Ariel Investments as of Sept. 30, 2011
Portfolio Holdings for Ariel Investments
Ariel Investments holds 120 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2011 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) | 3.4 | $128M | 2.5M | 51.81 | |
| Gannett | 3.3 | $123M | 13M | 9.53 | |
| Lazard Ltd-cl A shs a | 3.2 | $122M | 5.8M | 21.10 | |
| Janus Capital | 3.1 | $118M | 20M | 6.00 | |
| Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) | 3.1 | $118M | 16M | 7.20 | |
| Mohawk Industries (MHK) | 3.0 | $111M | 2.6M | 42.91 | |
| Zimmer Holdings (ZBH) | 2.9 | $110M | 2.1M | 53.48 | |
| International Game Technology | 2.6 | $96M | 6.6M | 14.53 | |
| DeVry | 2.5 | $94M | 2.5M | 36.96 | |
| First American Financial (FAF) | 2.5 | $92M | 7.2M | 12.80 | |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) | 2.4 | $90M | 991k | 90.77 | |
| J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) | 2.4 | $89M | 1.2M | 72.89 | |
| Hospira | 2.3 | $88M | 2.4M | 37.00 | |
| CB Richard Ellis | 2.3 | $87M | 6.5M | 13.46 | |
| Nordstrom (JWN) | 2.0 | $77M | 1.7M | 45.68 | |
| Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) | 2.0 | $76M | 3.5M | 21.83 | |
| Brady Corporation (BRC) | 1.9 | $71M | 2.7M | 26.43 | |
| Dell | 1.8 | $68M | 4.8M | 14.14 | |
| Interface | 1.8 | $68M | 5.7M | 11.86 | |
| Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) | 1.8 | $66M | 1.4M | 49.10 | |
| Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) | 1.7 | $65M | 5.5M | 11.87 | |
| CBS Corporation | 1.7 | $64M | 3.1M | 20.38 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) | 1.6 | $62M | 2.8M | 21.64 | |
| City National Corporation | 1.6 | $61M | 1.6M | 37.76 | |
| Via | 1.6 | $60M | 1.6M | 38.74 | |
| AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) | 1.5 | $58M | 1.7M | 34.95 | |
| IDEX Corporation (IEX) | 1.5 | $57M | 1.8M | 31.16 | |
| Brink's Company (BCO) | 1.4 | $55M | 2.3M | 23.31 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 1.4 | $54M | 1.5M | 34.98 | |
| Carnival Corporation (CCL) | 1.4 | $54M | 1.8M | 30.30 | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) | 1.3 | $50M | 990k | 50.64 | |
| Omni (OMC) | 1.3 | $50M | 1.4M | 36.84 | |
| Accenture (ACN) | 1.3 | $48M | 912k | 52.68 | |
| Littelfuse (LFUS) | 1.3 | $48M | 1.2M | 40.21 | |
| Baxter International (BAX) | 1.2 | $47M | 837k | 56.14 | |
| Chesapeake Energy Corporation | 1.2 | $47M | 1.8M | 25.55 | |
| Meredith Corporation | 1.2 | $47M | 2.1M | 22.64 | |
| Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | 1.2 | $46M | 752k | 61.26 | |
| Franklin Resources (BEN) | 1.2 | $45M | 471k | 95.64 | |
| Symmetry Medical | 1.2 | $44M | 5.7M | 7.72 | |
| Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) | 1.1 | $42M | 1.7M | 24.93 | |
| Herman Miller (MLKN) | 1.1 | $40M | 2.2M | 17.86 | |
| KKR & Co | 1.1 | $40M | 3.8M | 10.40 | |
| Sotheby's | 1.0 | $39M | 1.4M | 27.57 | |
| St. Jude Medical | 1.0 | $37M | 1.0M | 36.19 | |
| Madison Square Garden | 1.0 | $36M | 1.6M | 22.80 | |
| Contango Oil & Gas Company | 0.9 | $35M | 637k | 54.71 | |
| Washington Post Company | 0.8 | $31M | 94k | 326.97 | |
| Charles River Laboratories (CRL) | 0.8 | $29M | 996k | 28.62 | |
| Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | 0.8 | $29M | 686k | 41.60 | |
| T. Rowe Price (TROW) | 0.7 | $28M | 587k | 47.77 | |
| Tiffany & Co. | 0.7 | $26M | 434k | 60.82 | |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) | 0.7 | $25M | 547k | 46.16 | |
| Team | 0.7 | $25M | 1.2M | 20.98 | |
| Force Protection | 0.6 | $24M | 6.3M | 3.85 | |
| Energizer Holdings | 0.6 | $24M | 356k | 66.44 | |
| Mattel (MAT) | 0.5 | $20M | 780k | 25.89 | |
| Blackstone | 0.5 | $20M | 1.6M | 11.98 | |
| Middleby Corporation (MIDD) | 0.4 | $16M | 221k | 70.46 | |
| Matthews International Corporation (MATW) | 0.4 | $15M | 487k | 30.73 | |
| Apollo | 0.4 | $15M | 375k | 39.61 | |
| Knoll | 0.4 | $14M | 1.0M | 13.70 | |
| Anixter International | 0.4 | $14M | 294k | 47.44 | |
| Blount International | 0.4 | $13M | 1.0M | 13.36 | |
| Bob Evans Farms | 0.3 | $13M | 438k | 28.52 | |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | 0.2 | $9.0M | 335k | 27.05 | |
| Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) | 0.2 | $8.6M | 758k | 11.41 | |
| Markel Corporation (MKL) | 0.2 | $8.7M | 24k | 357.11 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 0.2 | $8.4M | 337k | 24.89 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.2 | $7.7M | 44k | 174.87 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) | 0.2 | $6.7M | 92k | 72.63 | |
| Target Corporation (TGT) | 0.2 | $6.2M | 127k | 49.04 | |
| Abbott Laboratories (ABT) | 0.1 | $5.8M | 114k | 51.14 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 0.1 | $5.6M | 88k | 63.69 | |
| Goldman Sachs (GS) | 0.1 | $5.2M | 55k | 94.55 | |
| Walgreen Company | 0.1 | $5.2M | 159k | 32.89 | |
| PrivateBan | 0.1 | $5.2M | 687k | 7.52 | |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) | 0.1 | $5.0M | 69k | 72.63 | |
| Tyco International Ltd S hs | 0.1 | $4.8M | 118k | 40.75 | |
| Steelcase (SCS) | 0.1 | $4.6M | 729k | 6.31 | |
| Morgan Stanley (MS) | 0.1 | $4.4M | 323k | 13.51 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 0.1 | $4.0M | 213k | 18.59 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) | 0.1 | $3.9M | 130k | 30.12 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 0.1 | $3.5M | 50k | 71.03 | |
| Market Leader | 0.1 | $3.2M | 1.5M | 2.20 | |
| Pctel | 0.1 | $2.6M | 418k | 6.15 | |
| Mitcham Industries | 0.1 | $2.6M | 230k | 11.20 | |
| Ballantyne Strong | 0.1 | $2.6M | 853k | 3.08 | |
| Orion Energy Systems (OESX) | 0.1 | $2.7M | 1.0M | 2.65 | |
| Perceptron | 0.1 | $2.8M | 519k | 5.41 | |
| Pervasive Software | 0.1 | $2.8M | 462k | 6.00 | |
| Avatar Holdings | 0.1 | $1.8M | 220k | 8.18 | |
| Citigroup (C) | 0.1 | $1.9M | 76k | 25.62 | |
| Xo Group | 0.1 | $2.1M | 251k | 8.17 | |
| Edgewater Technology | 0.0 | $1.5M | 664k | 2.33 | |
| JAKKS Pacific | 0.0 | $1.4M | 76k | 18.95 | |
| Sigma Designs | 0.0 | $1.7M | 216k | 7.84 | |
| American Reprographics Company | 0.0 | $1.3M | 393k | 3.36 | |
| Imation | 0.0 | $1.4M | 192k | 7.31 | |
| Multi-Fineline Electronix | 0.0 | $1.6M | 81k | 19.94 | |
| Landec Corporation (LFCR) | 0.0 | $1.6M | 305k | 5.32 | |
| Vical Incorporated | 0.0 | $1.6M | 646k | 2.48 | |
| Red Lion Hotels Corporation | 0.0 | $1.4M | 207k | 6.71 | |
| Crown Crafts (CRWS) | 0.0 | $1.4M | 388k | 3.66 | |
| Gaiam | 0.0 | $1.0M | 306k | 3.39 | |
| Versar | 0.0 | $1.0M | 360k | 2.80 | |
| Orbcomm | 0.0 | $1.1M | 423k | 2.55 | |
| Shoe Carnival (SCVL) | 0.0 | $671k | 28k | 23.61 | |
| InfoSpace | 0.0 | $813k | 97k | 8.36 | |
| Tecumseh Products Company | 0.0 | $652k | 89k | 7.29 | |
| Cowen | 0.0 | $918k | 339k | 2.71 | |
| Astro-Med (ALOT) | 0.0 | $890k | 127k | 7.00 | |
| MEDTOX Scientific (MTOX) | 0.0 | $666k | 51k | 13.10 | |
| Myrexis (MYRX) | 0.0 | $781k | 285k | 2.74 | |
| CSP (CSPI) | 0.0 | $744k | 219k | 3.40 | |
| 21st Century Holding (TCHC) | 0.0 | $581k | 250k | 2.32 | |
| American Electric Technologies | 0.0 | $638k | 172k | 3.70 | |
| Richardson Electronics (RELL) | 0.0 | $533k | 39k | 13.62 | |
| AuthenTec | 0.0 | $550k | 169k | 3.26 | |
| Callaway Golf Company (MODG) | 0.0 | $62k | 12k | 5.17 |
