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Ariel Investments Portfolio holdings

AUM $8.93B
1-Year Est. Return 29.58%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+12.88%
1 Year Est. Return
+29.58%
3 Year Est. Return
+55.43%
5 Year Est. Return
+58.61%
10 Year Est. Return
+236.09%
AUM
$8.14B
AUM Growth
+$1.27B
Cap. Flow
+$419M
Cap. Flow %
5.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
28.73%
Holding
184
New
11
Increased
126
Reduced
42
Closed
5

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BRSL
Brightstar Lottery PLC
BRSL
+$54.4M
2
SJM icon
J.M. Smucker
SJM
+$36M
3
WU icon
Western Union
WU
+$28.5M
4
ZBRA icon
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA
+$24.9M
5
JWN
Nordstrom
JWN
+$20.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TW
TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE)
TW
+$28.7M
2
BID
Sotheby's
BID
+$27.9M
3
CCL icon
Carnival Corporation Ltd
CCL
+$25.5M
4
TILE icon
Interface
TILE
+$24M
5
BX icon
Blackstone
BX
+$20.1M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 24.15%
2 Industrials 16.2%
3 Healthcare 11.71%
4 Consumer Discretionary 10.84%
5 Communication Services 10.57%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
STJ
26
DELISTED
St Jude Medical
STJ
$99.4M 1.22%
1,604,471
+31,295
+2% +$1.81M
RCL icon
27
Royal Caribbean
RCL
$85.1B
$97.8M 1.2%
2,062,251
-53,240
-3% -$2.26M
AFL icon
28
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
$97.5M 1.2%
2,919,130
+58,700
+2% +$1.93M
JWN
29
DELISTED
Nordstrom
JWN
$96.5M 1.19%
1,560,819
+341,331
+28% +$20.5M
SSD icon
30
Simpson Manufacturing
SSD
$7.72B
$95.7M 1.18%
2,605,336
+20,113
+0.8% +$700K
TMO icon
31
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$213B
$94.3M 1.16%
846,655
+16,430
+2% +$1.63M
LFUS icon
32
Littelfuse
LFUS
$11.2B
$93.1M 1.14%
1,001,874
-26,961
-3% -$2.27M
MSGS icon
33
Madison Square Garden
MSGS
$9.48B
$90.6M 1.11%
2,206,947
+4,875
+0.2% +$198K
NTRS icon
34
Northern Trust
NTRS
$33.3B
$90.6M 1.11%
1,463,134
+30,870
+2% +$1.77M
BRC icon
35
Brady Corp
BRC
$4.44B
$89.1M 1.09%
2,880,191
+336,764
+13% +$10M
BID
36
DELISTED
Sotheby's
BID
$88.9M 1.09%
1,670,286
-540,918
-24% -$27.9M
ZBH icon
37
Zimmer Biomet
ZBH
$18.2B
$86.6M 1.06%
956,623
+18,680
+2% +$1.62M
SJM icon
38
J.M. Smucker
SJM
$12.7B
$86.5M 1.06%
834,578
+339,915
+69% +$36M
BEN icon
39
Franklin Resources
BEN
$17.6B
$85.5M 1.05%
1,481,360
+28,765
+2% +$1.55M
MHK icon
40
Mohawk Industries
MHK
$7.5B
$84.6M 1.04%
568,152
-2,994
-0.5% -$409K
PARA
41
DELISTED
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
$83.6M 1.03%
1,311,176
+25,140
+2% +$1.48M
IEX icon
42
IDEX
IEX
$17B
$82.4M 1.01%
1,116,414
-171,493
-13% -$11.9M
VIAB
43
DELISTED
Viacom Inc. Class B
VIAB
$79.9M 0.98%
915,332
-116,365
-11% -$9.61M
SLCA
44
DELISTED
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
$79.9M 0.98%
2,341,378
+257,138
+12% +$8.44M
TPR icon
45
Tapestry
TPR
$30.8B
$78.1M 0.96%
1,391,461
+281,313
+25% +$15.2M
TW
46
DELISTED
TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE)
TW
$75M 0.92%
587,502
-246,437
-30% -$28.7M
OMC icon
47
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.6B
$74M 0.91%
994,534
+17,726
+2% +$1.22M
SWK icon
48
Stanley Black & Decker
SWK
$14.3B
$73.5M 0.9%
910,313
+12,855
+1% +$1.05M
MTSC
49
DELISTED
MTS Systems Corp
MTSC
$71.3M 0.88%
1,003,574
+195,145
+24% +$12.9M
MIND icon
50
MIND Technology
MIND
$45.3M
$55.9M 0.69%
315,546
+28,020
+10% +$4.6M
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Ariel Investments's Q4 2013 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2013, Ariel Investments held 184 positions worth $8.14B, up 18% from $6.87B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 29% of the portfolio.

Ariel Investments deployed $419M of net new capital in Q4 2013, opening 11 new positions and adding to 126 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Zebra Technologies: 496,788 shares worth $26.9M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 24% of assets, down from 24% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Healthcare.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE), an estimated $28.7M trimmed.

  • Ariel Investments's largest Q4 2013 buy was Zebra Technologies: 496,788 shares worth $26.9M.
  • Ariel Investments added most to Brightstar Lottery PLC in Q4 2013, an estimated $54.4M increase.
  • Ariel Investments's biggest Q4 2013 reduction was TOWERS WATSON & CO COM STK CL A (DE), cutting an estimated $28.7M.
  • Ariel Investments fully exited Carnival Corporation Ltd in Q4 2013, selling an estimated $25.5M.
  • Ariel Investments's ten largest holdings make up 29% of its $8.14B portfolio in Q4 2013.
  • Ariel Investments opened 11 new positions and closed 5 in Q4 2013.
  • Ariel Investments's portfolio value rose 18% quarter-over-quarter to $8.14B.

Based on Ariel Investments's 13F filing for Q4 2013, filed 14 Feb 2014.