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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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1FAFFirst American Financial Corp.3.20%Reduce -2.1%9,404,467$261.35M$27.79No quote
2LAZLazard Ltd3.18%Reduce -19.5%5,051,368$260.45M$51.56No quote
3BRSBristow Group Inc.3.01%Reduce -5.0%3,056,681$246.43MNo quoteNo quote
4JLLJLL2.97%Reduce -7.7%1,920,086$242.68M$126.39No quote
5WUWestern Union Co.2.96%Add +1.5%13,957,981$242.03M$17.34No quote
6IPGInterpublic Group of Cos., Inc.2.86%Reduce -11.8%11,981,407$233.76MNo quoteNo quote
7GCIGannett Co., Inc.2.58%Reduce -1.9%6,734,763$210.87MNo quoteNo quote
8ISCAInternational Speedway Corp.2.47%Reduce -0.4%6,059,260$201.65MNo quoteNo quote
9IGTInternational Game Technology2.46%Reduce -1.8%12,662,857$201.47MNo quoteNo quote
10JNSJanus Capital Group Inc.2.41%Reduce -5.7%15,821,236$197.45MNo quoteNo quote
11SJMJ.M. Smucker Co.2.02%Reduce -3.7%1,549,600$165.14M$106.57No quote
12HSPHospira, Inc.1.97%Reduce -24.1%3,130,809$160.83MNo quoteNo quote
13CYNCity National Corp.1.86%Reduce -4.5%2,010,936$152.35MNo quoteNo quote
14KKRKKR & Co. L.P.1.75%Reduce -10.2%5,877,570$143M$24.33No quote
15CBRECBRE Group, Inc.1.70%Reduce -13.0%4,344,931$139.21M$32.04No quote
16SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.1.56%Add +4.8%1,453,962$127.69M$87.82No quote
17MSGMadison Square Garden Co.1.53%Add +28.7%2,002,801$125.08MNo quoteNo quote
18MCFContango Oil & Gas Co.1.52%Reduce -5.4%2,940,052$124.39MNo quoteNo quote
19SNASnap-On Inc.1.49%Reduce -15.2%1,030,177$122.1M$118.52No quote
20FICOFair Isaac Corp.1.48%Add +2.3%1,898,985$121.08M$63.76No quote
21BIOBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.1.44%Reduce -4.0%983,452$117.73M$119.71No quote
22NWLNewell Rubbermaid Inc.1.43%Add +5.1%3,773,084$116.93M$30.99No quote
23BYIBally Technologies, Inc.1.38%Add +37.8%1,721,576$113.14MNo quoteNo quote
24LHLaboratory Corp. of America Holdings1.36%Add +5.8%1,087,739$111.38M$102.40No quote
25CRLCharles River Laboratories Intl, Inc.1.28%Reduce -2.9%1,950,657$104.4M$53.52No quote
26MDPMeredith Corp.1.24%Reduce -5.0%2,096,205$101.37MNo quoteNo quote
27BENFranklin Resources, Inc.1.23%Add +3.2%1,743,346$100.84M$57.84No quote
28BRCBrady Corp.1.19%Reduce -2.1%3,255,382$97.24M$29.87No quote
29NTRSNorthern Trust Corp.1.18%Add +0.1%1,505,034$96.64M$64.21No quote
30JWNNordstrom, Inc.1.16%Reduce -15.4%1,394,888$94.76MNo quoteNo quote
31DNBDun & Bradstreet Corp.1.11%Reduce -6.3%821,894$90.57MNo quoteNo quote
32AFLAFLAC Inc.1.08%Reduce -5.5%1,413,052$87.96M$62.25No quote
33SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.1.05%Reduce -7.7%2,355,891$85.66M$36.36No quote
34AXEAnixter Intl Inc.1.04%Reduce -25.4%852,762$85.34MNo quoteNo quote
35STJSt. Jude Medical, Inc.1.03%Reduce -13.1%1,220,316$84.51MNo quoteNo quote
36OMCOmnicom Group Inc.1.03%Reduce -4.0%1,177,844$83.89M$71.22No quote
37ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.0.98%Reduce -19.2%911,635$79.82M$87.56No quote
38CBSCBS Corp.0.97%Add +0.3%1,270,754$78.97MNo quoteNo quote
39ZBHZimmer Holdings, Inc.0.96%Reduce -20.9%753,063$78.21M$103.86No quote
40RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.0.96%Reduce -26.7%1,405,561$78.15M$55.60No quote
41LFUSLittelfuse, Inc.0.94%Reduce -11.2%827,499$76.92M$92.95No quote
42BIDSotheby's0.92%Add +10.8%1,799,902$75.58MNo quoteNo quote
43SLCAU.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.0.89%Reduce -55.4%1,312,318$72.76MNo quoteNo quote
44VIABViacom, Inc.0.84%Reduce -2.6%793,081$68.78MNo quoteNo quote
45KMTKennametal Inc.0.80%New1,417,909$65.62M$46.28No quote
46MTSCMTS Systems Corp.0.79%Reduce -2.2%956,091$64.79MNo quoteNo quote
47COHCoach, Inc.0.78%Add +19.0%1,874,785$64.1MNo quoteNo quote
48TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.0.77%Reduce -3.5%536,928$63.36M$118.00No quote
49MHKMohawk Industries, Inc.0.75%Reduce -11.6%445,382$61.61M$138.34No quote
50BXBlackstone Group L.P.0.74%Add +0.2%1,802,237$60.27M$33.44No quote
51MSFTMicrosoft Corp.0.71%Add +37.9%1,402,231$58.47M$41.70No quote
52JNJJohnson & Johnson0.67%Add +42.5%522,727$54.69M$104.62No quote
53GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.0.65%Add +60.8%638,734$52.96M$82.91No quote
54GSKGlaxoSmithKline plc ADR0.65%Add +49.3%988,772$52.88M$53.48No quote
55SMASymmetry Medical Inc.0.56%Reduce -0.7%5,182,795$45.92M$8.86No quote
56IEXIDEX Corp.0.55%Reduce -34.0%555,536$44.85M$80.74No quote
57TISITeam, Inc.0.53%Add +3.3%1,049,953$43.07MNo quoteNo quote
58MINDMitcham Industries, Inc.0.53%Reduce -1.2%3,076,515$43.01MNo quoteNo quote
59COWNCowen Group, Inc.0.52%Add +9.9%10,024,118$42.3MNo quoteNo quote
60GHCGraham Holdings Co.0.48%Reduce -6.1%54,542$39.17M$718.11No quote
61TROWT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.0.47%Add +0.1%458,223$38.68M$84.41No quote
62ORBCORBCOMM, Inc.0.45%Add +0.9%5,639,168$37.16MNo quoteNo quote
63HARHarman Intl Industries, Inc.0.45%Add +48.7%345,686$37.14MNo quoteNo quote
64RSTRosetta Stone Inc.0.45%Reduce -0.8%3,801,455$36.95MNo quoteNo quote
65BLTBlount Intl, Inc.0.41%Add +12.0%2,362,896$33.34MNo quoteNo quote
66TWTowers Watson0.40%Reduce -22.7%312,907$32.61M$104.23No quote
67RTKRentech, Inc.0.39%Reduce -28.6%12,251,324$31.73MNo quoteNo quote
68PCOPendrell Corp.0.39%Add +18.1%17,949,768$31.59MNo quoteNo quote
69BCOBrink's Co.0.38%Add +3.3%1,113,533$31.42M$28.22No quote
70EACErickson Air-Crane, Inc.0.37%Add +3.3%1,871,968$30.42MNo quoteNo quote
71LFCRLandec Corp.0.37%Reduce -0.1%2,405,127$30.04MNo quoteNo quote
72ZBRAZebra Technologies Corp.0.35%Reduce -40.1%343,081$28.24M$82.32No quote
73RDSARoyal Dutch Shell plc ADR0.34%Add +14.9%340,891$28.08MNo quoteNo quote
74XOXOXO Group Inc.0.31%Add +23.0%2,071,996$25.32MNo quoteNo quote
75TUMITumi Holdings Inc.0.31%Add +77.3%1,252,295$25.21MNo quoteNo quote
76PCTIPCTEL, Inc.0.30%Add +8.3%3,035,656$24.56MNo quoteNo quote
77ACTGAcacia Research Corp.0.27%Add +42.6%1,252,726$22.24MNo quoteNo quote
78AVHIAV Homes, Inc.0.26%Reduce -5.4%1,298,190$21.23MNo quoteNo quote
79IMNImation Corp.0.26%Add +5.8%6,098,202$20.98MNo quoteNo quote
80DGXQuest Diagnostics Inc.0.25%Add +19.6%352,928$20.71M$58.69No quote
81BIDUBaidu, Inc. ADR0.25%Add +61.2%108,698$20.31M$186.81No quote
82OPLKOplink Communications, Inc.0.24%Add +8.9%1,172,248$19.89MNo quoteNo quote
83RNWKRealNetworks, Inc.0.24%Reduce -0.0%2,600,852$19.85MNo quoteNo quote
84TILEInterface, Inc.0.24%Reduce -54.6%1,031,034$19.43M$18.84No quote
85CHLChina Mobile Ltd. ADR0.22%Add +16.8%372,583$18.11MNo quoteNo quote
86CVUCPI Aerostructures, Inc.0.22%Add +26.1%1,424,608$18.05MNo quoteNo quote
87SPARSpartan Motors Inc.0.21%Reduce 0.0%3,740,779$16.98MNo quoteNo quote
88PRCPPerceptron, Inc.0.21%Add +13.2%1,323,726$16.88MNo quoteNo quote
89BRCMBroadcom Corp.0.20%Reduce -11.9%447,377$16.61MNo quoteNo quote
90RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc ADR0.20%Add +17.1%289,972$16.18M$55.80No quote
91OESXOrion Energy Systems, Inc.0.20%Add +4.4%3,960,364$16.12MNo quoteNo quote
92NOKNokia Corp. ADR0.19%Add +49.4%2,031,903$15.36M$7.56No quote
93POZNPozen Inc.0.18%Reduce -41.1%1,813,164$15.1MNo quoteNo quote
94FRMFurmanite Corp.0.18%Reduce -19.2%1,290,497$15.02MNo quoteNo quote
95HCCHCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.0.18%Reduce -2.0%301,685$14.76M$48.94No quote
96ALOTAstro-Med, Inc.0.18%Add +17.3%1,085,544$14.75MNo quoteNo quote
97USBU.S. Bancorp0.18%Add +52.8%336,533$14.58M$43.32No quote
98PVTBPrivateBancorp, Inc.0.18%Reduce -2.1%494,928$14.38MNo quoteNo quote
99DVDeVry Education Group Inc.0.17%Reduce -80.1%328,341$13.9M$42.34No quote
100SIGMSigma Designs, Inc.0.17%Reduce -18.2%2,978,045$13.64MNo quoteNo quote
101HMNHorace Mann Educators Corp.0.16%Reduce -2.1%424,834$13.29MNo quoteNo quote
102ARCARC Document Solutions, Inc.0.16%Add +1.0%2,208,349$12.94MNo quoteNo quote
103MATWMatthews Intl Corp.0.16%Reduce -2.4%307,744$12.79M$41.57No quote
104TNAVTelenav Inc.0.16%Add +19.2%2,241,059$12.75MNo quoteNo quote
105WMTWal-Mart Stores, Inc.0.15%Add +94.7%165,321$12.41M$75.07No quote
106RKUSRuckus Wireless, Inc.0.15%Add +83.4%1,027,889$12.24MNo quoteNo quote
107CPIXCumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0.15%Reduce -0.0%2,663,170$11.98MNo quoteNo quote
108TIFTiffany & Co.0.15%Reduce -28.0%119,496$11.98MNo quoteNo quote
109VTVanguard Total Wld Stock Index Fd (ETF)0.15%Add +101.8%191,692$11.93M$62.23No quote
110EDGWEdgewater Technology Inc.0.14%Reduce -14.8%1,590,496$11.83MNo quoteNo quote
111RBCNRubicon Technology, Inc.0.14%Add +77.2%1,349,207$11.81MNo quoteNo quote
112PMPhilip Morris Intl, Inc.0.14%Add +45.1%133,594$11.26M$84.31No quote
113NOVNational Oilwell Varco0.14%Add +9.8%136,710$11.26M$82.35No quote
114BOBEBob Evans Farms, Inc.0.13%Reduce -2.2%212,093$10.62MNo quoteNo quote
115PXPraxair, Inc.0.13%Add +16.5%78,925$10.48MNo quoteNo quote
116AETIAmerican Electric Technologies, Inc.0.13%Add +4.0%1,522,143$10.35MNo quoteNo quote
117AWREAware, Inc.0.12%Add +21.0%1,557,371$10.22MNo quoteNo quote
118BOLTBolt Technology Corp.0.12%Reduce -0.1%552,106$10.13MNo quoteNo quote
119CRWSCrown Crafts, Inc.0.12%Reduce -0.9%1,300,157$10.13MNo quoteNo quote
120BTNBallantyne Strong, Inc.0.12%Reduce -0.0%2,379,903$9.95MNo quoteNo quote
121VEAVanguard MSCI EAFE ETF0.12%Reduce -6.4%230,682$9.83M$42.59No quote
122DVDDover Motorsports, Inc.0.12%Reduce -0.1%3,385,737$9.79MNo quoteNo quote
123HDNGHardinge Inc.0.11%Reduce -0.0%741,135$9.38MNo quoteNo quote
124QLGCQLogic Corp.0.11%Add +200.3%918,250$9.27MNo quoteNo quote
125LMTLockheed Martin Corp.0.11%Reduce -0.0%56,985$9.16M$160.73No quote
126IBMInternational Business Machines Corp.0.11%-50,382$9.13M$181.28No quote
127RLHRed Lion Hotels Corp.0.11%Reduce -7.9%1,639,180$8.98MNo quoteNo quote
128NVDANVIDIA Corp.0.11%Reduce -0.8%481,416$8.93M$18.54No quote
129XOMExxon Mobil Corp.0.10%-83,610$8.42M$100.68No quote
130MIDDMiddleby Corp.0.10%Add +192.9%99,525$8.23M$82.72No quote
131QUMUQumu Corp.0.10%Add +27.0%574,737$8.04MNo quoteNo quote
132MOSMosaic Co.0.10%Add +43.2%161,530$7.99M$49.45No quote
133STLYStanley Furniture Co.0.10%Add +3.4%2,961,456$7.94MNo quoteNo quote
134CVSCVS Caremark Corp.0.09%-98,420$7.42M$75.37No quote
135VICLVical Inc.0.09%Add +0.0%5,795,210$7.07MNo quoteNo quote
136CHKChesapeake Energy Corp.0.08%-220,785$6.86MNo quoteNo quote
137TGTTarget Corp.0.08%-117,345$6.8M$57.95No quote
138GAIAGaiam, Inc.0.08%Reduce -65.6%881,145$6.77MNo quoteNo quote
139PNCThe PNC Financial Service Group, Inc.0.08%Add +52.8%75,624$6.73M$89.05No quote
140ORCLOracle Corp.0.08%Add +15.2%157,405$6.38M$40.53No quote
141APAApache Corp.0.08%Add +0.5%61,900$6.23M$100.61No quote
142VSRVersar Inc.0.08%Add +1.6%1,897,822$6.17MNo quoteNo quote
143BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.07%Add +52.7%47,832$6.05M$126.57No quote
144GOLDBarrick Gold Corp.0.07%New322,268$5.9MNo quoteNo quote
145JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.0.07%Add +19.3%101,902$5.87M$57.62No quote
146GSGoldman Sachs Group, Inc.0.07%Add +20.4%33,275$5.57M$167.45No quote
147EMCEMC Corp.0.07%Add +52.9%209,481$5.52MNo quoteNo quote
148MSMorgan Stanley0.06%-158,680$5.13M$32.33No quote
149EXPDExpeditors Intl of Washington0.06%Add +15.9%113,904$5.03M$44.16No quote
150VPLVanguard MSCI Pacific ETF0.06%Add +8.3%80,355$5MNo quoteNo quote
151VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.06%Reduce -3.6%105,662$4.56M$43.13No quote
152BAXBaxter Intl Inc.0.05%-61,251$4.43M$72.29No quote
153PNRAPanera Bread Co.0.05%New29,162$4.37MNo quoteNo quote
154BKBank of New York Mellon Corp.0.05%Reduce -0.0%112,815$4.23M$37.48No quote
155CNTYCentury Casinos, Inc.0.05%Add +101.7%718,425$4.16MNo quoteNo quote
156VIVTelefonica Brasil SA ADR0.05%Add +42.9%200,427$4.11MNo quoteNo quote
157BTIBritish American Tobacco plc ADR0.05%Reduce -19.0%34,170$4.07M$119.08No quote
158APOLApollo Education Group, Inc.0.05%-119,875$3.75MNo quoteNo quote
159HSBCHSBC Holdings plc ADR0.04%Add +7.5%69,804$3.55M$50.80No quote
160GIFIGulf Island Fabrication, Inc.0.04%Add +4.4%160,875$3.46MNo quoteNo quote
161CLBCore Laboratories NV0.04%New19,854$3.32M$167.07No quote
162TKCTurkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR0.04%Add +31.4%209,606$3.27MNo quoteNo quote
163SOSouthern Company0.04%New70,487$3.2M$45.38No quote
164MKCMcCormick & Co., Inc.0.04%Reduce -81.3%42,160$3.02M$71.58No quote
165BBBYQBed Bath & Beyond Inc.0.04%New51,815$2.97MNo quoteNo quote
166CSWCCapital Southwest Corp.0.04%Add +29.2%80,600$2.9MNo quoteNo quote
167PIRPier 1 Imports, Inc.0.04%New187,835$2.9MNo quoteNo quote
168AZTABrooks Automation, Inc.0.03%-252,900$2.72MNo quoteNo quote
169CHRWC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.0.03%Add +52.8%42,448$2.71M$63.80No quote
170MRMindray Medical Intl Ltd.0.03%Add +36.4%76,981$2.43MNo quoteNo quote
171SUPSuperior Industries Intl, Inc.0.03%-110,150$2.27MNo quoteNo quote
172VGKVanguard MSCI Europe ETF0.03%Reduce -13.3%36,872$2.21M$59.94No quote
173WECWisconsin Energy Corp.0.02%New41,620$1.95M$46.92No quote
174MFLXMulti-Fineline Electronix, Inc.0.02%-171,025$1.89MNo quoteNo quote
175ANSSAnsys, Inc.0.02%New24,272$1.84MNo quoteNo quote
176TMToyota Motor Corp. ADR0.02%Add +159.2%14,818$1.77MNo quoteNo quote
177MBFIMB Financial, Inc.0.02%-58,750$1.59MNo quoteNo quote
178FORMFormFactor, Inc.0.02%Reduce -59.4%164,475$1.37M$8.32No quote
179BSACBanco Santander-Chile ADR0.02%-49,097$1.3MNo quoteNo quote
180ALVAutoliv Inc.0.01%Reduce -65.7%11,466$1.22M$106.58No quote
181EWUiShares MSCI United Kingdom Index ETF0.01%-51,300$1.07MNo quoteNo quote
182BSMXSantander Mexico Financial Group ADR0.01%Reduce -12.2%72,154$958KNo quoteNo quote
183STTState Street Corp.0.01%New13,912$936K$67.28No quote
184ACNAccenture plc0.01%New11,447$925K$80.81No quote
185MTBM&T Bank Corp.0.01%Add +61.7%7,352$912K$124.05No quote
186COLRockwell Collins, Inc.0.01%New11,405$891KNo quoteNo quote
187COSTCostco Wholesale Corp.0.01%New5,057$582K$115.09No quote
188ITUBItau Unibanco Holding SA ADR0.00%Reduce -70.4%11,094$160K$14.42No quote
195TIBXTIBCO Software Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
194TDSTelephone & Data Systems, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
193OXYOccidental Petroleum Corp.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
192HDBHDFC Bank Ltd. ADR-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
191GPNGlobal Payments Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
190DTVDIRECTV-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
189CAJPYCanon Inc. ADR-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote