Salem Investment Counselors Inc Buys Facebook Inc, Energy Transfer LP, Visa Inc, Sells CVS Health Corp, Citigroup Inc, Valley National Bancorp

Winston-salem, NC, based Investment company Salem Investment Counselors Inc buys Facebook Inc, Energy Transfer LP, Visa Inc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Noodles, Dawson Geophysical Co, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Alibaba Group Holding, NVIDIA Corp, FMC Corp, CenterState Bank Corp, NXP Semiconductors NV, Illumina Inc, Splunk Inc, Live Oak Bancshares Inc, Waste Management Inc, Generac Holdings Inc, Delek US Holdings Inc, HCA Healthcare Inc, Kinder Morgan Inc, Snap Inc, sells CVS Health Corp, Citigroup Inc, Valley National Bancorp, Equifax Inc, Fluor Corp, Century Communities Inc, Energy Transfer Operating LP, MetLife Inc, Equity Residential, Adient PLC, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, Oaktree Capital Group LLC, Oracle Corp, Fidelity Southern Corp, Vulcan Materials Co, WildHorse Resource Development Corp, Capital One Financial Corp, Valero Energy Corp, Devon Energy Corp, International Business Machines Corp, Starbucks Corp, Enbridge Inc, HollyFrontier Corp, Marathon Petroleum Corp, Skyworks Solutions Inc, Dover Corp, Healthcare Trust of America Inc, PNC Financial Services Group Inc, Agilent Technologies Inc, Amgen Inc, Antero Resources Corp, Anthem Inc, Apache Corp, Clorox Co, DCP Midstream LP, Deere, Everspin Technologies Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, W.W. Grainger Inc, Hilton Grand Vacations Inc, The Kraft Heinz Co, Lockheed Martin Corp, LyondellBasell Industries NV, PermRock Royalty Trust, T. Rowe Price Group Inc, Regions Financial Corp, Sherwin-Williams Co, Resideo Technologies Inc, PRA Health Sciences Inc, AGNC Investment Corp, Analog Devices Inc, Annaly Capital Management Inc, Aqua America Inc, Ares Capital Corp, Ashland Global Holdings Inc, AstraZeneca PLC, AxoGen Inc, Becton, Dickinson and Co, Canadian National Railway Co, CDK Global Inc, Celgene Corp, Churchill Downs Inc, Cincinnati Financial Corp, Conagra Brands Inc, Convergys Corp, Copart Inc, Cummins Inc, Domtar Corp, Ecolab Inc, Edison International, EOG Resources Inc, Exact Sciences Corp, FedEx Corp, Fidelity National Information Services Inc, First Horizon National Corp, Fiserv Inc, Ford Motor Co, Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc, Green Plains Partners LP, Harley-Davidson Inc, HP Inc, Illinois Tool Works Inc, Infinera Corp, Invitation Homes Inc, Keysight Technologies Inc, L Brands Inc, Life Storage Inc, Manulife Financial Corp, Medtronic PLC, Moody's Corporation, National Fuel Gas Co, National Oilwell Varco Inc, NiSource Inc, Northern Technologies International Corp, Northern Trust Corp, Nucor Corp, Occidental Petroleum Corp, OGE Energy Corp, Paychex Inc, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc, Potbelly Corp, PPG Industries Inc, Primo Water Corp, Raytheon Co, Renasant Corp, Rent-A-Center Inc, Roku Inc, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Schlumberger, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co, JM Smucker Co, South Jersey Industries Inc, Square Inc, Sun Life Financial Inc, Tandem Diabetes Care Inc, Targa Resources Corp, Target Corp, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Textron Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Tiffany, The Travelers Inc, Unilever NV, VMware Inc, Waters Corp, Wheaton Precious Metals Corp, Worthington Industries Inc, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc, Garrett Motion Inc, 3D Systems Corp, ABB, Access National Corp, Activision Blizzard Inc, Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc, Alliancebernstein Glb High Inc Fund Inc, Allstate Corp, America First Multifamily Investors LP, American Airlines Group Inc, AmerisourceBergen Corp, Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, AutoZone Inc, Axcelis Technologies Inc, B2Gold Corp, Bassett Furniture Industries Inc, BHP Group, Boston Beer Co Inc, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc, Canon Inc, Cardinal Health Inc, CarMax Inc, CBS Corp, CenturyLink Inc, The Chemours Co, Church & Dwight Co Inc, Cigna Corp, ClearOne Inc, CME Group Inc, Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, Constellation Brands Inc, Corning Inc, Crane Co, Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc, Cypress Semiconductor Corp, Danaher Corp, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock, Delta Air Lines Inc, Digimarc Corp, Discovery Inc, Dollar General Corp, DXC Technology Co, eBay Inc, Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Energen Corp, Entergy Corp, Equity Commonwealth, Evolent Health Inc, ExlService Holdings Inc, Express Scripts Holding Co, Extra Space Storage Inc, Ferrari NV, First Bancorp, Five9 Inc, Fortinet Inc, Fortive Corp, Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, Gabelli Equity Trust Inc, General Mills Inc, Gramercy Property Trust, HCP Inc, Herbalife Nutrition, The Hershey Co, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co, Hologic Inc, HubSpot Inc, JB Hunt Transport Services Inc, Huntington Bancshares Inc, Hurco Inc, ICICI Bank, Independence Realty Trust Inc, ING Groep NV, Insperity Inc, International Speedway Corp, Intuit Inc, ITT Inc, Kansas City Southern, Kemper Corp, Knowles Corp, L3 Technologies Inc, La-Z-Boy Inc, Lakeland Industries Inc, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc, Las Vegas Sands Corp, Liberty All Star Equity Fund, Marathon Oil Corp, McCormick Inc, MGIC Investment Corp, Monster Beverage Corp, Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Debt Fd Inc, National Retail Properties Inc, New Residential Investment Corp, New York Mortgage Trust Inc, Nielsen Holdings PLC, Northrop Grumman Corp, Nuance Communications Inc, NuStar Energy LP, Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund, ONEOK Inc, PACCAR Inc, Perspecta Inc, PG&E Corp, Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc, Plains All American Pipeline LP, Progressive Corp, Prosperity Bancshares Inc, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc, Putnam Premier Income Trust, Quintana Energy Services Inc, Radian Group Inc, Raymond James Financial Inc, Realty Income Corp, Restaurant Brands International Inc, RGC Resources Inc, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, SCANA Corp, Selective Insurance Group Inc, ServiceNow Inc, Sonos Inc, Sprott Physical Gold Trust, Stanley Black & Decker Inc, Starwood Property Trust Inc, State Street Corporation, Stifel Financial Corp, Suncor Energy Inc, Synchrony Financial, Tableau Software Inc, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc, Tapestry Inc, Tech Data Corp, Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund, Templeton Global Income Fund, TJX Inc, Toll Brothers Inc, Tri-Continental Corp, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, US Silica Holdings Inc, United Parcel Service Inc, United States Steel Corp, US Bancorp, Valvoline Inc, Vermilion Energy Inc, The Western Union Co, Westpac Banking Corp, Weyerhaeuser Co, Whirlpool Corp, Williams Inc, Xylem Inc, Zions Bancorp NA, Zoetis Inc during the 3-months ended 2018Q4, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Salem Investment Counselors Inc. As of 2018Q4, Salem Investment Counselors Inc owns 183 stocks with a total value of $794 million. These are the details of the buys and sells.

• New Purchases: DWSN, FMC, SNAP,
• Added Positions: FB, ET, V, XOM, NDLS, GOOGL, AMD, BABA, NVDA, AMZN, JPM, ISRG, ILMN, NXPI, CSFL, BAC, BIDU, SPLK, ABBV, LOB, HUN, WM, DIS, LEN, GNRC, ALXN, T, NFLX, KBH, DBX, HCA, DK, TWTR, AXAS, YUM, SSB, PYPL, LLY, KMI, NGVT, FNB, VZ, DHI, YUMC,
• Reduced Positions: CVS, C, VLY, FLR, CCS, MSFT, MU, WBA, BRK.A, WH, LOW, OAK, ORCL, MMM, ABT, JNJ, GOOG, UBNT, PEP, COF, SYY, TM, IBM, IP, QCOM, K, WMT, SON, GE, DVN, CSCO, SBUX, MLM, PG, CAT, KEQU, ROP, ENB, INTC, BMY, HIW, TRP, CVX, PFE, PNC, CRM, RIO, MCD, HTA, DOV, GS, KO, BSX, MDLZ, IR, PRAH, BPL, SCHW, ENFC, AKTS, WFC, FLO, ACN, LGF.B, PSX, PM, LPX, DFS, LH, AYI, BKU, DWDP, GSK, COST, NKE, LUV,
• Sold Out: EFX, ETP, MET, EQR, ADNT, LION, VMC, WRD, VLO, HFC, MPC, SWKS, A, AMGN, AR, ANTM, APA, CLX, DCP, DE, MRAM, GILD, GWW, HGV, KHC, LMT, LYB, PRT, TROW, RF, SHW, REZI, AGNC, ADI, NLY, WTR, ARCC, ASH, AZN, AXGN, BDX, CNI, CDK, CELG, CHDN, CINF, CAG, CVG, CPRT, CMI, UFS, ECL, EIX, EOG, EXAS, FDX, FIS, FHN, FISV, F, FBHS, GPP, HOG, HPQ, ITW, INFN, INVH, KEYS, LB, LSI, MFC, MDT, MCO, NFG, NOV, NI, NTIC, NTRS, NUE, OXY, OGE, PAYX, PEBK, PBPB, PPG, PRMW, RTN, RNST, RCII, ROKU, RCL, RDS.A, SLB, SMG, SJM, SJI, SQ, SLF, TNDM, TRGP, TGT, TEVA, TXT, TMO, TIF, TRV, UN, VMW, WAT, WPM, WOR, ZBH, GTX, DDD, ABB, ANCX, ATVI, ADX, AWF, ALL, ATAX, AAL, ABC, APC, BUD, AZO, ACLS, BTG, BSET, BHP, SAM, BR, CAJ, CAH, KMX, CBS, CTL, CC, CHD, CI, CLRO, CME, COKE, CTSH, STZ, GLW, CR, CFR, CY, DHR, DVMT, DAL, DMRC, DISCK, DG, DXC, EBAY, EEP, EGN, ETR, EQC, EVH, EXLS, ESRX, EXR, RACE, FBNC, FIVN, FTNT, FTV, GDV, GAB, GIS, GPT, HCP, HLF, HSY, HPE, HOLX, HUBS, JBHT, HBAN, HURC, IBN, IRT, ING, NSP, ISCA, INTU, ITT, KSU, KMPR, KN, LLL, LZB, LAKE, LW, LVS, USA, MRO, MKC, MTG, MNST, MSD, NNN, NRZ, NYMT, NLSN, NOC, NUAN, NS, NEA, OKE, PCAR, PRSP, PCG, PNFP, PAA, PGR, PB, PEG, PPT, QES, RDN, RJF, O, QSR, RGCO, RDS.B, SCG, SIGI, NOW, SONO, PHYS, SWK, STWD, STT, SF, SU, SYF, DATA, SKT, TPR, TECD, TEI, GIM, TJX, TOL, TY, FOXA, SLCA, UPS, X, USB, VVV, VET, WU, WBK, WY, WHR, WMB, XYL, ZION, ZTS,

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These are the top 5 holdings of SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC

1. Apple Inc (AAPL) - 301,767 shares, 6.00% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 0.88%
2. Microsoft Corp (MSFT) - 419,265 shares, 5.36% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 4.57%
3. Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B) - 180,127 shares, 4.63% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 0.85%
4. PepsiCo Inc (PEP) - 274,529 shares, 3.82% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 2.02%
5. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) - 18,455 shares, 3.49% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 2.28%

New Purchase: Dawson Geophysical Co (DWSN)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc initiated holding in Dawson Geophysical Co. The purchase prices were between $3.1 and $6.39, with an estimated average price of $4.68. The stock is now traded at around $3.85. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.16%. The holding were 364,300 shares as of .

New Purchase: FMC Corp (FMC)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc initiated holding in FMC Corp. The purchase prices were between $70.09 and $91.96, with an estimated average price of $80.58. The stock is now traded at around $85.35. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.08%. The holding were 6,000 shares as of .

New Purchase: Snap Inc (SNAP)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc initiated holding in Snap Inc. The purchase prices were between $4.99 and $8.23, with an estimated average price of $6.45. The stock is now traded at around $9.12. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 20,235 shares as of .

Added: Facebook Inc (FB)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Facebook Inc by 24.90%. The purchase prices were between $124.06 and $162.43, with an estimated average price of $144.02. The stock is now traded at around $162.50. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.34%. The holding were 104,892 shares as of .

Added: Energy Transfer LP (ET)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Energy Transfer LP by 238.63%. The purchase prices were between $11.8 and $17.88, with an estimated average price of $15.07. The stock is now traded at around $15.05. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.23%. The holding were 194,710 shares as of .

Added: Visa Inc (V)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Visa Inc by 85.77%. The purchase prices were between $121.73 and $149.67, with an estimated average price of $137.62. The stock is now traded at around $144.91. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.21%. The holding were 27,615 shares as of .

Added: Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Exxon Mobil Corp by 28.74%. The purchase prices were between $65.51 and $86.51, with an estimated average price of $78.15. The stock is now traded at around $77.71. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.21%. The holding were 108,236 shares as of .

Added: Noodles & Co (NDLS)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Noodles & Co by 1400.00%. The purchase prices were between $6.45 and $13.23, with an estimated average price of $9.19. The stock is now traded at around $7.51. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.19%. The holding were 225,000 shares as of .

Added: Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc added to a holding in Advanced Micro Devices Inc by 463.50%. The purchase prices were between $16.65 and $29.02, with an estimated average price of $21.34. The stock is now traded at around $23.68. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.15%. The holding were 77,650 shares as of .

Sold Out: Equifax Inc (EFX)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in Equifax Inc. The sale prices were between $90 and $132.39, with an estimated average price of $105.61.

Sold Out: Energy Transfer Operating LP (ETP)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in Energy Transfer Operating LP. The sale prices were between $21.36 and $22.86, with an estimated average price of $22.01.

Sold Out: MetLife Inc (MET)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in MetLife Inc. The sale prices were between $38.24 and $47.77, with an estimated average price of $42.77.

Sold Out: Equity Residential (EQR)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in Equity Residential. The sale prices were between $62.67 and $72.65, with an estimated average price of $67.21.

Sold Out: Adient PLC (ADNT)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in Adient PLC. The sale prices were between $15.06 and $37.62, with an estimated average price of $25.46.

Sold Out: Fidelity Southern Corp (LION)

Salem Investment Counselors Inc sold out a holding in Fidelity Southern Corp. The sale prices were between $21.42 and $26.02, with an estimated average price of $23.53.

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