Advisory Research Inc.

In its 13F for Q4 2025 (holdings as of December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026), Advisory Research Inc. reported 143 stock positions worth $795.7 million. Its top holding was Trimas (TRS) at 4.9% of the portfolio, followed by Openlane (OPLN, 4.2%) and Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR (TSM, 4.1%). Compared with Q3 2025, it opened 11 new positions, sold out of 18, added to 64 and reduced 55. The biggest buy was Myers Industries (MYE, shares +85%) and the biggest sale Driven Brands (DRVN, shares −78%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
CHICAGO, IL
CIK
0000902584
Portfolio Value
$795.7M (Q4 2025)
SEC Filing
0000902584-26-000002 ↗ filed Feb 13, 2026

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B Q1 2024: $502.9M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $531.6M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $562.9M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $601.7M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $567.3M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $650.9M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $761.4M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $795.7M $795.7M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $813.5M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $1.0B Q2 2026

Holdings 143 stocks · $795.7M

TRS Trimas Corp. 4.88% 1,096,013 $38.9M Add +46.0%
OPLN Openlane Inc. 4.24% 1,133,355 $33.8M Add +11.4%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 4.07% 106,654 $32.4M Add +1.6%
DJCO Daily Journal Corp. 4.02% 65,564 $32.0M Add +14.1%
TPR Tapestry Inc. 3.72% 231,408 $29.6M Add +1.4%
PM Philip Morris International 3.60% 178,542 $28.6M Add +1.9%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 3.58% 82,424 $28.5M Reduce -3.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 3.57% 90,667 $28.4M Reduce -1.4%
MYE Myers Industries Inc. 3.07% 1,302,928 $24.4M Add +84.5%
PRSU Pursuit Attractions and Hosp 2.94% 694,821 $23.4M Reduce -4.4%
BELFB Bel Fuse Inc. Class B 2.87% 134,790 $22.9M Reduce -30.4%
MTG Mgic Investment Corp. 2.81% 764,479 $22.3M Add +1.9%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 2.54% 41,743 $20.2M Reduce -0.0%
JBTM JBT Marel Corp. 2.47% 130,399 $19.6M Reduce -1.3%
CME Cme Group Inc. 2.14% 62,402 $17.0M Add +2.1%
PHIN Phinia Inc. 2.12% 269,625 $16.9M Reduce -1.6%
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. 2.07% 589,003 $16.5M Add +55.9%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 2.03% 70,693 $16.2M Add +1.0%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 2.00% 323,838 $15.9M Add +2.2%
AEP American Electric Power 1.98% 136,315 $15.7M Add +2.0%
LEGH Legacy Housing Corp. 1.79% 730,944 $14.3M Add +11.0%
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. 1.53% 135,766 $12.2M Reduce -3.8%
KB KB Financial Group Inc.-ADR filed as KB FINL GROUP INC 1.32% 122,024 $10.5M Add +1.3%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 1.31% 15,823 $10.4M Reduce -5.8%
HUBB Hubbell Inc. 1.31% 23,460 $10.4M Add +2.4%
ACVA Acv Auctions Inc. Class A 1.10% 1,092,747 $8.8M New
EEX Emerald Holding Inc. 1.01% 1,789,157 $8.0M Add +0.7%
HLLY Holley Inc. 1.00% 1,930,756 $8.0M Reduce -14.2%
LAMR Lamar Advertising Co. Class A 0.96% 60,425 $7.6M Add +2.2%
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B 0.91% 72,188 $7.2M Add +41.2%
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 0.89% 31,948 $7.1M Reduce -2.6%
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR 0.84% 117,802 $6.7M Add +128.9%
UL Unilever PLC-Sponsored ADR 0.79% 96,671 $6.3M Add +1.5%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.60% 28,106 $4.8M Add +1.7%
NIC Nicolet Bankshares Inc. 0.60% 39,596 $4.8M Reduce -5.9%
SSB Southstate Bank Corp. 0.56% 47,285 $4.4M Reduce -1.2%
HMC Honda Motor Co. Ltd.-Spons ADR 0.53% 142,234 $4.2M Reduce -1.8%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 0.51% 69,657 $4.1M No change
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. 0.49% 22,827 $3.9M Add +2.1%
DAC Danaos Corp. 0.47% 39,648 $3.7M Add +2.4%
VCIT Vanguard Int-Term Corporate 0.47% 44,466 $3.7M No change
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.47% 79,559 $3.7M Add +46.8%
SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo 0.46% 33,491 $3.7M Reduce -6.3%
VUSB Vanguard Ultra Short Bond Et 0.46% 73,411 $3.7M Add +61.8%
CALM Cal-Maine Foods Inc. 0.44% 43,851 $3.5M New
ACA Arcosa Inc. 0.42% 31,774 $3.4M Reduce -5.5%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.42% 9,727 $3.3M Reduce -0.8%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.40% 11,792 $3.2M Add +0.1%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 0.40% 39,811 $3.2M Add +3.3%
IGIB iShares 5-10Y Inv Grade Corp. 0.39% 57,761 $3.1M No change
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.39% 9,499 $3.1M Add +0.6%
ALKT Alkami Technology Inc. 0.38% 129,656 $3.0M Reduce -5.5%
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight 0.37% 15,512 $3.0M Add +55.6%
REVG Rev Group Inc. 0.36% 47,204 $2.9M Reduce -5.5%
WBS Webster Financial Corp. 0.35% 44,850 $2.8M Reduce -5.6%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.35% 5,825 $2.8M Add +2.1%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group 0.35% 11,929 $2.8M Reduce -5.7%
ARES Ares Management Corp. Class A 0.35% 17,110 $2.8M Add +1.2%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc. 0.34% 13,176 $2.7M Reduce -5.5%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.33% 9,898 $2.7M Reduce -10.2%
FRME First Merchants Corp. 0.32% 68,439 $2.6M Reduce -5.4%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.32% 11,658 $2.6M No change
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.32% 12,913 $2.5M Add +1.9%
AX Axos Financial Inc. 0.31% 28,999 $2.5M Add +5.6%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.31% 3,947 $2.5M Reduce -28.6%
EME Emcor Group Inc. 0.30% 3,946 $2.4M Add +2.3%
NTAP Netapp Inc. 0.30% 22,417 $2.4M Add +2.2%
ACWI iShares MSCI Acwi ETF 0.29% 16,180 $2.3M Add +472.1%
WAL Western Alliance Bancorp 0.28% 26,805 $2.3M Reduce -42.5%
DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. 0.27% 146,201 $2.2M Reduce -78.0%
JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.26% 33,653 $2.1M Reduce -5.6%
VVV Valvoline Inc. 0.26% 71,152 $2.1M Reduce -5.5%
IGSB iShares 1-5Y Inv Grade Corp. 0.25% 36,890 $2.0M No change
HQY Healthequity Inc. 0.24% 21,069 $1.9M Reduce -5.5%
MPTI M-Tron Industries Inc. 0.24% 35,599 $1.9M New
EHC Encompass Health Corp. 0.23% 17,086 $1.8M Add +5.6%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.23% 5,580 $1.8M Reduce -9.2%
NRG NRG Energy Inc. 0.22% 11,113 $1.8M Add +5.6%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.22% 31,157 $1.7M Reduce -7.0%
NCNO Ncino Inc. 0.21% 65,965 $1.7M Reduce -21.2%
MTN Vail Resorts Inc. 0.21% 12,705 $1.7M Add +14.7%
MBB iShares MBS ETF 0.21% 17,518 $1.7M No change
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.20% 3,193 $1.6M Add +4.0%
FLYW Flywire Corp.-Voting 0.20% 109,894 $1.6M Reduce -5.5%
AXP American Express Co. 0.19% 4,167 $1.5M Reduce -17.8%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.19% 9,828 $1.5M Reduce -9.6%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.19% 24,026 $1.5M No change
CDW CDW Corp. 0.19% 10,958 $1.5M Add +9.8%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.18% 4,966 $1.4M No change
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 0.18% 6,107 $1.4M Add +2.4%
XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF 0.17% 11,269 $1.4M Add +5.5%
UNM Unum Group 0.17% 17,325 $1.3M Add +5.6%
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.17% 5,364 $1.3M New
AZO AutoZone Inc. 0.16% 382 $1.3M Reduce -26.5%
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp Inc. 0.16% 19,791 $1.3M Reduce -5.6%
ALSN Allison Transmission Holding 0.16% 12,704 $1.2M Add +5.3%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 0.15% 49,127 $1.2M Reduce -18.5%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.15% 1,798 $1.2M Add +106.0%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 0.15% 9,728 $1.2M Reduce -10.3%
OSW Onespaworld Holdings Ltd. 0.15% 58,171 $1.2M Reduce -53.7%
NVT Nvent Electric PLC 0.15% 11,763 $1.2M Add +5.5%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.15% 7,781 $1.2M Reduce -11.9%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.15% 3,820 $1.2M Reduce -9.0%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. 0.14% 43,861 $1.2M New
GTES Gates Industrial Corp. UK Ltd. 0.14% 51,984 $1.1M Reduce -7.5%
ACMR Acm Research Inc. Class A 0.14% 27,324 $1.1M Add +5.4%
SUPN Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.12% 19,975 $993K Add +4.8%
GLUE Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. 0.12% 63,220 $991K New
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.12% 7,740 $970K Reduce -13.0%
COP Conocophillips 0.12% 10,345 $968K Reduce -14.2%
G Genpact Ltd. 0.12% 20,672 $967K Add +5.2%
GENI Genius Sports Ltd. 0.12% 86,973 $958K Add +5.2%
MTDR Matador Resources Co. 0.12% 22,441 $952K Add +3.8%
WSR Whitestone REIT 0.12% 66,829 $928K Add +5.3%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corp. 0.12% 6,598 $926K Reduce -11.8%
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo 0.12% 11,154 $924K Reduce -0.1%
UFPI Ufp Industries Inc. 0.12% 10,063 $916K Add +3.6%
PATK Patrick Industries Inc. 0.11% 7,804 $846K Add +5.3%
SNX TD Synnex Corp. 0.11% 5,567 $836K New
RAL Ralliant Corp. 0.10% 15,381 $783K New
BYD Boyd Gaming Corp. 0.10% 8,964 $764K Add +5.2%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.10% 17,526 $764K Add +4.1%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.09% 2,242 $740K Reduce -13.6%
TOST Toast Inc. Class A 0.09% 20,695 $735K New
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.09% 4,667 $719K No change
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.09% 18,036 $706K New
PI Impinj Inc. 0.08% 3,873 $674K Add +5.3%
BRBR Bellring Brands Inc. 0.08% 23,379 $625K Reduce -5.3%
FUL H.B. Fuller Co. filed as FULLER H B CO 0.08% 10,436 $621K Reduce -2.1%
PRGS Progress Software Corp. 0.08% 14,359 $617K Reduce -5.6%
ADUS Addus Homecare Corp. 0.08% 5,623 $604K Add +5.4%
RS Reliance Inc. 0.07% 1,892 $547K Add +6.2%
SR Spire Inc. 0.07% 6,297 $521K Add +5.6%
ACIW Aci Worldwide Inc. 0.06% 9,842 $471K Add +5.2%
SGHC Super Group SGHC Ltd. 0.06% 37,688 $450K Add +5.4%
AMPH Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.05% 15,161 $406K Reduce -2.0%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Co. NV 0.04% 18,967 $301K Reduce -11.6%
CTLP Cantaloupe Inc. 0.03% 24,860 $264K Reduce -27.6%
SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 0.03% 1,743 $243K New
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A 0.03% 2,231 $232K No change
BEAT Heartbeam Inc. 0.02% 50,000 $120K No change
CUE Cue Biopharma Inc. 0.01% 257,225 $79K No change
ATOM Atomera Inc. 0.01% 20,000 $44K No change

Portfolio Sells Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. Reduce -78.0% 0.27% −1.14
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Sold out 0.00% −1.07
BELFB Bel Fuse Inc. Class B Reduce -30.4% 2.87% −0.71
PRSU Pursuit Attractions and Hosp Reduce -4.4% 2.94% −0.51
BELFA Bel Fuse Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.43
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.41
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. Reduce -3.8% 1.53% −0.39
MCRI Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.33
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -5.8% 1.31% −0.31
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -0.0% 2.54% −0.30
WAL Western Alliance Bancorp Reduce -42.5% 0.28% −0.25
OSW Onespaworld Holdings Ltd. Reduce -53.7% 0.15% −0.20
GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.18
NIC Nicolet Bankshares Inc. Reduce -5.9% 0.60% −0.14
HI Hillenbrand Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -28.6% 0.31% −0.13
AZO AutoZone Inc. Reduce -26.5% 0.16% −0.13
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -3.9% 3.58% −0.13
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -0.8% 0.42% −0.10
VVV Valvoline Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.26% −0.10
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.09
NCNO Ncino Inc. Reduce -21.2% 0.21% −0.09
EXP Eagle Materials Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.34% −0.08
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Reduce -2.6% 0.89% −0.07
ALKT Alkami Technology Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.38% −0.07
SAIC Science Applications Inte Sold out 0.00% −0.07
SSB Southstate Bank Corp. Reduce -1.2% 0.56% −0.06
OC Owens Corning Sold out 0.00% −0.06
HMC Honda Motor Co. Ltd.-Spons ADR Reduce -1.8% 0.53% −0.06
ABG Asbury Automotive Group Reduce -5.7% 0.35% −0.06
SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo Reduce -6.3% 0.46% −0.06
ESI Element Solutions Inc. Reduce -18.5% 0.15% −0.04
JEF Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Reduce -5.6% 0.26% −0.04
GTES Gates Industrial Corp. UK Ltd. Reduce -7.5% 0.14% −0.04
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Sold out 0.00% −0.04
BRBR Bellring Brands Inc. Reduce -5.3% 0.08% −0.04
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corp. Reduce -10.3% 0.15% −0.04
RYZ Ryerson Holding Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
FRME First Merchants Corp. Reduce -5.4% 0.32% −0.04
HQY Healthequity Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.24% −0.03
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -13.0% 0.12% −0.03
SYBT Stock Yards Bancorp Inc. Reduce -5.6% 0.16% −0.03
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -11.9% 0.15% −0.03
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi Sold out 0.00% −0.03
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -9.2% 0.23% −0.03
COP Conocophillips Reduce -14.2% 0.12% −0.03
FDUS Fidus Investment Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
AXP American Express Co. Reduce -17.8% 0.19% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

MYE Myers Industries Inc. Add +84.5% 3.07% +1.49
ACVA Acv Auctions Inc. Class A New 1.10% +1.10
TRS Trimas Corp. Add +46.0% 4.88% +1.07
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Add +55.9% 2.07% +0.81
DJCO Daily Journal Corp. Add +14.1% 4.02% +0.50
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR Add +128.9% 0.84% +0.48
CALM Cal-Maine Foods Inc. New 0.44% +0.44
OPLN Openlane Inc. Add +11.4% 4.24% +0.40
TPR Tapestry Inc. Add +1.4% 3.72% +0.32
MPTI M-Tron Industries Inc. New 0.24% +0.24
ACWI iShares MSCI Acwi ETF Add +472.1% 0.29% +0.24
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B Add +41.2% 0.91% +0.23
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Add +1.6% 4.07% +0.22
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Add +2.2% 2.00% +0.20
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF New 0.17% +0.17
VUSB Vanguard Ultra Short Bond Et Add +61.8% 0.46% +0.16
IVZ Invesco Ltd. New 0.14% +0.14
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B Add +46.8% 0.47% +0.14
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Add +55.6% 0.37% +0.13
GLUE Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. New 0.12% +0.12
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Add +1.7% 0.60% +0.12
SNX TD Synnex Corp. New 0.11% +0.11
RAL Ralliant Corp. New 0.10% +0.10
TOST Toast Inc. Class A New 0.09% +0.09
CPRT Copart Inc. New 0.09% +0.09
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +106.0% 0.15% +0.08
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. Add +2.1% 0.49% +0.08
AMGN Amgen Inc. Add +0.6% 0.39% +0.04
XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF Add +5.5% 0.17% +0.03
SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF New 0.03% +0.03
ALSN Allison Transmission Holding Add +5.3% 0.16% +0.02
HUBB Hubbell Inc. Add +2.4% 1.31% +0.01
WSR Whitestone REIT Add +5.3% 0.12% +0.01
G Genpact Ltd. Add +5.2% 0.12% +0.01
MTG Mgic Investment Corp. Add +1.9% 2.81% +0.01
DAC Danaos Corp. Add +2.4% 0.47% +0.01
LAMR Lamar Advertising Co. Class A Add +2.2% 0.96% +0.01
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +0.1% 0.40% +0.01
AX Axos Financial Inc. Add +5.6% 0.31% +0.01
KB KB Financial Group Inc.-ADR Add +1.3% 1.32% +0.01
NVT Nvent Electric PLC Add +5.5% 0.15% +0.01
PATK Patrick Industries Inc. Add +5.3% 0.11% +0.01
SUPN Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Add +4.8% 0.12% +0.01
RS Reliance Inc. Add +6.2% 0.07% +0.00
ACMR Acm Research Inc. Class A Add +5.4% 0.14% +0.00
SR Spire Inc. Add +5.6% 0.07% +0.00
UNM Unum Group Add +5.6% 0.17% +0.00
AEP American Electric Power Add +2.0% 1.98% +0.00
BYD Boyd Gaming Corp. Add +5.2% 0.10% −0.00
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +4.0% 0.20% −0.00

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 136$1.0BMYE, OPLN, TRS, TSM, BELFB
Q1 2026 137$813.5MTRS, OPLN, MYE, TSM, GOOGL
Q4 2025 143$795.7MTRS, OPLN, TSM, DJCO, TPR
Q3 2025 149$761.4MTSM, OPLN, TRS, PM, AVGO
Q2 2025 142$650.9MBELFB, TRS, PM, AVGO, TSM
Q1 2025 148$567.3MBELFB, JBTM, TRS, PM, PHIN
Q4 2024 152$601.7MBELFB, JBTM, AVGO, PHIN, TRS
Q3 2024 156$562.9MMLR, BELFB, PHIN, AVGO, TSM
Q2 2024 160$531.6MMLR, MSFT, ESGR, TSM, AVGO
Q1 2024 156$502.9MMSFT, MLR, ESGR, PRSU, HUBB