WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001776757
13F-HR · 255 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC is a registered investment advisor.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.08B
Top-10 concentration
78.8%
WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC — $1.08B AUM allocation strategy
WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.08B of long US equity value across 255 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Industrials 46.2%, followed by Financials 19.0% and Information Technology 3.9%.
The top 10 holdings account for 79% 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.
WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.08B
total across 255 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
79% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$FDX +214K sh · +$156M+$SCHW +63.3K sh · +$4.6M+$PCG +48.8K sh · +$957K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$IWM −7.39K sh · −$3.02M−$INTC −3.48K sh · +$141K−$VZ −3.03K sh · −$85.2K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$KDP ($483K last qtr)$PYPL ($483K last qtr)$AMT ($460K last qtr)$IQV ($450K last qtr)$DHI ($394K 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)
- Air Freight & Logistics46.2%—
- Financial Exchanges & Data8.9%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage8.8%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals1.6%—
- Semiconductors1.3%—
- Interactive Media & Services1.0%—
- Systems Software1.0%—
- Multi-Sector Holdings0.7%—
- Other holdings30.6%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $FDX | FedEx Corporation | 1.4M | $499M | +214K | 46.2% |
| $SPGI | S&P Global Inc | 156K | $95.8M | +4.77K | 8.9% |
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 2.91M | $94.6M | +63.3K | 8.8% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 65.5K | $16.6M | +3.48K | 1.5% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 67.4K | $11.8M | +12.2K | 1.1% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 28K | $10.4M | +8.72K | 1.0% |
| $BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Class B | 14.6K | $7.01M | +15 | 0.6% |
…and 248 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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