Latest ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC Stock Portfolio

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC Performance:

2025 Q4: 1.9%YTD: 11.24%2024: 7.25%

Performance for 2025 Q4 is 1.9%, and YTD is 11.24%, and 2024 is 7.25%.

About ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC and 13F Hedge Fund Stock Holdings

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC is a hedge fund based in Chicago, IL. On 2026-02-13, the fund reported it's updated stock portfolio. In the 13F Holdings report, ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC reported an equity portfolio of $9.3 Billions as of 31 Dec, 2025.

The top stock holdings of ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC are MSGE, AMG, NCLH. The fund has invested 4% of it's portfolio in MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTMT and 3.7% of portfolio in AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP IN.

The fund managers got completely rid off APTIV PLC, INTERPUBLIC GROUP COS INC (IPG) and VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ) stocks. They significantly reduced their stock positions in ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC (ZBH), VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDS (VEA) and SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO (MSGE). ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC opened new stock positions in OMNICOM GROUP INC (OMC), DENTSPLY SIRONA INC (XRAY) and BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO (BMY). The fund showed a lot of confidence in some stocks as they added substantially to ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATI (ZBRA), INTEL CORP (INTC) and ADTALEM GLOBAL ED INC (ATGE).

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC Annual Return Estimates Vs S&P 500

Our best estimate is that ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC made a return of 1.9% in the last quarter. In trailing 12 months, it's portfolio return was 11.24%.

Performance
S&P 500

New Buys

Ticker	$ Bought
omnicom group inc	87,882,900
dentsply sirona inc	60,290,300
bristol-myers squibb co	39,520,600
webster finl corp	36,442,000
factset resh sys inc	36,401,100
hewlett packard enterprise c	31,743,300
at&t inc	29,868,800
rli corp	23,875,600

New stocks bought by ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

Additions

Ticker	% Inc.
zebra technologies corporati	86.11
intel corp	57.82
adtalem global ed inc	46.55
hdfc bank ltd	42.33
fiserv inc	26.92
middleby corp	22.43
norwegian cruise line hldg l	18.76
axalta coating sys ltd	16.13

Additions to existing portfolio by ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

Reductions

Ticker	% Reduced
zimmer biomet holdings inc	-99.18
vanguard tax-managed fds	-57.45
sphere entertainment co	-47.14
janus henderson group plc	-42.81
kennametal inc	-37.06
nvent electric plc	-28.72
ishares tr	-25.9
first solar inc	-22.72

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC reduced stake in above stock

Sold off

Ticker	$ Sold
interpublic group cos inc	-89,045,800
verizon communications inc	-51,277,000
aptiv plc	-99,175,800
western alliance bancorp	-22,407,100
d r horton inc	-21,805,500
vanguard star fds	-5,176,650
allstate corp	-14,968,400
vanguard intl equity index f	-3,814,990

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC got rid off the above stocks

Sector Distribution

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC has about 24% of it's holdings in Consumer Cyclical sector.

Sector	%
Consumer Cyclical	24
Financial Services	17.2
Healthcare	13.5
Industrials	12.9
Others	10.7
Technology	7
Consumer Defensive	4.2
Communication Services	4
Real Estate	3.6
Basic Materials	1.9

Market Cap. Distribution

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC has about 31.5% of it's portfolio invested in the large-cap and mega-cap stocks.

Category	%
MID-CAP	56.2
LARGE-CAP	29.1
UNALLOCATED	10.7
MEGA-CAP	2.4
SMALL-CAP	1.6

Stocks belong to which Index?

About 53.8% of the stocks held by ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC either belong to S&P 500 or RUSSELL 2000 index.

Index	%
Others	46.2
S&P 500	31.1
RUSSELL 2000	22.7

Top 5 Winners (%)		%
MSGE	sphere entertainment co	40.5 %
	barrick mng corp	31.0 %
	core laboratories inc	29.6 %
KMT	kennametal inc	29.1 %
CRL	charles riv labs intl inc	26.9 %

Top 5 Winners ($)		$
MSGE	sphere entertainment co	151.0 M
MSGE	madison square garden entmt	63.2 M
CRL	charles riv labs intl inc	62.8 M
AMG	affiliated managers group in	61.0 M
	core laboratories inc	50.3 M

Top 5 Losers (%)		%
LESL	leslies inc	-68.7 %
	fiserv inc	-45.1 %
ORCL	oracle corp	-30.7 %
MOS	mosaic co new	-30.4 %
ATGE	adtalem global ed inc	-29.3 %

Top 5 Losers ($)		$
ATGE	adtalem global ed inc	-81.4 M
REZI	resideo technologies inc	-51.7 M
GNRC	generac hldgs inc	-44.9 M
GNTX	gentex corp	-38.0 M
MHK	mohawk inds inc	-33.5 M

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC Holdings Map

This heatmap illustrates the top 50 positions within the fund's portfolio.

Current Stock Holdings of ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC has 108 stocks in it's portfolio. About 32.2% of the portfolio is in top 10 stocks. ATGE proved to be the most loss making stock for the portfolio. MSGE was the most profitable stock for ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC last quarter.

Last Reported on: 13 Feb, 2026

Ticker	Namesorted ascending	% Portfolio	Shares Held	$ Value	Type	% Change
ADT	adt inc del	1.88	21,558,300	173,975,000	reduced	-2.31

AFL	aflac inc	0.25	212,072	23,385,200	reduced	-1.52

AJG	gallagher arthur j & co	0.04	15,357	3,974,240	added	12.55

ALL	allstate corp	0.00	0.00	0.00	sold off	-100

AMG	affiliated managers group in	3.68	1,182,220	340,811,000	reduced	-6.46

APA	apa corporation	0.08	297,339	7,272,910	reduced	-0.72

AQN	algonquin pwr utils corp	1.06	15,920,700	97,912,000	reduced	-2.6

ATGE	adtalem global ed inc	2.12	1,897,630	196,348,000	added	46.55

AXTA	axalta coating sys ltd	1.70	4,864,550	157,173,000	added	16.13

BAC	bank america corp	0.31	517,442	28,459,300	reduced	-4.12

BAP	credicorp ltd	0.02	5,737	1,646,520	added	9.44

BCO	brinks co	1.29	1,027,440	119,934,000	reduced	-16.18

BIO	bio rad labs inc	2.50	764,672	231,688,000	reduced	-5.54

BMY	bristol-myers squibb co	0.43	732,677	39,520,600	new

BOKF	bok finl corp	2.16	1,689,310	200,115,000	reduced	-1.75

BRC	brady corp	0.00	2,996	234,797	reduced	-17.69

BWA	borgwarner inc	0.03	64,987	2,928,310	unchanged	0.00

BYD	boyd gaming corp	2.15	2,340,170	199,476,000	reduced	-10.08

CBRE	cbre group inc	0.37	211,081	33,939,700	reduced	-7.79

CG	carlyle group inc	2.52	3,950,330	233,504,000	reduced	-6.69