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 |
