Kovitz Investment as of Sept. 30, 2011
Portfolio Holdings for Kovitz Investment
Kovitz Investment holds 90 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2011 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 6.3 | $120M | 5.0M | 24.12 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 5.4 | $103M | 1.5M | 71.04 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 5.2 | $99M | 1.9M | 51.90 | |
| Walgreen Company | 5.1 | $97M | 2.9M | 32.89 | |
| CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) | 5.0 | $95M | 2.8M | 33.59 | |
| Lowe's Companies (LOW) | 4.9 | $94M | 4.8M | 19.34 | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 4.8 | $91M | 1.6M | 57.31 | |
| Apple (AAPL) | 4.3 | $82M | 215k | 381.18 | |
| CarMax (KMX) | 3.9 | $75M | 3.1M | 23.85 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 3.9 | $74M | 1.2M | 63.69 | |
| Accenture (ACN) | 3.4 | $65M | 1.2M | 52.68 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 3.4 | $64M | 3.4M | 18.59 | |
| Target Corporation (TGT) | 3.3 | $62M | 1.3M | 49.04 | |
| Boeing Company (BA) | 3.2 | $60M | 999k | 60.51 | |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 3.1 | $60M | 1.3M | 47.15 | |
| Procter & Gamble Company (PG) | 3.0 | $57M | 907k | 63.18 | |
| Goldman Sachs (GS) | 2.9 | $55M | 578k | 94.55 | |
| Abbott Laboratories (ABT) | 2.8 | $53M | 1.0M | 51.14 | |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 2.3 | $44M | 701k | 63.15 | |
| Walt Disney Company (DIS) | 2.1 | $41M | 1.4M | 30.16 | |
| Coca-Cola Company (KO) | 2.0 | $37M | 553k | 67.56 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) | 1.8 | $33M | 405k | 82.12 | |
| Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) | 1.7 | $32M | 651k | 49.36 | |
| Becton, Dickinson and (BDX) | 1.7 | $32M | 433k | 73.32 | |
| American Express Company (AXP) | 1.3 | $26M | 569k | 44.90 | |
| Robert Half International (RHI) | 1.2 | $23M | 1.1M | 21.22 | |
| Biglari Holdings | 1.1 | $22M | 74k | 296.39 | |
| Franklin Resources (BEN) | 1.1 | $21M | 220k | 95.64 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 1.0 | $20M | 186.00 | 106801.08 | |
| 1.0 | $18M | 36k | 514.45 | ||
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB) | 0.9 | $18M | 751k | 24.09 | |
| St. Jude Medical | 0.9 | $18M | 492k | 36.19 | |
| Markel Corporation (MKL) | 0.9 | $17M | 48k | 357.14 | |
| Kohl's Corporation (KSS) | 0.8 | $15M | 299k | 49.10 | |
| PrivateBan | 0.6 | $12M | 1.6M | 7.52 | |
| Medtronic | 0.4 | $6.8M | 205k | 33.24 | |
| Qualcomm (QCOM) | 0.3 | $5.0M | 103k | 48.63 | |
| Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) | 0.2 | $3.8M | 34k | 113.15 | |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 0.2 | $3.8M | 1.3M | 3.04 | |
| Cemex SAB de CV (CX) | 0.2 | $3.7M | 1.2M | 3.16 | |
| McDonald's Corporation (MCD) | 0.2 | $3.4M | 38k | 87.81 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.1 | $2.9M | 16k | 174.89 | |
| Nike (NKE) | 0.1 | $2.6M | 31k | 85.51 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) | 0.1 | $2.5M | 35k | 72.63 | |
| Consolidated Edison (ED) | 0.1 | $1.9M | 34k | 57.02 | |
| Nextera Energy (NEE) | 0.1 | $1.7M | 32k | 54.03 | |
| iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) | 0.1 | $1.7M | 36k | 47.77 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 0.1 | $1.5M | 60k | 24.92 | |
| Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) | 0.1 | $1.5M | 38k | 38.73 | |
| Home Depot (HD) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 42k | 32.87 | |
| Pepsi (PEP) | 0.1 | $1.3M | 21k | 61.91 | |
| Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 24k | 57.72 | |
| Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) | 0.1 | $1.3M | 37k | 35.83 | |
| Chevron Corporation (CVX) | 0.1 | $1.2M | 13k | 92.56 | |
| General Electric Company | 0.1 | $1.1M | 74k | 15.22 | |
| BP (BP) | 0.1 | $958k | 27k | 36.04 | |
| Caterpillar (CAT) | 0.0 | $675k | 9.1k | 73.85 | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) | 0.0 | $788k | 21k | 36.99 | |
| Pfizer (PFE) | 0.0 | $678k | 38k | 17.69 | |
| Cisco Systems (CSCO) | 0.0 | $809k | 52k | 15.49 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) | 0.0 | $717k | 33k | 21.61 | |
| Intel Corporation (INTC) | 0.0 | $732k | 34k | 21.36 | |
| Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) | 0.0 | $690k | 14k | 49.89 | |
| Allstate Corporation (ALL) | 0.0 | $702k | 30k | 23.69 | |
| Royal Dutch Shell | 0.0 | $680k | 11k | 61.51 | |
| Integrys Energy | 0.0 | $831k | 17k | 48.59 | |
| Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) | 0.0 | $791k | 16k | 50.87 | |
| CSS Industries | 0.0 | $638k | 38k | 16.66 | |
| Utilities SPDR (XLU) | 0.0 | $622k | 19k | 33.62 | |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (EEM) | 0.0 | $394k | 11k | 35.07 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) | 0.0 | $342k | 11k | 30.09 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 0.0 | $375k | 11k | 34.97 | |
| Ameren Corporation (AEE) | 0.0 | $342k | 12k | 29.74 | |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 0.0 | $323k | 4.5k | 71.75 | |
| Mercury General Corporation (MCY) | 0.0 | $324k | 8.4k | 38.36 | |
| Ross Stores (ROST) | 0.0 | $346k | 4.4k | 78.64 | |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) | 0.0 | $308k | 4.9k | 63.23 | |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 0.0 | $406k | 6.8k | 59.71 | |
| United Technologies Corporation | 0.0 | $399k | 5.7k | 70.31 | |
| iShares Russell 1000 Value Index (IWD) | 0.0 | $418k | 7.4k | 56.64 | |
| Exelon Corporation (EXC) | 0.0 | $426k | 10k | 42.60 | |
| Manpower (MAN) | 0.0 | $448k | 13k | 33.62 | |
| USG Corporation | 0.0 | $320k | 48k | 6.73 | |
| iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index (IWF) | 0.0 | $377k | 7.2k | 52.54 | |
| Ezchip Semiconductor Lt | 0.0 | $458k | 14k | 33.19 | |
| Bank of America Corporation (BAC) | 0.0 | $221k | 36k | 6.12 | |
| At&t (T) | 0.0 | $279k | 9.8k | 28.49 | |
| Apache Corporation | 0.0 | $269k | 3.4k | 80.30 | |
| Morgan Stanley (MS) | 0.0 | $192k | 14k | 13.51 | |
| TJX Companies (TJX) | 0.0 | $272k | 4.9k | 55.51 |
