Ariel Investments

Ariel Investments as of Dec. 31, 2011

Portfolio Holdings for Ariel Investments

Ariel Investments holds 125 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2011 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) 3.9 $167M 17M 9.73
Lazard Ltd-cl A shs a 3.8 $165M 6.3M 26.11
Gannett 3.5 $154M 12M 13.37
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) 3.4 $149M 2.4M 61.26
Mohawk Industries (MHK) 3.2 $141M 2.4M 59.85
Janus Capital 3.2 $140M 22M 6.31
DeVry 2.9 $128M 3.3M 38.46
First American Financial (FAF) 2.6 $113M 8.9M 12.67
International Game Technology 2.5 $109M 6.3M 17.20
Zimmer Holdings (ZBH) 2.3 $98M 1.8M 53.42
Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) 2.2 $97M 2.7M 35.84
Cbre Group Inc Cl A (CBRE) 2.2 $95M 6.2M 15.22
Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 2.2 $94M 980k 96.04
Hospira 2.1 $92M 3.0M 30.37
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 2.0 $87M 1.3M 67.60
J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) 2.0 $85M 1.1M 78.17
Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) 1.9 $84M 5.2M 16.15
KKR & Co 1.9 $83M 6.5M 12.83
Brady Corporation (BRC) 1.8 $80M 2.5M 31.57
Charles River Laboratories (CRL) 1.8 $78M 2.9M 27.33
AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) 1.7 $76M 1.7M 43.26
CBS Corporation 1.7 $74M 2.7M 27.14
Dell 1.7 $73M 5.0M 14.63
Via 1.7 $73M 1.6M 45.41
City National Corporation 1.6 $72M 1.6M 44.18
Meredith Corporation 1.6 $69M 2.1M 32.65
Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) 1.5 $66M 1.7M 39.66
Madison Square Garden 1.5 $65M 2.3M 28.64
IDEX Corporation (IEX) 1.5 $65M 1.7M 37.11
Nordstrom (JWN) 1.4 $62M 1.2M 49.71
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) 1.4 $61M 2.5M 24.77
Omni (OMC) 1.4 $61M 1.4M 44.58
Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) 1.4 $60M 1.8M 33.66
Contango Oil & Gas Company 1.4 $59M 1.0M 58.18
Carnival Corporation (CCL) 1.4 $59M 1.8M 32.64
Interface 1.3 $57M 4.9M 11.54
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation 1.3 $56M 751k 74.83
Sotheby's 1.2 $54M 1.9M 28.53
Franklin Resources (BEN) 1.2 $52M 537k 96.06
Chesapeake Energy Corporation 1.2 $51M 2.3M 22.29
Symmetry Medical 1.1 $49M 6.1M 7.99
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 1.1 $46M 1.0M 44.97
Littelfuse (LFUS) 1.0 $45M 1.0M 42.98
St. Jude Medical 1.0 $44M 1.3M 34.30
Accenture (ACN) 1.0 $43M 809k 53.23
Brink's Company (BCO) 1.0 $42M 1.6M 26.88
Blackstone 0.9 $39M 2.8M 14.01
Washington Post Company 0.8 $36M 94k 376.81
Herman Miller (MLKN) 0.8 $35M 1.9M 18.45
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 0.8 $33M 714k 46.71
Team 0.8 $33M 1.1M 29.75
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) 0.6 $28M 546k 50.42
T. Rowe Price (TROW) 0.6 $27M 473k 56.95
Energizer Holdings 0.6 $24M 314k 77.48
Middleby Corporation (MIDD) 0.5 $21M 219k 94.04
Baxter International (BAX) 0.4 $19M 384k 49.48
Anixter International 0.4 $18M 307k 59.64
Knoll 0.3 $15M 1.0M 14.85
Blount International 0.3 $14M 955k 14.52
Matthews International Corporation (MATW) 0.3 $14M 432k 31.43
Bob Evans Farms 0.3 $13M 372k 33.54
Mattel (MAT) 0.3 $12M 425k 27.76
Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) 0.2 $10M 742k 13.71
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 0.2 $9.1M 350k 25.96
HCC Insurance Holdings 0.2 $9.1M 330k 27.50
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 0.2 $8.2M 96k 84.76
PrivateBan 0.2 $8.0M 732k 10.98
Markel Corporation (MKL) 0.2 $7.2M 17k 414.67
Target Corporation (TGT) 0.2 $6.8M 133k 51.22
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 0.1 $6.2M 95k 65.58
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) 0.1 $5.9M 73k 80.90
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.1 $5.6M 31k 183.88
Tyco International Ltd S hs 0.1 $5.8M 125k 46.71
Goldman Sachs (GS) 0.1 $5.3M 59k 90.43
Morgan Stanley (MS) 0.1 $5.2M 343k 15.13
Walgreen Company 0.1 $4.6M 141k 33.06
Mitcham Industries 0.1 $4.6M 211k 21.84
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) 0.1 $4.5M 228k 19.91
Market Leader 0.1 $4.5M 1.6M 2.75
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 0.1 $4.0M 53k 76.30
Ballantyne Strong 0.1 $3.8M 918k 4.09
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 0.1 $3.7M 110k 33.25
Apollo 0.1 $3.5M 65k 53.87
Orion Energy Systems (OESX) 0.1 $3.6M 1.2M 2.95
Pervasive Software 0.1 $3.6M 617k 5.82
Citigroup (C) 0.1 $3.5M 133k 26.31
Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) 0.1 $3.2M 333k 9.73
Pctel 0.1 $3.2M 472k 6.84
Vical Incorporated 0.1 $3.1M 694k 4.41
American Reprographics Company 0.1 $2.4M 529k 4.59
Perceptron 0.1 $2.7M 558k 4.76
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.1 $2.3M 42k 56.23
Edgewater Technology 0.1 $2.0M 725k 2.76
Avatar Holdings 0.1 $2.0M 279k 7.18
Xo Group 0.1 $2.3M 272k 8.34
Shoe Carnival (SCVL) 0.0 $1.8M 68k 25.70
Multi-Fineline Electronix 0.0 $1.8M 87k 20.55
Landec Corporation (LFCR) 0.0 $1.8M 329k 5.52
Cowen 0.0 $1.7M 664k 2.59
Red Lion Hotels Corporation 0.0 $1.5M 224k 6.93
International Game Technology 0.0 $1.3M 76k 17.20
Charles River Laboratories (CRL) 0.0 $1.3M 48k 27.33
Chesapeake Energy Corporation 0.0 $1.2M 53k 22.29
JAKKS Pacific 0.0 $1.1M 81k 14.11
Sigma Designs 0.0 $1.4M 235k 6.00
Imation 0.0 $1.2M 207k 5.73
InfoSpace 0.0 $1.1M 104k 10.99
Astro-Med (ALOT) 0.0 $1.1M 145k 7.61
Versar 0.0 $1.3M 393k 3.19
Orbcomm 0.0 $1.4M 456k 2.99
Crown Crafts (CRWS) 0.0 $1.4M 419k 3.29
Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) 0.0 $959k 29k 33.66
Callaway Golf Company (MODG) 0.0 $938k 170k 5.53
Gaiam 0.0 $1.1M 333k 3.24
MEDTOX Scientific (MTOX) 0.0 $772k 55k 14.05
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index (IWN) 0.0 $810k 12k 65.64
Heelys 0.0 $906k 490k 1.85
Myrexis (MYRX) 0.0 $823k 307k 2.68
AuthenTec 0.0 $753k 235k 3.21
CSP (CSPI) 0.0 $761k 236k 3.22
21st Century Holding (TCHC) 0.0 $796k 269k 2.96
American Electric Technologies 0.0 $845k 166k 5.08
Tecumseh Products Company 0.0 $450k 96k 4.70
Rosetta Stone 0.0 $360k 47k 7.63
Charles River Laboratories (CRL) 0.0 $119k 4.3k 27.33