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Ariel Investments

As of Q2 2026, Ariel Investments reported 106 long-equity positions worth $10.03B in aggregate.

Copy-investor backtest

Latest quarter
+14.83%
1-year
+30.15%
3-year
+58.90%
5-year
+48.54%
3-year vs S&P 500
-14.35%
5-year vs S&P 500
-25.56%
5-year top 5
+20.76%

Return from mechanically copying the disclosed 13F equity portfolio after each filing and rebalancing at the next. The vs S&P 500 figures subtract SPY over that manager's own rebalance dates, so both sides cover the same days; both are price return, excluding dividends. Method & limitations.

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Updated 2026-09-19 from SEC 13F data.

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1LAZLazard Ltd3.60%Reduce -8.0%6,273,224$295.41M$47.09No quote
2FAFFirst American Financial Corp.3.11%Reduce -3.6%9,603,028$254.96M$26.55No quote
3JLLJLL3.01%Reduce -17.9%2,080,710$246.56M$118.50No quote
4BRSBristow Group Inc.2.96%Add +43.3%3,217,959$243.02MNo quoteNo quote
5IPGInterpublic Group of Cos., Inc.2.84%Reduce -1.7%13,577,928$232.73MNo quoteNo quote
6WUWestern Union Co.2.74%Add +12.9%13,746,342$224.89M$16.36No quote
7ISCAInternational Speedway Corp.2.52%Add +3.1%6,081,571$206.71MNo quoteNo quote
8GCIGannett Co., Inc.2.31%Reduce -1.7%6,866,074$189.5MNo quoteNo quote
9JNSJanus Capital Group Inc.2.23%Reduce -9.8%16,782,631$182.43MNo quoteNo quote
10IGTInternational Game Technology2.21%Add +19.9%12,888,738$181.22MNo quoteNo quote
11HSPHospira, Inc.2.18%Reduce -11.6%4,127,850$178.53MNo quoteNo quote
12CYNCity National Corp.2.02%Reduce -11.0%2,106,882$165.85MNo quoteNo quote
13SJMJ.M. Smucker Co.1.91%Add +92.8%1,609,516$156.51M$97.24No quote
14KKRKKR & Co. L.P.1.82%Add +0.6%6,543,736$149.46M$22.84No quote
15MCFContango Oil & Gas Co.1.81%Add +2.7%3,107,726$148.36MNo quoteNo quote
16SNASnap-On Inc.1.68%Reduce -5.2%1,214,538$137.83M$113.48No quote
17CBRECBRE Group, Inc.1.67%Reduce -5.6%4,994,632$137M$27.43No quote
18BIOBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.1.60%Reduce -7.1%1,024,729$131.29M$128.12No quote
19CRLCharles River Laboratories Intl Inc.1.48%Reduce -23.6%2,009,262$121.24M$60.34No quote
20AXEAnixter Intl Inc.1.42%Reduce -5.8%1,143,424$116.08MNo quoteNo quote
21SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.1.38%Add +52.4%1,387,527$112.72M$81.24No quote
22SLCAU.S. Silica Holdings Inc.1.37%Add +25.7%2,943,928$112.37MNo quoteNo quote
23NWLNewell Rubbermaid Inc.1.31%Reduce -5.4%3,591,525$107.39M$29.90No quote
24RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.1.28%Reduce -7.1%1,916,436$104.56M$54.56No quote
25JWNNordstrom, Inc.1.26%Add +5.7%1,649,607$103.02MNo quoteNo quote
26FICOFair Isaac Corp.1.25%Reduce -2.1%1,856,845$102.72M$55.32No quote
27MDPMeredith Corp.1.25%Add +6.4%2,207,360$102.49MNo quoteNo quote
28LHLaboratory Corp. of America Holdings1.23%New1,027,635$100.92M$98.21No quote
29NTRSNorthern Trust Corp.1.20%Add +2.8%1,503,441$98.57M$65.56No quote
30AFLAFLAC Inc.1.15%Add +2.4%1,495,118$94.25M$63.04No quote
31STJSt. Jude Medical, Inc.1.12%Reduce -12.5%1,404,552$91.84MNo quoteNo quote
32ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.1.12%Reduce -6.7%1,128,171$91.75M$81.33No quote
33BENFranklin Resources, Inc.1.12%Add +14.1%1,689,506$91.54M$54.18No quote
34BRCBrady Corp.1.10%Add +15.4%3,325,294$90.28M$27.15No quote
35SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.1.10%Reduce -2.0%2,551,991$90.16M$35.33No quote
36ZBHZimmer Holdings, Inc.1.10%Add +2.5%952,482$90.09M$94.58No quote
37OMCOmnicom Group Inc.1.09%Add +23.3%1,226,593$89.05M$72.60No quote
38MSGMadison Square Garden Co.1.08%Reduce -1.1%1,556,062$88.35MNo quoteNo quote
39LFUSLittelfuse, Inc.1.06%Reduce -6.9%932,339$87.3M$93.64No quote
40DNBDun & Bradstreet Corp.1.06%Add +7.7%876,852$87.12MNo quoteNo quote
41BYIBally Technologies Inc.1.01%New1,248,995$82.77MNo quoteNo quote
42COHCoach, Inc.0.95%Add +13.3%1,576,003$78.26MNo quoteNo quote
43CBSCBS Corp.0.95%Reduce -3.4%1,266,360$78.26MNo quoteNo quote
44BIDSotheby's0.86%Reduce -2.7%1,624,570$70.75MNo quoteNo quote
45DVDeVry Education Group Inc.0.85%Reduce -41.1%1,650,729$69.97M$42.39No quote
46VIABViacom, Inc.0.84%Reduce -11.1%814,169$69.2MNo quoteNo quote
47MHKMohawk Industries, Inc.0.84%Reduce -11.4%503,532$68.47M$135.98No quote
48MTSCMTS Systems Corp.0.82%Reduce -2.6%977,578$66.95MNo quoteNo quote
49TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.0.82%Reduce -34.3%556,094$66.87M$120.24No quote
50IEXIDEX Corp.0.75%Reduce -24.6%841,736$61.35M$72.89No quote
51BXBlackstone Group L.P.0.73%Add +2.6%1,798,378$59.8M$33.25No quote
52SMASymmetry Medical Inc.0.64%Add +6.6%5,216,950$52.48M$10.06No quote
53TILEInterface, Inc.0.57%Reduce -5.8%2,270,065$46.65M$20.55No quote
54TWTowers Watson0.56%Reduce -31.1%404,843$46.17M$114.05No quote
55TISITeam, Inc.0.53%Reduce -4.8%1,016,013$43.55MNo quoteNo quote
56MINDMitcham Industries, Inc.0.53%Reduce -1.4%3,112,750$43.39MNo quoteNo quote
57RSTRosetta Stone Inc.0.52%Add +11.1%3,834,235$43.02MNo quoteNo quote
58MSFTMicrosoft Corp.0.51%Add +7.5%1,017,243$41.7M$40.99No quote
59GHCGraham Holdings Co.0.50%Reduce -27.2%58,062$40.86M$703.75No quote
60COWNCowen Group, Inc.0.49%Add +3.3%9,123,145$40.23MNo quoteNo quote
61ZBRAZebra Technologies Corp.0.49%Add +15.4%573,113$39.78M$69.41No quote
62ORBCORBCOMM Inc.0.47%Add +29.1%5,589,518$38.29MNo quoteNo quote
63TROWT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.0.46%Add +2.5%457,960$37.71M$82.35No quote
64JNJJohnson & Johnson0.44%Add +5.1%366,918$36.04M$98.23No quote
65GSKGlaxoSmithKline plc ADR0.43%Add +57.2%662,150$35.38M$53.43No quote
66EACErickson Air-Crane, Inc.0.43%Add +13.6%1,812,292$35MNo quoteNo quote
67IMNImation Corp.0.41%Reduce -1.8%5,761,587$33.24MNo quoteNo quote
68RTKRentech, Inc.0.40%Add +4.0%17,148,965$32.58MNo quoteNo quote
69BCOBrink's Co.0.38%Reduce -4.8%1,077,893$30.77M$28.55No quote
70GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.0.34%Add +22.5%397,273$28.15M$70.86No quote
71PCOPendrell Corp.0.34%Add +16.8%15,196,302$27.81MNo quoteNo quote
72OESXOrion Energy Systems, Inc.0.34%Add +4.5%3,793,689$27.5MNo quoteNo quote
73LFCRLandec Corp.0.33%Add +17.0%2,406,902$26.86MNo quoteNo quote
74BLTBlount Intl, Inc.0.31%Add +5.6%2,109,420$25.1MNo quoteNo quote
75AVHIAV Homes, Inc.0.30%Add +5.9%1,371,693$24.81MNo quoteNo quote
76HARHarman Intl Industries Inc.0.30%Reduce -1.4%232,470$24.74MNo quoteNo quote
77POZNPozen Inc.0.30%Reduce -12.1%3,080,448$24.64MNo quoteNo quote
78PCTIPCTEL, Inc.0.30%Add +6.6%2,804,376$24.48MNo quoteNo quote
79RDSARoyal Dutch Shell plc ADR0.26%Add +54.4%296,587$21.67MNo quoteNo quote
80RNWKRealNetworks, Inc.0.24%Add +3.4%2,601,152$19.72MNo quoteNo quote
81OPLKOplink Communications, Inc.0.24%Add +209.8%1,076,770$19.34MNo quoteNo quote
82SPARSpartan Motors Inc.0.23%Add +8.1%3,740,854$19.23MNo quoteNo quote
83GAIAGaiam, Inc.0.23%Reduce -2.2%2,558,400$18.55MNo quoteNo quote
84SIGMSigma Designs, Inc.0.21%Add +4.3%3,639,755$17.33MNo quoteNo quote
85DGXQuest Diagnostics Inc.0.21%Add +10.1%295,159$17.1M$57.92No quote
86XOXOXO Group Inc.0.21%Add +50.6%1,684,495$17.08MNo quoteNo quote
87ARCARC Document Solutions Inc.0.20%Add +3.2%2,185,524$16.26MNo quoteNo quote
88MKCMcCormick & Co., Inc.0.20%Reduce -0.2%225,220$16.16M$71.74No quote
89TUMITumi Holdings Inc.0.20%Add +22.8%706,237$15.98MNo quoteNo quote
90BRCMBroadcom Corp.0.19%Reduce -9.9%507,773$15.98MNo quoteNo quote
91FRMFurmanite Corp.0.19%Add +7.6%1,596,372$15.68MNo quoteNo quote
92PVTBPrivateBancorp, Inc.0.19%Reduce -19.3%505,798$15.43MNo quoteNo quote
93CVUCPI Aerostructures, Inc.0.18%Add +31.2%1,129,400$14.68MNo quoteNo quote
94RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc ADR0.18%Add +14.8%247,705$14.57M$58.81No quote
95CHLChina Mobile Ltd. ADR0.18%Add +41.8%319,096$14.55MNo quoteNo quote
96TIFTiffany & Co.0.17%Add +2.8%165,912$14.29MNo quoteNo quote
97PRCPPerceptron, Inc.0.17%Add +5.0%1,169,743$14.19MNo quoteNo quote
98HCCHCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.0.17%Reduce -6.5%307,940$14.01M$45.49No quote
99ACTGAcacia Research Corp.0.16%Add +6.4%878,481$13.42MNo quoteNo quote
100EDGWEdgewater Technology Inc.0.16%Reduce -0.8%1,865,985$13.34MNo quoteNo quote
101MATWMatthews Intl Corp.0.16%Reduce -6.6%315,414$12.87M$40.81No quote
102HMNHorace Mann Educators Corp.0.15%Reduce -6.5%433,809$12.58MNo quoteNo quote
103CPIXCumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0.15%Add +4.9%2,663,520$11.99MNo quoteNo quote
104TNAVTelenav Inc.0.14%Reduce -0.2%1,879,919$11.2MNo quoteNo quote
105BTNBallantyne Strong, Inc.0.14%Reduce -1.1%2,380,228$11.16MNo quoteNo quote
106ALOTAstro-Med, Inc.0.13%Add +1.0%925,538$11.01MNo quoteNo quote
107BOLTBolt Technology Corp.0.13%Reduce -0.3%552,356$10.92MNo quoteNo quote
108BOBEBob Evans Farms, Inc.0.13%Reduce -7.1%216,838$10.85MNo quoteNo quote
109HDNGHardinge Inc.0.13%Reduce -0.7%741,210$10.67MNo quoteNo quote
110CRWSCrown Crafts, Inc.0.13%Reduce -0.3%1,312,588$10.45MNo quoteNo quote
111RLHRed Lion Hotels Corp.0.13%Reduce -0.2%1,780,405$10.38MNo quoteNo quote
112BIDUBaidu, Inc. ADR0.13%Add +55.4%67,437$10.27M$152.28No quote
113VEAVanguard MSCI EAFE ETF0.12%Add +34.6%246,443$10.17M$41.27No quote
114NOKNokia Corp. ADR0.12%Add +35.9%1,360,374$9.99M$7.34No quote
115AETIAmerican Electric Technologies, Inc.0.12%Add +42.9%1,463,309$9.94MNo quoteNo quote
116IBMInternational Business Machines Corp.0.12%Add +2.0%50,382$9.7M$192.49No quote
117NOVNational Oilwell Varco0.12%Add +17.0%124,519$9.7M$77.87No quote
118USBU.S. Bancorp0.12%Add +6.3%220,233$9.44M$42.86No quote
119LMTLockheed Martin Corp.0.11%Reduce -9.3%56,990$9.3M$163.24No quote
120MIDDMiddleby Corp.0.11%Reduce -21.9%33,984$8.98M$264.21No quote
121PXPraxair, Inc.0.11%Add +6.4%67,752$8.87MNo quoteNo quote
122DTVDIRECTV0.11%Reduce -5.4%115,280$8.81MNo quoteNo quote
123NVDANVIDIA Corp.0.11%Reduce -8.7%485,088$8.69M$17.91No quote
124RBCNRubicon Technology, Inc.0.10%Reduce -60.8%761,517$8.6MNo quoteNo quote
125DVDDover Motorsports, Inc.0.10%Add +3.1%3,388,689$8.47MNo quoteNo quote
126XOMExxon Mobil Corp.0.10%Add +23.5%83,610$8.17M$97.68No quote
127STLYStanley Furniture Co.0.10%Add +10.5%2,863,046$7.85MNo quoteNo quote
128PMPhilip Morris Intl Inc.0.09%Add +5.9%92,085$7.54M$81.87No quote
129VICLVical Inc.0.09%Reduce -17.9%5,795,085$7.48MNo quoteNo quote
130VSRVersar Inc.0.09%Add +3.1%1,867,550$7.47MNo quoteNo quote
131AWREAware, Inc.0.09%Add +134.6%1,286,905$7.45MNo quoteNo quote
132CVSCVS Caremark Corp.0.09%-98,420$7.37M$74.86No quote
133QUMUQumu Corp.0.09%Reduce -43.0%452,517$7.24MNo quoteNo quote
134TGTTarget Corp.0.09%Add +0.2%117,345$7.1M$60.51No quote
135RKUSRuckus Wireless, Inc.0.08%Add +27.3%560,328$6.81MNo quoteNo quote
136WMTWal-Mart Stores, Inc.0.08%Add +0.0%84,904$6.49M$76.43No quote
137VTVanguard Total Wld Stock Index Fd (ETF)0.07%Reduce -37.8%94,994$5.67M$59.67No quote
138CHKChesapeake Energy Corp.0.07%Add +2.2%220,785$5.66MNo quoteNo quote
139MOSMosaic Co.0.07%Add +2.5%112,825$5.64M$50.00No quote
140ORCLOracle Corp.0.07%Add +13.6%136,645$5.59M$40.91No quote
141JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.0.06%Add +0.2%85,396$5.18M$60.71No quote
142APAApache Corp.0.06%Add +21.4%61,600$5.11M$82.95No quote
143MSMorgan Stanley0.06%Add +3.1%158,680$4.95M$31.17No quote
144BTIBritish American Tobacco plc ADR0.06%Add +115.6%42,166$4.7M$111.44No quote
145GSGoldman Sachs Group, Inc.0.06%Add +1.1%27,635$4.53M$163.85No quote
146BAXBaxter Intl Inc.0.06%-61,251$4.51M$73.58No quote
147VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.05%New109,580$4.45M$40.58No quote
148VPLVanguard MSCI Pacific ETF0.05%Add +62.5%74,179$4.38MNo quoteNo quote
149PNCThe PNC Financial Service Group, Inc.0.05%Add +6.3%49,504$4.31M$87.00No quote
150APOLApollo Education Group, Inc.0.05%Reduce -90.3%119,875$4.11MNo quoteNo quote
151BKBank of New York Mellon Corp.0.05%Reduce -0.3%112,860$3.98M$35.29No quote
152BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.05%Add +6.3%31,324$3.92M$124.98No quote
153QLGCQLogic Corp.0.05%Add +4.3%305,768$3.9MNo quoteNo quote
154EXPDExpeditors Intl of Washington0.05%Add +403.5%98,238$3.89M$39.63No quote
155OXYOccidental Petroleum Corp.0.05%Add +14.3%39,891$3.8M$95.28No quote
156EMCEMC Corp.0.05%Add +6.4%137,051$3.76MNo quoteNo quote
157TIBXTIBCO Software Inc.0.04%Add +7.4%168,387$3.42MNo quoteNo quote
158ALVAutoliv Inc.0.04%Add +1.5%33,413$3.35M$100.35No quote
159GIFIGulf Island Fabrication, Inc.0.04%Add +67.7%154,075$3.33MNo quoteNo quote
160HSBCHSBC Holdings plc ADR0.04%Add +77.5%64,954$3.3M$50.84No quote
161VIVTelefonica Brasil SA ADR0.04%Add +68.1%140,296$2.98MNo quoteNo quote
162TDSTelephone & Data Systems, Inc.0.04%New112,530$2.95M$26.21No quote
163AZTABrooks Automation, Inc.0.03%Add +29.8%252,900$2.76MNo quoteNo quote
164FORMFormFactor, Inc.0.03%Add +30.3%404,675$2.59M$6.39No quote
165CNTYCentury Casinos, Inc.0.03%New356,146$2.55MNo quoteNo quote
166VGKVanguard MSCI Europe ETF0.03%Add +15.3%42,529$2.51M$58.95No quote
167SUPSuperior Industries Intl Inc.0.03%Add +36.1%110,150$2.26MNo quoteNo quote
168TKCTurkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR0.03%Add +90.5%159,547$2.2MNo quoteNo quote
169MFLXMulti-Fineline Electronix, Inc.0.03%Add +33.2%171,025$2.19MNo quoteNo quote
170CSWCCapital Southwest Corp.0.03%Add +65.1%62,375$2.17MNo quoteNo quote
171MRMindray Medical Intl Ltd.0.02%Add +70.6%56,448$1.83MNo quoteNo quote
172MBFIMB Financial, Inc.0.02%Reduce -35.4%58,750$1.82MNo quoteNo quote
173GPNGlobal Payments Inc.0.02%Reduce -65.4%24,801$1.76M$71.13No quote
174CHRWC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.0.02%New27,779$1.46M$52.38No quote
175BSACBanco Santander-Chile ADR0.01%New49,097$1.15MNo quoteNo quote
176EWUiShares MSCI United Kingdom Index ETF0.01%Add +33.0%51,300$1.06MNo quoteNo quote
177BSMXSantander Mexico Fincl Gp ADR0.01%New82,191$1.01MNo quoteNo quote
178TMToyota Motor Corp. ADR0.01%Add +0.3%5,718$646KNo quoteNo quote
179ITUBItau Unibanco Holding SA ADR0.01%New37,500$557K$14.85No quote
180MTBM&T Bank Corp.0.01%Add +6.9%4,547$552K$121.40No quote
181CAJPYCanon Inc. ADR0.01%Add +0.5%15,734$489KNo quoteNo quote
182HDBHDFC Bank Ltd. ADR0.00%New6,400$263K$41.09No quote
189TSRATessera Technologies, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
188SLBSchlumberger Ltd.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
187IWCiShares Russell Microcap Index (ETF)-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
186EBSEmergent Biosolutions Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
185MODGCallaway Golf Co.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
184BTBT Group plc ADR-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
183ACNAccenture plc-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote