Benjamin S. Smith Portfolio
Invests via Smith Asset Management Co LLC | Managed by Benjamin S. Smith, Benjamin L. Smith
Invests via Smith Asset Management Co LLC
Managed by Benjamin S. Smith, Benjamin L. Smith
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Veteran private equity investor with multi-decade experience focused on growth and buyout transactions across healthcare, technology and industrials. Benjamin S. Smith has led deal sourcing, due diligence and portfolio company operations, emphasizing EBITDA expansion and strategic M&A. Known for fundraising with institutional limited partners and for board-level oversight, he combines operational leadership with capital markets fluency to drive exits via trade sales and IPOs. Regularly advises management teams on scaling, governance and value creation.
Veteran private equity investor with multi-decade experience focused on growth and buyout transactions across healthcare, technology and industrials. Benjamin S. Smith has led deal sourcing, due diligence and portfolio company operations, emphasizing EBITDA expansion and strategic M&A. Known for fundraising with institutional limited partners and for board-level oversight, he combines operational leadership with capital markets fluency to drive exits via trade sales and IPOs. Regularly advises management teams on scaling, governance and value creation.
Investment Philosophy & Strategy
Seasoned private equity investor focused on control and growth buyouts across healthcare, technology and industrials, deploying capital to drive EBITDA expansion via hands-on operational improvement and strategic M&A. Investment decisions prioritize durable competitive advantages, scalable business models and clear exit pathways via trade sale or IPO. Capital allocation is control-oriented with a mid-to-long term horizon, active board governance, disciplined underwriting and risk mitigation through operational de-risking and diversified sector exposure, supported by institutional LP relationships and capital markets fluency.
Seasoned private equity investor focused on control and growth buyouts across healthcare, technology and industrials, deploying capital to drive EBITDA expansion via hands-on operational improvement and strategic M&A. Investment decisions prioritize durable competitive advantages, scalable business models and clear exit pathways via trade sale or IPO. Capital allocation is control-oriented with a mid-to-long term horizon, active board governance, disciplined underwriting and risk mitigation through operational de-risking and diversified sector exposure, supported by institutional LP relationships and capital markets fluency.
Disclaimer: This Portfolio is derived from and computed based on publicly available data from SEC filings.
Gain and growth charts are calculated per selected timeframe:
2.26%
Gain +0.01%
Monthly
0.1%
Yearly
1.26%
Drawdown
11.92%
$122.87M
Equity
Holdings
$122.87M
Investment
$121.48M
$2.34M
Profit +$17,179.97
Realized
$948,494.27
Unrealized
$1.4M
Dividends
$11.03M
Goals
Avg. 51% completed goals
Yearly
Gain > 5% 2026
Yearly
Gain < 20% 2026
Today
Compared To Yesterday
Gain
0.01%
Profit
$17,179.97
Win %
45%
This Week
Compared To Last Week
Gain
-1.17%
Profit
-$1.46M
Win %
45%
This Month
Compared to last month
Gain
0.12%
Profit
$144,073.49
Win %
45%
This Year
Compared to last year
Gain
0.12%
Profit
$142,335.8
Win %
50%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
+2.18%
+$6,446.51 
PMO Putnam Municipal Opportunities Fund
+1.89%
+$2,203.74 
DNP DNP Select Income Fund Inc.
+1.83%
+$70,097.04 
MO Altria Group, Inc.
+1.72%
+$4,528.82 
SPH Suburban Propane Partners L.P.
+1.57%
+$11,048.4 
OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc.
+1.44%
+$8,322.22 
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
+1.23%
+$100,136.46 
MPV Barings Participation Investors
+0.89%
+$10,146.75 
RFI Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc.
+0.87%
+$29,602.44 
SOR Source Capital
+0.82%
+$9,418.35 
WMT Walmart Inc.
+0.8%
+$4,230 
AFB AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
+0.72%
+$1,274.21 
UTF Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
+0.67%
+$15,454.36 
FLC Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc.
+0.58%
+$10,909.8 
NVG Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund of Beneficial Interest
+0.55%
+$5,155.56 
AAPL Apple Inc.
+0.43%
+$18,433.96 
WEA Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
+0.31%
+$495.27 
ASGI abrdn Global Infrastructure Fund
+0.31%
+$3,259.26 
MSD Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund
+0.3%
+$1,367.2 
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.
+0.24%
+$1,649.67 
BTZ BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
+0.21%
+$5,392.4 
GDO Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fund
+0.2%
+$2,128.52 
VTV Vanguard Value ETF
+0.2%
+$2,740.76 
FFC Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated
+0.14%
+$1,515.84 
RNP Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund Inc.
+0.11%
+$904.64 
DOC Healthpeak Properties, Inc.
+0.1%
+$516.86 
UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund
+0.09%
+$2,182.2 
BUI BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust
0%
$0 0032
00326W114
0%
$0 
VGT Vanguard Information Technology ETF
-2.87%
-$161,705.7 
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
-2.5%
-$70,051.8 
GOOGL Alphabet Inc
-2.47%
-$14,446.62 
GOOG Alphabet Inc
-2.32%
-$5,544 
VUG Vanguard Growth ETF
-2.06%
-$6,752.5 
STK Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.
-2.01%
-$13,675.06 
ASG Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.
-1.98%
-$3,995 
MCI Barings Corporate Investors
-1.97%
-$60,312.24 
VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF
-1.96%
-$9,976.28 
MSFT Microsoft Corp.
-1.93%
-$56,864.47 
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
-1.87%
-$37,351.72 
HQH Tekla Healthcare Investors
-1.66%
-$35,601.28 
SEVN Seven Hills Realty Trust
-1.59%
-$3,045.68 
BME BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio
-1.59%
-$10,853.77 
USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund
-1.5%
-$1,615.14 
CSQ Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
-1.49%
-$64,262.7 
GOF Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
-1.4%
-$16,922.52 
GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
-1.32%
-$14,732.3 
FFA First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund
-1.16%
-$38,191.66 
BLW BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust
-1.12%
-$6,848.4 
SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
-1.11%
-$13,356.24 
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
-1.11%
-$52,674.72 
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
-1.1%
-$2,330.36 
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
-1.08%
-$25,079.4 
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation
-1.06%
-$70,481.6 
PTY PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
-1.02%
-$18,197.96 
PDI Pimco Dynamic Income Fund
-0.83%
-$19,084.32 
PFO Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc.
-0.81%
-$2,150.26 
DFP Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Inc.
-0.48%
-$8,393.4 
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
-0.45%
-$1,032.12 
DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
-0.38%
-$4,802.94 
AMGN Amgen Inc.
-0.35%
-$1,017.94 
JPC Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund
-0.29%
-$17,487.46 
PCN PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund
-0.28%
-$7,132.89 
DHC Diversified Healthcare Trust
-0.26%
-$435.7 
DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Inc.
-0.23%
-$3,929.88 
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF
-0.22%
-$7,862.4 
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Inc.
-0.21%
-$7,488.58 
BGY BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust
-0.18%
-$4,501.71 
PSF Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund
-0.17%
-$3,809.37 
LDP Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.
-0.16%
-$517.95 
IRM Iron Mountain Inc.
-0.15%
-$721.82 
HYT BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.
-0.13%
-$675.79 
PFD Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund
-0.1%
-$714.68 Events
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| Trades 513 | Longs Won 282/513 54% | Profit Factor 1.24 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $118,834.21 |
| Average Win $42,468.81 | Best Trade (Oct 17) $919,174.47 | Sharpe Ratio -9.06 |
| Average Loss -$41,697.37 | Worst Trade (Oct 17) -$855,049.99 | Z-Score -0.84 (60.19%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 1w | Expectancy $4,569.42 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.02% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 2,950 | 2,655 | 2,360 | 2,065 | 1,770 | 1,475 | 1,180 | 885 | 590 | 295 |
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Returns
Overall, Monthly| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0032 00326W114 | 54,387 | $680 | $680 | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 12,626 | $3.08M | $4.34M | - | $1.26M | 40.93% | +0.427% |
| AFB AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund | 18,203 | $197,867 | $178,935.49 | - | -$18,931.51 | -9.57% | +0.717% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 661 | $216,352 | $285,875.89 | - | $69,523.89 | 32.13% | -0.355% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 7,847 | $1.73M | $1.96M | - | $229,520.96 | 13.25% | -1.868% |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corporation | 352,408 | $7.54M | $6.6M | - | -$947,226.56 | -12.56% | -1.057% |
| ASG Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. | 39,950 | $225,720.86 | $198,152 | - | -$27,568.86 | -12.21% | -1.976% |
| ASGI abrdn Global Infrastructure Fund | 54,321 | $952,233.09 | $1.05M | - | $101,051.1 | 10.61% | +0.31% |
| AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Inc. | 374,429 | $4.02M | $3.59M | - | -$423,168.09 | -10.53% | -0.208% |
| BGY BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust | 450,171 | $2.39M | $2.47M | - | $76,507.96 | 3.2% | -0.182% |
| BLW BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust | 52,680 | $742,973.97 | $606,873.6 | - | -$136,100.37 | -18.32% | -1.116% |
| BME BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio | 15,287 | $587,815.1 | $672,780.87 | - | $84,965.77 | 14.45% | -1.588% |
| BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 15,501 | $7.23M | $8.25M | - | $1.02M | 14.11% | +1.229% |
| BTZ BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust | 269,620 | $2.82M | $2.55M | - | -$272,354 | -9.66% | +0.212% |
| BUI BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust | 52,564 | $1.24M | $1.33M | - | $86,544.12 | 6.96% | 0.0 |
| CSQ Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund | 214,209 | $3.79M | $4.24M | - | $450,474.17 | 11.89% | -1.493% |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Inc. | 93,260 | $1.86M | $1.75M | - | -$111,921.03 | -6.01% | -0.477% |
| DHC Diversified Healthcare Trust | 21,785 | $50,105.59 | $165,348.15 | - | $115,242.56 | 230% | -0.263% |
| DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | 2,443 | $1.26M | $1.27M | - | $10,798.83 | 0.86% | -0.377% |
| DNP DNP Select Income Fund Inc. | 389,428 | $3.44M | $3.9M | - | $456,875.03 | 13.28% | +1.831% |
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FAQ
Which stocks have generated the highest profits for Benjamin S. Smith?
The largest contributions to the portfolio's profits come from the following stocks: Ares Capital Corporation - $1.03M, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund - $949,922.65, DNP Select Income Fund Inc - $607,894.01, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund - $597,535.21, and Annaly Capital Management, Inc - $590,678.55. These positions have been the main drivers of growth and have significantly impacted the investor's overall performance.
Which stocks have generated the largest losses for this investor?
The largest losses in the portfolio are associated with the following stocks: Equitable Holdings, Inc - $258,641.77, Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund - $23,425.68, Office Properties Income Trust - $19,137.94, and Amgen Inc - $14,806.85. These positions have had the most negative impact on overall performance and highlight the weaker areas of the portfolio.
What dividends does Benjamin S. Smith's portfolio generate?
The portfolio generates substantial dividend income, with a total of $11.03M earned over time. The largest contributors to dividend income include Ares Capital Corporation - $1.03M, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund - $965,856.63, Annaly Capital Management, Inc - $589,405.25, DNP Select Income Fund Inc - $563,991.15, and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund - $546,850.2. This indicates that dividends play a meaningful role in the investor's overall strategy.
How stable are Benjamin S. Smith's monthly returns?
Benjamin S. Smith's monthly returns look fairly stable overall, although some fluctuations are still visible. The performance pattern suggests a strategy that remains reasonably controlled from month to month, even if it is not completely smooth. This may appeal to users looking for a balance between steadier results and meaningful upside potential.
Can Benjamin S. Smith's strategy be considered aggressive or moderate?
Benjamin S. Smith's strategy leans toward a moderately conservative profile. While there is still some exposure to market fluctuations, the overall structure and risk levels suggest a focus on maintaining stability rather than pursuing aggressive growth.
Should beginners follow Benjamin S. Smith's strategy?
Benjamin S. Smith's strategy may be suitable for beginners, but with some caution. While the overall approach is not overly complex, it still involves a certain level of risk and variability. Beginners should be prepared for occasional fluctuations and ensure they understand the strategy before trying to follow it.
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