KANAWHA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Other Low signal CIK 1164478
League rank
#1282
in Other · #4962 overall
Long book
$1.42B
Q1 2026
Positions
221
Top-10 weight
32%
concentration
Last quarter
+10.2%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
7%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

KANAWHA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC is an institutional manager, running a $1.42B US long book across 221 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 32% of the book). The book barely moves quarter to quarter — a patient, low-turnover holder. Current anchor positions: APPLE INC, MICROSOFT CORP, ALPHABET INC-CL A, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO, LOWE'S COS INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.1pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 3 of 9 quarters. Signal value of individual moves is limited — treat changes as weak evidence.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-0.0%
Q2 2024
+8.9%
Q3 2024
-1.3%
Q4 2024
-0.3%
Q1 2025
+6.3%
Q2 2025
+7.9%
Q3 2025
+1.0%
Q4 2025
-2.4%
Q1 2026
+10.2%

Sector allocation

Technology
29%
Financials
14%
Industrials
13%
Healthcare
12%
Consumer discretionary
11%
Other
6%
Energy
5%
Consumer staples
3%

Long book by quarter

$1.25B
Q1 2024
$1.28B
Q2 2024
$1.38B
Q3 2024
$1.27B
Q4 2024
$1.29B
Q1 2025
$1.35B
Q2 2025
$1.45B
Q3 2025
$1.45B
Q4 2025
$1.42B
Q1 2026

What does KANAWHA CAPITAL own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology312.1K$79.2M5.6%-0.6%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology201.6K$74.6M5.3%+1.1%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology156.8K$45.1M3.2%-1.2%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials137.0K$40.3M2.8%+0.5%
LOW LOWE'S COS INCConsumer discretionary168.4K$39.8M2.8%-0.5%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare148.8K$36.4M2.6%+0.2%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials71.8K$34.4M2.4%-1.8%
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials170.5K$32.9M2.3%+0.1%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare141.8K$30.8M2.2%-0.2%
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO/THEOther189.0K$27.3M1.9%+3.5%
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology178.5K$26.3M1.9%-5.6%
MCD MCDONALD'S CORPConsumer discretionary80.8K$25.1M1.8%-1.7%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy144.3K$24.5M1.7%-0.1%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology314.5K$24.4M1.7%+1.8%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy113.8K$23.5M1.7%+0.1%
ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGTechnology113.8K$23.1M1.6%+0.4%
ITW ILLINOIS TOOL WORKSIndustrials87.8K$22.8M1.6%-0.5%
APH AMPHENOL CORP-CL ATechnology172.7K$21.8M1.5%+2.5%
PH PARKER HANNIFIN CORPIndustrials23.9K$21.4M1.5%-1.9%
ECL ECOLAB INCOther74.7K$19.9M1.4%+1.3%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples127.5K$19.8M1.4%+1.9%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary19.7K$19.7M1.4%+3.3%
CB CHUBB LTDFinancials60.1K$19.6M1.4%+0.8%
CAT CATERPILLAR INCIndustrials27.4K$19.4M1.4%-1.0%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare182.3K$18.7M1.3%+1.6%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary82.3K$17.1M1.2%+5.7%
IBM INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPTechnology66.6K$16.2M1.1%+3.2%
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials50.0K$14.4M1.0%-0.8%
D DOMINION ENERGY INCUtilities226.2K$14.0M1.0%+1.1%
APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INCMaterials47.9K$13.9M1.0%+2.4%
KO COCA-COLA CO/THEConsumer staples182.3K$13.9M1.0%+0.6%
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunications262.4K$13.2M0.9%+3.4%
USB US BANCORPFinancials251.0K$13.1M0.9%+3.3%
SO SOUTHERN CO/THEUtilities133.6K$12.9M0.9%+3.9%
MDT MEDTRONIC PLCHealthcare130.3K$11.3M0.8%+1.7%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology86.8K$11.2M0.8%+2.4%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology62.2K$10.9M0.8%+6.1%
BDX BECTON DICKINSON AND COHealthcare66.9K$10.5M0.7%-2.4%
NKE NIKE INC -CL BOther187.6K$9.9M0.7%+6.8%
EMR EMERSON ELECTRIC COIndustrials71.6K$9.4M0.7%-0.9%
MMM 3M COHealthcare64.0K$9.3M0.7%-2.5%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology29.0K$9.0M0.6%+1.6%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary71.6K$8.9M0.6%+1.9%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary26.8K$8.8M0.6%+0.4%
SPGI S&P GLOBAL INCServices media20.7K$8.8M0.6%+29.5%
TGT TARGET CORPConsumer discretionary71.5K$8.7M0.6%-8.2%
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare290.6K$8.2M0.6%+9.6%
TFC TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPFinancials167.0K$7.7M0.5%-8.9%
DE DEERE & COIndustrials13.5K$7.6M0.5%-1.6%
CARR CARRIER GLOBAL CORPIndustrials133.1K$7.5M0.5%-3.3%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRApr 28, 2026221$1.42B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRJan 28, 2026221$1.45B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HROct 31, 2025216$1.45B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRJul 29, 2025213$1.35B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRApr 28, 2025212$1.29B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRJan 30, 2025210$1.27B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HROct 29, 2024230$1.38B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRJul 25, 2024229$1.28B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRApr 29, 2024218$1.25B canonicalSEC ↗