WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001222993
13F-HR · 128 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
SEC-registered institutional investment manager.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.76B
Top-10 concentration
46.0%
WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC — $1.76B AUM allocation strategy
WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.76B of long US equity value across 128 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 14.7%, followed by Financials 14.0% and Health Care 9.5%.
The top 10 holdings account for 46% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
WATERS PARKERSON & CO., LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.76B
total across 128 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
46% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$AEP +50.9K sh · +$7.22M+$BSX +30.7K sh · −$6.7M+$RF +26.2K sh · +$671K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$BLK −44.8K sh · −$5.55M−$COHR −30.3K sh · +$16.6M−$CSX −28.4K sh · −$955K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$Q ($3.47M last qtr)$ZTS ($352K last qtr)$UBER ($227K last qtr)$ADSK ($218K last qtr)$ADBE ($206K last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Diversified Banks8.8%—
- Integrated Oil & Gas8.7%—
- Electronic Components5.6%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services5.2%—
- Interactive Media & Services5.0%—
- Systems Software4.5%—
- Life Sciences Tools & Services4.4%—
- Home Improvement Retail3.6%—
- Other holdings54.3%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 339K | $99.6M | -3.86K | 5.7% |
| $COHR | Coherent Corp | 413K | $98.5M | -30.3K | 5.6% |
| $XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | 542K | $92M | -4.64K | 5.2% |
| $V | Visa Inc | 301K | $90.9M | +1.57K | 5.2% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 154K | $87.8M | +144 | 5.0% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 212K | $78.5M | -1.04K | 4.5% |
| $TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 158K | $77.5M | -282 | 4.4% |
| $HD | Home Depot Inc | 192K | $63.1M | +723 | 3.6% |
| $CVX | Chevron Corporation | 299K | $61.9M | -7.08K | 3.5% |
| $ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc | 167K | $60M | -1.13K | 3.4% |
…and 118 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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