Portland Global Advisors LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001504941
13F-HR · 80 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.53B
Top-10 concentration
73.6%
Portland Global Advisors LLC — $532M AUM allocation strategy
Portland Global Advisors LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $532M of long US equity value across 80 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 10.5%, followed by Financials 9.5% and Industrials 7.2%.
The top 10 holdings account for 74% 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.
Portland Global Advisors LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$532M
total across 80 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
74% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +45.2K sh · +$4.92M+$PANW +7.82K sh · +$106K+$VOO +7.59K sh · +$463K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$HSY −3.38K sh · +$94.1K−$VTI −2.9K sh · −$1.78M−$USB −1.95K sh · −$130K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$DIA ($240K last qtr)$ABT ($239K last qtr)$ROP ($228K last qtr)$ABBV ($226K last qtr)$QCOM ($224K 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)
- Financial Exchanges & Data7.7%—
- Systems Software5.7%—
- Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components3.3%—
- Air Freight & Logistics2.0%—
- Electrical Components & Equipment2.0%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks1.9%—
- IT Consulting & Other Services1.7%—
- Biotechnology1.7%—
- 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
5 of 5 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 69.4K | $41.1M | -1.06K | 7.7% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 33.4K | $12.4M | -1.1K | 2.3% |
| $HUBB | Hubbell Inc | 24.3K | $11.9M | -108 | 2.2% |
| $FDX | FedEx Corporation | 29.4K | $10.5M | -542 | 2.0% |
| $ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc | 28.5K | $10.2M | -88 | 1.9% |
…and 75 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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