Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

Diversified mechanical Mechanical CIK 39263
League rank
#131
in Diversified mechanical · #2744 overall
Long book
$8.81B
Q1 2026
Positions
1393
Top-10 weight
31%
concentration
Last quarter
+12.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
20%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. is a mechanically diversified allocator, running a $8.81B US long book across 1393 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 31% of the book). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: APPLE INC, PUTNAM FOCUSED LRG CAP VALUE, MICROSOFT CORP, NVIDIA CORP, VANGUARD GROWTH ETF.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.5pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 3 of 9 quarters. Its holdings are mechanical (indexing / client flows), so position changes carry no stock-picking signal.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
+2.9%
Q2 2024
+6.2%
Q3 2024
+1.1%
Q4 2024
-3.0%
Q1 2025
+9.4%
Q2 2025
+7.2%
Q3 2025
+2.2%
Q4 2025
-3.0%
Q1 2026
+12.9%

Sector allocation

Technology
38%
Consumer discretionary
12%
Industrials
10%
Financials
10%
Healthcare
9%
Services media
6%
Energy
5%
Other
3%

Long book by quarter

$6.75B
Q1 2024
$6.90B
Q2 2024
$7.33B
Q3 2024
$7.32B
Q4 2024
$7.14B
Q1 2025
$7.98B
Q2 2025
$8.61B
Q3 2025
$9.09B
Q4 2025
$8.81B
Q1 2026

What does Cullen/Frost Bankers, own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology1.9M$479.7M5.4%0.0%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology911.4K$337.4M3.8%+0.6%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology1.6M$286.8M3.3%+1.7%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary950.8K$198.0M2.2%+1.6%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology653.8K$188.0M2.1%+0.9%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology534.7K$165.5M1.9%+4.8%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology501.6K$143.9M1.6%-0.6%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology207.5K$118.7M1.3%+0.1%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media348.7K$105.4M1.2%-1.1%
GLW CORNING INCIndustrials772.5K$105.0M1.2%-5.2%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials341.4K$100.4M1.1%-0.8%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare103.8K$95.5M1.1%+0.2%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary88.4K$88.1M1.0%-2.2%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy412.4K$85.3M1.0%-3.6%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy502.7K$85.3M1.0%+6.8%
MA MASTERCARD INC - AServices media158.5K$79.2M0.9%-1.5%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare358.3K$77.9M0.9%-2.0%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare309.2K$75.6M0.9%-1.6%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary519.0K$64.5M0.7%-0.3%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials129.5K$62.1M0.7%-2.0%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary179.7K$59.1M0.7%+0.7%
ETN EATON CORP PLCIndustrials156.2K$55.9M0.6%0.0%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology685.0K$53.2M0.6%+7.1%
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORPFinancials1.0M$50.0M0.6%-0.3%
KLAC KLA CORPOther31.7K$46.6M0.5%+28.6%
KO COCA-COLA CO/THEConsumer staples610.1K$46.4M0.5%-0.9%
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology306.3K$45.1M0.5%-7.0%
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONALConsumer staples270.2K$44.7M0.5%-4.6%
ETR ENTERGY CORPUtilities381.2K$42.8M0.5%+1.8%
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancials136.0K$41.1M0.5%-0.4%
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPEnergy165.5K$40.9M0.5%+15.9%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media420.2K$40.4M0.5%+1.8%
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCHealthcare86.8K$40.0M0.5%+3.5%
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THEOther270.6K$39.1M0.4%+5.9%
MRK MERCK & CO. INC.Healthcare300.9K$36.2M0.4%+39.3%
CMI CUMMINS INCIndustrials66.4K$35.7M0.4%+0.7%
AEP AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWERUtilities265.6K$34.8M0.4%+0.5%
ORLY O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer discretionary366.1K$33.8M0.4%+0.6%
GE GENERAL ELECTRICIndustrials110.3K$31.3M0.4%+1.2%
NOW SERVICENOW INCTechnology292.8K$30.6M0.3%-2.6%
MCD MCDONALD'S CORPConsumer discretionary98.0K$30.5M0.3%+0.7%
BKNG BOOKING HOLDINGS INCIndustrials7.0K$29.6M0.3%-2.9%
LOW LOWE'S COS INCConsumer discretionary124.9K$29.5M0.3%-1.2%
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSEnergy218.1K$28.8M0.3%-3.3%
GEV GE VERNOVA INCIndustrials32.9K$28.7M0.3%+11.2%
TXN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCTechnology146.2K$28.4M0.3%+7.8%
C CITIGROUP INCFinancials249.6K$28.3M0.3%+7.6%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials75.6K$28.1M0.3%+8.8%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications542.6K$27.2M0.3%+6.9%
MCO MOODY'S CORPServices media62.1K$27.1M0.3%+0.6%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 5, 20261393$8.81B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 6, 20261460$9.09B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 31, 20251321$8.61B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 30, 20251298$7.98B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 2, 20251285$7.14B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 6, 20251348$7.32B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 6, 20241216$7.33B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 5, 20241241$6.90B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 10, 20241006$6.75B canonicalSEC ↗