BROWN ADVISORY INC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001345929
13F-HR · 456 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Investment advisory firm.
Reported long-US-equity value
$43.55B
Top-10 concentration
40.0%
BROWN ADVISORY INC — $43.6B AUM allocation strategy
BROWN ADVISORY INC files SEC Form 13F and reports $43.6B of long US equity value across 456 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 17.6%, followed by Financials 13.0% and Communication Services 5.8%.
The top 10 holdings account for 40% 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.
BROWN ADVISORY INC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$43.6B
total across 456 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
40% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +4.26M sh · +$303M+$PANW +1.61M sh · +$254M+$CTAS +1.03M sh · +$157M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$SCHW −3.06M sh · −$362M−$UBER −2.23M sh · −$244M−$CARR −2.14M sh · −$84.9M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$STE ($784K last qtr)$CDW ($757K last qtr)$KDP ($521K last qtr)$PPL ($335K last qtr)$AOS ($310K 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)
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services9.3%—
- Systems Software8.2%—
- Interactive Media & Services5.8%—
- Semiconductors5.6%—
- Broadline Retail3.7%—
- Health Care Equipment2.6%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals2.4%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage2.1%—
- Other holdings60.2%—
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
8 of 8 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 9.72M | $3.6B | -1.03M | 8.3% |
| $V | Visa Inc | 7.6M | $2.3B | +196K | 5.3% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 6.76M | $1.94B | -815K | 4.5% |
| $MA | Mastercard Incorporated | 3.49M | $1.74B | +329K | 4.0% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 9.74M | $1.7B | -1.5M | 3.9% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 7.64M | $1.59B | -1.68M | 3.7% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 4.01M | $1.02B | +121K | 2.3% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 12.4M | $943M | -3.06M | 2.2% |
…and 448 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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