Jennifer Ranahan
Latest statistics and disclosures from Chris Merkle's latest quarterly 13F-HR filing:
- Top 5 stock holdings are GPOR, CNL, MIDD, SBNY, MAA. These five stock positions account for 8.79% of Chris Merkle's total stock portfolio.
- Added to shares of Proto Labs (+$14.65M), FTK (+$12.95M), GE (+$12.10M), LO (+$9.87M), LMT (+$9.78M), MCHP (+$9.13M), Kraft Foods (+$8.93M), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers In (+$5.84M), PEB (+$5.07M), CNL.
- Started new stock positions in FORR, HD, O'reilly Automotive, ECPG, Abbvie, SCOR, CRZO, KMB, HEI, Tornier Nv, Proto Labs, FTK, CPHD, ALGN, SPN, WGOV, Chefs Whse.
- Reduced shares in these stocks: UTHR (-$13.93M), TYY (-$7.27M), WAG (-$6.73M), WSM (-$6.24M), LDR (-$6.09M), SCHN (-$5.69M), RPM (-$5.33M), TESO (-$5.21M), Clearbridge Energy Mlp Fd, HLIT.
- Sold out of its positions in AMAT, Clearbridge Energy Mlp Fd, HNZ, DVY, IWM, KYN, Lululemon Athletica, RAH, RRC, SCHN, TYY, UTHR, WSM.
- As of March 31, 2013, Chris Merkle has $2.36B in assets under management (AUM). Assets under management grew from a total value of $1.92B to $2.36B.
- Independent of market fluctuations, Chris Merkle was a net buyer by $210.75M worth of stocks in the most recent quarter.
Chris Merkle portfolio companies for quarter ending March 2013
| Ticker | Name | Portfolio Weight | Change | Share Count | Price | Last Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPOR | Gulfport Energy Corporation | 1.97 | +10.00% | 1012590 | 45.83 | 48.43 |
| CNL | Cleco Corporation | 1.85 | +12.00% | 926130 | 47.03 | 46.30 |
| MIDD | Middleby Corporation | 1.72 | +5.00% | 266659 | 152.15 | 163.70 |
| SBNY | Signature Bank | 1.68 | +9.00% | 503640 | 78.76 | 77.03 |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment | 1.57 | +12.00% | 534316 | 69.06 | 71.27 |
| NHI | National Health Investors | 1.53 | +14.00% | 549528 | 65.45 | 67.23 |
| TYL | Tyler Technologies | 1.42 | +8.00% | 546888 | 61.26 | 66.91 |
| HMSY | HMS Holdings | 1.33 | +8.00% | 1156051 | 27.15 | 25.36 |
| SIVB | SVB Financial | 1.32 | +7.00% | 438524 | 70.94 | 73.80 |
| ACC | American Campus Communities | 1.32 | +5.00% | 687070 | 45.34 | 43.09 |
| GPI | Group 1 Automotive | 1.28 | +6.00% | 502010 | 60.07 | 63.08 |
| FEIC | FEI Company | 1.24 | +7.00% | 453117 | 64.55 | 71.08 |
| PRAA | Portfolio Recovery Associates | 1.22 | +8.00% | 226042 | 126.92 | 145.81 |
| RYL | Ryland | 1.17 | +6.00% | 661511 | 41.62 | 47.46 |
| MKTX | MarketAxess Holdings | 1.14 | +8.00% | 722674 | 37.30 | 43.61 |
| PRA | ProAssurance Corporation | 1.11 | +9.00% | 552178 | 47.33 | 49.96 |
| SLGN | Silgan Holdings | 1.11 | +9.00% | 552209 | 47.27 | 47.99 |
| LOPE | Grand Canyon Education | 1.10 | +10.00% | 1021009 | 25.39 | 32.83 |
| PFE | Pfizer | 1.09 | +17.00% | 892147 | 28.86 | 28.98 |
| DRQ | Dril-Quip | 1.08 | +9.00% | 290923 | 87.17 | 90.91 |
| TUP | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 1.07 | +8.00% | 307089 | 81.74 | 82.17 |
| CBST | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | 1.07 | +9.00% | 536013 | 46.82 | 55.49 |
| CLC | CLARCOR | 1.07 | +8.00% | 482121 | 52.38 | 53.93 |
| ICUI | ICU Medical, Incorporated | 1.06 | +7.00% | 423330 | 58.95 | 70.68 |
| AIRM | Air Methods Corporation | 1.04 | +10.00% | 506261 | 48.24 | 37.57 |
| HGR | Hanger Orthopedic | 1.03 | +8.00% | 769161 | 31.53 | 31.13 |
| NDSN | Nordson Corporation | 1.02 | +8.00% | 362755 | 65.95 | 68.05 |
| WST | West Pharmaceutical Services | 1.02 | +7.00% | 368646 | 64.94 | 67.50 |
| HITT | Hittite Microwave Corporation | 1.01 | +8.00% | 392401 | 60.56 | 54.79 |
| HIBB | Hibbett Sports | 0.98 | +9.00% | 408086 | 56.27 | 56.47 |
| ROLL | RBC Bearings Incorporated | 0.98 | +7.00% | 456369 | 50.56 | 46.75 |
| EXBD | Corporate Executive Board Company | 0.97 | +10.00% | 391899 | 58.16 | 0.00 |
| Harris Teeter Supermarkets | 0.97 | +6.00% | 532976 | 42.71 | 0.00 | |
| GBCI | Glacier Ban | 0.96 | +10.00% | 1186338 | 18.98 | 19.73 |
| CNS | Cohen & Steers | 0.95 | +7.00% | 622956 | 36.07 | 40.24 |
| MCHP | Microchip Technology | 0.94 | +70.00% | 601013 | 36.77 | 36.06 |
| TTC | Toro Company | 0.94 | +8.00% | 481546 | 46.04 | 47.47 |
| TXRH | Texas Roadhouse | 0.94 | +9.00% | 1091733 | 20.19 | 23.76 |
| UFPI | Universal Forest Products | 0.93 | +4.00% | 552612 | 39.81 | 39.93 |
| CGNX | Cognex Corporation | 0.93 | +8.00% | 519822 | 42.15 | 44.05 |
| RPM | RPM International | 0.92 | -19.00% | 689001 | 31.58 | 32.89 |
| CSGP | CoStar | 0.92 | +8.00% | 198055 | 109.46 | 113.65 |
| SF | Stifel Financial | 0.92 | +10.00% | 625965 | 34.67 | 34.36 |
| T | AT&T; | 0.88 | +16.00% | 563670 | 36.69 | 36.62 |
| HCSG | Healthcare Services | 0.88 | +7.00% | 809035 | 25.63 | 22.53 |
| HTLD | Heartland Express | 0.86 | +8.00% | 1510750 | 13.34 | 14.28 |
| Kraft Foods | 0.86 | +78.00% | 393130 | 51.53 | 0.00 | |
| BLKB | Blackbaud | 0.85 | +7.00% | 673638 | 29.63 | 29.22 |
| GPC | Genuine Parts Company | 0.84 | +13.00% | 252937 | 78.00 | 81.40 |
| Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers In | 0.84 | +41.00% | 916544 | 21.70 | 0.00 | |
| IBKC | IBERIABANK Corporation | 0.84 | +11.00% | 396480 | 50.02 | 50.48 |
| STR | Questar Corporation | 0.83 | +13.00% | 805806 | 24.33 | 24.48 |
| IPCM | IPC The Hospitalist Company | 0.78 | +11.00% | 413338 | 44.48 | 47.73 |
| PRO | PROS Holdings | 0.78 | +6.00% | 673780 | 27.17 | 27.49 |
| D | Dominion Resources | 0.77 | +16.00% | 312511 | 58.18 | 57.62 |
| SLH | Solera Holdings | 0.77 | +9.00% | 311008 | 58.33 | 54.23 |
| MRK | Merck & Co | 0.77 | +17.00% | 408599 | 44.20 | 46.70 |
| EGOV | NIC | 0.77 | +7.00% | 949489 | 19.16 | 16.72 |
| CATM | Cardtronics | 0.77 | +10.00% | 661573 | 27.46 | 28.75 |
| POWI | Power Integrations | 0.75 | +10.00% | 408255 | 43.41 | 44.32 |
| PM | Philip Morris International | 0.75 | +29.00% | 190266 | 92.71 | 93.87 |
| HCP | HCP | 0.75 | +16.00% | 356440 | 49.86 | 50.83 |
| GE | General Electric Company | 0.73 | +238.00% | 742487 | 23.12 | 23.53 |
| NWE | NorthWestern Corporation | 0.70 | +8.00% | 412479 | 39.86 | 40.89 |
| RSTI | Rofin-Sinar Technologies | 0.70 | +11.00% | 607901 | 27.09 | 26.35 |
| CMP | Compass Minerals International | 0.68 | +9.00% | 202268 | 78.90 | 88.12 |
| MDSO | Medidata Solutions | 0.68 | +9.00% | 275821 | 57.98 | 67.39 |
| LTM | Life Time Fitness | 0.67 | -21.00% | 368851 | 42.78 | 49.83 |
| Cavium | 0.67 | +7.00% | 406634 | 38.81 | 0.00 | |
| PAYX | Paychex | 0.66 | +17.00% | 446680 | 35.06 | 37.83 |
| PEB | Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 0.62 | +53.00% | 566013 | 25.79 | 26.85 |
| Proto Labs | 0.62 | NEW | 298340 | 49.10 | 0.00 | |
| WDR | Waddell & Reed Financial | 0.61 | +5.00% | 328442 | 43.78 | 45.15 |
| WDFC | WD-40 Company | 0.61 | +6.00% | 262357 | 54.77 | 54.97 |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 0.59 | +243.00% | 143047 | 96.52 | 105.77 |
| Nextera Energy | 0.59 | +14.00% | 179347 | 77.68 | 0.00 | |
| BMY | Bristol Myers Squibb | 0.58 | +26.00% | 331302 | 41.19 | 47.40 |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | 0.58 | +27.00% | 287671 | 47.22 | 47.93 |
| ANSS | ANSYS | 0.56 | 160750 | 81.42 | 73.85 | |
| IIVI | II-VI | 0.56 | +10.00% | 775646 | 17.04 | 16.52 |
| LO | Lorillard | 0.56 | +287.00% | 329697 | 40.35 | 43.36 |
| FTK | Flotek Industries | 0.55 | NEW | 792148 | 16.35 | 17.24 |
| PCL | Plum Creek Timber | 0.54 | +27.00% | 245585 | 52.20 | 51.91 |
| MO | Altria | 0.54 | +28.00% | 367783 | 34.39 | 36.75 |
| UMPQ | Umpqua Holdings Corporation | 0.52 | +8.00% | 919000 | 13.26 | 13.71 |
| Steiner Leisure Ltd Com Stk | 0.52 | +8.00% | 254025 | 48.36 | 0.00 | |
| SQI | SciQuest | 0.51 | +5.00% | 501587 | 24.04 | 23.75 |
| ECOL | US Ecology | 0.50 | +9.00% | 443908 | 26.55 | 28.00 |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants | 0.48 | +29.00% | 219762 | 51.68 | 52.83 |
| CTL | CenturyLink | 0.48 | +28.00% | 323759 | 35.13 | 37.27 |
| LDR | Landauer | 0.48 | -35.00% | 199787 | 56.38 | 51.75 |
| RGC | Regal Entertainment | 0.46 | +28.00% | 653773 | 16.67 | 18.61 |
| TYG | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure | 0.43 | +11.00% | 204500 | 49.38 | 46.10 |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | 0.41 | +29.00% | 438154 | 21.83 | 23.92 |
| LECO | Lincoln Electric Holdings | 0.40 | 173958 | 54.18 | 58.41 | |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 0.40 | +27.00% | 158404 | 60.10 | 62.53 |
| JEC | Jacobs Engineering | 0.40 | +2.00% | 166473 | 56.24 | 54.99 |
| SCL | Stepan Company | 0.40 | 149587 | 63.10 | 53.89 | |
| MNRO | Monro Muffler Brake | 0.39 | +10.00% | 229062 | 39.71 | 47.55 |
| FIRE | Sourcefire | 0.39 | +6.00% | 154709 | 59.23 | 54.08 |
| PBCT | People's United Financial | 0.38 | +27.00% | 673712 | 13.42 | 13.74 |
| HON | Honeywell International | 0.38 | -2.00% | 117689 | 75.35 | 79.29 |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | 0.37 | +27.00% | 144662 | 61.03 | 58.66 |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline | 0.37 | +28.00% | 184569 | 46.91 | 52.97 |
| Seadrill | 0.37 | +27.00% | 235673 | 37.21 | 0.00 | |
| MCD | McDonald's Corporation | 0.36 | +18.00% | 84590 | 99.69 | 100.14 |
| PCP | Precision Castparts | 0.36 | -4.00% | 44106 | 189.61 | 207.93 |
| HAS | Hasbro | 0.35 | +28.00% | 185432 | 43.94 | 47.16 |
| NBL | Noble Energy | 0.35 | 70852 | 115.66 | 116.18 | |
| BJRI | BJ's Restaurants | 0.35 | +12.00% | 246410 | 33.28 | 37.03 |
| CTSH | Cognizant Technology Solutions | 0.34 | -2.00% | 105793 | 76.62 | 63.77 |
| GIS | General Mills | 0.34 | -2.00% | 160959 | 49.31 | 48.98 |
| VIVO | Meridian Bioscience | 0.34 | +31.00% | 355146 | 22.82 | 22.05 |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | 0.33 | -2.00% | 73868 | 106.11 | 114.39 |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price | 0.33 | -2.00% | 103639 | 74.87 | 76.36 |
| QEP | QEP Resources | 0.32 | +2.00% | 234189 | 31.84 | 28.17 |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 0.30 | 78106 | 90.11 | 91.44 | |
| WIN | Windstream Corporation | 0.30 | +32.00% | 876489 | 7.93 | 8.63 |
| GOOG | 0.29 | -3.00% | 8469 | 794.19 | 873.32 | |
| NEOG | Neogen Corporation | 0.29 | -2.00% | 139437 | 49.57 | 54.29 |
| COHU | Cohu | 0.28 | +10.00% | 694944 | 9.36 | 11.32 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0.27 | -2.00% | 78724 | 81.53 | 86.82 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems | 0.27 | -2.00% | 307150 | 20.90 | 23.53 |
| PEP | Pepsi | 0.27 | -2.00% | 79156 | 79.11 | 82.54 |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | 0.27 | -2.00% | 95752 | 65.24 | 66.99 |
| TWC | Time Warner Cable | 0.26 | -2.00% | 64885 | 96.06 | 95.46 |
| NTRS | Northern Trust Corporation | 0.26 | -2.00% | 110730 | 54.56 | 57.15 |
| DV | DeVry | 0.26 | +33.00% | 196220 | 31.75 | 31.27 |
| USB | U.S. Ban | 0.25 | -3.00% | 174878 | 33.93 | 35.37 |
| NUE | Nucor Corporation | 0.25 | +28.00% | 126378 | 46.15 | 45.42 |
| FFIV | F5 Networks | 0.25 | +2.00% | 65562 | 89.08 | 81.56 |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company | 0.23 | -2.00% | 135359 | 40.44 | 42.24 |
| AAPL | Apple | 0.23 | +24.00% | 12054 | 442.67 | 445.15 |
| TESO | Tesco Corporation | 0.22 | -49.00% | 390882 | 13.39 | 12.58 |
| AES | AES Corporation | 0.21 | 397240 | 12.57 | 12.66 | |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies | 0.21 | 138076 | 35.32 | 46.04 | |
| PBI | Pitney Bowes | 0.20 | +30.00% | 309272 | 14.86 | 15.12 |
| HLIT | Harmonic | 0.20 | -49.00% | 814962 | 5.79 | 6.10 |
| UNFI | United Natural Foods | 0.20 | 95223 | 49.20 | 55.15 | |
| IT | Gartner | 0.14 | +16.00% | 62248 | 54.41 | 56.71 |
| SRCL | Stericycle | 0.13 | +7.00% | 27796 | 106.17 | 110.93 |
| WAB | Wabtec Corporation | 0.13 | +15.00% | 29708 | 102.09 | 108.44 |
| MD | Mednax | 0.13 | +13.00% | 34638 | 89.64 | 91.98 |
| KEX | Kirby Corporation | 0.12 | +13.00% | 38149 | 76.80 | 79.30 |
| RMD | ResMed | 0.11 | +13.00% | 57090 | 46.37 | 49.20 |
| TSCO | Tractor Supply Company | 0.10 | +15.00% | 22669 | 104.15 | 110.89 |
| ZBRA | Zebra Technologies | 0.10 | +13.00% | 49908 | 47.13 | 45.83 |
| WAT | Waters Corporation | 0.10 | +13.00% | 24931 | 93.90 | 97.67 |
| ATR | Aptar | 0.10 | +14.00% | 43011 | 57.36 | 56.22 |
| NWL | Newell Rubbermaid | 0.09 | +14.00% | 85589 | 26.10 | 27.21 |
| DCI | Donaldson Company | 0.09 | +14.00% | 57229 | 36.19 | 37.54 |
| PSMT | PriceSmart | 0.09 | +617.00% | 28687 | 77.84 | 87.05 |
| First Republic Bank/san F | 0.09 | +14.00% | 54577 | 38.62 | 0.00 | |
| STE | Steris Corporation | 0.08 | +14.00% | 47476 | 41.60 | 45.22 |
| URBN | Urban Outfitters | 0.08 | +14.00% | 46387 | 38.74 | 41.76 |
| SPN | Superior Energy Services | 0.08 | NEW | 76005 | 25.97 | 28.04 |
| Manning & Napier Inc cl a | 0.08 | +15.00% | 118469 | 16.54 | 0.00 | |
| IBM | International Business Machines | 0.07 | -4.00% | 7350 | 213.33 | 205.72 |
| GHL | Greenhill & Co | 0.06 | +24.00% | 24715 | 53.37 | 49.45 |
| GNTX | Gentex Corporation | 0.06 | +15.00% | 66550 | 20.02 | 23.75 |
| Natural Grocers By Vitamin C | 0.05 | +28.00% | 53420 | 22.56 | 0.00 | |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | 0.04 | 11925 | 77.06 | 81.75 | |
| MCRS | MICROS Systems | 0.03 | +11.00% | 16348 | 45.51 | 43.00 |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | 0.02 | +17.00% | 9550 | 45.34 | 45.64 |
| BCPC | Balchem Corporation | 0.02 | +32.00% | 8912 | 43.99 | 46.39 |
| RAVN | Raven Industries | 0.02 | +29.00% | 11360 | 33.63 | 31.17 |
| SAM | Boston Beer Company | 0.02 | +32.00% | 2993 | 159.71 | 151.50 |
| ABCO | Advisory Board Company | 0.02 | +31.00% | 7815 | 52.46 | 50.38 |
| Interactive Intelligence | 0.02 | +30.00% | 10170 | 44.35 | 0.00 | |
| HD | Home Depot | 0.01 | NEW | 2917 | 69.93 | 78.99 |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 0.01 | 7300 | 35.34 | 37.76 | |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 0.01 | NEW | 3121 | 98.05 | 103.51 |
| COL | Rockwell Collins | 0.01 | 4396 | 63.01 | 66.18 | |
| WAG | Walgreen Company | 0.01 | -96.00% | 4460 | 47.76 | 50.25 |
| EMC | EMC Corporation | 0.01 | 13200 | 23.86 | 23.65 | |
| ECPG | Encore Capital | 0.01 | NEW | 10000 | 30.10 | 34.00 |
| FUN | Cedar Fair | 0.01 | 6720 | 39.73 | 42.55 | |
| BRKL | Brookline Ban | 0.01 | 17679 | 9.16 | 8.60 | |
| ALGN | Align Technology | 0.01 | NEW | 7860 | 33.46 | 36.70 |
| BRKR | Bruker Corporation | 0.01 | +30.00% | 16565 | 19.08 | 17.11 |
| CRZO | Carrizo Oil & Gas | 0.01 | NEW | 10073 | 25.81 | 26.96 |
| EPAY | Bottomline Technologies | 0.01 | +29.00% | 10385 | 28.50 | 27.03 |
| HEI | HEICO Corporation | 0.01 | NEW | 5860 | 43.34 | 49.91 |
| CPHD | Cepheid | 0.01 | NEW | 7565 | 38.33 | 38.09 |
| CPSI | Computer Programs & Systems | 0.01 | +14.00% | 5830 | 54.03 | 52.02 |
| FORR | Forrester Research | 0.01 | NEW | 6625 | 31.70 | 35.50 |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation | 0.01 | 3838 | 86.24 | 86.90 | |
| ARUN | Aruba Networks | 0.01 | +31.00% | 13045 | 24.76 | 13.30 |
| WGOV | Woodward Governor Company | 0.01 | NEW | 6180 | 39.81 | 0.00 |
| MWIV | MWI Veterinary Supply | 0.01 | +32.00% | 2650 | 132.08 | 117.76 |
| SM | SM Energy | 0.01 | 4150 | 59.28 | 61.09 | |
| BGS | B&G; Foods | 0.01 | +24.00% | 10880 | 30.51 | 29.85 |
| SCOR | COMSCORE | 0.01 | NEW | 11390 | 16.77 | 19.75 |
| O'reilly Automotive | 0.01 | NEW | 1967 | 102.19 | 0.00 | |
| Tornier Nv | 0.01 | NEW | 10785 | 18.82 | 0.00 | |
| Francescas Hldgs | 0.01 | +33.00% | 12145 | 28.74 | 0.00 | |
| Chefs Whse | 0.01 | NEW | 10495 | 18.48 | 0.00 | |
| Abbvie | 0.01 | NEW | 7300 | 40.82 | 0.00 | |
| HL | Hecla Mining Company | 0.00 | +35.00% | 20975 | 3.96 | 3.38 |
| Ceragon Networks | 0.00 | +50.00% | 17870 | 4.31 | 0.00 | |
| IL | IntraLinks Holdings | 0.00 | +32.00% | 14390 | 6.39 | 6.17 |
Past 13F-HR SEC Filings for Chris Merkle
- Chris Merkle 2012 Q4 - filed Jan. 10, 2013
- Chris Merkle 2012 Q3 - filed Oct. 15, 2012
- Jennifer Ranahan 2012 Q2 - filed Aug. 9, 2012
- Jennifer Ranahan 2012 Q1 - filed May 15, 2012
- Jennifer Ranahan 2011 Q4 - filed Feb. 13, 2012
- Jennifer Ranahan 2011 Q3 - filed Nov. 15, 2011
- Jennifer Ranahan 2011 Q2 - filed July 22, 2011
- Jennifer Ranahan 2011 Q1 - filed April 20, 2011
- Jennifer Ranahan 2010 Q4 - filed Feb. 9, 2011