CHESAPEAKE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001079397
13F-HR · 168 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.09B
Top-10 concentration
45.7%
CHESAPEAKE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC — $85.4M AUM allocation strategy
CHESAPEAKE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $85.4M of long US equity value across 168 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 18.1%, followed by Health Care 15.3% and Financials 9.3%.
The top 10 holdings account for 46% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. 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.
CHESAPEAKE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$85.4M
total across 168 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
46% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$VLO +4.03K sh · +$1.01M+$FAST +4.03K sh · +$213K+$APO +1.61K sh · +$111K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$MSFT −6.63K sh · −$5M−$T −5.98K sh · −$152K−$IBM −4.57K sh · −$1.6M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$LVS ($216K last qtr)$NOW ($115K last qtr)$WFC ($103K last qtr)$COF ($84.8K last qtr)$AEP ($72.6K 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)
- Pharmaceuticals13.9%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals7.8%—
- Systems Software6.8%—
- Diversified Banks6.6%—
- Life & Health Insurance2.7%—
- Aerospace & Defense2.2%—
- Semiconductors2.2%—
- Household Products2.1%—
- Other holdings55.8%—
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
9 of 9 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | 9.31K | $8.56M | +152 | 10.0% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 26.2K | $6.64M | -2.12K | 7.8% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 15.8K | $5.86M | -6.63K | 6.9% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 19.5K | $5.65M | +47 | 6.6% |
| $AFL | AFLAC Incorporated | 20.5K | $2.25M | -3K | 2.6% |
| $RTX | RTX Corporation | 9.68K | $1.87M | +467 | 2.2% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 5.97K | $1.85M | +291 | 2.2% |
| $MRK | Merck & Company Inc | 15.1K | $1.81M | -1.11K | 2.1% |
| $CHD | Church & Dwight Company Inc | 19.3K | $1.8M | +0 | 2.1% |
…and 159 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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