Ariel Investments
As of Q2 2026, Ariel Investments reported 106 long-equity positions worth $10.03B in aggregate.
Copy-investor backtest
- Latest quarter
- +14.00%
- 1-year
- +29.09%
- 3-year
- +54.54%
- 5-year
- +45.78%
- 3-year vs S&P 500
- -18.69%
- 5-year vs S&P 500
- -28.31%
- 5-year top 5
- +21.08%
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 2026-09-12 from SEC 13F data.
Live quotes available for 86 of 186 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.
| 1 | FAF | First American Financial Corp. | 3.64% | - | 10,395,183 | $281.92M | $27.12 | No quote |
| 2 | BRS | Bristow Group Inc. | 3.53% | - | 4,074,155 | $273.78M | No quote | No quote |
| 3 | LAZ | Lazard Ltd | 3.17% | - | 4,852,010 | $246M | $50.70 | No quote |
| 4 | WU | Western Union Co. | 2.83% | - | 13,649,596 | $218.94M | $16.04 | No quote |
| 5 | JLL | JLL | 2.81% | - | 1,726,379 | $218.11M | $126.34 | No quote |
| 6 | ISCA | International Speedway Corp. | 2.58% | - | 6,318,678 | $199.92M | No quote | No quote |
| 7 | GCI | Gannett Co., Inc. | 2.32% | - | 6,068,818 | $180.06M | No quote | No quote |
| 8 | SJM | J.M. Smucker Co. | 2.32% | - | 1,813,476 | $179.52M | $98.99 | No quote |
| 9 | IPG | Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 2.24% | - | 9,461,460 | $173.33M | No quote | No quote |
| 10 | KMT | Kennametal Inc. | 2.10% | - | 3,938,655 | $162.71M | $41.31 | No quote |
| 11 | CYN | City National Corp. | 1.96% | - | 2,010,960 | $152.17M | No quote | No quote |
| 12 | JNS | Janus Capital Group Inc. | 1.88% | - | 10,033,781 | $145.89M | No quote | No quote |
| 13 | LH | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 1.82% | - | 1,389,464 | $141.38M | $101.75 | No quote |
| 14 | KKR | KKR & Co. L.P. | 1.72% | - | 5,962,320 | $132.96M | $22.30 | No quote |
| 15 | SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 1.71% | - | 1,488,256 | $132.14M | $88.79 | No quote |
| 16 | NWL | Newell Rubbermaid Inc. | 1.68% | - | 3,776,919 | $129.96M | $34.41 | No quote |
| 17 | HSP | Hospira, Inc. | 1.63% | - | 2,433,369 | $126.61M | No quote | No quote |
| 18 | SNA | Snap-On Inc. | 1.61% | - | 1,032,207 | $124.98M | $121.08 | No quote |
| 19 | MCF | Contango Oil & Gas Co. | 1.61% | - | 3,748,952 | $124.62M | No quote | No quote |
| 20 | MSG | Madison Square Garden Co. | 1.60% | - | 1,869,857 | $123.64M | No quote | No quote |
| 21 | BIO | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 1.56% | - | 1,067,226 | $121.02M | $113.40 | No quote |
| 22 | CRL | Charles River Laboratories Intl, Inc. | 1.54% | - | 1,996,270 | $119.26M | $59.74 | No quote |
| 23 | CBRE | CBRE Group, Inc. | 1.53% | - | 3,998,936 | $118.93M | $29.74 | No quote |
| 24 | ZBH | Zimmer Holdings, Inc. | 1.36% | - | 1,047,358 | $105.31M | $100.55 | No quote |
| 25 | NTRS | Northern Trust Corp. | 1.33% | - | 1,513,079 | $102.94M | $68.03 | No quote |
| 26 | BEN | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 1.31% | - | 1,858,974 | $101.52M | $54.61 | No quote |
| 27 | BRC | Brady Corp. | 1.25% | - | 4,328,458 | $97.13M | $22.44 | No quote |
| 28 | DNB | Dun & Bradstreet Corp. | 1.25% | - | 825,347 | $96.95M | No quote | No quote |
| 29 | FICO | Fair Isaac Corp. | 1.24% | - | 1,750,666 | $96.46M | $55.10 | No quote |
| 30 | BID | Sotheby's | 1.24% | - | 2,692,275 | $96.17M | No quote | No quote |
| 31 | JWN | Nordstrom, Inc. | 1.24% | - | 1,402,566 | $95.89M | No quote | No quote |
| 32 | MTSC | MTS Systems Corp. | 1.21% | - | 1,375,920 | $93.92M | No quote | No quote |
| 33 | RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 1.18% | - | 1,362,411 | $91.68M | $67.29 | No quote |
| 34 | MDP | Meredith Corp. | 1.15% | - | 2,085,822 | $89.27M | No quote | No quote |
| 35 | AFL | AFLAC Inc. | 1.13% | - | 1,504,452 | $87.63M | $58.25 | No quote |
| 36 | AXE | Anixter Intl Inc. | 1.11% | - | 1,016,171 | $86.21M | No quote | No quote |
| 37 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 1.10% | - | 2,936,246 | $85.59M | $29.15 | No quote |
| 38 | OMC | Omnicom Group Inc. | 1.07% | - | 1,207,047 | $83.12M | $68.86 | No quote |
| 39 | ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 1.00% | - | 917,213 | $77.43M | $84.42 | No quote |
| 40 | LFUS | Littelfuse, Inc. | 0.97% | - | 883,775 | $75.28M | $85.18 | No quote |
| 41 | STJ | St. Jude Medical, Inc. | 0.95% | - | 1,227,309 | $73.8M | No quote | No quote |
| 42 | CBS | CBS Corp. | 0.91% | - | 1,316,859 | $70.45M | No quote | No quote |
| 43 | GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 0.88% | - | 643,896 | $68.54M | $106.45 | No quote |
| 44 | TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 0.85% | - | 540,702 | $65.8M | $121.70 | No quote |
| 45 | VIAB | Viacom, Inc. | 0.81% | - | 813,793 | $62.61M | No quote | No quote |
| 46 | MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 0.80% | - | 1,331,896 | $61.75M | $46.36 | No quote |
| 47 | MHK | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | 0.77% | - | 443,985 | $59.86M | $134.82 | No quote |
| 48 | COH | Coach, Inc. | 0.74% | - | 1,615,879 | $57.54M | No quote | No quote |
| 49 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0.74% | - | 536,616 | $57.2M | $106.59 | No quote |
| 50 | BX | Blackstone Group L.P. | 0.66% | - | 1,616,687 | $50.89M | $31.48 | No quote |
| 51 | GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc ADR | 0.60% | - | 1,005,634 | $46.23M | $45.97 | No quote |
| 52 | SLCA | U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. | 0.59% | - | 731,698 | $45.74M | No quote | No quote |
| 53 | BLT | Blount Intl, Inc. | 0.58% | - | 2,982,295 | $45.12M | No quote | No quote |
| 54 | TISI | Team, Inc. | 0.56% | - | 1,151,458 | $43.65M | No quote | No quote |
| 55 | COWN | Cowen Group, Inc. | 0.52% | - | 10,737,123 | $40.26M | No quote | No quote |
| 56 | IEX | IDEX Corp. | 0.52% | - | 554,301 | $40.12M | $72.37 | No quote |
| 57 | ORBC | ORBCOMM, Inc. | 0.48% | - | 6,467,823 | $37.19M | No quote | No quote |
| 58 | TROW | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 0.47% | - | 461,698 | $36.2M | $78.40 | No quote |
| 59 | GHC | Graham Holdings Co. | 0.46% | - | 51,386 | $35.95M | $699.59 | No quote |
| 60 | HAR | Harman Intl Industries, Inc. | 0.44% | - | 349,205 | $34.24M | No quote | No quote |
| 61 | MIND | Mitcham Industries, Inc. | 0.44% | - | 3,094,212 | $34.19M | No quote | No quote |
| 62 | RST | Rosetta Stone Inc. | 0.42% | - | 4,030,004 | $32.44M | No quote | No quote |
| 63 | TW | Towers Watson | 0.40% | - | 315,059 | $31.35M | $99.50 | No quote |
| 64 | EAC | Erickson Inc. | 0.40% | - | 2,356,919 | $30.62M | No quote | No quote |
| 65 | PCO | Pendrell Corp. | 0.36% | - | 20,542,828 | $27.53M | No quote | No quote |
| 66 | RDSA | Royal Dutch Shell plc ADR | 0.35% | - | 351,606 | $26.77M | No quote | No quote |
| 67 | TUMI | Tumi Holdings Inc. | 0.34% | - | 1,304,866 | $26.55M | No quote | No quote |
| 68 | BCO | Brink's Co. | 0.34% | - | 1,084,110 | $26.06M | $24.04 | No quote |
| 69 | ZBRA | Zebra Technologies Corp. | 0.32% | - | 352,679 | $25.03M | $70.97 | No quote |
| 70 | BIDU | Baidu, Inc. ADR | 0.31% | - | 110,456 | $24.11M | $218.23 | No quote |
| 71 | CHL | China Mobile Ltd. ADR | 0.31% | - | 408,090 | $23.98M | No quote | No quote |
| 72 | RTK | Rentech, Inc. | 0.31% | - | 13,857,864 | $23.7M | No quote | No quote |
| 73 | PCTI | PCTEL, Inc. | 0.30% | - | 3,033,786 | $23.03M | No quote | No quote |
| 74 | BYI | Bally Technologies, Inc. | 0.30% | - | 283,771 | $22.9M | No quote | No quote |
| 75 | LFCR | Landec Corp. | 0.29% | - | 1,809,556 | $22.17M | No quote | No quote |
| 76 | XOXO | XO Group Inc. | 0.28% | - | 1,955,123 | $21.92M | No quote | No quote |
| 77 | OESX | Orion Energy Systems, Inc. | 0.27% | - | 3,967,589 | $21.23M | No quote | No quote |
| 78 | DGX | Quest Diagnostics Inc. | 0.27% | - | 348,910 | $21.17M | $60.68 | No quote |
| 79 | NOK | Nokia Corp. ADR | 0.27% | - | 2,476,136 | $20.95M | $8.46 | No quote |
| 80 | ACTG | Acacia Research Corp. | 0.26% | - | 1,284,415 | $19.88M | No quote | No quote |
| 81 | TILE | Interface, Inc. | 0.25% | - | 1,222,789 | $19.74M | $16.14 | No quote |
| 82 | IMN | Imation Corp. | 0.25% | - | 6,456,993 | $19.05M | No quote | No quote |
| 83 | AVHI | AV Homes, Inc. | 0.24% | - | 1,278,515 | $18.73M | No quote | No quote |
| 84 | BRCM | Broadcom Corp. | 0.24% | - | 458,417 | $18.53M | No quote | No quote |
| 85 | RYAAY | Ryanair Holdings plc ADR | 0.24% | - | 326,688 | $18.44M | $56.43 | No quote |
| 86 | RNWK | RealNetworks, Inc. | 0.24% | - | 2,629,677 | $18.28M | No quote | No quote |
| 87 | OPLK | Oplink Communications, Inc. | 0.23% | - | 1,060,103 | $17.83M | No quote | No quote |
| 88 | SPAR | Spartan Motors Inc. | 0.23% | - | 3,786,479 | $17.68M | No quote | No quote |
| 89 | FRM | Furmanite Corp. | 0.20% | - | 2,345,437 | $15.86M | No quote | No quote |
| 90 | ALOT | Astro-Med, Inc. | 0.20% | - | 1,163,639 | $15.35M | No quote | No quote |
| 91 | POZN | Pozen Inc. | 0.20% | - | 2,071,920 | $15.21M | No quote | No quote |
| 92 | CVU | CPI Aerostructures, Inc. | 0.20% | - | 1,543,268 | $15.2M | No quote | No quote |
| 93 | PVTB | PrivateBancorp, Inc. | 0.19% | - | 489,018 | $14.63M | No quote | No quote |
| 94 | USB | U.S. Bancorp | 0.19% | - | 344,896 | $14.43M | $41.83 | No quote |
| 95 | HCC | HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | 0.19% | - | 297,459 | $14.36M | $48.29 | No quote |
| 96 | RKUS | Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | 0.18% | - | 1,071,597 | $14.32M | No quote | No quote |
| 97 | DV | DeVry Education Group Inc. | 0.18% | - | 324,375 | $13.89M | $42.81 | No quote |
| 98 | ARC | ARC Document Solutions, Inc. | 0.18% | - | 1,677,376 | $13.59M | No quote | No quote |
| 99 | MATW | Matthews Intl Corp. | 0.17% | - | 303,412 | $13.32M | $43.89 | No quote |
| 100 | TNAV | Telenav Inc. | 0.17% | - | 1,981,489 | $13.28M | No quote | No quote |
| 101 | CNTY | Century Casinos, Inc. | 0.17% | - | 2,532,132 | $12.99M | No quote | No quote |
| 102 | PRCP | Perceptron, Inc. | 0.17% | - | 1,324,376 | $12.97M | No quote | No quote |
| 103 | WMT | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 0.17% | - | 168,550 | $12.89M | $76.47 | No quote |
| 104 | CPIX | Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 0.17% | - | 2,607,251 | $12.88M | No quote | No quote |
| 105 | EDGW | Edgewater Technology Inc. | 0.16% | - | 1,837,374 | $12.62M | No quote | No quote |
| 106 | SIGM | Sigma Designs, Inc. | 0.16% | - | 2,890,195 | $12.46M | No quote | No quote |
| 107 | HMN | Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 0.15% | - | 418,959 | $11.95M | No quote | No quote |
| 108 | PM | Philip Morris Intl, Inc. | 0.15% | - | 140,441 | $11.71M | $83.40 | No quote |
| 109 | TIF | Tiffany & Co. | 0.15% | - | 120,226 | $11.58M | No quote | No quote |
| 110 | AETI | American Electric Technologies, Inc. | 0.15% | - | 1,520,718 | $11.27M | No quote | No quote |
| 111 | VEA | Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF | 0.14% | - | 264,971 | $10.53M | $39.75 | No quote |
| 112 | NOV | National Oilwell Varco | 0.13% | - | 137,143 | $10.44M | $76.10 | No quote |
| 113 | QUMU | Qumu Corp. | 0.13% | - | 784,046 | $10.19M | No quote | No quote |
| 114 | QLGC | QLogic Corp. | 0.13% | - | 1,095,749 | $10.04M | No quote | No quote |
| 115 | BOBE | Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | 0.13% | - | 209,002 | $9.89M | No quote | No quote |
| 116 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp. | 0.13% | - | 54,060 | $9.88M | $182.78 | No quote |
| 117 | IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | 0.13% | - | 51,282 | $9.74M | $189.83 | No quote |
| 118 | CRWS | Crown Crafts, Inc. | 0.12% | - | 1,298,832 | $9.68M | No quote | No quote |
| 119 | RBCN | Rubicon Technology, Inc. | 0.12% | - | 2,206,147 | $9.38M | No quote | No quote |
| 120 | RLH | Red Lion Hotels Corp. | 0.12% | - | 1,637,130 | $9.32M | No quote | No quote |
| 121 | BTN | Ballantyne Strong, Inc. | 0.12% | - | 2,088,782 | $9.3M | No quote | No quote |
| 122 | ORCL | Oracle Corp. | 0.11% | - | 231,010 | $8.84M | $38.28 | No quote |
| 123 | MIDD | Middleby Corp. | 0.11% | - | 98,825 | $8.71M | $88.13 | No quote |
| 124 | STLY | Stanley Furniture Co. | 0.11% | - | 2,958,556 | $8.3M | No quote | No quote |
| 125 | VT | Vanguard Total Wld Stock Index Fd (ETF) | 0.11% | - | 136,634 | $8.25M | $60.38 | No quote |
| 126 | HDNG | Hardinge Inc. | 0.10% | - | 742,160 | $8.12M | No quote | No quote |
| 127 | XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.10% | - | 85,610 | $8.05M | $94.05 | No quote |
| 128 | DVD | Dover Motorsports, Inc. | 0.10% | - | 3,382,512 | $7.81M | No quote | No quote |
| 129 | CVS | CVS Health | 0.10% | - | 95,275 | $7.58M | $79.59 | No quote |
| 130 | MOS | Mosaic Co. | 0.09% | - | 163,930 | $7.28M | $44.41 | No quote |
| 131 | BRK-B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 0.09% | - | 49,016 | $6.77M | $138.14 | No quote |
| 132 | PNC | The PNC Financial Service Group, Inc. | 0.09% | - | 77,501 | $6.63M | $85.59 | No quote |
| 133 | VICL | Vical Inc. | 0.09% | - | 5,880,710 | $6.59M | No quote | No quote |
| 134 | GAIA | Gaiam, Inc. | 0.08% | - | 880,320 | $6.46M | No quote | No quote |
| 135 | TGT | Target Corp. | 0.08% | - | 100,650 | $6.31M | $62.68 | No quote |
| 136 | EMC | EMC Corp. | 0.08% | - | 214,629 | $6.28M | No quote | No quote |
| 137 | CLB | Core Laboratories N.V. | 0.08% | - | 42,597 | $6.23M | $146.35 | No quote |
| 138 | JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.08% | - | 102,296 | $6.16M | $60.24 | No quote |
| 139 | VSR | Versar Inc. | 0.08% | - | 1,896,022 | $6.12M | No quote | No quote |
| 140 | GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 0.08% | - | 33,275 | $6.11M | $183.56 | No quote |
| 141 | APA | Apache Corp. | 0.07% | - | 61,900 | $5.81M | $93.88 | No quote |
| 142 | BBBYQ | Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. | 0.07% | - | 86,105 | $5.67M | No quote | No quote |
| 143 | MS | Morgan Stanley | 0.07% | - | 159,580 | $5.52M | $34.57 | No quote |
| 144 | CHK | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 0.07% | - | 220,785 | $5.08M | No quote | No quote |
| 145 | SO | Southern Co. | 0.06% | - | 114,071 | $4.98M | $43.65 | No quote |
| 146 | PNRA | Panera Bread Co. | 0.06% | - | 29,884 | $4.86M | No quote | No quote |
| 147 | GOLD | Barrick Gold Corp. | 0.06% | - | 322,268 | $4.72M | No quote | No quote |
| 148 | PX | Praxair, Inc. | 0.06% | - | 36,377 | $4.69M | No quote | No quote |
| 149 | BAX | Baxter Intl Inc. | 0.06% | - | 63,051 | $4.53M | $71.77 | No quote |
| 150 | BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 0.06% | - | 116,715 | $4.52M | $38.73 | No quote |
| 151 | EXPD | Expeditors Intl of Washington | 0.05% | - | 102,948 | $4.18M | $40.58 | No quote |
| 152 | VIV | Telefonica Brasil SA ADR | 0.05% | - | 203,727 | $4.01M | No quote | No quote |
| 153 | PIR | Pier 1 Imports, Inc. | 0.05% | - | 318,395 | $3.79M | No quote | No quote |
| 154 | IGT | International Game Technology | 0.05% | - | 221,065 | $3.73M | No quote | No quote |
| 155 | VPL | Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF | 0.05% | - | 61,206 | $3.63M | No quote | No quote |
| 156 | GIFI | Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. | 0.05% | - | 203,250 | $3.5M | No quote | No quote |
| 157 | HNGR | Hanger, Inc. | 0.04% | - | 161,420 | $3.31M | No quote | No quote |
| 158 | VWO | Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 0.04% | - | 77,281 | $3.22M | $41.70 | No quote |
| 159 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corp. | 0.04% | - | 169,799 | $3.13M | $18.45 | No quote |
| 160 | CSWC | Capital Southwest Corp. | 0.04% | - | 85,400 | $3.06M | No quote | No quote |
| 161 | APOL | Apollo Education Group, Inc. | 0.04% | - | 119,875 | $3.02M | No quote | No quote |
| 162 | AZTA | Brooks Automation, Inc. | 0.04% | - | 271,800 | $2.86M | No quote | No quote |
| 163 | MKC | McCormick & Co., Inc. | 0.04% | - | 42,561 | $2.85M | $66.89 | No quote |
| 164 | TKC | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR | 0.04% | - | 215,116 | $2.83M | No quote | No quote |
| 165 | BTI | British American Tobacco plc ADR | 0.03% | - | 23,686 | $2.68M | $113.06 | No quote |
| 166 | HSBC | HSBC Holdings plc ADR | 0.03% | - | 51,289 | $2.61M | $50.89 | No quote |
| 167 | MR | Mindray Medical Intl Ltd. | 0.03% | - | 78,349 | $2.36M | No quote | No quote |
| 168 | ANSS | Ansys, Inc. | 0.03% | - | 31,166 | $2.36M | No quote | No quote |
| 169 | BSAC | Banco Santander-Chile ADR | 0.03% | - | 95,358 | $2.11M | No quote | No quote |
| 170 | SUP | Superior Industries Intl, Inc. | 0.03% | - | 118,150 | $2.07M | No quote | No quote |
| 171 | VGK | Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF | 0.03% | - | 36,872 | $2.04M | $55.22 | No quote |
| 172 | COL | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | 0.02% | - | 24,291 | $1.91M | No quote | No quote |
| 173 | WEC | Wisconsin Energy Corp. | 0.02% | - | 42,646 | $1.83M | $43.01 | No quote |
| 174 | TM | Toyota Motor Corp. ADR | 0.02% | - | 14,818 | $1.74M | No quote | No quote |
| 175 | MBFI | MB Financial, Inc. | 0.02% | - | 62,850 | $1.74M | No quote | No quote |
| 176 | MFLX | Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. | 0.02% | - | 171,225 | $1.6M | No quote | No quote |
| 177 | ALTR | Altera Corp. | 0.02% | - | 42,950 | $1.54M | No quote | No quote |
| 178 | STT | State Street Corp. | 0.01% | - | 14,256 | $1.05M | $73.58 | No quote |
| 179 | SLB | Schlumberger Ltd. | 0.01% | - | 9,627 | $979K | $101.69 | No quote |
| 180 | BSMX | Santander Mexico Financial Group ADR | 0.01% | - | 72,154 | $976K | No quote | No quote |
| 181 | ACN | Accenture plc | 0.01% | - | 11,731 | $954K | $81.32 | No quote |
| 182 | MTB | M&T Bank Corp. | 0.01% | - | 7,537 | $929K | $123.26 | No quote |
| 183 | ALV | Autoliv Inc. | 0.01% | - | 8,285 | $762K | $91.97 | No quote |
| 184 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.01% | - | 5,221 | $654K | $125.26 | No quote |
| 185 | AXP | American Express Co. | 0.01% | - | 5,492 | $481K | $87.58 | No quote |
| 186 | ITUB | Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR | 0.00% | - | 11,094 | $154K | $13.88 | No quote |