Skylands Capital, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001299910
13F-HR · 71 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.44B
Top-10 concentration
56.9%
Skylands Capital, LLC — $443M AUM allocation strategy
Skylands Capital, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $443M of long US equity value across 71 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Industrials 20.2%, followed by Real Estate 12.0% and Communication Services 11.4%.
The top 10 holdings account for 57% 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.
Skylands Capital, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$443M
total across 71 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
57% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$TAP +94.5K sh · +$3.17M+$SCHW +52.6K sh · +$4.67M+$GEHC +35.5K sh · +$1.17M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$INTC −78.9K sh · −$1.57M−$XLE −31.4K sh · −$342K−$CSX −18.1K sh · +$520K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$TRGP ($2.44M last qtr)$DIS ($76.8K last qtr)$GEV ($49K 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)
- Rail Transportation17.7%—
- Telecom Tower REITs12.0%—
- Interactive Media & Services9.5%—
- Automobile Manufacturers7.2%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.5%—
- Diversified Banks5.0%—
- Brewers3.3%—
- Electronic Components2.9%—
- Other holdings36.9%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | 217K | $52.7M | -5.64K | 11.9% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 146K | $42.1M | -1.94K | 9.5% |
| $GM | General Motors Company | 427K | $31.8M | -16.8K | 7.2% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 96.8K | $24.6M | -475 | 5.5% |
| $CCI | Crown Castle Inc | 287K | $23.3M | +24.6K | 5.3% |
| $SBAC | SBA Communications Corporation | 114K | $19.6M | +17K | 4.4% |
| $NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | 55.3K | $15.9M | -2.59K | 3.6% |
| $TAP | Molson Coors Beverage Company | 343K | $14.8M | +94.5K | 3.3% |
| $C | Citigroup Inc | 127K | $14.4M | +1.5K | 3.3% |
| $COHR | Coherent Corp | 54.3K | $12.9M | -8.83K | 2.9% |
…and 61 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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