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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
+8.01%
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
$8.66B
AUM Growth
+$913M
Cap. Flow
+$366M
Cap. Flow %
4.22%
Top 10 Hldgs %
26.72%
Holding
196
New
10
Increased
95
Reduced
79
Closed
6

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SLCA
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
+$83.8M
2
KMT icon
Kennametal
KMT
+$49.4M
3
NOV icon
NOV
NOV
+$40.8M
4
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Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
+$33M
5
PARA
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
+$21.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BYI
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
BYI
+$22.9M
2
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Madison Square Garden
MSGS
+$21.5M
3
JWN
Nordstrom
JWN
+$20.9M
4
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First American
FAF
+$20.8M
5
FICO icon
Fair Isaac
FICO
+$20.1M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 22.86%
2 Industrials 19.19%
3 Healthcare 12.85%
4 Communication Services 10.25%
5 Consumer Discretionary 7.85%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MDP
26
DELISTED
Meredith Corporation
MDP
$114M 1.31%
2,094,362
+8,540
+0.4% +$428K
SSD icon
27
Simpson Manufacturing
SSD
$7.72B
$110M 1.27%
3,178,871
+242,625
+8% +$7.9M
MCF
28
DELISTED
Contango Oil & Gas Co.
MCF
$110M 1.27%
3,749,217
+265
+0% +$8.92K
MTSC
29
DELISTED
MTS Systems Corp
MTSC
$109M 1.25%
1,446,559
+70,639
+5% +$4.83M
AXE
30
DELISTED
Anixter International Inc
AXE
$106M 1.23%
1,203,876
+187,705
+18% +$15.9M
FICO icon
31
Fair Isaac
FICO
$24.3B
$104M 1.21%
1,443,821
-306,845
-18% -$20.1M
BEN icon
32
Franklin Resources
BEN
$17.6B
$102M 1.18%
1,850,175
-8,799
-0.5% -$486K
NTRS icon
33
Northern Trust
NTRS
$33.3B
$102M 1.17%
1,509,474
-3,605
-0.2% -$240K
DNB
34
DELISTED
Dun & Bradstreet
DNB
$100M 1.16%
829,097
+3,750
+0.5% +$453K
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35
Aflac
AFL
$64.9B
$100M 1.16%
3,278,924
+270,020
+9% +$7.97M
PARA
36
DELISTED
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
$95.2M 1.1%
1,720,057
+403,198
+31% +$21.5M
OMC icon
37
Omnicom Group
OMC
$21.6B
$93.2M 1.08%
1,202,590
-4,457
-0.4% -$325K
RCL icon
38
Royal Caribbean
RCL
$85.1B
$92.8M 1.07%
1,125,221
-237,190
-17% -$16.6M
JWN
39
DELISTED
Nordstrom
JWN
$88.7M 1.02%
1,117,279
-285,287
-20% -$20.9M
ITW icon
40
Illinois Tool Works
ITW
$82.6B
$86.1M 0.99%
909,356
-7,857
-0.9% -$716K
LFUS icon
41
Littelfuse
LFUS
$11.2B
$85.4M 0.99%
883,410
-365
-0% -$33.9K
STJ
42
DELISTED
St Jude Medical
STJ
$79.3M 0.92%
1,219,961
-7,348
-0.6% -$473K
GILD icon
43
Gilead Sciences
GILD
$162B
$75.7M 0.87%
802,803
+158,907
+25% +$16.4M
MSFT icon
44
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.45T
$74.6M 0.86%
1,606,672
+274,776
+21% +$12.9M
SLCA
45
DELISTED
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
$73.3M 0.85%
2,852,471
+2,120,773
+290% +$83.8M
TMO icon
46
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TMO
$213B
$72.7M 0.84%
580,501
+39,799
+7% +$4.84M
MHK icon
47
Mohawk Industries
MHK
$7.5B
$69.3M 0.8%
445,987
+2,002
+0.5% +$288K
VIAB
48
DELISTED
Viacom Inc. Class B
VIAB
$68.2M 0.79%
906,607
+92,814
+11% +$6.78M
JNJ icon
49
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$618B
$66.1M 0.76%
632,132
+95,516
+18% +$10.1M
BX icon
50
Blackstone
BX
$102B
$54.7M 0.63%
1,648,550
+1,146
+0.1% +$35.9K
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Ariel Investments's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, Ariel Investments held 196 positions worth $8.66B, up 12% from $7.75B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 27% of the portfolio.

Ariel Investments deployed $366M of net new capital in Q4 2014, opening 10 new positions and adding to 95 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.: 357,204 shares worth $23.7M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 23% of assets, down from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Industrials and Healthcare.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Madison Square Garden, an estimated $21.5M trimmed.

  • Ariel Investments's largest Q4 2014 buy was LL Flooring Holdings, Inc.: 357,204 shares worth $23.7M.
  • Ariel Investments added most to U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC. in Q4 2014, an estimated $83.8M increase.
  • Ariel Investments's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was Madison Square Garden, cutting an estimated $21.5M.
  • Ariel Investments fully exited BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $22.9M.
  • Ariel Investments's ten largest holdings make up 27% of its $8.66B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • Ariel Investments opened 10 new positions and closed 6 in Q4 2014.
  • Ariel Investments's portfolio value rose 12% quarter-over-quarter to $8.66B.

Based on Ariel Investments's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 13 Feb 2015.