.
1,031.89%
101,927
$12,211,000 0.53%
Zillow Group, Inc.
Opened
119,212
$12,105,000 0.53%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Opened
49,004
$11,994,000 0.52%
Owens Corning
1,746.01%
170,461
$11,729,000 0.51%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
Opened
57,699
$11,675,000 0.51%
Shake Shack, Inc.
Opened
180,947
$11,667,000 0.51%
Trimble, Inc.
Opened
235,175
$11,453,000 0.50%
FedEx Corp.
Opened
45,455
$11,433,000 0.50%
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.
9.86%
67,448
$11,200,000 0.49%
Qorvo, Inc.
Opened
84,161
$10,858,000 0.47%
Perkinelmer Inc
Opened
86,382
$10,842,000 0.47%
Align Technology, Inc.
Opened
33,107
$10,838,000 0.47%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Closed
99,438
$10,472,000
NanoString Technologies, Inc.
10.28%
230,734
$10,314,000 0.45%
Masco Corp.
20.64%
185,490
$10,226,000 0.44%
Hamilton Lane, Inc.
34.58%
156,876
$10,133,000 0.44%
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
10.16%
243,737
$9,742,000 0.42%
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
44.22%
115,526
$9,663,000 0.42%
Anaplan, Inc.
Opened
150,138
$9,396,000 0.41%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Closed
26,813
$9,301,000
Sea Ltd
59.96%
60,242
$9,280,000 0.40%
DocuSign, Inc.
Closed
53,781
$9,262,000
BorgWarner, Inc.
Opened
234,611
$9,089,000 0.40%
The Trade Desk, Inc.
Closed
22,303
$9,066,000
Twilio, Inc.
0.36%
35,858
$8,860,000 0.39%
Teradyne, Inc.
10.90%
110,458
$8,777,000 0.38%
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
0.08%
47,815
$8,752,000 0.38%
Repligen Corp.
36.33%
58,863
$8,685,000 0.38%
Roku, Inc.
Opened
45,681
$8,625,000 0.38%
Zebra Technologies Corporati
34.93%
33,710
$8,510,000 0.37%
YETI Holdings, Inc.
73.22%
187,263
$8,487,000 0.37%
Synaptics, Inc.
Opened
104,513
$8,405,000 0.37%
Generac Holdings, Inc.
Closed
68,772
$8,385,000
Zynga, Inc.
Closed
827,533
$7,895,000
Splunk, Inc.
Closed
39,369
$7,823,000
Amedisys, Inc.
8.09%
32,410
$7,663,000 0.33%
Semtech Corp.
Opened
142,916
$7,569,000 0.33%
The TJX Cos., Inc.
Closed
145,779
$7,371,000
Chegg, Inc.
Closed
105,739
$7,112,000
Axonics Modulation Technolog
Opened
136,441
$6,964,000 0.30%
Immunomedics, Inc.
66.09%
80,393
$6,836,000 0.30%
Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Closed
66,707
$6,546,000
Penn Natl Gaming Inc
Opened
88,723
$6,450,000 0.28%
MaxLinear, Inc.
260.77%
274,646
$6,383,000 0.28%
Facebook, Inc.
71.28%
24,000
$6,286,000 0.27%
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
Opened
180,796
$6,201,000 0.27%
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals In
9.68%
139,954
$6,026,000 0.26%
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.
Opened
48,835
$5,955,000 0.26%
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Opened
24,838
$5,563,000 0.24%
Dynatrace, Inc.
Opened
128,456
$5,269,000 0.23%
Micron Technology, Inc.
Closed
101,594
$5,234,000
NVIDIA Corp.
76.33%
9,393
$5,084,000 0.22%
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Opened
190,871
$5,024,000 0.22%
Visa, Inc.
71.69%
23,996
$4,798,000 0.21%
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Closed
29,831
$4,654,000
CryoPort, Inc.
67.12%
98,057
$4,648,000 0.20%
Johnson & Johnson
Closed
32,863
$4,622,000
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
62.49%
19,275
$4,590,000 0.20%
Mastercard, Inc.
69.17%
13,231
$4,474,000 0.19%
Zscaler, Inc.
Opened
31,442
$4,424,000 0.19%
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical In
Opened
52,314
$4,300,000 0.19%
Alphabet, Inc.
78.56%
2,463
$3,610,000 0.16%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
73.96%
17,300
$3,409,000 0.15%
Abbott Labs
75.58%
30,800
$3,352,000 0.15%
NIKE, Inc.
76.65%
25,500
$3,201,000 0.14%
Adobe Systems Incorporated
49.78%
6,500
$3,188,000 0.14%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
81.54%
6,716
$2,965,000 0.13%
salesforce.com, inc.
78.85%
11,300
$2,840,000 0.12%
Procter And Gamble Co
73.93%
20,300
$2,821,000 0.12%
Tesla, Inc.
Opened
6,500
$2,789,000 0.12%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
73.88%
17,900
$2,437,000 0.11%
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
63.62%
27,300
$2,179,000 0.09%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
75.24%
9,900
$2,161,000 0.09%
Nxp Semiconductors N V
73.91%
17,200
$2,147,000 0.09%
Lam Research Corp.
88.39%
6,300
$2,090,000 0.09%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
73.95%
7,100
$2,087,000 0.09%
D.R. Horton, Inc.
94.63%
27,100
$2,050,000 0.09%
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Opened
2,800
$1,951,000 0.08%
Uber Technologies, Inc.
73.90%
53,300
$1,944,000 0.08%
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
31.80%
40,170
$1,892,000 0.08%
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
77.58%
16,116
$1,781,000 0.08%
Citizens Finl Group Inc
69.18%
67,400
$1,704,000 0.07%
Novavax, Inc.
Opened
15,012
$1,627,000 0.07%
DraftKings Inc.
Opened
26,700
$1,571,000 0.07%
SI-BONE, Inc.
147.64%
65,306
$1,549,000 0.07%
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Opened
96,900
$1,516,000 0.07%
Redfin Corp.
31.73%
29,227
$1,459,000 0.06%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
82.70%
2,600
$1,455,000 0.06%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
81.78%
9,538
$1,404,000 0.06%
Jeld-wen Hldg Inc
18.88%
51,391
$1,161,000 0.05%
Target Corp.
Opened
7,100
$1,118,000 0.05%
Tenable Holdings, Inc.
Opened
28,537
$1,077,000 0.05%
Southwest Airls Co
96.28%
28,700
$1,076,000 0.05%
nLIGHT, Inc.
21.52%
44,583
$1,047,000 0.05%
Cardlytics, Inc.
Closed
14,500
$1,015,000
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
78.76%
11,600
$833,000 0.04%
Century Cmntys Inc
Opened
16,876
$714,000 0.03%
Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc
91.32%
9,067
$695,000 0.03%
Vroom, Inc.
Closed
11,027
$575,000
Wingstop, Inc.
Closed
3,998
$556,000
Azek Co Inc
31.79%
13,388
$466,000 0.02%
Chefs Whse Inc
Opened
30,534
$444,000 0.02%
Helen of Troy Ltd.
56.07%
2,285
$442,000 0.02%
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12.39%
55,869
$419,000 0.02%
Vicor Corp.
69.03%
5,161
$401,000 0.02%
Advanced Drain Sys Inc Del
Opened
6,402
$400,000 0.02%
Bandwidth, Inc.
Opened
2,258
$394,000 0.02%
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Opened
17,030
$387,000 0.02%
Ping Identity Hldg Corp
80.04%
11,993
$374,000 0.02%
Calix, Inc.
Opened
17,912
$318,000 0.01%
Papa Johns Intl Inc
98.17%
3,401
$280,000 0.01%
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