ADVISORY RESEARCH INC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0000902584
13F-HR · 49 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.32B
Top-10 concentration
60.2%
ADVISORY RESEARCH INC — $317M AUM allocation strategy
ADVISORY RESEARCH INC files SEC Form 13F and reports $317M of long US equity value across 49 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 16.3%, followed by Communication Services 14.9% and Consumer Staples 13.2%.
The top 10 holdings account for 60% of reported value — a conviction-weighted book concentrated in its best ideas. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
ADVISORY RESEARCH INC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$317M
total across 49 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
60% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$KDP +250K sh · +$5.6M+$CPRT +9.75K sh · +$216K+$IVZ +7.31K sh · +$246K
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Interactive Media & Services11.6%—
- Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages7.0%—
- Tobacco6.2%—
- Semiconductors6.2%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data6.1%—
- Electric Utilities5.8%—
- Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods5.5%—
- Biotechnology5.0%—
- Other holdings46.6%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 93.3K | $26.8M | +2.59K | 8.5% |
| $KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc | 839K | $22.1M | +250K | 7.0% |
| $PM | Philip Morris International Inc | 120K | $19.8M | -59K | 6.2% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 63.7K | $19.7M | -18.7K | 6.2% |
| $CME | CME Group Inc | 64.6K | $19.1M | +2.23K | 6.0% |
| $AEP | American Electric Power Company Inc | 141K | $18.5M | +4.77K | 5.8% |
| $TPR | Tapestry Inc | 124K | $17.5M | -107K | 5.5% |
| $ABBV | AbbVie Inc | 73.1K | $15.9M | +2.38K | 5.0% |
| $APA | APA Corporation | 373K | $15.8M | — | 5.0% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 42.7K | $15.8M | +994 | 5.0% |
…and 39 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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