D.B. Root & Company, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001731717
13F-HR · 106 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.20B
Top-10 concentration
58.8%
D.B. Root & Company, LLC — $197M AUM allocation strategy
D.B. Root & Company, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $197M of long US equity value across 106 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 37.7%, followed by Information Technology 11.2% and Consumer Staples 3.4%.
The top 10 holdings account for 59% 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.
D.B. Root & Company, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$197M
total across 106 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
59% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$IVV +34.2K sh · +$1.11M+$SCHW +14.9K sh · −$2.13M+$XLE +7.63K sh · +$650K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$XLC −12.8K sh · −$1.55M−$XLU −10.6K sh · −$429K−$IVZ −3.09K sh · −$214K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$DIA ($717K last qtr)$NOW ($295K last qtr)$ISRG ($278K last qtr)$ALB ($255K last qtr)$CDNS ($251K 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)
- Investment Banking & Brokerage33.4%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.1%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data3.4%—
- Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail3.4%—
- Semiconductors3.1%—
- Interactive Media & Services2.7%—
- Broadline Retail2.1%—
- Systems Software1.9%—
- Other holdings44.7%—
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
7 of 7 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 2.5M | $65.8M | +14.9K | 33.4% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 39.9K | $10.1M | +446 | 5.1% |
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 49.3K | $6.71M | +3.23K | 3.4% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 24.8K | $4.33M | -264 | 2.2% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 20.3K | $4.24M | -172 | 2.2% |
| $WMT | Walmart Inc | 31K | $3.85M | -1.11K | 2.0% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 9.84K | $3.64M | -264 | 1.8% |
…and 99 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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