John W. Rogers Jr. - Ariel Appreciation Fund Portfolio Holdings

As of Dec 31, 2025, the Ariel Appreciation Fund portfolio holdings is valued at approximately $9,258,581,319.00 featuring 106 publicly traded holdings. This in-depth profile highlights the top investments led by MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTMT (MSGE), AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP IN (AMG), NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDG L (NCLH), SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO (SPHR), and others based on the company's latest SEC filings reported on Feb 13, 2026. Explore insights into portfolio composition, sector allocation, and recent trade activity.

Ariel Appreciation Fund's stock portfolio spans 106 holdings across 12 sectors, with a total market value of $9,258,581,319.00. The Financial Services sector represents the largest allocation, while the top holdings account for nearly 32% of the total portfolio value. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTMT remains the single largest position at 4.0% of all equity investments.

Complete Holdings

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# Company Symbol Sector Portfolio % Shares Change (Shares) Change % Value
1 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTMT MSGE Consumer Cyclical 4.01% 6,881,315 -856,255 -11.07% $370,834,066.00
2 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP IN AMG Financial Services 3.68% 1,182,223 -81,601 -6.46% $340,811,246.00
3 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDG L NCLH Other 3.46% 14,351,367 +2,267,075 +18.76% $320,322,511.00
4 SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO SPHR Communication Services 3.25% 3,168,534 -2,825,705 -47.14% $301,264,213.00
5 JONES LANG LASALLE INC JLL Real Estate 3.25% 893,230 -57,615 -6.06% $300,545,098.00
6 ONESPAWORLD HOLDINGS LIMITED OSW Other 3.14% 14,011,310 +821,710 +6.23% $290,594,570.00
7 CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC CRL Healthcare 3.08% 1,427,771 -62,327 -4.18% $284,811,759.00
8 ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPORATION NVST Healthcare 2.81% 11,970,544 -33,661 -0.28% $259,880,511.00
9 LAZARD INC LAZ Financial Services 2.78% 5,296,822 +50,933 +0.97% $257,213,676.00
10 PRESTIGE CONSMR HEALTHCARE I PBH Healthcare 2.73% 4,102,497 +507,538 +14.12% $253,083,041.00
11 MATTEL INC MAT Consumer Cyclical 2.69% 12,532,133 -1,228,337 -8.93% $248,637,519.00
12 FIRST AMERN FINL CORP FAF Financial Services 2.60% 3,917,150 +191,966 +5.15% $240,669,696.00
13 CARLYLE GROUP INC CG Financial Services 2.52% 3,950,333 -283,053 -6.69% $233,504,183.00
14 MIDDLEBY CORP MIDD Industrials 2.50% 1,558,645 +285,527 +22.43% $231,723,751.00
15 BIO RAD LABS INC BIO Healthcare 2.50% 764,672 -44,808 -5.54% $231,687,970.00
16 CORE LABORATORIES INC CLB Energy 2.37% 13,661,000 -112,568 -0.82% $218,985,830.00
17 RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INC REZI Industrials 2.32% 6,121,216 -576,648 -8.61% $214,977,106.00
18 BOK FINL CORP BOKF Financial Services 2.16% 1,689,307 -30,153 -1.75% $200,115,308.00
19 BOYD GAMING CORP BYD Consumer Cyclical 2.15% 2,340,172 -262,288 -10.08% $199,476,262.00
20 ADTALEM GLOBAL ED INC ATGE Consumer Defensive 2.12% 1,897,628 +602,752 +46.55% $196,347,568.00
21 GENERAC HLDGS INC GNRC Industrials 2.10% 1,423,948 -43,283 -2.95% $194,183,789.00
22 MOHAWK INDS INC MHK Consumer Cyclical 2.03% 1,716,027 +18,924 +1.12% $187,561,751.00
23 MADISON SQUARE GRDN SPRT COR MSGS Communication Services 2.02% 722,495 -4,540 -0.62% $186,873,332.00
24 GENTEX CORP GNTX Consumer Cyclical 1.98% 7,889,928 +671,848 +9.31% $183,598,624.00
25 ADT INC DEL ADT Industrials 1.88% 21,558,300 -510,642 -2.31% $173,975,481.00
26 NORTHERN TR CORP NTRS Financial Services 1.84% 1,248,921 -35,666 -2.78% $170,590,120.00
27 SMUCKER J M CO SJM Consumer Defensive 1.70% 1,608,943 +65,420 +4.24% $157,370,715.00
28 AXALTA COATING SYS LTD AXTA Other 1.70% 4,864,546 +675,585 +16.13% $157,173,482.00
29 MANCHESTER UTD PLC NEW MANU Other 1.54% 8,982,161 +53,079 +0.59% $142,996,003.00
30 BRINKS CO BCO Industrials 1.30% 1,027,444 -198,343 -16.18% $119,933,538.00
31 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATI ZBRA Technology 1.25% 475,731 +220,112 +86.11% $115,517,002.00
32 ALGONQUIN PWR UTILS CORP AQN Utilities 1.06% 15,920,654 -424,952 -2.60% $97,912,022.00
33 LABCORP HOLDINGS INC LH Healthcare 0.98% 360,087 -2,782 -0.77% $90,338,626.00
34 OMNICOM GROUP INC OMC Communication Services 0.95% 1,088,333 +895,905 +465.58% $87,882,890.00
35 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT CHKP Other 0.93% 464,185 -22,083 -4.54% $86,134,169.00
36 KNOWLES CORP KN Technology 0.93% 3,998,641 -109,519 -2.67% $85,690,877.00
37 MICROSOFT CORP MSFT Technology 0.90% 172,455 -21,679 -11.17% $83,402,687.00
38 LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HLDGS I LIND Consumer Cyclical 0.80% 5,118,819 -405,841 -7.35% $73,813,370.00
39 KENNAMETAL INC KMT Industrials 0.73% 2,377,626 -1,400,187 -37.06% $67,548,354.00
40 FIRST SOLAR INC FSLR Technology 0.71% 251,565 -73,951 -22.72% $65,716,325.00
41 CVS HEALTH CORP CVS Healthcare 0.71% 825,092 -164,554 -16.63% $65,479,301.00
42 DISNEY WALT CO DIS Communication Services 0.69% 557,647 +57,678 +11.54% $63,443,499.00
43 NVENT ELECTRIC PLC NVT Other 0.68% 613,021 -247,057 -28.72% $62,509,751.00
44 DENTSPLY SIRONA INC XRAY Healthcare 0.65% 5,274,740 +5,274,740 +100.00% $60,290,278.00
45 INTEL CORP INTC Technology 0.61% 1,524,112 +558,367 +57.82% $56,239,733.00
46 LITTELFUSE INC LFUS Technology 0.61% 221,498 -3,875 -1.72% $56,021,274.00
47 JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC JHG Other 0.60% 1,169,327 -875,475 -42.81% $55,624,885.00
48 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC KEYS Technology 0.57% 258,309 -3,957 -1.51% $52,485,806.00
49 GCM GROSVENOR INC GCMG Financial Services 0.55% 4,508,199 +23,611 +0.53% $51,032,813.00
50 WEX INC WEX Technology 0.54% 336,797 -4,139 -1.21% $50,176,016.00
51 SLB LIMITED SLB Energy 0.53% 1,285,090 -15,497 -1.19% $49,321,754.00
52 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO BMY Healthcare 0.43% 732,677 +390,163 +113.91% $39,520,597.00
53 CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP COF Financial Services 0.42% 162,230 -43,732 -21.23% $39,318,063.00
54 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP Utilities 0.41% 996,778 -30,534 -2.97% $38,216,469.00
55 WEBSTER FINL CORP WBS Financial Services 0.39% 578,996 +578,996 +100.00% $36,442,008.00
56 FACTSET RESH SYS INC FDS Financial Services 0.39% 125,439 +91,569 +270.35% $36,401,144.00
57 M & T BK CORP MTB Financial Services 0.39% 180,402 -11,032 -5.76% $36,347,395.00
58 NETAPP INC NTAP Technology 0.37% 322,860 -20,565 -5.99% $34,575,077.00
59 SCHWAB CHARLES CORP SCHW Financial Services 0.37% 342,275 -5,133 -1.48% $34,196,695.00
60 CBRE GROUP INC CBRE Real Estate 0.37% 211,081 -17,825 -7.79% $33,939,714.00
61 KKR & CO INC KKR Financial Services 0.36% 264,916 +9,447 +3.70% $33,771,491.00
62 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE C HPE Technology 0.34% 1,321,535 +1,321,535 +100.00% $31,743,271.00
63 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC SWK Industrials 0.34% 421,387 -6,029 -1.41% $31,300,626.00
64 KORN FERRY KFY Industrials 0.33% 466,090 -9,163 -1.93% $30,771,262.00
65 AT&T INC T Communication Services 0.32% 1,202,446 +1,202,446 +100.00% $29,868,759.00
66 BANK AMERICA CORP BAC Financial Services 0.31% 517,442 -22,217 -4.12% $28,459,310.00
67 MASCO CORP MAS Industrials 0.28% 405,488 +6,776 +1.70% $25,732,269.00
68 GILEAD SCIENCES INC GILD Healthcare 0.27% 205,052 -13,726 -6.27% $25,168,082.00
69 MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO TAP Consumer Defensive 0.26% 515,945 +57,698 +12.59% $24,084,313.00
70 RLI CORP RLI Financial Services 0.26% 373,173 +373,173 +100.00% $23,875,609.00
71 AFLAC INC AFL Financial Services 0.25% 212,072 -3,276 -1.52% $23,385,179.00
72 CARMAX INC KMX Consumer Cyclical 0.24% 563,483 -8,122 -1.42% $21,772,983.00
73 FISERV INC FI Technology 0.23% 321,025 +68,100 +26.92% $21,563,249.00
74 HUMANA INC HUM Healthcare 0.23% 82,807 -5,182 -5.89% $21,209,357.00
75 FEDEX CORP FDX Industrials 0.22% 71,405 -4,464 -5.88% $20,626,048.00
76 MGP INGREDIENTS INC NEW MGPI Consumer Defensive 0.17% 629,467 -16,913 -2.62% $15,296,048.00
77 VAIL RESORTS INC MTN Consumer Cyclical 0.16% 112,211 -2,955 -2.57% $14,901,621.00
78 SIMPSON MFG INC SSD Basic Materials 0.16% 91,389 -1,461 -1.57% $14,756,583.00
79 SNAP ON INC SNA Industrials 0.12% 32,694 -149 -0.45% $11,266,353.00
80 BARRICK MNG CORP B Other 0.10% 216,126 -28,471 -11.64% $9,412,287.00
81 JOHNSON & JOHNSON JNJ Healthcare 0.10% 43,260 -8,594 -16.57% $8,952,657.00
82 PHINIA INC PHIN Consumer Cyclical 0.09% 140,144 -8 -0.01% $8,785,627.00
83 HACKETT GROUP INC HCKT Technology 0.09% 428,199 -7,499 -1.72% $8,405,546.00
84 APA CORPORATION APA Energy 0.08% 297,339 -2,153 -0.72% $7,272,912.00
85 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP LMT Industrials 0.07% 13,446 -151 -1.11% $6,503,427.00
86 CHEVRON CORP NEW CVX Energy 0.07% 41,499 - - $6,324,863.00
87 ISHARES TR IWN Other 0.07% 33,319 -11,646 -25.90% $6,037,736.00
88 KB FINL GROUP INC KB Financial Services 0.05% 51,315 - - $4,415,143.00
89 GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO AJG Financial Services 0.04% 15,357 +1,712 +12.55% $3,974,238.00
90 MOSAIC CO NEW MOS Basic Materials 0.04% 147,037 -1,303 -0.88% $3,542,121.00
91 ORACLE CORP ORCL Technology 0.03% 16,384 -18 -0.11% $3,193,405.00
92 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD TSM Technology 0.03% 10,162 -1,094 -9.72% $3,088,130.00
93 BORGWARNER INC BWA Consumer Cyclical 0.03% 64,987 - - $2,928,314.00
94 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC GS Financial Services 0.03% 3,158 -5 -0.16% $2,775,882.00
95 CREDICORP LTD BAP Other 0.02% 5,737 +495 +9.44% $1,646,519.00
96 VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDS VEA Other 0.02% 24,473 -33,037 -57.45% $1,528,828.00
97 INTERCORP FINL SVCS INC IFS Other 0.02% 34,668 +2,490 +7.74% $1,468,536.00
98 COPA HOLDINGS SA P31076105 Other 0.01% 8,752 +8,752 +100.00% $1,055,579.00
99 KASPI KZ JSC KSPI Technology 0.01% 13,172 +909 +7.41% $1,029,128.00
100 HDFC BANK LTD HDB Financial Services 0.01% 13,151 +3,911 +42.33% $480,538.00

Holdings by Sector

Sector Allocation Value
Financial Services 19.50% $1,798,028,863.00
Healthcare 14.54% $1,340,712,531.00
Consumer Cyclical 14.23% $1,312,310,137.00
Other 12.33% $1,136,645,363.00
Industrials 12.24% $1,128,776,801.00
Technology 7.26% $669,510,560.00
Communication Services 7.26% $669,332,693.00
Consumer Defensive 4.26% $393,098,644.00
Real Estate 3.63% $334,484,812.00
Energy 3.06% $281,905,359.00
Utilities 1.48% $136,128,491.00
Basic Materials 0.20% $18,298,704.00

Portfolio insights

As of Dec 31, 2025, the Ariel Appreciation Fund portfolio holds 106 securities valued at $9,219,232,958.00. The Financial Services sector represents the largest allocation, while the top positions account for a significant portion of the total portfolio weight.