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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
ALOT icon
101
AstroNova
ALOT
$227M
$12.4M 0.15%
916,509
+161,130
+21% +$2.06M
BOLT
102
DELISTED
BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
BOLT
$12.2M 0.15%
554,021
+99,155
+22% +$1.93M
ACTG icon
103
Acacia Research
ACTG
$448M
$12M 0.15%
825,734
+736,348
+824% +$11.6M
BOBE
104
DELISTED
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
BOBE
$11.8M 0.15%
233,523
-564
-0.2% -$30.9K
CHL
105
DELISTED
China Mobile Limited
CHL
$11.8M 0.14%
225,067
+105,734
+89% +$5.63M
FGH
106
DELISTED
FG Group Holdings Inc.
FGH
$11.1M 0.14%
2,406,988
+28,025
+1% +$131K
HDNG
107
DELISTED
Hardinge Inc
HDNG
$10.8M 0.13%
746,465
+134,200
+22% +$1.99M
RLH
108
DELISTED
Red Lions Hotel Corporation
RLH
$10.8M 0.13%
1,784,050
+605,635
+51% +$3.48M
MIDD icon
109
Middleby
MIDD
$6.23B
$10.4M 0.13%
130,518
-62,154
-32% -$4.6M
CRWS icon
110
Crown Crafts
CRWS
$32.1M
$10.2M 0.13%
1,316,308
+7,175
+0.5% +$55.1K
SLNG icon
111
Stabilis Solutions
SLNG
$87.6M
$10.2M 0.13%
128,017
+28,800
+29% +$1.95M
QUMU
112
DELISTED
Qumu Corp.
QUMU
$10.2M 0.12%
793,814
+145,078
+22% +$1.91M
RYAAY icon
113
Ryanair
RYAAY
$31.5B
$10.1M 0.12%
526,168
+274,326
+109% +$5.36M
STLY
114
DELISTED
Stanley Furniture Co Inc
STLY
$9.95M 0.12%
2,591,708
+2,526,635
+3,883% +$9.46M
LMT icon
115
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$135B
$9.34M 0.11%
62,840
-30
-0% -$4.08K
IBM icon
116
IBM
IBM
$217B
$9.26M 0.11%
51,654
-20
-0% -$3.45K
VT icon
117
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
VT
$79B
$9.06M 0.11%
152,597
+131,344
+618% +$7.56M
VSR
118
DELISTED
Versar, Inc.
VSR
$8.75M 0.11%
1,811,914
+325,064
+22% +$1.52M
NVDA icon
119
NVIDIA
NVDA
$5.08T
$8.51M 0.1%
21,240,280
+17,121,080
+416% +$6.63M
NOV icon
120
NOV
NOV
$7.13B
$8.46M 0.1%
118,025
-4,980
-4% -$362K
DTV
121
DELISTED
DIRECTV COM STK (DE)
DTV
$8.41M 0.1%
121,835
+40,415
+50% +$2.59M
USB icon
122
US Bancorp
USB
$101B
$8.37M 0.1%
207,094
+174,222
+530% +$6.68M
FRTX
123
DELISTED
Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock
FRTX
$8.33M 0.1%
2,242
+633
+39% +$2.4M
PX
124
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$8.28M 0.1%
63,701
+50,908
+398% +$6.35M
DVD
125
DELISTED
Dover Motorsports
DVD
$8.25M 0.1%
3,286,724
+723,083
+28% +$1.75M
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5
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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.