Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001966007
13F-HR · 185 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
SEC-registered institutional investment manager.
Reported long-US-equity value
$1.29B
Top-10 concentration
30.7%
Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC — $1.29B AUM allocation strategy
Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $1.29B of long US equity value across 185 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 29.3%, followed by Communication Services 10.6% and Financials 4.0%.
The top 10 holdings account for 31% 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.
Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$1.29B
total across 185 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
31% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$HPQ +255K sh · +$1.34M+$FISV +127K sh · +$5.32M+$VZ +84.2K sh · +$10.1M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$IWM −85.8K sh · −$18M−$CSCO −52.8K sh · −$3.81M−$BAC −43.2K sh · −$4.84M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$CAT ($2.91M last qtr)$COR ($1.54M last qtr)$DE ($1.25M last qtr)$VRTX ($955K last qtr)$KVUE ($579K 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 & Peripherals6.7%—
- Semiconductor Materials & Equipment6.5%—
- Interactive Media & Services6.1%—
- Application Software3.6%—
- Systems Software3.6%—
- Communications Equipment2.8%—
- Integrated Telecommunication Services2.8%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services2.3%—
- Other holdings65.7%—
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
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 236K | $59.9M | -11K | 4.6% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 126K | $46.6M | +8.81K | 3.6% |
| $AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | 129K | $44.1M | -35.1K | 3.4% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 140K | $40.2M | -31.5K | 3.1% |
| $KLAC | KLA Corporation | 27K | $39.8M | -4.56K | 3.1% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 66.1K | $37.8M | +9.12K | 2.9% |
| $CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 459K | $35.6M | -52.8K | 2.8% |
| $VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 709K | $35.6M | +84.2K | 2.8% |
| $MA | Mastercard Incorporated | 58.7K | $29.3M | +2.65K | 2.3% |
| $HPQ | HP Inc | 1.41M | $27.2M | +255K | 2.1% |
…and 175 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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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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