BARR E S & CO
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001040210
13F-HR · 84 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Barr E S & Co is a registered investment advisor.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.39B
Top-10 concentration
70.8%
BARR E S & CO — $1.39B AUM allocation strategy
BARR E S & CO files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.39B of long US equity value across 84 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 55.9%, followed by Communication Services 14.6% and Consumer Discretionary 9.6%.
The top 10 holdings account for 71% 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.
BARR E S & CO — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.39B
total across 84 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
71% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$BRO +457K sh · +$24.6M+$VRSK +2K sh · +$313K+$MA +1.94K sh · −$2.6M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$GOOGL −61.3K sh · −$32.3M−$F −44.8K sh · −$631K−$GOOG −39.1K sh · −$15.8M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$DG ($714K last qtr)$TFC ($638K last qtr)$ES ($620K last qtr)$CVS ($613K last qtr)$PFE ($586K 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)
- Multi-Sector Holdings16.9%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage13.7%—
- Interactive Media & Services13.0%—
- Diversified Banks7.2%—
- Broadline Retail6.7%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data5.1%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks4.1%—
- Insurance Brokers3.9%—
- Other holdings29.4%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Class B | 490K | $235M | -11.4K | 16.9% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 486K | $140M | -61.3K | 10.1% |
| $GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 142K | $120M | -4.24K | 8.7% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 341K | $100M | -6.65K | 7.2% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 444K | $92.5M | -3.7K | 6.7% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 746K | $70.1M | -10.8K | 5.1% |
| $MCO | Moody's Corporation | 160K | $69.7M | -1.99K | 5.0% |
| $BX | Blackstone Inc | 490K | $56.3M | -5.59K | 4.1% |
| $BRO | Brown & Brown Inc | 820K | $53.5M | +457K | 3.9% |
| $AXP | American Express Company | 162K | $43.8M | -3.97K | 3.2% |
…and 74 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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