Stocks/Funds/CIK 903949

NICHOLAS CO INC /WI

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 903949
Assets
$5.10B
-11.7% YoY
Holdings
203
Lifetime alpha vs market
-4.75% annual
Average hold time
6.2 yr
median 6.8 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +25% vs S&P +52% · α -27% lifetimeAUM $5.1B · peak $6.2BFlow $-158M (-3%)2016-062017-122019-062020-122022-062023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
-1.04%
trims when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-1.69%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-5.12%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
GOOGAlphabet Inc.$206M4.0%+84.3%9.5 yr
NVDANVIDIA Corporation$202M4.0%+60.9%5.3 yr
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.$182M3.6%+9.5%9.3 yr
AAPLApple Inc.$168M3.3%+14.7%10.3 yr
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation$167M3.3%-0.6%10.5 yr
ORLYO'Reilly Automotive, Inc$89M1.7%-3.4%10.5 yr
TJXThe TJX Companies, Inc.$86M1.7%+32.7%8.5 yr
COSTCostco Wholesale Corpora$84M1.7%+5.9%6.3 yr
WCNWaste Connections, Inc.$83M1.6%-16.2%2.0 yr
AVGOBroadcom Inc.$82M1.6%+86.0%5.5 yr
AZNAstraZeneca PLC$81M1.6%+36.2%0.3 yr
HDThe Home Depot, Inc.$79M1.5%-8.0%9.5 yr
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific$79M1.5%-0.9%10.5 yr
NFLXNetflix, Inc.$77M1.5%+3.1%1.3 yr
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.$73M1.4%+21.8%7.8 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Semiconductors11.3%+4.9pp$575M
Software - Application7.5%-2.9pp$382M
Software - Infrastructure7.1%-1.6pp$360M
Industrial - Machinery6.1%+3.0pp$310M
Specialty Retail6.0%+0.8pp$304M
Internet Content & Information5.4%+2.4pp$274M
Drug Manufacturers - General4.9%+1.0pp$250M
Medical - Devices3.4%-0.2pp$173M
Consumer Electronics3.3%+1.0pp$168M
Restaurants3.0%-0.6pp$152M
Country
US88.2%-0.3pp
IE4.2%+1.2pp
GB1.8%+1.5pp
CA1.8%+0.4pp
FR1.4%+0.2pp
Unknown1.2%-1.3pp
CH1.2%+0.0pp
IT0.2%-0.1pp
Top 5: 18.2% · Top 10: 26.4% · Top 25: 47.3%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
GOOG$170M+0.14B84.3%
NVDA$115M+0.07B60.9%
TJX$91M+0.03B32.7%
AAPL$130M+0.02B14.7%
AMZN$163M+0.02B9.5%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
AON$79M-0.01B-18.4%
SPGI$84M-0.01B-15.6%
V$93M-0.01B-13.1%
WCN$71M-0.01B-16.2%
MA$94M-0.01B-8.5%

Top buys this quarter · 15

AZN AstraZeneca PLCnew+$81M
AVGO Broadcom Inc.+$75M
PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc.+$19M
NFLX Netflix, Inc.+$19M
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.+$16M
CRL Charles River Laboratories Int+$12M
DDOG Datadog, Inc.new+$11M
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc.+$10M
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.+$10M
ETN Eaton Corporation plc+$9M

Top sells this quarter · 15

CARR Carrier Global Corporationexit$52M
HON Honeywell International Inc.$47M
ACN Accenture plc$42M
ADBE Adobe Inc.$24M
TTD The Trade Desk, Inc.exit$23M
KO The Coca-Cola Company$23M
GOOG Alphabet Inc.$23M
TEAM Atlassian Corporationexit$21M
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc.$19M
LRCX Lam Research Corporation$15M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$5.10B203+2.98%+17.59%-14.62%-0.16B
2025-12-31$5.71B205+6.69%+17.72%-11.02%-0.22B
2025-09-30$5.89B215+6.15%+17.52%-11.36%-0.19B
2025-06-30$5.97B216+8.54%+14.94%-6.40%-0.33B
2025-03-31$5.77B213-1.80%+8.30%-10.10%-0.11B
2024-12-31$6.17B213+11.57%+24.89%-13.32%+0.02B
2024-09-30$6.14B215+26.08%+36.04%-9.96%-0.11B
2024-06-30$6.01B215+17.24%+24.49%-7.26%+0.04B
2024-03-31$6.05B217+28.89%+29.62%-0.73%-0.07B
2023-12-31$5.65B212+27.60%+26.18%+1.43%-0.00B
2023-09-30$4.99B213+22.08%+21.57%+0.51%-0.06B
2023-06-30$5.22B216+21.17%+19.42%+1.75%-0.12B
2023-03-31$4.92B218-3.91%-7.82%+3.90%-0.09B
2022-12-31$4.67B217+8.30%+7.56%+0.74%-0.05B
2022-09-30$4.36B222-3.88%-4.93%+1.05%-0.03B
2022-06-30$4.57B224-13.94%-16.11%+2.17%-0.25B