Ares Financial Consulting, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0002106717
13F-HR · 433 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.06B
Top-10 concentration
54.8%
Ares Financial Consulting, LLC — $63.4M AUM allocation strategy
Ares Financial Consulting, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $63.4M of long US equity value across 433 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 13.1%, followed by Communication Services 8.2% and Industrials 4.0%.
The top 10 holdings account for 55% 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.
Ares Financial Consulting, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$63.4M
total across 433 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
55% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$SCHW +16K sh · +$453K+$IVV +13.9K sh · +$700K+$NVDA +12.9K sh · +$2.15M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$BLK −62K sh · −$556K−$USB −1.3K sh · −$34.4K−$AMCR −316 sh · −$79
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$HUM ($12.8K last qtr)$BF.B ($6.25K last qtr)$AJG ($3.88K last qtr)$DASH ($3.4K last qtr)$ERIE ($2.87K 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)
- Interactive Media & Services8.2%—
- Semiconductors6.3%—
- Aerospace & Defense4.0%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals3.8%—
- Systems Software3.1%—
- Broadline Retail1.8%—
- Investment Banking & Brokerage1.7%—
- Automobile Manufacturers1.4%—
- Other holdings69.8%—
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
6 of 6 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 22.5K | $3.95M | +12.9K | 6.2% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 9.62K | $2.84M | +7.9K | 4.5% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 9.39K | $2.4M | +2.82K | 3.8% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 5.2K | $1.92M | +1.57K | 3.0% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 5.99K | $1.78M | +3.67K | 2.8% |
| $RTX | RTX Corporation | 7.41K | $1.44M | +440 | 2.3% |
…and 427 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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