MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001427351
13F-HR · 143 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.31B
Top-10 concentration
27.5%
MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. — $307M AUM allocation strategy
MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. files SEC Form 13F and reports $307M of long US equity value across 143 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 12.7%, followed by Financials 11.2% and Health Care 5.2%.
The top 10 holdings account for 28% 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.
MERIDIAN INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$307M
total across 143 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
28% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$COF +10K sh · +$922K+$Q +9.13K sh · +$1.77M+$CSCO +8.5K sh · +$674K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$DD −27.8K sh · −$1.04M−$SLB −13.5K sh · −$351K−$BLK −12.5K sh · −$273K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$KDP ($338K last qtr)$AXP ($316K last qtr)$HPQ ($242K last qtr)$TSLA ($233K last qtr)$ISRG ($213K 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)
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.8%—
- Application Software3.5%—
- Systems Software3.4%—
- Biotechnology3.3%—
- Integrated Oil & Gas2.9%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data2.5%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage2.3%—
- Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail2.1%—
- Other holdings74.1%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 70.9K | $18M | +103 | 5.9% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 27.9K | $10.3M | +111 | 3.4% |
| $CVX | Chevron Corporation | 43.5K | $9.01M | -247 | 2.9% |
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 31.7K | $7.6M | -15 | 2.5% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 227K | $6.99M | +7K | 2.3% |
| $PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 45.5K | $6.66M | +0 | 2.2% |
| $WMT | Walmart Inc | 53K | $6.58M | -724 | 2.1% |
| $NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | 20.6K | $5.91M | +0 | 1.9% |
…and 135 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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