POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001034524
13F-HR · 44 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Polen Capital Management LLC is an asset manager.
Reported long-US-equity value
$13.09B
Top-10 concentration
62.0%
POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — $13.1B AUM allocation strategy
POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $13.1B of long US equity value across 44 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 33.4%, followed by Financials 18.7% and Health Care 15.3%.
The top 10 holdings account for 62% 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.
POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$13.1B
total across 44 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
62% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$CSGP +7.68M sh · +$178M+$NOW +1.59M sh · −$110M+$BNY +601 sh · +$156K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$AMZN −4.76M sh · −$1.19B−$ABT −3.95M sh · −$495M−$BSX −3.44M sh · −$347M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$IVV ($9.36M last qtr)$WDAY ($2.32M last qtr)$VTI ($1.9M last qtr)$TMO ($1.34M last qtr)$CEG ($993K last qtr)
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)
- Systems Software13.8%—
- Semiconductors11.8%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services11.6%—
- Pharmaceuticals10.3%—
- Interactive Media & Services8.5%—
- Broadline Retail6.2%—
- Application Software5.7%—
- Health Care Equipment5.1%—
- Other holdings26.9%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 2.85M | $1.05B | -1.06M | 8.0% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 2.95M | $845M | -1.07M | 6.5% |
| $LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | 915K | $841M | -332K | 6.4% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 2.7M | $835M | -834K | 6.4% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 3.9M | $812M | -4.76M | 6.2% |
| $MA | Mastercard Incorporated | 1.54M | $770M | -590K | 5.9% |
| $NOW | ServiceNow Inc | 7.27M | $760M | +1.59M | 5.8% |
| $V | Visa Inc | 2.45M | $739M | -930K | 5.6% |
| $ORCL | Oracle Corporation | 5.02M | $739M | -2.16M | 5.6% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 4.1M | $716M | -1.22M | 5.5% |
…and 34 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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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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