Ariel Investments as of Sept. 30, 2012
Portfolio Holdings for Ariel Investments
Ariel Investments holds 126 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2012 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First American Financial (FAF) | 4.1 | $189M | 8.7M | 21.67 | |
| Lazard Ltd-cl A shs a | 4.0 | $186M | 6.4M | 29.23 | |
| Gannett | 3.9 | $183M | 10M | 17.75 | |
| Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) | 3.7 | $172M | 15M | 11.12 | |
| Janus Capital | 3.7 | $172M | 18M | 9.44 | |
| Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) | 3.4 | $159M | 2.1M | 76.35 | |
| DeVry | 3.0 | $139M | 6.1M | 22.76 | |
| International Game Technology | 2.7 | $127M | 9.7M | 13.09 | |
| KKR & Co | 2.5 | $118M | 7.8M | 15.11 | |
| Charles River Laboratories (CRL) | 2.4 | $113M | 2.9M | 39.60 | |
| International Speedway Corporation | 2.2 | $105M | 3.7M | 28.37 | |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) | 2.2 | $105M | 981k | 106.72 | |
| Mohawk Industries (MHK) | 2.1 | $99M | 1.2M | 80.02 | |
| Madison Square Garden | 2.0 | $95M | 2.4M | 40.27 | |
| Zimmer Holdings (ZBH) | 2.0 | $93M | 1.4M | 67.62 | |
| Cbre Group Inc Cl A (CBRE) | 1.9 | $88M | 4.8M | 18.41 | |
| City National Corporation | 1.8 | $84M | 1.6M | 51.51 | |
| Hospira | 1.7 | $80M | 2.4M | 32.82 | |
| Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) | 1.7 | $78M | 4.1M | 19.09 | |
| Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) | 1.7 | $78M | 1.8M | 44.26 | |
| Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | 1.6 | $77M | 960k | 79.62 | |
| Contango Oil & Gas Company | 1.6 | $77M | 1.6M | 49.14 | |
| Life Technologies | 1.6 | $73M | 1.5M | 48.85 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 1.5 | $70M | 1.5M | 46.41 | |
| Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) | 1.5 | $68M | 952k | 71.87 | |
| Sotheby's | 1.4 | $67M | 2.1M | 31.50 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) | 1.4 | $66M | 2.2M | 30.21 | |
| AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) | 1.4 | $64M | 1.3M | 47.88 | |
| Simpson Manufacturing (SSD) | 1.4 | $64M | 2.2M | 28.62 | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) | 1.4 | $63M | 1.1M | 58.83 | |
| Via | 1.3 | $62M | 1.2M | 53.59 | |
| IDEX Corporation (IEX) | 1.3 | $62M | 1.5M | 41.77 | |
| Interface (TILE) | 1.3 | $62M | 4.7M | 13.21 | |
| St. Jude Medical | 1.3 | $60M | 1.4M | 42.13 | |
| Meredith Corporation | 1.3 | $60M | 1.7M | 35.00 | |
| Brady Corporation (BRC) | 1.3 | $59M | 2.0M | 29.28 | |
| J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) | 1.2 | $57M | 658k | 86.33 | |
| Littelfuse (LFUS) | 1.2 | $55M | 972k | 56.54 | |
| Western Union Company (WU) | 1.1 | $52M | 2.9M | 18.22 | |
| Blackstone | 1.1 | $52M | 3.6M | 14.28 | |
| Franklin Resources (BEN) | 1.1 | $51M | 406k | 125.07 | |
| Dell | 1.1 | $50M | 5.1M | 9.86 | |
| Symmetry Medical | 1.0 | $45M | 4.5M | 9.89 | |
| CBS Corporation | 0.9 | $42M | 1.1M | 36.33 | |
| Nordstrom (JWN) | 0.8 | $38M | 691k | 55.18 | |
| Omni (OMC) | 0.8 | $38M | 744k | 51.56 | |
| Washington Post Company | 0.8 | $36M | 100k | 363.03 | |
| Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) | 0.8 | $35M | 461k | 76.25 | |
| Apollo | 0.7 | $35M | 1.2M | 29.05 | |
| Team | 0.7 | $34M | 1.1M | 31.85 | |
| Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | 0.6 | $28M | 472k | 59.47 | |
| Mitcham Industries | 0.6 | $27M | 1.7M | 15.94 | |
| Carnival Corporation (CCL) | 0.5 | $25M | 685k | 36.43 | |
| Accenture (ACN) | 0.5 | $24M | 342k | 70.03 | |
| Towers Watson & Co | 0.5 | $24M | 447k | 53.05 | |
| WMS Industries | 0.5 | $22M | 1.3M | 16.38 | |
| T. Rowe Price (TROW) | 0.5 | $21M | 334k | 63.30 | |
| Brink's Company (BCO) | 0.4 | $21M | 797k | 25.69 | |
| Tiffany & Co. | 0.4 | $20M | 322k | 61.88 | |
| Anixter International | 0.4 | $19M | 338k | 57.46 | |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) | 0.4 | $17M | 281k | 62.04 | |
| Chesapeake Energy Corporation | 0.4 | $17M | 889k | 18.87 | |
| Blount International | 0.3 | $16M | 1.2M | 13.16 | |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | 0.2 | $10M | 298k | 33.89 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 0.2 | $9.0M | 304k | 29.76 | |
| Matthews International Corporation (MATW) | 0.2 | $9.1M | 305k | 29.82 | |
| PrivateBan | 0.2 | $9.1M | 567k | 15.99 | |
| Target Corporation (TGT) | 0.2 | $8.5M | 134k | 63.47 | |
| Markel Corporation (MKL) | 0.2 | $8.3M | 18k | 458.48 | |
| Bob Evans Farms | 0.2 | $8.3M | 211k | 39.13 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) | 0.2 | $8.1M | 89k | 91.45 | |
| Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) | 0.2 | $7.3M | 404k | 18.11 | |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) | 0.2 | $7.4M | 80k | 93.38 | |
| Walgreen Company | 0.2 | $7.7M | 211k | 36.44 | |
| Middleby Corporation (MIDD) | 0.2 | $7.6M | 66k | 115.65 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 0.1 | $6.9M | 100k | 68.91 | |
| Morgan Stanley (MS) | 0.1 | $7.0M | 419k | 16.74 | |
| Goldman Sachs (GS) | 0.1 | $6.0M | 53k | 113.69 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.1 | $6.1M | 29k | 207.45 | |
| Market Leader | 0.1 | $6.1M | 906k | 6.70 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) | 0.1 | $5.8M | 143k | 40.48 | |
| Pervasive Software | 0.1 | $5.8M | 675k | 8.60 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 0.1 | $5.3M | 233k | 22.62 | |
| Pctel | 0.1 | $4.9M | 702k | 7.05 | |
| Vical Incorporated | 0.1 | $4.5M | 1.0M | 4.33 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 0.1 | $3.9M | 45k | 88.21 | |
| Walt Disney Company (DIS) | 0.1 | $3.8M | 73k | 52.27 | |
| Imation | 0.1 | $3.8M | 674k | 5.59 | |
| Landec Corporation (LFCR) | 0.1 | $3.7M | 321k | 11.45 | |
| Rentech | 0.1 | $3.6M | 1.5M | 2.46 | |
| Cowen | 0.1 | $3.6M | 1.3M | 2.71 | |
| Orion Energy Systems (OESX) | 0.1 | $3.6M | 1.8M | 1.98 | |
| Perceptron | 0.1 | $3.9M | 630k | 6.25 | |
| Xo Group | 0.1 | $3.8M | 457k | 8.35 | |
| Av Homes | 0.1 | $3.6M | 243k | 14.84 | |
| Baxter International (BAX) | 0.1 | $3.0M | 51k | 60.27 | |
| Edgewater Technology | 0.1 | $3.1M | 792k | 3.97 | |
| American Reprographics Company | 0.1 | $3.1M | 728k | 4.27 | |
| Rosetta Stone | 0.1 | $3.1M | 244k | 12.75 | |
| Ballantyne Strong | 0.1 | $2.9M | 703k | 4.17 | |
| Versar | 0.1 | $2.9M | 854k | 3.36 | |
| Sigma Designs | 0.1 | $2.2M | 339k | 6.61 | |
| Crown Crafts (CRWS) | 0.1 | $2.2M | 355k | 6.19 | |
| JAKKS Pacific | 0.0 | $2.0M | 138k | 14.57 | |
| Albany Molecular Research | 0.0 | $1.8M | 513k | 3.47 | |
| Multi-Fineline Electronix | 0.0 | $2.1M | 91k | 22.55 | |
| Bolt Technology | 0.0 | $1.7M | 121k | 14.38 | |
| Hardinge | 0.0 | $1.8M | 178k | 10.25 | |
| Astro-Med (ALOT) | 0.0 | $1.8M | 207k | 8.69 | |
| Orbcomm | 0.0 | $2.0M | 538k | 3.74 | |
| Red Lion Hotels Corporation | 0.0 | $1.9M | 296k | 6.25 | |
| Callaway Golf Company (MODG) | 0.0 | $1.6M | 256k | 6.14 | |
| Gaiam | 0.0 | $1.6M | 460k | 3.49 | |
| Heelys | 0.0 | $1.6M | 854k | 1.83 | |
| Myrexis (MYRX) | 0.0 | $1.2M | 504k | 2.43 | |
| CSP (CSPI) | 0.0 | $1.2M | 275k | 4.48 | |
| American Electric Technologies | 0.0 | $1.2M | 250k | 4.67 | |
| China Mobile | 0.0 | $312k | 5.6k | 55.28 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) | 0.0 | $238k | 18k | 13.34 | |
| Nokia Corporation (NOK) | 0.0 | $426k | 166k | 2.57 | |
| Gilead Sciences (GILD) | 0.0 | $400k | 6.0k | 66.36 | |
| Ryanair Holdings | 0.0 | $538k | 17k | 32.22 | |
| Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) | 0.0 | $241k | 3.1k | 78.37 | |
| Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) | 0.0 | $340k | 5.4k | 63.44 | |
| QLogic Corporation | 0.0 | $275k | 24k | 11.41 | |
| Royal Dutch Shell | 0.0 | $215k | 3.1k | 69.53 |
