CIK: 0000893273
Total reported value
$29.8M
Reporting period: 2014-09-30 · Number of holdings: 73
SIPHRON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT /CA/ disclosed 73 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2014-09-30, with total reported value of $29.8M and a quarterly turnover rate of 19.2%.
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Siphron Capital Management /ca/'s disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.033 — mathematically equivalent to about 31 equally-sized positions, well below its 73 actual disclosed holdings. That gap points to a strategy built around a small core of high-conviction bets rather than broad diversification.
Position sizes are fairly uniform across the portfolio (a coefficient of variation of 1.18), suggesting a disciplined, rules-based approach to how much capital goes into each idea.
No strong tilt toward either adding to existing winners or initiating outsized new positions was observed in the latest reported quarter.
Sector classification currently covers about 50% of this portfolio's disclosed value; the remainder includes holdings (e.g. unmapped tickers, options, or other security types) not yet covered by our sector mapping.
Add DIS
+89.4% $452.0K
Add UAA
+65.1% $448.0K
Trim 38259P706
-52.7% -$374.0K
Trim AMZN
-26.0% -$296.0K
Add NKE
+14.4% $297.0K
Add HAIN
-1.0% $126.0K
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | Stock-Industrials | 4.68% | +0.26% | -1.53% | |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple INC | Stock-Tech | 4.28% | +0.30% | — | |
| 3 | NKE | Nike INC -cl B | Stock-Consumer Disc | 4.15% | +0.96% | +14.44% | |
| 4 | ECL | Ecolab INC | Stock-Materials | 4.08% | +0.02% | -1.40% | |
| 5 | CELG | Celgene CORP | Stock-Other | 3.92% | +0.33% | — | |
| 6 | ✓ | Directv | Stock-Other | 3.80% | +0.03% | — | |
| 7 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | Stock-Consumer Staples | 3.74% | +0.23% | -1.11% | |
| 8 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Co | Stock-Financials | 3.44% | -0.09% | — | |
| 9 | UNH | Unitedhealth Group INC | Stock-Healthcare | 3.44% | +0.14% | — | |
| 10 | HAIN | Hain Celestial Group INC | Stock-Other | 3.41% | +0.39% | -1.00% | |
| 11 | BDX | Becton Dickinson And Co | Stock-Healthcare | 3.34% | -0.21% | -1.13% | |
| 12 | MMM | 3m Co | Stock-Industrials | 3.32% | -0.13% | -1.41% | |
| 13 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 3.28% | +3.28% | NEW | |
| 14 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Stock-Healthcare | 3.22% | +0.03% | — | |
| 15 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 3.16% | -0.03% | -1.12% | |
| 16 | UAA | Under Armour Inc-class A | Stock-Consumer Disc | 3.14% | +1.49% | +65.12% | |
| 17 | DIS | Walt Disney Co/the | Stock-Comm Services | 3.08% | +1.50% | +89.36% | |
| 18 | SYK | Stryker CORP | Stock-Healthcare | 3.08% | -0.17% | — | |
| 19 | AXP | American Express Co | Stock-Financials | 3.05% | -0.29% | — | |
| 20 | CHD | Church & Dwight Co INC | Stock-Consumer Staples | 2.98% | -0.02% | — | |
| 21 | PEP | Pepsico INC | Stock-Consumer Staples | 2.81% | +0.04% | -1.64% | |
| 22 | CAT | Caterpillar INC | Stock-Industrials | 2.77% | -0.34% | -1.19% | |
| 23 | AMZN | Amazon.com INC | Stock-Consumer Disc | 2.74% | -1.03% | -26.03% | |
| 24 | APC3EUR | Anadarko Petroleum CORP | Stock-Other | 2.69% | -0.30% | -1.86% | |
| 25 | EL | Estee Lauder Companies-cl A | Stock-Consumer Staples | 2.69% | -0.04% | -1.29% | |
| 26 | INTU | Intuit INC | Stock-Tech | 2.57% | +0.16% | -1.13% | |
| 27 | MDT | Medtronic plc | Stock-Healthcare | 2.54% | -0.14% | -1.21% | |
| 28 | GOOG | Alphabet A | Stock-Comm Services | 2.52% | -0.01% | — | |
| 29 | CERNCHF | Cerner CORP | Stock-Other | 2.43% | +0.30% | — | |
| 30 | VFC | Vf CORP | Stock-Consumer Disc | 2.20% | +0.08% | — | |
| 31 | KMB | Kimberly-clark CORP | Stock-Consumer Staples | 1.97% | -0.13% | -1.80% | |
| 32 | ✓ | Google INC Class C | Stock-Other | 1.13% | -1.28% | -52.67% | |
| 33 | MIDD | Middleby CORP | Stock-Industrials | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 34 | ✓ | Advent Software INC Com | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 35 | SAM | Boston Beer Company Inc-a | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 36 | EXPO | Exponent INC | Stock-Industrials | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 37 | TTC | Toro Co | Stock-Industrials | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 38 | BCPC | Balchem CORP | Stock-Materials | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 39 | ZD | Ziff Davis INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 40 | UNF | Unifirst Corp/ma | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 41 | ✓ | Clarcor INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 42 | FISV | Fiserv INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 43 | NTCT | Netscout Systems INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 44 | SHOO | Steven Madden LTD | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 45 | AMGN | Amgen INC | Stock-Healthcare | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 46 | ADI | Analog Devices INC | Stock-Tech | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 47 | AKX | Ansys INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 48 | ADSK | Autodesk INC | Stock-Tech | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 49 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | Stock-Tech | 0.01% | — | — | |
| 50 | BGS | B&g Foods INC | Stock-Other | 0.01% | — | — |
Not enough priced holdings yet to compute performance
Siphron Capital Management /ca/'s most significant position changes for 2014-09-30: New buy: Meta Platforms Inc-class A (META); Sold out: Donaldson Co INC (DCI); Sold out: Fastenal Co (FAST); Sold out: Meridian Bioscience INC (MR4); Sold out: World Acceptance CORP (WRLD).
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIS | Walt Disney Co/the | +1.5% | +89.36% | Add |
| 2 | UAA | Under Armour Inc-class A | +1.5% | +65.12% | Add |
| 3 | NKE | Nike INC -cl B | +1% | +14.44% | Add |
| 4 | HAIN | Hain Celestial Group INC | +0.4% | -1.00% | Trim |
| 5 | CELG | Celgene CORP | +0.3% | — | Unchanged |
| 6 | AAPL | Apple INC | +0.3% | — | Unchanged |
| 7 | CERNCHF | Cerner CORP | +0.3% | — | Unchanged |
| 8 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | +0.3% | -1.53% | Trim |
| 9 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | +0.2% | -1.11% | Trim |
| 10 | INTU | Intuit INC | +0.2% | -1.13% | Trim |
| 11 | UNH | Unitedhealth Group INC | +0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 12 | VFC | Vf CORP | +0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 13 | PEP | Pepsico INC | 0% | -1.64% | Trim |
| 14 | ✓ | Directv | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 15 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 16 | ECL | Ecolab INC | 0% | -1.40% | Trim |
| 17 | DORM | Dorman Products INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 18 | ✓ | Ll Flooring Holdings INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 19 | FDS | Factset Research Systems INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 20 | MCHP | Microchip Technology INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 21 | FISV | Fiserv INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 22 | AKX | Ansys INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 23 | BGS | B&g Foods INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 24 | GIII | G-iii Apparel Group LTD | — | — | Unchanged |
| 25 | WDFC | Wd-40 Co | — | — | Unchanged |
| 26 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | — | — | Unchanged |
| 27 | VAREUR | Varian Medical Systems INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 28 | ICUI | Icu Medical INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 29 | ORCL | Oracle CORP | — | — | Unchanged |
| 30 | TISIUSD | Team INC | — | — | Unchanged |
| 31 | GOOG | Alphabet A | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 32 | CHD | Church & Dwight Co INC | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 33 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | 0% | -1.12% | Trim |
| 34 | EL | Estee Lauder Companies-cl A | 0% | -1.29% | Trim |
| 35 | WFC | Wells Fargo & Co | -0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 36 | KMB | Kimberly-clark CORP | -0.1% | -1.80% | Trim |
| 37 | MMM | 3m Co | -0.1% | -1.41% | Trim |
| 38 | MDT | Medtronic plc | -0.1% | -1.21% | Trim |
| 39 | SYK | Stryker CORP | -0.2% | — | Unchanged |
| 40 | BDX | Becton Dickinson And Co | -0.2% | -1.13% | Trim |
| 41 | AXP | American Express Co | -0.3% | — | Unchanged |
| 42 | APC3EUR | Anadarko Petroleum CORP | -0.3% | -1.86% | Trim |
| 43 | CAT | Caterpillar INC | -0.3% | -1.19% | Trim |
| 44 | AMZN | Amazon.com INC | -1% | -26.03% | Trim |
| 45 | ✓ | Google INC Class C | -1.3% | -52.67% | Trim |
| 46 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | — | NEW | New buy |
| 47 | DCI | Donaldson Co INC | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 48 | FAST | Fastenal Co | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 49 | MR4 | Meridian Bioscience INC | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| 50 | WRLD | World Acceptance CORP | — | EXIT | Sold out |
| Period | Filed | Type | EDGAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-30 | 2014-11-13 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2014-06-30 | 2014-08-15 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2014-03-31 | 2014-05-15 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2013-12-31 | 2014-02-13 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2013-09-30 | 2013-11-13 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2013-06-30 | 2013-08-15 | 13F-HR | View on EDGAR |
| 2013-06-30 | 2013-08-15 | Amendment | View on EDGAR |
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