Sandhill Capital Partners LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001556245
13F-HR · 71 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.87B
Top-10 concentration
50.8%
Sandhill Capital Partners LLC — $869M AUM allocation strategy
Sandhill Capital Partners LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $869M of long US equity value across 71 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 35.4%, followed by Industrials 15.1% and Financials 13.4%.
The top 10 holdings account for 51% 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.
Sandhill Capital Partners LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$869M
total across 71 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
51% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$NOW +217K sh · +$6.78M+$TXN +162K sh · +$31.9M+$AMZN +152K sh · +$31.1M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$USB −815K sh · −$43.7M−$APH −234K sh · −$35M−$PANW −136K sh · −$31.4M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$TYL ($45.5M last qtr)$CDNS ($40.4M last qtr)$SPY ($11.5M last qtr)$TSLA ($820K last qtr)$INTC ($764K 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)
- Systems Software16.6%—
- Health Care Equipment8.4%—
- Semiconductors8.1%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage5.6%—
- Electronic Components5.5%—
- Aerospace & Defense5.0%—
- Passenger Ground Transportation4.8%—
- Industrial Gases4.7%—
- Other holdings41.2%—
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
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NOW | ServiceNow Inc | 545K | $56.9M | +217K | 6.6% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 517K | $48.6M | -55.8K | 5.6% |
| $APH | Amphenol Corporation | 379K | $47.9M | -234K | 5.5% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 122K | $45.1M | +94.1K | 5.2% |
| $GE | GE Aerospace | 155K | $44M | -36.4K | 5.1% |
| $PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 264K | $42.4M | -136K | 4.9% |
| $UBER | Uber Technologies Inc | 575K | $41.4M | -63K | 4.8% |
| $LIN | Linde plc | 82.7K | $41M | -7.21K | 4.7% |
| $AJG | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co | 172K | $37.3M | +29.1K | 4.3% |
| $ISRG | Intuitive Surgical Inc | 79.7K | $36.7M | -34.8K | 4.2% |
…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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