Poplar Forest Capital LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed May 2, 2024), Poplar Forest Capital LLC reported 53 stock positions worth $744.5 million. Its top holding was Equitable (EQH) at 5.3% of the portfolio, followed by Allstate (ALL, 4.7%) and Tyson Foods Class A (TSN, 4.4%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 1 new position, added to 11 and reduced 23. The biggest buy was Dominion Energy (D, shares +211%) and the biggest sale Philip Morris International (PM, shares −57%).

Most Recent 13F
Q1 2025
Location
PASADENA, CA
CIK
0001454949
Portfolio Value
$744.5M (Q1 2024)
SEC Filing
0001085146-24-002183 ↗ filed May 2, 2024

Holdings Value

0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M$800.0M Q1 2024: $744.5M $744.5M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $716.2M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $734.4M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $543.5M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $562.6M Q1 2025

Holdings 53 stocks · $744.5M

EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. 5.35% 1,047,458 $39.8M Reduce -1.9%
ALL Allstate Corp. 4.71% 202,641 $35.1M Reduce -14.0%
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 4.37% 554,313 $32.6M Reduce -1.0%
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. 4.22% 585,458 $31.5M Add +14.7%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 4.05% 228,347 $30.1M Reduce -2.8%
CVS CVS Health Corp. 4.01% 374,096 $29.8M Add +0.1%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 4.00% 155,912 $29.8M Reduce -25.7%
INTC Intel Corp. 3.94% 664,162 $29.3M Reduce -0.4%
D Dominion Energy Inc. 3.94% 596,191 $29.3M Add +210.6%
CVX Chevron Corp. 3.94% 185,882 $29.3M Add +5.9%
COR Cencora Inc. 3.91% 119,692 $29.1M Reduce -9.2%
DOW Dow Inc. 3.90% 501,494 $29.1M Reduce -1.3%
T AT&T Inc. 3.82% 1,615,264 $28.4M Reduce -0.4%
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv 3.51% 352,090 $26.1M Reduce -1.0%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. 3.42% 110,919 $25.5M Reduce -0.1%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 3.41% 437,556 $25.4M Reduce -17.7%
C Citigroup Inc. 3.33% 391,931 $24.8M Add +28.9%
FDX FedEx Corp. 3.32% 85,305 $24.7M Reduce -0.7%
OSK Oshkosh Corp. 3.24% 193,598 $24.1M Reduce -2.0%
DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. 3.19% 178,378 $23.8M Add +0.2%
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. 2.91% 419,340 $21.7M Reduce -1.9%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. 2.84% 521,834 $21.2M Reduce -0.5%
TPR Tapestry Inc. 2.81% 440,358 $20.9M Reduce -0.3%
MUR Murphy Oil Corp. 2.03% 329,929 $15.1M Reduce -0.1%
SF Stifel Financial Corp. 1.94% 184,632 $14.4M Add +87.1%
ST Sensata Technologies Holdplc 1.68% 339,440 $12.5M Reduce -3.2%
PM Philip Morris International 1.45% 118,062 $10.8M Reduce -56.6%
AIG American International Group 1.41% 134,516 $10.5M Reduce -20.6%
WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 1.10% 935,512 $8.2M Reduce -0.1%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. filed as SUN CMNTYS INC 1.02% 58,922 $7.6M Add +0.1%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.56% 25,508 $4.1M No change
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.36% 14,575 $2.7M No change
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.30% 14,234 $2.3M No change
EMR Emerson Electric Co. 0.27% 18,005 $2.0M No change
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.21% 13,642 $1.6M No change
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 0.17% 23,989 $1.3M No change
MMM 3M Co. 0.16% 13,110 $1.2M No change
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.14% 6,115 $1.1M No change
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B 0.14% 14,077 $1.1M Add +1.7%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.13% 1,855 $970K No change
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.12% 4,197 $883K Add +3.3%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.12% 5,067 $869K No change
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.11% 1,869 $786K No change
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.09% 5,138 $645K No change
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 0.06% 6,177 $478K No change
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. 0.06% 4,030 $453K Reduce -12.6%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.05% 500 $366K No change
RPV Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value E 0.04% 3,550 $314K No change
ET Energy Transfer LP 0.04% 18,950 $298K No change
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.04% 6,864 $287K Add +5.5%
THYF T Rowe Price US High Yield 0.03% 4,825 $250K No change
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.03% 5,380 $204K New
PFD Flaherty & Crumrin Pre&inc F 0.02% 15,425 $164K No change

Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

PM Philip Morris International Reduce -56.6% 1.45% −2.26
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -25.7% 4.00% −0.99
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -0.4% 3.94% −0.93
WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. Reduce -0.1% 1.10% −0.45
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. Reduce -17.7% 3.41% −0.40
AIG American International Group Reduce -20.6% 1.41% −0.25
ST Sensata Technologies Holdplc Reduce -3.2% 1.68% −0.24
DOW Dow Inc. Reduce -1.3% 3.90% −0.14
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. Reduce -1.9% 2.91% −0.14
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -0.4% 3.82% −0.13
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. Reduce -0.1% 3.42% −0.12
ALL Allstate Corp. Reduce -14.0% 4.71% −0.08
COR Cencora Inc. Reduce -9.2% 3.91% −0.03
MUR Murphy Oil Corp. Reduce -0.1% 2.03% −0.02
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. Reduce -12.6% 0.06% −0.00
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A Reduce -1.0% 4.37% −0.00
OSK Oshkosh Corp. Reduce -2.0% 3.24% +0.13
FDX FedEx Corp. Reduce -0.7% 3.32% +0.16
EQH Equitable Holdings Inc. Reduce -1.9% 5.35% +0.18
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. Reduce -0.5% 2.84% +0.19
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Reduce -2.8% 4.05% +0.33
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv Reduce -1.0% 3.51% +0.40
TPR Tapestry Inc. Reduce -0.3% 2.81% +0.45

Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024

D Dominion Energy Inc. Add +210.6% 3.94% +2.63
C Citigroup Inc. Add +28.9% 3.33% +1.06
SF Stifel Financial Corp. Add +87.1% 1.94% +0.95
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. Add +14.7% 4.22% +0.50
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +5.9% 3.94% +0.14
BAC Bank of America Corp. New 0.03% +0.03
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Add +3.3% 0.12% +0.00
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke Add +5.5% 0.04% −0.00
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +1.7% 0.14% −0.01
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Add +0.1% 1.02% −0.13
CVS CVS Health Corp. Add +0.1% 4.01% −0.28
DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. Add +0.2% 3.19% −0.48

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q1 2025 52$562.6MT, CVS, NFG, ALL, EQH
Q4 2024 54$543.5MEQH, ALL, T, NFG, D
Q3 2024 54$734.4MUTHR, EQH, ALL, T, NFG
Q2 2024 54$716.2MEQH, UTHR, ALL, NFG, TSN
Q1 2024 53$744.5MEQH, ALL, TSN, NFG, MRK