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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 2026-06-06 from SEC 13F data.

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1MSFTMicrosoft Corp.3.84%Reduce -12.5%2,283,189$305.86M$133.96No quote
2PMPhilip Morris Intl, Inc.3.47%Add +7.9%3,520,818$276.49M$78.53No quote
3FAFFirst American Financial Corp.2.71%Reduce -4.7%4,021,932$215.98M$53.70No quote
4LAZLazard Ltd.2.48%Add +6.0%5,739,016$197.37M$34.39No quote
5KMTKennametal, Inc.2.45%Reduce -1.3%5,264,557$194.74M$36.99No quote
6BIDUBaidu, Inc. ADR2.43%Add +9.4%1,651,311$193.8M$117.36No quote
7SJMJ.M. Smucker Co.2.22%Reduce -5.5%1,537,719$177.13M$115.19No quote
8GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.2.11%Add +1.7%2,492,927$168.42M$67.56No quote
9IPGInterpublic Group of Cos., Inc.2.06%Add +9.6%7,257,522$163.95MNo quoteNo quote
10NTRSNorthern Trust Corp.2.03%Add +3.2%1,799,327$161.94M$90.00No quote
11LHLaboratory Corp. of America Holdings2.00%Reduce -1.2%920,817$159.21M$172.90No quote
12MSGNMSG Networks, Inc.1.97%Add +11.4%7,556,573$156.72MNo quoteNo quote
13SRCLStericycle Inc.1.95%Reduce -5.1%3,257,536$155.55MNo quoteNo quote
14MATMattel, Inc.1.93%Add +20.3%13,696,438$153.54M$11.21No quote
15SLCAU.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.1.92%Add +21.7%11,967,811$153.07MNo quoteNo quote
16KKRKKR & Co Inc.1.86%Add +3.1%5,852,060$147.88M$25.27No quote
17ZBRAZebra Technologies Corp.1.84%Reduce -2.4%698,672$146.37M$209.49No quote
18SNASnap-on, Inc.1.75%Reduce -0.8%840,846$139.28M$165.64No quote
19JNJJohnson & Johnson1.66%Add +6.4%950,255$132.35M$139.28No quote
20NLSNNielsen Holdings plc1.61%Add +7.9%5,657,563$127.86MNo quoteNo quote
21KEYSKeysight Technologies, Inc.1.60%Reduce -7.4%1,421,098$127.63M$89.81No quote
22BRK/BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.CUSIP 0846707021.53%Reduce -1.1%570,136$121.54MNo quoteNo quote
23CRLCharles River Laboratories Intl, Inc.1.45%Reduce -3.6%815,507$115.72M$141.90No quote
24JLLJLL1.43%Add +11.5%806,778$113.51M$140.69No quote
25VIABViacom, Inc.1.42%Reduce -0.4%3,795,661$113.38MNo quoteNo quote
26SSDSimpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.1.41%Reduce -7.2%1,694,228$112.6M$66.46No quote
27NOKNokia Corp. ADR1.39%Add +2.3%22,107,902$110.76M$5.01No quote
28TAPMolson Coors Brewing Co.1.25%Add +60.7%1,777,160$99.52M$56.00No quote
29TGNATEGNA, Inc.1.23%Reduce -6.8%6,459,366$97.86MNo quoteNo quote
30MHKMohawk Industries, Inc.1.22%Add +16.4%657,923$97.02M$147.47No quote
31CBRECBRE Group, Inc.1.19%Add +1.6%1,853,428$95.08M$51.30No quote
32SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.1.16%Reduce -0.6%640,937$92.69M$144.61No quote
33AFLAflac, Inc.1.11%Reduce -0.7%1,611,250$88.31M$54.81No quote
34MTSCMTS Systems Corp.1.07%Reduce -10.3%1,460,058$85.46MNo quoteNo quote
35ZBHZimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.1.04%Reduce -0.6%706,227$83.15M$117.74No quote
36BWABorgWarner, Inc.1.04%Add +13.9%1,964,059$82.45M$41.98No quote
37VZVerizon Communications Inc.1.03%Add +0.1%1,440,172$82.28M$57.13No quote
38RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.1.01%Reduce -0.8%661,381$80.17M$121.21No quote
39LFUSLittelfuse, Inc.0.98%Add +0.1%442,402$78.27M$176.91No quote
40MDPMeredith Corp.0.95%Reduce -1.8%1,379,356$75.95MNo quoteNo quote
41SLBSchlumberger Ltd.0.94%Add +2.3%1,884,751$74.9M$39.74No quote
42PGRProgressive Corp.0.92%Reduce -0.6%916,702$73.27M$79.93No quote
43KNKnowles Corporation0.92%Reduce -8.0%4,001,125$73.26M$18.31No quote
44BOKFBOK Financial Corp.0.91%Add +6.2%959,244$72.4M$75.48No quote
45BIOBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.0.91%Reduce -3.8%231,318$72.31M$312.59No quote
46EOGEOG Resources Inc.0.83%Add +15.1%708,282$65.98M$93.16No quote
47CBSCBS Corp.0.81%Add +8.9%1,287,125$64.23MNo quoteNo quote
48PXDPioneer Natural Resources Co0.80%Reduce -1.1%411,940$63.38MNo quoteNo quote
49DOXAmdocs Ltd.0.76%Add +15.2%977,154$60.67M$62.09No quote
50GSKGlaxoSmithKline plc ADR0.74%Reduce -11.2%1,475,330$59.04M$40.02No quote
51MSGSThe Madison Square Garden Co.0.71%Reduce -18.0%200,615$56.16M$279.94No quote
52OMCOmnicom Group, Inc.0.70%Reduce -1.1%684,479$56.09M$81.95No quote
53FLRFluor Corp.0.70%Add +21.8%1,647,033$55.49M$33.69No quote
54BRCBrady Corp.0.69%Reduce -15.3%1,106,482$54.57M$49.32No quote
55ITWIllinois Tool Works, Inc.0.68%Reduce -0.9%359,612$54.23M$150.81No quote
56WTWWillis Towers Watson plc0.66%Reduce -4.3%272,662$52.23M$191.54No quote
57CHLChina Mobile Ltd. ADR0.62%Reduce -5.5%1,098,095$49.73MNo quoteNo quote
58HLIHoulihan Lokey, Inc.0.61%Reduce -20.9%1,089,117$48.5M$44.53No quote
59MASMasco Corporation0.58%Add +0.8%1,173,447$46.05M$39.24No quote
60AXEAnixter Intl, Inc.0.57%Reduce -2.5%763,582$45.59MNo quoteNo quote
61TMOThermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.0.56%Reduce -5.3%151,641$44.53M$293.68No quote
62ATGEAdtalem Global Education, Inc.0.53%Reduce -1.5%938,436$42.28MNo quoteNo quote
63AMGAffiliated Managers Group, Inc.0.53%Add +12.9%457,553$42.16M$92.14No quote
64JHGJanus Henderson Group plc0.53%Reduce -3.0%1,958,684$41.92M$21.40No quote
65DGXQuest Diagnostics Inc.0.51%Add +1.6%400,014$40.73M$101.81No quote
66CAHCardinal Health, Inc.0.51%Reduce -0.7%860,367$40.52M$47.10No quote
67BCOBrink's Co.0.48%Reduce -8.9%468,396$38.02M$81.18No quote
68FICOFair Isaac Corp.0.47%Reduce -28.1%119,272$37.45M$314.02No quote
69WUWestern Union Co.0.47%Reduce -0.3%1,875,269$37.3M$19.89No quote
70KMXCarMax Inc.0.45%Add +21.7%417,221$36.23M$86.83No quote
71BXBlackstone Group Inc0.43%New777,213$34.52M$44.42No quote
72TPRTapestry, Inc.0.41%Add +59.0%1,023,539$32.48M$31.73No quote
73VEAVanguard FTSE Developed ETF0.39%Reduce -9.0%743,722$31.02M$41.71No quote
74GNRCGenerac Holdings Inc.0.38%Add +32.6%430,194$29.86M$69.41No quote
75TSTenaris ADR0.34%Reduce -3.0%1,026,210$27MNo quoteNo quote
76MEIMethode Electronics Inc.0.33%Reduce -7.5%911,549$26.04MNo quoteNo quote
77COSTCostco Wholesale Corp.0.31%Reduce -31.4%92,635$24.48M$264.26No quote
78NOVNational Oilwell Varco0.31%Add +28.6%1,098,548$24.42M$22.23No quote
79KINKindred Biosciences, Inc.0.30%Add +8.8%2,848,808$23.73MNo quoteNo quote
80CLBCore Laboratories N.V.0.29%Reduce -1.0%448,977$23.47M$52.28No quote
81JWNNordstrom, Inc.0.26%Add +34.8%657,992$20.96MNo quoteNo quote
82TISITeam, Inc.0.26%Reduce -7.4%1,337,917$20.5MNo quoteNo quote
83BSACBanco Santander-Chile ADR0.26%Reduce -5.4%679,761$20.34MNo quoteNo quote
84USBU.S. Bancorp0.25%Reduce -1.2%380,580$19.94M$52.40No quote
85TIFTiffany & Co.0.23%Reduce -17.8%199,874$18.72MNo quoteNo quote
86CNTYCentury Casinos, Inc.0.23%Reduce -36.9%1,901,309$18.44MNo quoteNo quote
87QCOMQUALCOMM Inc.0.23%Reduce -24.8%236,924$18.02M$76.07No quote
88COWNCowen Inc.0.22%Reduce -26.0%1,026,078$17.64MNo quoteNo quote
89KFYKorn/Ferry International0.20%Add +12.2%395,714$15.86M$40.07No quote
90TILEInterface, Inc.0.19%Reduce -8.9%1,012,066$15.52M$15.33No quote
91SOSouthern Co.0.19%Reduce -36.0%279,387$15.45M$55.28No quote
92OXYOccidental Petroleum Corp.0.19%Reduce -37.1%293,195$14.74M$50.28No quote
93ORBCORBCOMM, Inc.0.18%Reduce -16.4%2,017,210$14.63MNo quoteNo quote
94BSMXBanco Santander Mexico SA ADR0.16%Reduce -4.1%1,692,701$12.95MNo quoteNo quote
95GRBKGreen Brick Partners Inc.0.16%Reduce -22.1%1,529,688$12.71M$8.31No quote
96CSWCCapital Southwest Corp.0.16%Reduce -11.9%601,256$12.6MNo quoteNo quote
97RSTRosetta Stone Inc.0.15%Reduce -17.0%523,530$11.98MNo quoteNo quote
98MINDMitcham Industries, Inc.0.15%Reduce -0.6%2,973,689$11.75MNo quoteNo quote
99BTNBallantyne Strong, Inc.0.15%Reduce -5.9%3,588,813$11.59MNo quoteNo quote
100ICEIntercontinentalExchange, Inc.0.14%Reduce -1.2%132,284$11.37M$85.94No quote
101ORCLOracle Corp.0.14%-196,757$11.21M$56.97No quote
102LAKELakeland Industries, Inc.0.14%Add +1.4%983,899$11.02MNo quoteNo quote
103RNWKRealNetworks, Inc.0.14%Reduce -14.5%5,659,928$10.75MNo quoteNo quote
104TNAVTelenav Inc.0.13%Reduce -47.8%1,343,437$10.75MNo quoteNo quote
105SFESafeguard Scientifics Inc.0.13%Reduce -41.9%865,193$10.44MNo quoteNo quote
106STRTStrattec Security Corp.0.13%Reduce -0.7%413,013$9.95MNo quoteNo quote
107OAKOaktree Capital Group LLC0.12%Reduce -74.6%199,408$9.88MNo quoteNo quote
108TURN180 Degree Capital Corp.0.12%Add +6.3%4,913,205$9.67MNo quoteNo quote
109HNGRHanger, Inc.0.12%Add +8.1%498,643$9.55MNo quoteNo quote
110GSITGSI Technology Inc.0.11%Reduce -28.5%1,056,120$9.05MNo quoteNo quote
111FLFoot Locker, Inc.0.11%Add +153.2%215,301$9.03MNo quoteNo quote
112HMNHorace Mann Educators Corp.0.11%Reduce -9.0%223,493$9.01MNo quoteNo quote
113LMTLockheed Martin Corp.0.11%Reduce -8.7%24,327$8.84M$363.55No quote
114ALYAAlithya Group Inc.0.11%Reduce -4.5%3,243,611$8.5MNo quoteNo quote
115VTVanguard Total World Stock Index Fd (ETF)0.11%New112,709$8.47M$75.16No quote
116CPIXCumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0.10%Add +6.8%1,281,104$8.16MNo quoteNo quote
117MOVMovado Group Inc.0.10%Add +47.9%290,482$7.84MNo quoteNo quote
118TRCTejon Ranch Co.0.09%Reduce -12.8%453,054$7.52MNo quoteNo quote
119MOSMosaic Co.0.09%-298,199$7.46M$25.03No quote
120MATWMatthews Intl Corp.0.09%Reduce -8.0%210,776$7.35M$34.85No quote
121GSGoldman Sachs Group, Inc.0.09%Add +7.3%35,692$7.3M$204.61No quote
122PRCPPerceptron, Inc.0.09%Add +39.0%1,638,116$7.29MNo quoteNo quote
123ACTGAcacia Research Corp.0.09%Reduce -0.9%2,428,943$7.19MNo quoteNo quote
124EMKREMCORE Corporation0.09%Add +41.8%2,160,338$7.11MNo quoteNo quote
125ALOTAstroNova, Inc.0.07%Reduce -43.0%227,910$5.89MNo quoteNo quote
126IWNiShares Russell 2000V ETF0.07%New47,800$5.76M$120.50No quote
127SYNCSynacor, Inc.0.06%Reduce -3.4%3,273,919$5.11MNo quoteNo quote
128XOMExxon Mobil Corp.0.06%Add +0.0%66,367$5.09M$76.63No quote
129BIDSotheby's0.06%Reduce -54.2%83,552$4.86MNo quoteNo quote
130ASPNAspen Aerogels Inc.0.06%Reduce -53.6%679,817$4.85M$7.13No quote
131PCTIPCTEL, Inc.0.06%Reduce -32.3%1,030,471$4.57MNo quoteNo quote
132BKBank of New York Mellon Corp.0.06%-100,014$4.42M$44.15No quote
133GAIAGaia, Inc.0.05%New571,463$4.33MNo quoteNo quote
134JCAPJernigan Capital, Inc.0.05%Add +4.5%203,226$4.17MNo quoteNo quote
135CVUCPI Aerostructures, Inc.0.05%Reduce -10.3%481,113$4.05MNo quoteNo quote
136APAApache Corp.0.05%Add +3.3%132,011$3.82M$28.97No quote
137OESXOrion Energy Systems, Inc.0.04%Reduce -61.1%1,077,734$3.2MNo quoteNo quote
138NVSNovartis AG ADR0.03%Add +0.3%28,969$2.65M$91.30No quote
139GIFIGulf Island Fabrication, Inc.0.03%Reduce -0.3%366,932$2.61MNo quoteNo quote
140ACIAAcacia Communications, Inc.0.03%Reduce -1.4%44,489$2.1MNo quoteNo quote
141EXPDExpeditors Intl of Washington0.02%Reduce -1.0%21,033$1.6M$75.88No quote
142RBCNRubicon Technology, Inc.0.02%-145,316$1.21MNo quoteNo quote
143EQCEquity Commonwealth0.01%New36,049$1.17MNo quoteNo quote
144ENZEnzo Biochem, Inc.0.01%New323,615$1.09MNo quoteNo quote
145ACWXISHARES MSCI ACWI EX US ETF0.01%Reduce -90.0%22,999$1.08M$46.74No quote
146FNFabrinet0.01%Reduce -5.1%21,556$1.07M$49.68No quote
147PCYOPure Cycle Corp.0.01%Add +19.9%92,990$986KNo quoteNo quote
148RUBIThe Rubicon Project, Inc.0.01%Add +25.8%107,858$686KNo quoteNo quote
149AXTIAXT Inc.0.00%-94,896$376K$3.96No quote
150CRWSCrown Crafts, Inc.0.00%-78,850$371KNo quoteNo quote
151DRADDigirad Corp.0.00%Reduce -90.0%40,528$280KNo quoteNo quote
152GLAEGlassBridge Enterprises Inc.0.00%Reduce -25.4%468,751$145KNo quoteNo quote
153AETIStabilis Energy Inc0.00%Reduce -24.5%134,891$94KNo quoteNo quote
160SRESempra Energy-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
159ISCAInternational Speedway Corp.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
158DFSDiscover Financial Services-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
157BRSBristow Group, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
156BXBlackstone Group L.P.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
155AFHAtlas Financial Holdings, Inc.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
154AXPAmerican Express Co.-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote