Howland Capital Management LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed May 3, 2024), Howland Capital Management LLC reported 263 stock positions worth $2.1 billion. Its top holding was Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U (VEU) at 7.2% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 6.5%) and Alphabet Class A (GOOGL, 4.1%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 21 new positions, sold out of 7, added to 66 and reduced 134. The biggest buy was Nvidia (NVDA, shares +456%) and the biggest sale Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U (VEU, shares −4%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
BOSTON, MA
CIK
0001079112
Portfolio Value
$2.1B (Q1 2024)
SEC Filing
0001079112-24-000003 ↗ filed May 3, 2024

Holdings Value

0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B Q1 2024: $2.1B $2.1B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $2.1B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $2.3B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $2.3B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $2.2B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $2.5B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $2.6B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.6B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.5B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.8B Q2 2026

Holdings 263 stocks · $2.1B

VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U 7.24% 2,559,217 $150.1M Reduce -4.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 6.51% 320,385 $134.8M Reduce -1.8%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 4.11% 564,876 $85.3M Add +2.3%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 3.79% 186,626 $78.5M Add +0.6%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.04% 367,082 $62.9M Add +2.0%
WSO Watsco Inc. 2.83% 135,732 $58.6M Reduce -3.9%
V Visa Inc. Class A 2.55% 189,290 $52.8M Reduce -7.9%
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. 2.44% 96,292 $50.5M Add +5.2%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 2.39% 489,276 $49.6M Reduce -0.8%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 2.19% 106,748 $45.4M Reduce -0.9%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2.18% 77,531 $45.1M Reduce -0.2%
DHR Danaher Corp. 2.14% 177,427 $44.4M Add +0.4%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 2.10% 89,395 $43.4M Add +22.0%
ECL Ecolab Inc. 2.09% 186,893 $43.3M Add +2.0%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 1.96% 351,406 $40.6M Reduce -4.5%
AMT American Tower Corp. 1.91% 200,285 $39.6M Add +0.4%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A 1.85% 141,314 $38.4M Add +3.0%
CVX Chevron Corp. 1.81% 238,298 $37.6M Add +18.5%
TEL Te Connectivity Ltd. 1.52% 217,308 $31.6M Reduce -3.4%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 1.45% 26,599 $30.0M Add +9.9%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.43% 56,406 $29.6M Add +0.3%
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 1.35% 113,434 $27.9M Add +7.8%
IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. 1.31% 50,098 $27.0M Reduce -0.0%
CB Chubb Ltd. 1.31% 104,102 $27.0M Reduce -25.4%
MELI MercadoLibre Inc. 1.20% 16,420 $24.8M Add +2.2%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 1.13% 93,608 $23.5M Add +1.6%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.13% 25,817 $23.3M Add +455.9%
ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw 1.09% 283,548 $22.7M Reduce -7.3%
MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS 1.03% 279,067 $21.4M Add +1.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.03% 135,109 $21.4M Reduce -0.5%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 1.00% 168,971 $20.7M Reduce -5.3%
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. 0.96% 163,185 $19.9M Add +20.0%
PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust 0.91% 1,095,687 $19.0M Reduce -1.5%
ANSS Ansys Inc. 0.89% 53,384 $18.5M Reduce -0.2%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.86% 109,473 $17.8M Add +2.1%
YUM Yum! Brands Inc. 0.83% 124,476 $17.3M Add +0.5%
CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil 0.83% 845,607 $17.2M Reduce -2.8%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.80% 142,927 $16.6M Reduce -1.5%
IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term 0.78% 654,271 $16.2M Add +12.2%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.78% 28,286 $16.2M Add +68.1%
MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit 0.75% 154,097 $15.5M Reduce -8.9%
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 0.72% 192,905 $14.9M Add +5427.4%
IBDP iShares Ibonds Dec 2024 Term 0.67% 553,933 $13.9M Reduce -0.8%
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF 0.65% 199,615 $13.5M Reduce -5.5%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.62% 70,810 $12.8M Reduce -1.1%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.61% 303,080 $12.7M Reduce -4.7%
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term 0.61% 528,611 $12.6M Add +26.7%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.55% 23,836 $11.5M Add +22.1%
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A 0.55% 18 $11.4M No change
GE General Electric 0.55% 65,034 $11.4M Reduce -0.2%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.54% 187,555 $11.3M Add +1646.3%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.54% 31,115 $11.2M Reduce -0.7%
TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. 0.50% 18,000 $10.4M New
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 0.43% 418,052 $9.0M Reduce -5.4%
LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration 0.43% 93,953 $8.9M Reduce -10.5%
TRNO Terreno Realty Corp. 0.43% 132,979 $8.9M Add +69.7%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.38% 36,751 $7.8M Reduce -1.8%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.37% 38,456 $7.7M Reduce -2.5%
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF 0.34% 295,417 $7.0M Add +49.1%
PAYX Paychex Inc. 0.34% 57,027 $7.0M Reduce -7.3%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.33% 9,445 $6.9M Reduce -5.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.33% 38,729 $6.8M Reduce -2.4%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.32% 50,621 $6.7M Reduce -1.1%
VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati 0.28% 120,220 $5.8M Reduce -19.3%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.27% 17,945 $5.6M Reduce -1.4%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.27% 36,486 $5.6M Add +0.2%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.24% 37,734 $5.0M Add +9.4%
ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration 0.24% 97,867 $4.9M Reduce -4.3%
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value 0.24% 54,000 $4.9M No change
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.24% 79,070 $4.9M Reduce -2.4%
NUE Nucor Corp. 0.24% 24,558 $4.9M Reduce -2.0%
IBDT iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 ETF 0.23% 188,993 $4.7M Add +67.1%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.22% 22,236 $4.6M Add +0.5%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.22% 24,981 $4.5M Reduce -3.9%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.21% 16,789 $4.4M Add +0.0%
IBDU iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term 0.20% 184,333 $4.2M Add +45.9%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.18% 32,056 $3.6M Reduce -3.0%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.17% 4,610 $3.6M Reduce -5.2%
NBIS Nebius Group NV filed as YANDEX N V 0.16% 222,850 $3.3M No change
SYY Sysco Corp. 0.15% 39,025 $3.2M Add +1.6%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.15% 75,285 $3.1M Reduce -65.4%
ILMN Illumina Inc. 0.15% 22,280 $3.1M Add +44.4%
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 0.15% 9,056 $3.1M No change
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.14% 7,663 $2.9M Add +0.7%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 0.14% 29,530 $2.8M No change
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF 0.14% 22,727 $2.8M Reduce -2.1%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. 0.13% 24,558 $2.8M Reduce -2.1%
CI The Cigna Group 0.13% 7,601 $2.8M Add +359.8%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.13% 7,371 $2.7M Reduce -5.9%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.13% 9,457 $2.7M No change
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.13% 29,275 $2.6M Reduce -2.0%
EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market 0.13% 63,168 $2.6M Reduce -31.9%
COP Conocophillips 0.12% 20,163 $2.6M Reduce -0.8%
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.12% 9,327 $2.5M No change
W Wayfair Inc. Class A 0.12% 36,097 $2.5M Reduce -18.3%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.11% 4,934 $2.4M Reduce -3.7%
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.11% 11,193 $2.3M Reduce -1.8%
FISV Fiserv Inc. 0.10% 13,158 $2.1M Reduce -0.0%
RTX RTX Corp. 0.10% 20,929 $2.0M Add +63.0%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.10% 3,922 $2.0M Add +2.7%

Show all 263 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U Reduce -4.3% 7.24% −0.69
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Reduce -97.6% 0.02% −0.65
WSO Watsco Inc. Reduce -3.9% 2.83% −0.37
CB Chubb Ltd. Reduce -25.4% 1.31% −0.37
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke Reduce -65.4% 0.15% −0.32
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -0.9% 2.19% −0.32
ES Eversource Energy Reduce -94.0% 0.02% −0.30
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -7.9% 2.55% −0.28
KMX Carmax Inc. Reduce -91.2% 0.03% −0.25
VLTO Veralto Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.23
IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. Reduce -0.0% 1.31% −0.16
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. Reduce -93.9% 0.01% −0.16
MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit Reduce -8.9% 0.75% −0.15
TEL Te Connectivity Ltd. Reduce -3.4% 1.52% −0.15
ANSS Ansys Inc. Reduce -0.2% 0.89% −0.13
ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw Reduce -7.3% 1.09% −0.13
VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati Reduce -19.3% 0.28% −0.10
LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration Reduce -10.5% 0.43% −0.10
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -0.5% 1.03% −0.09
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -85.9% 0.01% −0.08
EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market Reduce -31.9% 0.13% −0.07
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF Reduce -5.5% 0.65% −0.07
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Reduce -5.4% 0.43% −0.07
IBDP iShares Ibonds Dec 2024 Term Reduce -0.8% 0.67% −0.07
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. Reduce -1.8% 0.38% −0.06
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Reduce -0.8% 2.39% −0.05
CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil Reduce -2.8% 0.83% −0.05
PAYX Paychex Inc. Reduce -7.3% 0.34% −0.05
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Reduce -36.5% 0.05% −0.04
IAU iShares Gold Trust Reduce -4.7% 0.61% −0.04
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc. Reduce -44.0% 0.03% −0.04
ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration Reduce -4.3% 0.24% −0.03
IBDV iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Corp. Reduce -31.0% 0.05% −0.03
ESGE iShares Inc. iShares ESG Awar Reduce -30.5% 0.05% −0.03
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -2.4% 0.33% −0.03
W Wayfair Inc. Class A Reduce -18.3% 0.12% −0.03
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. Reduce -12.2% 0.07% −0.02
MDT Medtronic PLC Sold out 0.00% −0.02
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -5.3% 0.33% −0.02
PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust Reduce -1.5% 0.91% −0.02
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Reduce -43.7% 0.02% −0.02
PFE Pfizer Inc. Reduce -7.2% 0.08% −0.02
VGK Vanguard Ftse Europe ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.02
SHEL Shell PLC-ADR Reduce -17.0% 0.06% −0.02
TSLA Tesla Inc. Reduce -3.7% 0.03% −0.02
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -2.4% 0.24% −0.02
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Reduce -19.9% 0.03% −0.02
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -3.0% 0.18% −0.02
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Reduce -8.5% 0.07% −0.01
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -2.3% 0.05% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +455.9% 1.13% +1.00
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. Add +5.2% 2.44% +0.82
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +22.0% 2.10% +0.72
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. Add +5427.4% 0.72% +0.71
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +1646.3% 0.54% +0.51
TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. New 0.50% +0.50
SNPS Synopsys Inc. Add +68.1% 0.78% +0.32
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +0.6% 3.79% +0.29
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. Add +9.9% 1.45% +0.23
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +18.5% 1.81% +0.23
TRNO Terreno Realty Corp. Add +69.7% 0.43% +0.17
ECL Ecolab Inc. Add +2.0% 2.09% +0.16
CI The Cigna Group Add +359.8% 0.13% +0.11
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +22.1% 0.55% +0.10
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A Add +3.0% 1.85% +0.10
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF Add +49.1% 0.34% +0.09
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term Add +26.7% 0.61% +0.08
IBDT iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 ETF Add +67.1% 0.23% +0.08
IBDU iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term Add +45.9% 0.20% +0.05
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +134.6% 0.08% +0.05
RTX RTX Corp. Add +63.0% 0.10% +0.04
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +2.3% 4.11% +0.04
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. New 0.04% +0.04
ILMN Illumina Inc. Add +44.4% 0.15% +0.03
IBMO iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term Add +75.0% 0.09% +0.03
MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS Add +1.2% 1.03% +0.03
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Add +2.1% 0.86% +0.03
CACI Caci International Inc. Class A New 0.03% +0.03
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Add +60.0% 0.07% +0.03
GVI iShares Intermediate Governm New 0.02% +0.02
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight New 0.02% +0.02
IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term Add +12.2% 0.78% +0.02
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS New 0.02% +0.02
CATC Cambridge Bancorp New 0.02% +0.02
DMLP Dorchester Minerals LP New 0.02% +0.02
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect New 0.02% +0.02
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector New 0.02% +0.02
CARR Carrier Global Corp. New 0.02% +0.02
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. Add +20.0% 0.96% +0.01
IBMP iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term Add +88.8% 0.03% +0.01
MKL Markel Group Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Add +25.0% 0.04% +0.01
EFX Equifax Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF Add +28.5% 0.06% +0.01
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF New 0.01% +0.01
CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
IBMQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Muni Add +43.3% 0.05% +0.01
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Add +25.0% 0.06% +0.01
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +0.3% 1.43% +0.01

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 278$2.8BVEU, GOOGL, AAPL, NVDA, MSFT
Q1 2026 262$2.5BVEU, GOOGL, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA
Q4 2025 270$2.6BGOOGL, VEU, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA
Q3 2025 274$2.6BMSFT, GOOGL, VEU, AAPL, NVDA
Q2 2025 272$2.5BMSFT, VEU, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B
Q1 2025 267$2.2BVEU, MSFT, AAPL, BRK.B, GOOGL
Q4 2024 283$2.3BVEU, MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B
Q3 2024 277$2.3BVEU, MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, BRK.B
Q2 2024 272$2.1BVEU, MSFT, GOOGL, AAPL, BRK.B
Q1 2024 263$2.1BVEU, MSFT, GOOGL, BRK.B, AAPL