Howland Capital Management LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2025 (holdings as of June 30, 2025, filed August 15, 2025), Howland Capital Management LLC reported 272 stock positions worth $2.5 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 5.9% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U (VEU, 5.4%) and Alphabet Class A (GOOGL, 4.3%). Compared with Q1 2025, it opened 10 new positions, sold out of 5, added to 95 and reduced 116. The biggest buy was Microsoft (MSFT, shares +1%) and the biggest sale Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, shares −1%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
BOSTON, MA
CIK
0001079112
Portfolio Value
$2.5B (Q2 2025)
SEC Filing
0001079112-25-000006 ↗ filed Aug 15, 2025

Holdings Value

0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B Q1 2024: $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 $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 272 stocks · $2.5B

MSFT Microsoft Corp. 5.87% 289,689 $144.1M Add +1.3%
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U 5.42% 1,978,324 $133.0M Add +0.4%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 4.25% 592,215 $104.4M Add +3.5%
AAPL Apple Inc. 4.17% 498,516 $102.3M Add +11.2%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 3.59% 181,421 $88.1M Reduce -0.9%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 3.12% 483,998 $76.5M Add +0.5%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 2.88% 95,915 $70.8M Add +0.5%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 2.69% 667,628 $66.0M Reduce -1.6%
V Visa Inc. Class A 2.58% 178,412 $63.3M Add +0.6%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 2.20% 102,421 $54.0M Reduce -1.3%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 2.18% 433,845 $53.6M Reduce -3.8%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.08% 232,323 $51.0M Add +65.5%
WSO Watsco Inc. 1.99% 110,429 $48.8M Reduce -3.8%
ECL Ecolab Inc. 1.85% 168,589 $45.5M Reduce -0.6%
AMT American Tower Corp. 1.77% 195,007 $43.4M Reduce -0.9%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 1.71% 464,349 $41.9M Add +1.3%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.64% 70,601 $40.2M Add +20.4%
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. 1.58% 79,982 $38.7M Reduce -1.5%
SYK Stryker Corp. 1.57% 97,379 $38.6M Add +0.3%
MELI MercadoLibre Inc. 1.47% 13,845 $36.2M Reduce -14.3%
TEL Te Connectivity PLC 1.45% 210,800 $35.6M Reduce -0.6%
WMT Walmart Inc. 1.43% 360,211 $35.2M Add +0.6%
DHR Danaher Corp. 1.41% 175,508 $34.7M Reduce -7.3%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.33% 52,812 $32.7M Reduce -1.0%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.24% 75,177 $30.5M Reduce -4.6%
IBDR iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term 1.22% 1,236,100 $30.0M Add +3.5%
TDG Transdigm Group Inc. 1.19% 19,172 $29.2M Add +3.9%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 1.15% 91,320 $28.3M Reduce -0.6%
CB Chubb Ltd. 1.15% 96,749 $28.1M Reduce -0.4%
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. 1.13% 198,655 $27.6M Reduce -0.6%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 1.10% 26,306 $27.0M Add +0.8%
IBDT iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 ETF 1.05% 1,017,452 $25.9M Add +6.5%
IBDS Ishrs Ibnds Dec 27 Corp. ETF 1.04% 1,056,059 $25.6M Add +5.1%
IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. 1.03% 47,100 $25.3M Reduce -1.6%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 1.03% 158,127 $25.2M Add +6.4%
IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term 1.00% 978,740 $24.6M Reduce -1.1%
MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS 0.95% 308,242 $23.4M Reduce -0.4%
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 0.93% 243,613 $22.7M Add +2.5%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.84% 40,042 $20.5M Add +0.4%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.81% 139,238 $19.9M Add +3.4%
ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw 0.79% 217,800 $19.4M Reduce -1.1%
IBDU iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term 0.75% 794,261 $18.5M Add +6.3%
TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. 0.71% 16,468 $17.4M No change
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.69% 156,667 $16.9M Add +13.8%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 0.68% 31,795 $16.7M Add +19.1%
GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE 0.68% 64,708 $16.7M Reduce -0.1%
IBDV iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Corp. 0.56% 623,340 $13.7M Add +10.9%
NBIS Nebius Group NV 0.52% 230,030 $12.7M No change
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF 0.51% 160,671 $12.4M Reduce -3.2%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.48% 138,957 $11.8M Add +4.5%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.44% 70,052 $10.7M Reduce -5.9%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.43% 35,994 $10.4M Reduce -4.4%
ANSS Ansys Inc. 0.41% 28,668 $10.1M Reduce -2.5%
MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit 0.39% 96,330 $9.7M Reduce -2.9%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.39% 9,748 $9.6M Reduce -1.6%
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A 0.39% 13 $9.5M Reduce -7.1%
IBMQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Muni 0.35% 338,675 $8.6M Add +1.7%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.34% 47,629 $8.4M Add +8.9%
GEV GE Vernova Inc. 0.34% 15,948 $8.4M Reduce -0.1%
IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro 0.31% 230,535 $7.6M Add +145.8%
LDUR PIMCO Enhanced Low Duration 0.30% 77,974 $7.5M Add +1.2%
TRNO Terreno Realty Corp. 0.30% 129,126 $7.3M Add +4.0%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.28% 46,073 $6.9M Add +3.9%
IBDW iShares Ibonds Dec 2031 Corp. 0.26% 303,344 $6.4M Add +25.4%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.26% 20,863 $6.4M Add +0.7%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.23% 42,338 $5.8M Add +0.5%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.22% 14,997 $5.4M Reduce -2.6%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.22% 17,502 $5.3M Add +0.1%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.22% 28,491 $5.3M Reduce -0.0%
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value 0.21% 54,270 $5.1M No change
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.21% 17,076 $5.0M Add +34.4%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.20% 69,929 $5.0M Reduce -2.1%
VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati 0.20% 98,446 $4.8M Reduce -8.0%
IBMO iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term 0.20% 188,806 $4.8M Add +3.9%
IBMP iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term 0.19% 185,945 $4.7M Add +5.3%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.17% 31,681 $4.2M Reduce -11.2%
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight 0.16% 21,587 $3.9M No change
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.16% 12,746 $3.8M Add +173.0%
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 0.15% 8,882 $3.8M Reduce -1.0%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.15% 76,149 $3.8M Reduce -2.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.15% 6,632 $3.7M Add +1.6%
PAYX Paychex Inc. 0.15% 25,000 $3.6M Reduce -3.9%
IBTG iShares Ibonds Dec 2026 Term 0.15% 157,661 $3.6M Add +8.5%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.15% 45,090 $3.6M Add +17.2%
ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration 0.15% 70,298 $3.6M Add +2.3%
EMR Emerson Electric Co. 0.14% 25,653 $3.4M Reduce -2.0%
INDB Independent Bank Corp. 0.13% 49,800 $3.2M No change
RTX RTX Corp. 0.13% 21,442 $3.1M Add +4.3%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.12% 2,287 $3.1M Reduce -0.0%
IBTJ iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 Term 0.12% 138,377 $3.0M Add +4.8%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.12% 8,115 $3.0M Add +1.2%
IBTI iShares Ibonds Dec 2028 Term 0.11% 124,988 $2.8M Add +9.0%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.11% 6,875 $2.7M Reduce -12.1%
IBTF iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term 0.11% 112,620 $2.6M Add +5.5%
NUE Nucor Corp. 0.11% 20,083 $2.6M Reduce -3.8%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.11% 8,837 $2.6M Add +0.8%
IBTH iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term 0.10% 114,338 $2.6M Add +17.9%
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos 0.10% 11,682 $2.6M Reduce -2.5%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.10% 36,220 $2.5M Add +1.2%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.10% 39,970 $2.5M Add +0.5%

Show all 272 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Reduce -0.9% 3.59% −0.76
WSO Watsco Inc. Reduce -3.8% 1.99% −0.61
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Reduce -4.6% 1.24% −0.51
DHR Danaher Corp. Reduce -7.3% 1.41% −0.32
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Reduce -3.8% 2.18% −0.26
AWK American Water Works Co. Inc. Reduce -0.6% 1.13% −0.19
KNSL Kinsale Capital Group Inc. Reduce -1.5% 1.58% −0.19
MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS Reduce -0.4% 0.95% −0.18
CB Chubb Ltd. Reduce -0.4% 1.15% −0.17
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -1.3% 2.20% −0.15
AMT American Tower Corp. Reduce -0.9% 1.77% −0.14
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -5.9% 0.44% −0.11
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A Reduce -7.1% 0.39% −0.11
IBDQ iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term Reduce -1.1% 1.00% −0.11
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -0.6% 1.15% −0.10
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -11.2% 0.17% −0.07
ECL Ecolab Inc. Reduce -0.6% 1.85% −0.07
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.22% −0.05
MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit Reduce -2.9% 0.39% −0.05
VNLA Janus Henderson Short Durati Reduce -8.0% 0.20% −0.04
PAYX Paychex Inc. Reduce -3.9% 0.15% −0.03
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Reduce -9.4% 0.05% −0.03
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -2.1% 0.20% −0.03
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Cos Reduce -2.5% 0.10% −0.03
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -6.8% 0.10% −0.02
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -1.6% 0.39% −0.02
BF.A Brown-Forman Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.02
IBMR iShares Ibonds Dec 2029 M BD Reduce -12.1% 0.09% −0.02
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.02
COP Conocophillips Reduce -2.9% 0.05% −0.02
SYY Sysco Corp. Reduce -8.8% 0.09% −0.02
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Reduce -5.4% 0.09% −0.02
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Reduce -2.7% 0.09% −0.01
HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
BDX Becton Dickinson and Co. Reduce -6.4% 0.02% −0.01
EBC Eastern Bankshares Inc. Reduce -32.5% 0.02% −0.01
GEHC GE Healthcare Technology Reduce -0.9% 0.06% −0.01
PFE Pfizer Inc. Reduce -11.1% 0.04% −0.01
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Reduce -68.3% 0.01% −0.01
DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF Reduce -1.4% 0.09% −0.01
MAS Masco Corp. Reduce -3.0% 0.05% −0.01
ITW Illinois Tool Works Reduce -1.8% 0.09% −0.01
IXUS iShares Core Intl Stock ETF Reduce -3.2% 0.51% −0.01
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Reduce -10.1% 0.03% −0.01
ESGD iShares Trust iShares ESG Aw Reduce -1.1% 0.79% −0.01
CLX Clorox Company Sold out 0.00% −0.01
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. Reduce -10.8% 0.08% −0.01
IBMN iShares Ibonds Dec 2025 Term Reduce -1.4% 0.09% −0.01
SLB SLB Ltd. Reduce -21.6% 0.01% −0.01
VOOV Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +1.3% 5.87% +1.08
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +65.5% 2.08% +0.89
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +0.5% 3.12% +0.79
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +0.5% 2.88% +0.43
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +3.5% 4.25% +0.31
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +20.4% 1.64% +0.30
IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro Add +145.8% 0.31% +0.18
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Add +0.8% 1.10% +0.18
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. Add +2.5% 0.93% +0.15
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U Add +0.4% 5.42% +0.09
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +173.0% 0.16% +0.09
SNPS Synopsys Inc. Add +0.4% 0.84% +0.07
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Add +34.4% 0.21% +0.06
TDG Transdigm Group Inc. Add +3.9% 1.19% +0.05
EFX Equifax Inc. Add +380.0% 0.05% +0.04
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +8.9% 0.34% +0.04
IBDW iShares Ibonds Dec 2031 Corp. Add +25.4% 0.26% +0.04
PSNL Personalis Inc. Add +0.9% 0.08% +0.03
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +0.6% 1.43% +0.03
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Add +0.7% 0.08% +0.03
INTC Intel Corp. Add +287.8% 0.03% +0.02
IBDV iShares Ibonds Dec 2030 Corp. Add +10.9% 0.56% +0.01
INTU Intuit Inc. Add +12.8% 0.05% +0.01
CTVA Corteva Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR New 0.01% +0.01
IBDX iShares Ibonds Dec 2032 TC Add +53.0% 0.03% +0.01
DELL Dell Technologies -C New 0.01% +0.01
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
SRE Sempra New 0.01% +0.01
ADI Analog Devices Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF New 0.01% +0.01
UVV Universal Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
SO The Southern Co. New 0.01% +0.01
ILMN Illumina Inc. Add +1.7% 0.08% +0.01
VLTO Veralto Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
IBTH iShares Ibonds Dec 2027 Term Add +17.9% 0.10% +0.01
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui Add +33.5% 0.04% +0.01
CI The Cigna Group Add +20.6% 0.08% +0.01
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Add +43.1% 0.02% +0.01
RTX RTX Corp. Add +4.3% 0.13% +0.01
BX Blackstone Inc. Add +3.9% 0.28% +0.00
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +1.2% 0.10% +0.00
PM Philip Morris International Add +5.0% 0.04% +0.00
GIS General Mills Inc. Add +43.4% 0.03% +0.00
AXP American Express Co. Add +4.2% 0.03% +0.00
CARR Carrier Global Corp. Add +13.8% 0.02% +0.00
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Add +0.1% 0.22% +0.00
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +2.1% 0.04% +0.00
DD Dupont DE Nemours Inc. Add +37.6% 0.02% +0.00
GLW Corning Inc. Add +5.8% 0.02% +0.00

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