Stocks/Funds/CIK 1163744

Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1163744
Assets
$4.90B
-24.4% YoY
Holdings
112
Lifetime alpha vs market
-9.87% annual
Average hold time
6.3 yr
median 7.0 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +0% vs S&P +52% · α -52% lifetimeAUM $4.9B · peak $7.5BFlow $-579M (-10%)2016-062017-122019-062020-122022-062023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
-1.30%
trims when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-1.47%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-2.93%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
RBCRBC Bearings Incorporate$233M4.8%+68.8%7.0 yr
CWSTCasella Waste Systems, I$223M4.5%-28.8%6.8 yr
BCPCBalchem Corporation$212M4.3%+2.7%10.5 yr
FSVFirstService Corporation$195M4.0%-15.9%7.0 yr
ROADConstruction Partners, I$184M3.8%+54.6%7.3 yr
NOVTNovanta Inc.$171M3.5%-7.6%8.0 yr
LMATLeMaitre Vascular, Inc.$161M3.3%+31.3%9.3 yr
ESEESCO Technologies Inc.$152M3.1%+77.1%9.3 yr
DSGXThe Descartes Systems Gr$151M3.1%-29.0%9.5 yr
CSWICSW Industrials, Inc.$151M3.1%2.8 yr
MMSIMerit Medical Systems, I$149M3.0%-34.8%7.0 yr
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply$147M3.0%+9.6%9.8 yr
DGIIDigi International Inc.$145M3.0%+73.2%6.3 yr
MRCYMercury Systems, Inc.$140M2.9%+69.2%8.0 yr
SPXCSPX Technologies, Inc.$131M2.7%+55.3%2.0 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Medical - Instruments & Supplies12.1%+1.5pp$591M
Industrial - Machinery11.7%+1.7pp$571M
Software - Application11.3%-7.3pp$553M
Hardware, Equipment & Parts7.0%+0.7pp$342M
Industrial - Distribution5.6%+0.6pp$275M
Chemicals - Specialty5.1%+0.9pp$251M
Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories4.8%+0.2pp$235M
Waste Management4.6%-0.4pp$223M
Aerospace & Defense4.5%+2.0pp$221M
Engineering & Construction4.3%+0.4pp$211M
Country
US90.4%+1.1pp
CA7.1%-1.0pp
IT2.4%-0.2pp
Unknown0.1%+0.1pp
GB0.0%+0.0pp
IE0.0%-0.0pp
Top 5: 21.4% · Top 10: 37.4% · Top 25: 73.2%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
RBC$235M+0.16B68.8%
ROAD$248M+0.14B54.6%
ESE$166M+0.13B77.1%
DGII$100M+0.07B73.2%
MRCY$97M+0.07B69.2%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
CWST$321M-0.09B-28.8%
MMSI$239M-0.08B-34.8%
DSGX$280M-0.08B-29.0%
QTWO$157M-0.06B-40.9%
STVN$167M-0.05B-32.5%

Top buys this quarter · 15

UTI Universal Technical Institute,+$43M
AORT Artivion, Inc.new+$43M
FSV FirstService Corporation+$32M
LGN Legence Corp. Class A Common snew+$23M
NPO EnPro Industries, Inc.new+$20M
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutio+$106M
CACI CACI International Incnew+$15M
STVN Stevanato Group S.p.A.+$117M
BCPC Balchem Corporation+$8M
VCEL Vericel Corporation+$79M

Top sells this quarter · 15

CWAN Clearwater Analytics Holdings,$129M
RBC RBC Bearings Incorporated$84M
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc.$152M
HLMN Hillman Solutions Corp.$45M
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc$42M
ROAD Construction Partners, Inc.$41M
SPSC SPS Commerce, Inc.$35M
EXPO Exponent, Inc.$32M
TRNS Transcat, Inc.$32M
VERX Vertex, Inc.exit$30M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$4.90B112-2.84%+17.59%-20.43%-0.58B
2025-12-31$5.81B119-6.72%+17.72%-24.44%-0.16B
2025-09-30$6.07B120-4.34%+17.52%-21.86%-0.49B
2025-06-30$6.63B120+8.02%+14.94%-6.92%-0.23B
2025-03-31$6.48B121-3.90%+8.30%-12.21%-0.15B
2024-12-31$7.32B122+10.91%+24.89%-13.98%+0.13B
2024-09-30$7.14B119+21.86%+36.04%-14.18%-0.11B
2024-06-30$6.49B128+2.22%+24.49%-22.27%+0.19B
2024-03-31$6.69B129+15.59%+29.62%-14.04%-0.02B
2023-12-31$6.42B129+24.31%+26.18%-1.87%+0.18B
2023-09-30$5.63B126+17.73%+21.57%-3.83%-0.08B
2023-06-30$6.09B124+18.91%+19.42%-0.51%-0.04B
2023-03-31$5.76B127-6.95%-7.82%+0.87%-0.04B
2022-12-31$5.15B130+4.85%+7.56%-2.71%-0.06B
2022-09-30$4.97B133-5.33%-4.93%-0.40%-0.10B
2022-06-30$5.36B137-16.66%-16.11%-0.55%-0.06B