NICOLET BANKSHARES INC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001174850
13F-HR · 282 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Nicolet Bankshares Inc is a bank holding company.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.76B
Top-10 concentration
53.0%
NICOLET BANKSHARES INC — $1.76B AUM allocation strategy
NICOLET BANKSHARES INC files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.76B of long US equity value across 282 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 10.8%, followed by Information Technology 9.9% and Communication Services 3.6%.
The top 10 holdings account for 53% 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.
NICOLET BANKSHARES INC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.76B
total across 282 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
53% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$SPYM +4.14M sh · +$317M+$SCHW +2.22M sh · +$67.2M+$IVV +977K sh · +$114M
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)
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.6%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage4.0%—
- Interactive Media & Services3.6%—
- Diversified Banks2.6%—
- Systems Software2.4%—
- Multi-Sector Holdings2.0%—
- Semiconductors2.0%—
- Broadline Retail1.6%—
- Other holdings76.2%—
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
6 of 6 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 387K | $98.6M | +328K | 5.6% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 2.26M | $69.3M | +2.22M | 3.9% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 448K | $46.1M | +285K | 2.6% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 113K | $41.8M | +86.8K | 2.4% |
| $BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Class B | 73.8K | $35.3M | +68.3K | 2.0% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 198K | $34.6M | +137K | 2.0% |
…and 276 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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