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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
+14.00%
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.

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1FAFFirst American Financial Corp.3.37%Reduce -9.8%6,934,335$270.92M$39.07No quote
2KMTKennametal Inc.2.98%Add +17.1%9,612,523$239.26M$24.89No quote
3LAZLazard Ltd2.97%Reduce -1.3%5,515,617$238.83M$43.30No quote
4SJMJ.M. Smucker Co.2.75%Add +2.3%1,934,897$220.75M$114.09No quote
5IPGInterpublic Group of Cos., Inc.2.44%Add +3.7%10,234,422$195.78MNo quoteNo quote
6WUWestern Union Co.2.41%Add +2.1%10,537,401$193.47M$18.36No quote
7ISCAInternational Speedway Corp.2.30%Add +0.8%5,815,342$184.46MNo quoteNo quote
8AXEAnixter Intl Inc.2.25%Add +10.5%3,126,186$180.63MNo quoteNo quote
9BRSBristow Group Inc.2.25%Add +37.7%6,893,094$180.32MNo quoteNo quote
10LHLaboratory Corp. of America Holdings2.20%Add +8.4%1,627,421$176.53M$108.47No quote
11JLLJLL2.11%Reduce -14.4%1,180,938$169.78M$143.77No quote
12TGNATEGNA, Inc.1.83%Add +34.0%6,552,149$146.7MNo quoteNo quote
13SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.1.79%Reduce -2.9%1,486,382$144.15M$96.98No quote
14BIOBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.1.67%Reduce -10.9%1,000,161$134.33M$134.31No quote
15NWLNewell Rubbermaid Inc.1.63%Reduce -9.6%3,290,649$130.67M$39.71No quote
16GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.1.61%Add +18.7%1,313,500$128.97M$98.19No quote
17AFLAFLAC Inc.1.57%Add +3.8%2,173,809$126.36M$58.13No quote
18SNASnap-On Inc.1.54%Reduce -8.7%821,134$123.94M$150.94No quote
19MATMattel, Inc.1.53%Add +83.1%5,832,285$122.83M$21.06No quote
20KKRKKR & Co. L.P.1.50%Add +5.0%7,194,587$120.73M$16.78No quote
21MSGMadison Square Garden Co.1.50%Add +8.5%1,672,297$120.64MNo quoteNo quote
22ZBHZimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.1.48%Add +15.3%1,264,917$118.81M$93.93No quote
23JNSJanus Capital Group Inc.1.40%Add +6.8%8,280,519$112.62MNo quoteNo quote
24MSFTMicrosoft Corp.1.38%Add +8.1%2,497,152$110.52M$44.26No quote
25NTRSNorthern Trust Corp.1.35%Add +3.9%1,593,193$108.59M$68.16No quote
26CRLCharles River Laboratories Intl, Inc.1.32%Reduce -0.3%1,674,330$106.35M$63.52No quote
27BIDUBaidu, Inc. ADR1.31%Add +79.1%764,799$105.09M$137.41No quote
28SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.1.26%Reduce -4.0%3,019,620$101.13M$33.49No quote
29CBRECBRE Group, Inc.1.24%Reduce -13.2%3,114,680$99.67M$32.00No quote
30BRCBrady Corp.1.21%Add +0.1%4,951,897$97.35M$19.66No quote
31OMCOmnicom Group Inc.1.19%Add +3.8%1,444,694$95.21M$65.90No quote
32MTSCMTS Systems Corp.1.17%Add +0.1%1,565,669$94.11MNo quoteNo quote
33MDPMeredith Corp.1.12%Add +2.6%2,120,076$90.27MNo quoteNo quote
34DNBDun & Bradstreet Corp.1.09%Add +2.6%832,071$87.37MNo quoteNo quote
35RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.1.05%Reduce -7.9%946,286$84.31M$89.09No quote
36STJSt. Jude Medical, Inc.1.04%Add +3.6%1,323,958$83.53MNo quoteNo quote
37JNJJohnson & Johnson1.03%Add +13.1%884,154$82.54M$93.35No quote
38VIABViacom, Inc.1.01%Add +63.0%1,879,832$81.12MNo quoteNo quote
39ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.0.98%Add +3.6%956,588$78.74M$82.31No quote
40LFUSLittelfuse, Inc.0.97%Add +2.7%855,379$77.97M$91.15No quote
41BENFranklin Resources, Inc.0.93%Add +3.9%2,007,974$74.82M$37.26No quote
42SOSouthern Co.0.93%Add +22.5%1,665,185$74.43M$44.70No quote
43TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.0.92%Add +3.7%607,166$74.24M$122.28No quote
44CBSCBS Corp.0.92%Add +21.0%1,855,920$74.05MNo quoteNo quote
45BIDSotheby's0.89%Add +0.1%2,240,741$71.66MNo quoteNo quote
46HARHarman Intl Industries, Inc.0.85%Add +16.2%714,585$68.59MNo quoteNo quote
47MHKMohawk Industries, Inc.0.84%Reduce -14.4%372,493$67.72M$181.79No quote
48VZVerizon Communications Inc.0.84%Add +20.2%1,544,685$67.21M$43.51No quote
49NOVNational Oilwell Varco0.78%Add +3.5%1,666,128$62.73M$37.65No quote
50JWNNordstrom, Inc.0.75%Add +3.5%842,328$60.4MNo quoteNo quote
51SLCAU.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.0.75%Add +65.7%4,282,731$60.34MNo quoteNo quote
52PMPhilip Morris Intl, Inc.0.72%Add +43.6%724,243$57.45M$79.33No quote
53GSKGlaxoSmithKline plc ADR0.70%Add +20.1%1,458,162$56.07M$38.45No quote
54BLTBlount Intl, Inc.0.66%Add +1.8%9,560,694$53.25MNo quoteNo quote
55NOKNokia Corp. ADR0.62%Add +12.4%7,366,067$49.94M$6.78No quote
56DGXQuest Diagnostics Inc.0.53%Add +19.8%695,732$42.77M$61.47No quote
57FICOFair Isaac Corp.0.52%Reduce -17.8%496,108$41.92M$84.50No quote
58TROWT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.0.50%Add +23.0%573,506$39.86M$69.50No quote
59MEGMedia General Inc.0.47%New2,711,983$37.94MNo quoteNo quote
60VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF0.47%Add +93.3%214,808$37.74M$175.71No quote
61MCFContango Oil & Gas Co.0.46%Add +6.8%4,812,525$36.58MNo quoteNo quote
62TWTowers Watson0.45%Add +26.6%309,592$36.34M$117.38No quote
63BXBlackstone Group L.P.0.45%Add +3.9%1,145,512$36.28M$31.67No quote
64TISITeam, Inc.0.45%Reduce -0.9%1,124,999$36.14MNo quoteNo quote
65BCOBrink's Co.0.44%Reduce -0.8%1,295,603$34.99M$27.01No quote
66PGRProgressive Corp.0.43%New1,115,810$34.19M$30.64No quote
67COHCoach, Inc.0.41%Add +6.7%1,124,993$32.55MNo quoteNo quote
68ORBCORBCOMM, Inc.0.40%Reduce -1.1%5,797,468$32.35MNo quoteNo quote
69TUMITumi Holdings Inc.0.40%Add +3.1%1,831,314$32.27MNo quoteNo quote
70COWNCowen Group, Inc.0.39%Add +5.1%6,924,050$31.57MNo quoteNo quote
71ZBRAZebra Technologies Corp.0.38%Add +16.1%402,070$30.78M$76.55No quote
72USBU.S. Bancorp0.38%Add +16.5%734,637$30.13M$41.01No quote
73TIFTiffany & Co.0.37%Add +3.9%384,751$29.71MNo quoteNo quote
74ACTGAcacia Research Corp.0.36%Add +16.2%3,206,352$29.11MNo quoteNo quote
75RSTRosetta Stone Inc.0.35%Add +0.0%4,220,263$28.28MNo quoteNo quote
76GCIGannett Co. Inc.0.34%Reduce -0.6%1,849,547$27.24MNo quoteNo quote
77CHLChina Mobile Ltd. ADR0.34%Add +1.2%455,214$27.09MNo quoteNo quote
78CLBCore Laboratories N.V.0.33%Add +11.3%263,972$26.34M$99.80No quote
79RKUSRuckus Wireless, Inc.0.32%Add +9.8%2,183,335$25.94MNo quoteNo quote
80IEXIDEX Corp.0.29%Reduce -22.1%324,320$23.12M$71.30No quote
81RNWKRealNetworks, Inc.0.28%Add +0.8%5,415,862$22.15MNo quoteNo quote
82TILEInterface, Inc.0.27%Reduce -22.8%969,357$21.75M$22.44No quote
83CNTYCentury Casinos, Inc.0.26%Reduce -0.7%3,450,133$21.22MNo quoteNo quote
84BSACBanco Santander-Chile ADR0.25%Add +2.3%1,084,113$19.75MNo quoteNo quote
85PCOPendrell Corp.0.24%Reduce -9.3%27,021,438$19.46MNo quoteNo quote
86PCTIPCTEL, Inc.0.23%Add +3.4%3,098,377$18.62MNo quoteNo quote
87FRMFurmanite Corp.0.23%Add +14.3%3,052,041$18.56MNo quoteNo quote
88SLBSchlumberger Ltd.0.23%Add +15.1%269,007$18.55M$68.97No quote
89PVTBPrivateBancorp, Inc.0.23%Reduce -0.8%479,594$18.38MNo quoteNo quote
90QLGCQLogic Corp.0.23%Add +11.5%1,773,374$18.18MNo quoteNo quote
91XOXOXO Group Inc.0.23%Reduce -9.0%1,285,080$18.16MNo quoteNo quote
92RTKHQRENTECH, INC.0.22%New3,184,848$17.84MNo quoteNo quote
93SEACSeaChange Intl, Inc.0.22%Add +13.2%2,803,532$17.66MNo quoteNo quote
94LFCRLandec Corp.0.21%Reduce -1.5%1,419,836$16.57MNo quoteNo quote
95SPARSpartan Motors Inc.0.20%Reduce -1.4%3,916,031$16.17MNo quoteNo quote
96TNAVTelenav Inc.0.20%Add +28.6%2,064,981$16.13MNo quoteNo quote
97ALOTAstro-Med, Inc.0.20%Reduce -1.4%1,142,161$15.83MNo quoteNo quote
98WMTWal-Mart Stores, Inc.0.19%Add +16.9%234,213$15.19M$64.84No quote
99MATWMatthews Intl Corp.0.18%Reduce -0.7%296,156$14.5M$48.97No quote
100BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.18%Add +22.9%110,167$14.37M$130.40No quote
101VEAVanguard MSCI EAFE ETF0.17%Reduce -21.8%391,935$13.97M$35.64No quote
102GHCGraham Holdings Co.0.17%-23,825$13.75M$577.00No quote
103CVUCPI Aerostructures, Inc.0.17%Reduce -1.4%1,538,155$13.55MNo quoteNo quote
104HMNHorace Mann Educators Corp.0.17%Reduce -0.8%403,664$13.41MNo quoteNo quote
105IMNImation Corp.0.17%Add +10.0%6,261,255$13.34MNo quoteNo quote
106EDGWEdgewater Technology Inc.0.16%Reduce -1.4%1,792,395$13.14MNo quoteNo quote
107HCCHCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.0.16%Reduce -1.5%168,329$13.04M$77.47No quote
108MNManning & Napier, Inc.0.15%Reduce -0.8%1,619,210$11.92MNo quoteNo quote
109PRCPPerceptron, Inc.0.14%Add +9.1%1,496,923$11.36MNo quoteNo quote
110MINDMitcham Industries, Inc.0.14%Add +0.3%2,981,652$11.27MNo quoteNo quote
111BTNBallantyne Strong, Inc.0.12%Reduce -1.7%2,043,458$9.6MNo quoteNo quote
112LMTLockheed Martin Corp.0.11%Reduce -5.2%44,210$9.17M$207.31No quote
113KINKindred Biosciences, Inc.0.11%Add +44.4%1,750,224$9.1MNo quoteNo quote
114ANSSAnsys, Inc.0.11%Add +13.9%103,237$9.1MNo quoteNo quote
115RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc ADR0.11%Reduce -52.1%114,261$8.95M$78.30No quote
116RDSARoyal Dutch Shell plc ADR0.11%Reduce -1.2%181,933$8.62MNo quoteNo quote
117CPIXCumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0.11%Reduce -1.4%1,484,096$8.56MNo quoteNo quote
118ITUBItau Unibanco Holding SA ADR0.11%Add +13.5%1,280,803$8.48M$6.62No quote
119STLYStanley Furniture Co.0.11%Reduce -1.4%2,882,536$8.45MNo quoteNo quote
120JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.0.10%Add +7.4%136,637$8.33M$60.97No quote
121AVHIAV Homes, Inc.0.10%Reduce -37.7%604,095$8.17MNo quoteNo quote
122ORCLOracle Corp.0.10%Add +0.4%225,775$8.16M$36.12No quote
123IBMInternational Business Machines Corp.0.10%Add +2.2%56,012$8.12M$144.97No quote
124AXPAmerican Express Co.0.10%Add +114.9%108,317$8.03M$74.13No quote
125OESXOrion Energy Systems, Inc.0.10%Reduce -1.6%4,355,488$7.84MNo quoteNo quote
126CRWSCrown Crafts, Inc.0.10%Reduce -27.0%936,562$7.68MNo quoteNo quote
127PXPraxair, Inc.0.10%Add +13.1%75,252$7.67MNo quoteNo quote
128DVDDover Motorsports, Inc.0.09%Reduce -1.4%3,294,396$7.58MNo quoteNo quote
129LLLumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.0.09%Reduce -0.8%557,472$7.33MNo quoteNo quote
130EACErickson Inc.0.09%Reduce -1.5%2,329,605$7.29MNo quoteNo quote
131AXTIAXT Inc.0.09%Add +28.5%3,732,390$7.17M$1.92No quote
132COLRockwell Collins, Inc.0.09%Add +72.0%86,733$7.1MNo quoteNo quote
133HDNGHardinge Inc.0.09%Add +3.8%761,680$6.99MNo quoteNo quote
134RELLRichardson Electronics, Ltd.0.08%New1,153,810$6.81M$5.90No quote
135QUMUQumu Corp.0.08%Reduce -1.0%1,718,812$6.63MNo quoteNo quote
136TINYHarris & Harris Group, Inc.0.08%Add +14.8%3,038,829$6.5MNo quoteNo quote
137ELRCElectro Rent Corp.0.08%Add +356.7%610,962$6.34MNo quoteNo quote
138BSMXSantander Mexico Financial Group ADR0.08%Add +9.4%850,812$6.25MNo quoteNo quote
139DVDeVry Education Group Inc.0.08%Reduce -0.8%227,451$6.19M$27.21No quote
140XOMExxon Mobil Corp.0.08%Reduce -1.0%83,135$6.18M$74.35No quote
141GSGoldman Sachs Group, Inc.0.07%Reduce -4.1%32,595$5.66M$173.77No quote
142PNCThe PNC Financial Service Group, Inc.0.07%Reduce -35.8%63,439$5.66M$89.20No quote
143VSRVersar Inc.0.07%Reduce -1.0%1,683,486$5.66MNo quoteNo quote
144OXYOccidental Petroleum Corp.0.07%Add +106.7%84,869$5.61M$66.15No quote
145BAPCredicorp ltd.0.07%Add +9.9%52,613$5.6M$106.36No quote
146BBBYQBed Bath & Beyond Inc.0.07%Reduce -2.1%96,230$5.49MNo quoteNo quote
147RBCNRubicon Technology, Inc.0.07%Add +3.2%5,138,765$5.29MNo quoteNo quote
148MRKTMarkit ltd.0.07%Add +42.4%181,413$5.26MNo quoteNo quote
149TKCTurkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR0.06%Add +2.0%598,000$5.19MNo quoteNo quote
150EMCEMC Corp.0.06%Reduce -52.0%213,564$5.16MNo quoteNo quote
151BTIBritish American Tobacco plc ADR0.06%Reduce -0.7%46,685$5.14M$110.08No quote
152MOSMosaic Co.0.06%Add +0.5%165,155$5.14M$31.11No quote
153MSMorgan Stanley0.06%Reduce -0.5%155,665$4.9M$31.50No quote
154BKBank of New York Mellon Corp.0.06%Reduce -4.2%113,015$4.43M$39.15No quote
155MIDDMiddleby Corp.0.05%Reduce -55.5%40,831$4.3M$105.19No quote
156CSWCCapital Southwest Corp.0.05%Reduce -12.3%89,000$4.22MNo quoteNo quote
157VTVanguard Total World Stock Index Fd (ETF)0.05%Reduce -5.9%73,875$4.09M$55.31No quote
158AETIAmerican Electric Technologies, Inc.0.05%Reduce -1.1%1,571,294$4.09MNo quoteNo quote
159MKCMcCormick & Co., Inc.0.04%Add +0.0%42,296$3.48M$82.18No quote
160VICLVical Inc.0.04%Reduce -0.3%7,436,270$3.42MNo quoteNo quote
161HNGRHanger, Inc.0.04%Add +17.3%248,290$3.39MNo quoteNo quote
162CMECME Group Inc.0.04%Add +14.0%33,419$3.1M$92.73No quote
163AZTABrooks Automation, Inc.0.04%Add +7.1%263,000$3.08MNo quoteNo quote
164EOGEOG Resources Inc.0.04%New42,132$3.07M$72.80No quote
165ACNAccenture plc0.04%Reduce -29.4%30,512$3M$98.26No quote
166GOLDBarrick Gold Corp.0.04%Add +3.7%464,948$2.96MNo quoteNo quote
167PIRPier 1 Imports, Inc.0.04%Reduce -4.2%417,485$2.88MNo quoteNo quote
168WECWisconsin Energy Corp.0.04%New55,138$2.88M$52.21No quote
169VGKVanguard MSCI Europe ETF0.04%Add +345.4%57,162$2.81M$49.18No quote
170APAApache Corp.0.03%Add +11.9%70,375$2.76M$39.16No quote
171GIFIGulf Island Fabrication, Inc.0.03%Reduce -1.1%231,000$2.43MNo quoteNo quote
172SUPSuperior Industries Intl, Inc.0.03%Reduce -2.7%128,600$2.4MNo quoteNo quote
173BAXBaxter International Inc.0.03%Add +7.1%66,331$2.18M$32.85No quote
174COSTCostco Wholesale Corp.0.03%Add +279.5%14,063$2.03M$144.56No quote
175CHKChesapeake Energy Corp.0.02%Reduce -3.5%267,555$1.96MNo quoteNo quote
176GWWW.W. Grainger, Inc.0.02%Add +13.8%7,909$1.7M$215.07No quote
177HSBCHSBC Holdings plc ADR0.02%Add +6.0%43,207$1.64M$37.89No quote
178FASTFastenal Co.0.02%Add +13.9%44,382$1.63M$36.61No quote
179APOLApollo Education Group, Inc.0.02%Add +9.9%131,710$1.46MNo quoteNo quote
180GAIAGaiam, Inc.0.02%New228,400$1.41MNo quoteNo quote
181ESIOELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.0.01%New256,200$1.19MNo quoteNo quote
182MBFIMB Financial, Inc.0.01%Reduce -34.5%36,400$1.19MNo quoteNo quote
183VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.01%-33,916$1.12M$33.08No quote
18446434ViShares MSCI United Kingdom Index ETF0.01%Reduce -14.7%48,356$793KNo quoteNo quote
185LFLeapfrog Enterprises, Inc.0.01%Reduce -0.9%909,442$649KNo quoteNo quote
186BWENBROADWIND ENERGY, INC.0.01%New266,933$553KNo quoteNo quote
187VIVTelefonica Brasil SA ADR0.00%-28,158$257KNo quoteNo quote
194RTKRentech, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
193PNRAPanera Bread Co.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
192MTBM&T Bank Corp.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
191EXPDExpeditors Intl of Washington-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
190CVSCVS Health Corp.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
189BOBEBob Evans Farms, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
188ALTRAltera Corp.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote