Gratus Capital, LLC

ATLANTA, GA · CIK 1652103 · 13F filing filed 2024-07-25

No investment adviser registration (Form ADV) found for this filer. It may be a parent company whose subsidiaries are the registered advisers, a bank or insurer, or a manager based outside the US.

$2.5bn reported value +14.4% vs Q1 2024

371positions

35.5%in top 10

70 new 191 added 40 reduced 13 sold out vs Q1 2024

Options: 1 call positions ($197.9k notional), 4 put positions ($17.0m notional) – listed below, not included above.

This report includes the holdings of 1 other manager that shares the investment decisions:

Aurora Investment Counsel – files its own report too

Shares in two reports are counted once in each security's totals.

Holdings, Q2 2024

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	1,598,886	$197.5m7.96%	7.96%	Reduced -79.3k	-79,334 -4.7%
2	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	866,440	$182.5m7.36%	7.36%	Added +220.0k	+220,005 34.0%
3	VANGUARD INDEX FDS GROWTH ETF VUG	VUG	356,984	$133.5m5.38%	5.38%	Added +5.9k	+5,922 1.7%
4	ISHARES TR CORE MSCI EAFE IEFA	IEFA	1,180,715	$85.8m3.46%	3.46%	Added +47.4k	+47,410 4.2%
5	ANGEL OAK FUNDS TRUST OAK ULTRASHORT UYLD	UYLD	1,113,506	$56.7m2.28%	2.28%	Added +66.1k	+66,119 6.3%
6	VANGUARD WORLD FD INF TECH ETF VGT	VGT	92,732	$53.5m2.16%	2.16%	Added +1.0k	+1,001 1.1%
7	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	115,907	$51.8m2.09%	2.09%	Added +21.3k	+21,265 22.5%
8	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS VNG RUS3000IDX VTHR	VTHR	194,586	$46.6m1.88%	1.88%	Added +4.1k	+4,098 2.1%
9	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW BRK.B	BRK.B	91,602	$37.3m1.50%	1.50%	Added +5.4k	+5,353 6.2%
10	SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT SPY	SPY	67,278	$36.6m1.48%	1.48%	Added +860	+860 1.3%
11	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	173,117	$35.0m1.41%	1.41%	Added +8.8k	+8,792 5.3%
12	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	189,391	$34.5m1.39%	1.39%	Added +9.3k	+9,312 5.2%
13	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	163,743	$32.4m1.31%	1.31%	Added +275	+275 0.2%
14	WALMART INC COM WMT	WMT	467,519	$31.7m1.28%	1.28%	Added +10.9k	+10,869 2.4%
15	COCA COLA CO COM KO	KO	484,480	$30.8m1.24%	1.24%	Added +277.8k	+277,788 134.4%
16	COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM COST	COST	33,371	$28.4m1.14%	1.14%	Added +1.4k	+1,383 4.3%
17	NETFLIX INC COM NFLX	NFLX	41,882	$28.3m1.14%	1.14%	Reduced -782	-782 -1.8%
18	ISHARES TR BLACKROCK ULTRA ICSH	ICSH	550,609	$27.8m1.12%	1.12%	Added +342.2k	+342,237 164.2%
19	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	139,344	$26.9m1.09%	1.09%	Added +8.3k	+8,255 6.3%
20	WILLIAMS COS INC COM WMB	WMB	622,226	$26.4m1.07%	1.07%	Added +16.2k	+16,168 2.7%
21	PHILLIPS 66 COM PSX	PSX	181,408	$25.6m1.03%	1.03%	Added +4.5k	+4,474 2.5%
22	ISHARES TR CORE DIV GRWTH DGRO	DGRO	419,637	$24.2m0.97%	0.97%	Added +1.2k	+1,196 0.3%
23	INVESCO EXCHANGE TRADED FD T S&P MDCP QUALITY XMHQ	XMHQ	244,957	$23.8m0.96%	0.96%	Added +3.3k	+3,257 1.4%
24	RTX CORPORATION COM RTX	RTX	232,682	$23.4m0.94%	0.94%	Added +6.5k	+6,519 2.9%
25	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	44,308	$22.3m0.90%	0.90%	Added +17.6k	+17,614 66.0%
26	FIDELITY MERRIMACK STR TR TOTAL BD ETF FBND	FBND	493,092	$22.2m0.89%	0.89%	Added +11.9k	+11,943 2.5%
27	LAM RESEARCH CORP COM COM		20,568	$21.9m0.88%	0.88%	Added +564	+564 2.8%
28	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR FUNDAMENTAL US L FNDX	FNDX	322,098	$21.6m0.87%	0.87%	Added +3.0k	+2,995 0.9%
29	DIGITAL RLTY TR INC COM DLR	DLR	134,661	$20.5m0.83%	0.83%	Added +4.1k	+4,095 3.1%
30	MERCK & CO INC COM MRK	MRK	162,476	$20.1m0.81%	0.81%	Added +11.4k	+11,373 7.5%
31	REPUBLIC SVCS INC COM RSG	RSG	102,459	$19.9m0.80%	0.80%	Added +2.0k	+2,018 2.0%
32	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM LMT	LMT	42,353	$19.8m0.80%	0.80%	Added +770	+770 1.9%
33	VIRTU FINL INC CL A VIRT	VIRT	876,653	$19.7m0.79%	0.79%	Added +17.4k	+17,350 2.0%
34	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM AMD	AMD	119,496	$19.4m0.78%	0.78%	Added +7.8k	+7,791 7.0%
35	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM JNJ	JNJ	129,670	$19.0m0.76%	0.76%	Added +8.0k	+7,968 6.5%
36	KLA CORP COM NEW KLAC	KLAC	22,810	$18.8m0.76%	0.76%	Reduced -8.3k	-8,260 -26.6%
37	MCDONALDS CORP COM MCD	MCD	72,817	$18.6m0.75%	0.75%	Added +1.9k	+1,919 2.7%
38	BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE CO COM SB VTG SHS A COM SB VTG SHS A		523,429	$17.6m0.71%	0.71%	Added +96.4k	+96,359 22.6%
39	STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP. SHS PAR SBLK	SBLK	719,747	$17.5m0.71%	0.71%	Added +21.9k	+21,880 3.1%
40	AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW COM AMT	AMT	87,845	$17.1m0.69%	0.69%	Added +44.8k	+44,790 104.0%
41	CME GROUP INC COM CME	CME	86,703	$17.0m0.69%	0.69%	Added +2.3k	+2,317 2.8%
42	GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD SHS GNK	GNK	797,096	$17.0m0.68%	0.68%	Added +24.7k	+24,668 3.2%
43	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	10,507	$16.9m0.68%	0.68%	Reduced -3.7k	-3,681 -25.9%
44	KINDER MORGAN INC DEL COM KMI	KMI	837,868	$16.6m0.67%	0.67%	Added +186.6k	+186,649 28.7%
45	DT MIDSTREAM INC COMMON STOCK DTM	DTM	233,217	$16.6m0.67%	0.67%	Added +5.5k	+5,499 2.4%
46	J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F CORE PLUS BD ETF JCPB	JCPB	348,833	$16.2m0.65%	0.65%	Added +10.9k	+10,891 3.2%
47	INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO COM IP	IP	370,271	$16.0m0.64%	0.64%	Added +150.3k	+150,254 68.3%
48	HOME DEPOT INC COM HD	HD	46,003	$15.8m0.64%	0.64%	Added +3.6k	+3,634 8.6%
49	BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC COM BJ	BJ	178,874	$15.7m0.63%	0.63%	Added +4.4k	+4,359 2.5%
50	DTE ENERGY CO COM DTE	DTE	138,964	$15.4m0.62%	0.62%	Added +4.7k	+4,733 3.5%
51	DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM NEW DUK	DUK	153,871	$15.4m0.62%	0.62%	Added +4.1k	+4,067 2.7%
52	AMGEN INC COM AMGN	AMGN	47,852	$15.0m0.60%	0.60%	Added +1.3k	+1,282 2.8%
53	PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS INC COM PTGX	PTGX	418,346	$14.5m0.58%	0.58%	Added +10.2k	+10,173 2.5%
54	PIMCO ETF TR INTER MUN BD ACT MUNI	MUNI	262,688	$13.7m0.55%	0.55%	Added +11.1k	+11,066 4.4%
55	EOG RES INC COM EOG	EOG	108,050	$13.6m0.55%	0.55%	Added +2.4k	+2,426 2.3%
56	UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC COM UBER	UBER	178,421	$13.0m0.52%	0.52%	Reduced -56.5k	-56,452 -24.0%
57	HARTFORD FDS EXCHANGE TRADED MUN OPORTUNITE HMOP	HMOP	335,034	$13.0m0.52%	0.52%	Added +18.0k	+18,019 5.7%
58	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM VZ	VZ	302,352	$12.5m0.50%	0.50%	Added +7.4k	+7,413 2.5%
59	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD SPONSORED ADS SPONSORED ADS		760,289	$12.4m0.50%	0.50%	Reduced -9.8k	-9,844 -1.3%
60	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC COM FANG	FANG	60,825	$12.2m0.49%	0.49%	Added +2.1k	+2,071 3.5%
61	MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC COM MRVL	MRVL	174,159	$12.2m0.49%	0.49%	Added +4.4k	+4,379 2.6%
62	COTERRA ENERGY INC COM CTRA	CTRA	438,672	$11.7m0.47%	0.47%	Added +10.6k	+10,593 2.5%
63	CROWDSTRIKE HLDGS INC CL A CRWD	CRWD	29,857	$11.4m0.46%	0.46%	Reduced -19.3k	-19,333 -39.3%
64	IQVIA HLDGS INC COM IQV	IQV	53,656	$11.3m0.46%	0.46%	Added +2.0k	+2,026 3.9%
65	CAMECO CORP COM CCJ	CCJ	226,988	$11.2m0.45%	0.45%	New
66	SHOPIFY INC CL A SUB VTG SHS SHOP	SHOP	166,735	$11.0m0.44%	0.44%	Added +19.2k	+19,243 13.1%
67	ISHARES TR EAFE GRWTH ETF EFG	EFG	105,696	$10.8m0.44%	0.44%	Added +4.1k	+4,126 4.1%
68	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR FUNDAMENTAL INTL FNDF	FNDF	306,689	$10.7m0.43%	0.43%	Added +10.0k	+9,994 3.4%
69	PFIZER INC COM PFE	PFE	369,718	$10.3m0.42%	0.42%	Added +26.5k	+26,534 7.7%
70	GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC ORDINARY SHARES GFS	GFS	200,189	$10.1m0.41%	0.41%	Added +4.9k	+4,910 2.5%
71	ARM HOLDINGS PLC SPONSORED ADS ARM	ARM	60,165	$9.8m0.40%	0.40%	New
72	ZSCALER INC COM ZS	ZS	50,530	$9.7m0.39%	0.39%	New
73	UTZ BRANDS INC COM CL A UTZ	UTZ	583,117	$9.7m0.39%	0.39%	Added +17.1k	+17,130 3.0%
74	DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW COM DVN	DVN	204,374	$9.7m0.39%	0.39%	Added +7.6k	+7,597 3.9%
75	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	51,676	$9.5m0.38%	0.38%	Added +4.7k	+4,732 10.1%
76	SNOWFLAKE INC CL A SNOW	SNOW	68,161	$9.2m0.37%	0.37%	Added +1.4k	+1,425 2.1%
77	GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TR ULTRA SHORT BOND GSST	GSST	172,927	$8.7m0.35%	0.35%	Added +35.7k	+35,701 26.0%
78	CBOE GLOBAL MKTS INC COM CBOE	CBOE	50,403	$8.6m0.35%	0.35%	Added +1.5k	+1,515 3.1%
79	OKTA INC CL A OKTA	OKTA	91,082	$8.5m0.34%	0.34%	Added +2.6k	+2,644 3.0%
80	BENTLEY SYS INC COM CL B BSY	BSY	171,907	$8.5m0.34%	0.34%	Added +203	+203 0.1%
81	GITLAB INC CLASS A COM GTLB	GTLB	165,777	$8.2m0.33%	0.33%	Added +4.4k	+4,426 2.7%
82	EATON CORP PLC SHS ETN	ETN	25,956	$8.1m0.33%	0.33%	Added +1.4k	+1,409 5.7%
83	CONFLUENT INC CLASS A COM CFLT	CFLT	273,617	$8.1m0.33%	0.33%	Added +6.7k	+6,742 2.5%
84	NUTANIX INC CL A NTNX	NTNX	141,578	$8.0m0.32%	0.32%	Added +37.7k	+37,703 36.3%
85	ISHARES TR RUS 1000 GRW ETF IWF	IWF	20,772	$7.6m0.31%	0.31%	Reduced -62	-62 -0.3%
86	PROCTER AND GAMBLE CO COM PG	PG	44,380	$7.3m0.30%	0.30%	Added +32.0k	+32,030 259.4%
87	SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES INC COM SFBS	SFBS	110,549	$7.0m0.28%	0.28%	Unchanged
88	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	26,495	$7.0m0.28%	0.28%	Added +10.1k	+10,061 61.2%
89	ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC CL A ZM	ZM	116,919	$6.9m0.28%	0.28%	Added +3.9k	+3,916 3.5%
90	NOVO-NORDISK A S ADR NVO	NVO	44,186	$6.3m0.25%	0.25%	Added +12.5k	+12,518 39.5%
91	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CL B UPS	UPS	45,812	$6.3m0.25%	0.25%	Added +155	+155 0.3%
92	OKLO INC COM CL A OKLO	OKLO	739,872	$6.3m0.25%	0.25%	New
93	BECTON DICKINSON & CO COM BDX	BDX	25,855	$6.0m0.24%	0.24%	Added +99	+99 0.4%
94	INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN COM ICE	ICE	41,691	$5.7m0.23%	0.23%	New
95	OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC COM ORLY	ORLY	5,024	$5.3m0.21%	0.21%	Unchanged
96	TENABLE HLDGS INC COM TENB	TENB	112,603	$4.9m0.20%	0.20%	New
97	MONGODB INC CL A MDB	MDB	19,334	$4.8m0.19%	0.19%	Added +700	+700 3.8%
98	COCA COLA CONS INC COM COKE	COKE	4,319	$4.7m0.19%	0.19%	Unchanged
99	AON PLC SHS CL A AON	AON	15,567	$4.6m0.18%	0.18%	Reduced -221	-221 -1.4%
100	ASTERA LABS INC COM ALAB	ALAB	74,781	$4.5m0.18%	0.18%	New

Sold out since Q1 2024

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
COUCHBASE INC BASE	BASE	368,511	$9.7m368.5k shares
PUBMATIC INC PUBM	PUBM	280,902	$6.7m280.9k shares
HASHICORP INC HCP	HCP	142,276	$3.8m142.3k shares
DANAOS CORPORATION DAC	DAC	7,500	$541.5k7.5k shares
NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC		140,000	$450.8k140.0k shares
BARRICK GOLD CORP		19,677	$327.4k19.7k shares
VANGUARD ADMIRAL FDS INC IVOO	IVOO	2,534	$261.0k2.5k shares
MATTHEWS ASIA FDS MCH	MCH	13,640	$256.3k13.6k shares
MR COOPER GROUP INC WMIH	WMIH	2,979	$232.2k3.0k shares
AUTODESK INC ADSK	ADSK	826	$215.1k826 shares
GSK PLC GSK	GSK	4,959	$212.6k5.0k shares
EQT CORP EQT	EQT	5,573	$206.6k5.6k shares
COLONY BANKCORP INC CBAN	CBAN	10,049	$115.6k10.0k shares

Options (notional value)

Underlying	Ticker	Type	Shares controlled	Notional	Change
APPLE INC AAPL · Put	AAPL	Put	56,000	$11.8m56.0k shares	Added
AMAZON COM INC AMZN · Put	AMZN	Put	13,200	$2.6m13.2k shares	Unchanged
JOHNSON & JOHNSON JNJ · Put	JNJ	Put	10,000	$1.5m10.0k shares	New
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC UNH · Put	UNH	Put	2,300	$1.2m2.3k shares	Unchanged
TESLA INC TSLA · Call	TSLA	Call	1,000	$197.9k1.0k shares	New