Aurora Investment Counsel
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed November 8, 2024), Aurora Investment Counsel reported 112 stock positions worth $183.8 million. Its top holding was Booking (BKNG) at 1.8% of the portfolio, followed by Zto Express Cayman Inc.-ADR (ZTO, 1.7%) and Lamar Advertising Class A (LAMR, 1.6%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 16 new positions, sold out of 10, added to 51 and reduced 40. The biggest buy was a new position in Ulta Beauty (ULTA) and the biggest sale Unitil (UTL, shares −84%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- ATLANTA, GA
- CIK
- 0001316397
- Portfolio Value
- $183.8M (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001062993-24-018703 ↗ filed Nov 8, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 112 stocks · $183.8M
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 1.76% | 770 | $3.2M | No change |
| ZTO Zto Express Cayman Inc.-ADR | 1.74% | 129,292 | $3.2M | Add +8.6% |
| LAMR Lamar Advertising Co. Class A | 1.60% | 22,069 | $2.9M | Reduce -1.9% |
| VRSN Verisign Inc. | 1.57% | 15,170 | $2.9M | Add +0.3% |
| JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. | 1.54% | 72,820 | $2.8M | Reduce -1.7% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 1.53% | 12,733 | $2.8M | No change |
| CPAY Corpay Inc. | 1.52% | 8,938 | $2.8M | Add +0.1% |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | 1.51% | 83,664 | $2.8M | Reduce -6.3% |
| MTCH Match Group Inc. | 1.45% | 70,430 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| AMPH Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1.44% | 54,698 | $2.7M | Add +0.4% |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | 1.43% | 33,785 | $2.6M | Reduce -13.3% |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | 1.40% | 6,595 | $2.6M | New |
| IPAR Interparfums Inc. | 1.37% | 19,457 | $2.5M | Add +0.8% |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | 1.36% | 112,918 | $2.5M | Add +0.6% |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | 1.35% | 14,903 | $2.5M | Add +12.8% |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 1.35% | 30,828 | $2.5M | Reduce -24.1% |
| BRC Brady Corporation Class A | 1.34% | 32,135 | $2.5M | Add +0.8% |
| NTES Netease Inc.-ADR | 1.34% | 26,305 | $2.5M | Add +3.6% |
| MTN Vail Resorts Inc. | 1.31% | 13,786 | $2.4M | Add +7.6% |
| MGPI MGP Ingredients Inc. | 1.30% | 28,782 | $2.4M | Add +0.4% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 1.29% | 13,975 | $2.4M | Add +9.3% |
| SRAD Sportradar Group AG-A | 1.19% | 180,544 | $2.2M | Add +0.4% |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | 1.17% | 19,745 | $2.2M | Reduce -0.7% |
| FOX Fox Corp. Class B | 1.17% | 55,525 | $2.2M | Reduce -1.1% |
| MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. | 1.17% | 6,225 | $2.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp. | 1.14% | 40,102 | $2.1M | New |
| LNTH Lantheus Holdings Inc. | 1.14% | 19,054 | $2.1M | Reduce -37.3% |
| ODD Oddity Tech Ltd. Class A | 1.12% | 50,913 | $2.1M | New |
| ENS Enersys | 1.12% | 20,116 | $2.1M | Add +0.9% |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | 1.10% | 11,674 | $2.0M | Add +7.0% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.10% | 37,962 | $2.0M | Reduce -7.7% |
| LRN Stride Inc. | 1.10% | 23,665 | $2.0M | New |
| DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. | 1.10% | 12,287 | $2.0M | Add +0.2% |
| DOV Dover Corp. | 1.09% | 10,448 | $2.0M | Reduce -3.0% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 1.09% | 30,786 | $2.0M | Add +10.2% |
| XPEL Xpel Inc. | 1.07% | 45,541 | $2.0M | Reduce -1.9% |
| GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie | 1.06% | 37,891 | $1.9M | Add +0.4% |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. filed as BERKLEY W R CORP | 1.05% | 34,064 | $1.9M | Reduce -11.3% |
| BATRA Atlanta Braves Holdings in-A | 1.05% | 45,754 | $1.9M | Add +0.1% |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | 1.05% | 5,934 | $1.9M | Reduce -7.3% |
| POOL Pool Corp. | 1.04% | 5,077 | $1.9M | Add +1.2% |
| DORM Dorman Products Inc. | 1.04% | 16,835 | $1.9M | New |
| TKR Timken Co. | 1.03% | 22,450 | $1.9M | Reduce -0.5% |
| EVVTY Evolution AB-ADR | 1.02% | 19,080 | $1.9M | Add +1.6% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 1.01% | 21,645 | $1.9M | Add +0.4% |
| WNS WNS Holdings Ltd. filed as WNS HLDGS LTD | 1.01% | 35,137 | $1.9M | Add +1.8% |
| HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. | 1.01% | 32,350 | $1.9M | Reduce -28.3% |
| CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 0.99% | 13,316 | $1.8M | Reduce -3.8% |
| HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | 0.97% | 101,313 | $1.8M | Add +5.2% |
| EGP Eastgroup Properties Inc. | 0.97% | 9,500 | $1.8M | Reduce -0.7% |
| SEIC Sei Investments Company | 0.95% | 25,162 | $1.7M | Add +0.6% |
| MIDD Middleby Corp. | 0.95% | 12,488 | $1.7M | Add +6.2% |
| CHX Championx Corp. | 0.94% | 57,090 | $1.7M | Add +0.5% |
| OEC Orion SA | 0.93% | 96,316 | $1.7M | Add +0.4% |
| ROCK Gibraltar Industries Inc. | 0.93% | 24,451 | $1.7M | New |
| IBKR Interactive Brokers Gro Class A | 0.92% | 12,146 | $1.7M | New |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | 0.91% | 7,566 | $1.7M | New |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.89% | 17,119 | $1.6M | Add +0.1% |
| LBRT Liberty Energy Inc. | 0.89% | 85,835 | $1.6M | Add +0.1% |
| GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A | 0.88% | 22,598 | $1.6M | Reduce -25.9% |
| USFD US Foods Holding Corp. | 0.86% | 25,597 | $1.6M | New |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.85% | 20,088 | $1.6M | Reduce -23.1% |
| VNOM Viper Energy Inc. | 0.84% | 34,179 | $1.5M | Reduce -29.0% |
| COR Cencora Inc. | 0.82% | 6,726 | $1.5M | Reduce -1.6% |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | 0.82% | 10,222 | $1.5M | Reduce -30.2% |
| RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC Class A | 0.78% | 50,441 | $1.4M | Add +1.0% |
| ALGM Allegro Microsystems Inc. | 0.77% | 60,806 | $1.4M | Add +8.6% |
| PNR Pentair PLC | 0.77% | 14,385 | $1.4M | Reduce -8.7% |
| PAX Patria Investments Ltd. Class A | 0.76% | 125,401 | $1.4M | New |
| WEX Wex Inc. | 0.76% | 6,655 | $1.4M | Reduce -0.8% |
| APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. | 0.74% | 91,140 | $1.4M | Add +20.2% |
| FRME First Merchants Corp. | 0.73% | 35,861 | $1.3M | Add +0.4% |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.72% | 9,211 | $1.3M | Add +1.4% |
| EEFT Euronet Worldwide Inc. | 0.71% | 13,171 | $1.3M | New |
| PAGS Pagseguro Digital Ltd. Class A | 0.70% | 148,647 | $1.3M | Add +0.4% |
| PGNY Progyny Inc. | 0.70% | 76,350 | $1.3M | New |
| SYY Sysco Corp. | 0.69% | 16,338 | $1.3M | New |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.68% | 16,091 | $1.3M | Add +7.8% |
| GTLS Chart Industries Inc. | 0.66% | 9,823 | $1.2M | Add +22.2% |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | 0.66% | 7,052 | $1.2M | Reduce -6.5% |
| EPAM Epam Systems Inc. | 0.66% | 6,056 | $1.2M | Add +3.3% |
| NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. | 0.65% | 10,445 | $1.2M | Add +0.1% |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | 0.65% | 11,697 | $1.2M | Add +3.5% |
| MKL Markel Group Inc. | 0.64% | 752 | $1.2M | Add +0.8% |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | 0.63% | 65,107 | $1.1M | Reduce -1.6% |
| FISV Fiserv Inc. | 0.61% | 6,203 | $1.1M | Reduce -0.4% |
| CNMD Conmed Corp. | 0.60% | 15,292 | $1.1M | New |
| TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B | 0.60% | 19,119 | $1.1M | New |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | 0.59% | 823 | $1.1M | Reduce -42.2% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.58% | 2,165 | $1.1M | Reduce -51.8% |
| ALG Alamo Group Inc. | 0.56% | 5,742 | $1.0M | Add +1.5% |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | 0.56% | 3,549 | $1.0M | Add +0.8% |
| DBX Dropbox Inc. Class A | 0.54% | 39,245 | $998K | Add +18.1% |
| GIS General Mills Inc. | 0.52% | 13,044 | $963K | Add +0.6% |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. filed as CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP | 0.52% | 11,710 | $963K | No change |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | 0.50% | 8,185 | $916K | Reduce -43.4% |
| MDU Mdu Resources Group Inc. | 0.48% | 32,048 | $878K | Reduce -60.4% |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | 0.47% | 6,019 | $872K | Add +0.3% |
| MTRN Materion Corp. | 0.38% | 6,325 | $708K | No change |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | 0.38% | 8,443 | $695K | Add +2.1% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $957K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUITY COMMONWEALTH (EQC 6.5 PERP D) | 6.5% CNV PFD D | 37,914 | $957K | Add +1.1% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $184.8M.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| UTL Unitil Corp. | Reduce -84.0% | 0.24% | −1.13 |
| NI Nisource Inc. | Reduce -86.0% | 0.16% | −0.90 |
| HSY The Hershey Co. | Reduce -77.3% | 0.23% | −0.81 |
| YETI Yeti Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.80 |
| HSIC Henry Schein Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.74 |
| MDU Mdu Resources Group Inc. | Reduce -60.4% | 0.48% | −0.72 |
| WY Weyerhaeuser Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.62 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -51.8% | 0.58% | −0.62 |
| IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. | Reduce -70.8% | 0.25% | −0.61 |
| OGE Oge Energy Corp. | Reduce -72.8% | 0.24% | −0.60 |
| WEC WEC Energy Group Inc. | Reduce -66.1% | 0.31% | −0.50 |
| IDA Idacorp Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.47 |
| AYI Acuity Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.44 |
| HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. | Reduce -28.3% | 1.01% | −0.39 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.38 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Reduce -43.4% | 0.50% | −0.36 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | Reduce -13.3% | 1.43% | −0.36 |
| GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A | Reduce -25.9% | 0.88% | −0.35 |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | Reduce -42.2% | 0.59% | −0.32 |
| LNTH Lantheus Holdings Inc. | Reduce -37.3% | 1.14% | −0.30 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Reduce -30.2% | 0.82% | −0.27 |
| IESC Ies Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | Reduce -6.5% | 0.66% | −0.23 |
| VNOM Viper Energy Inc. | Reduce -29.0% | 0.84% | −0.23 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Reduce -23.1% | 0.85% | −0.18 |
| CC The Chemours Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | Reduce -24.1% | 1.35% | −0.16 |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. | Reduce -11.3% | 1.05% | −0.14 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| CCK Crown Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| EMR Emerson Electric Co. | Reduce -0.7% | 1.17% | −0.12 |
| COR Cencora Inc. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.82% | −0.09 |
| DOV Dover Corp. | Reduce -3.0% | 1.09% | −0.06 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -7.7% | 1.10% | −0.05 |
| SCI Service Corp. International | Reduce -20.5% | 0.22% | −0.05 |
| JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. | Reduce -1.7% | 1.54% | −0.05 |
| TKR Timken Co. | Reduce -0.5% | 1.03% | −0.04 |
| CMI Cummins Inc. | Reduce -7.3% | 1.05% | −0.00 |
| EGP Eastgroup Properties Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.97% | +0.01 |
| LAMR Lamar Advertising Co. Class A | Reduce -1.9% | 1.60% | +0.02 |
| CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. | Reduce -3.8% | 0.99% | +0.02 |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | Reduce -6.3% | 1.51% | +0.03 |
| PNR Pentair PLC | Reduce -8.7% | 0.77% | +0.05 |
| WEX Wex Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 0.76% | +0.06 |
| FISV Fiserv Inc. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.61% | +0.06 |
| MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 1.17% | +0.07 |
| XPEL Xpel Inc. | Reduce -1.9% | 1.07% | +0.10 |
| FOX Fox Corp. Class B | Reduce -1.1% | 1.17% | +0.11 |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.63% | +0.13 |
| MTCH Match Group Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 1.45% | +0.18 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | New | 1.40% | +1.40 |
| MNST Monster Beverage Corp. | New | 1.14% | +1.14 |
| ODD Oddity Tech Ltd. Class A | New | 1.12% | +1.12 |
| LRN Stride Inc. | New | 1.10% | +1.10 |
| DORM Dorman Products Inc. | New | 1.04% | +1.04 |
| ROCK Gibraltar Industries Inc. | New | 0.93% | +0.93 |
| IBKR Interactive Brokers Gro Class A | New | 0.92% | +0.92 |
| FFIV F5 Inc. | New | 0.91% | +0.91 |
| USFD US Foods Holding Corp. | New | 0.86% | +0.86 |
| PAX Patria Investments Ltd. Class A | New | 0.76% | +0.76 |
| EEFT Euronet Worldwide Inc. | New | 0.71% | +0.71 |
| PGNY Progyny Inc. | New | 0.70% | +0.70 |
| SYY Sysco Corp. | New | 0.69% | +0.69 |
| CNMD Conmed Corp. | New | 0.60% | +0.60 |
| TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B | New | 0.60% | +0.60 |
| INSW International Seaways Inc. | New | 0.36% | +0.36 |
| ZTO Zto Express Cayman Inc.-ADR | Add +8.6% | 1.74% | +0.28 |
| PAYC Paycom Software Inc. | Add +12.8% | 1.35% | +0.24 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Add +7.8% | 0.68% | +0.17 |
| AMPH Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Add +0.4% | 1.44% | +0.16 |
| POOL Pool Corp. | Add +1.2% | 1.04% | +0.13 |
| CPAY Corpay Inc. | Add +0.1% | 1.52% | +0.12 |
| DBX Dropbox Inc. Class A | Add +18.1% | 0.54% | +0.10 |
| BRC Brady Corporation Class A | Add +0.8% | 1.34% | +0.10 |
| MIDD Middleby Corp. | Add +6.2% | 0.95% | +0.09 |
| APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. | Add +20.2% | 0.74% | +0.09 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Add +0.4% | 1.01% | +0.07 |
| GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie | Add +0.4% | 1.06% | +0.05 |
| IPAR Interparfums Inc. | Add +0.8% | 1.37% | +0.05 |
| MGPI MGP Ingredients Inc. | Add +0.4% | 1.30% | +0.04 |
| KMI Kinder Morgan Inc. | Add +0.6% | 1.36% | +0.04 |
| GIS General Mills Inc. | Add +0.6% | 0.52% | +0.04 |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | Add +2.1% | 0.38% | +0.03 |
| FRME First Merchants Corp. | Add +0.4% | 0.73% | +0.02 |
| SNA Snap-on Inc. | Add +0.8% | 0.56% | +0.02 |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | Add +3.5% | 0.65% | +0.01 |
| EPAM Epam Systems Inc. | Add +3.3% | 0.66% | +0.00 |
| SRAD Sportradar Group AG-A | Add +0.4% | 1.19% | +0.00 |
| DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. | Add +0.2% | 1.10% | +0.00 |
| RPRX Royalty Pharma PLC Class A | Add +1.0% | 0.78% | −0.00 |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | Add +7.0% | 1.10% | −0.00 |
| SEIC Sei Investments Company | Add +0.6% | 0.95% | −0.01 |
| ALG Alamo Group Inc. | Add +1.5% | 0.56% | −0.01 |
| VRSN Verisign Inc. | Add +0.3% | 1.57% | −0.02 |
| GTLS Chart Industries Inc. | Add +22.2% | 0.66% | −0.02 |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | Add +1.4% | 0.72% | −0.03 |
| TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.20% | −0.03 |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | Add +0.3% | 0.47% | −0.04 |
| BLMN Bloomin' Brands Inc. | Add +2.0% | 0.19% | −0.05 |
| HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Add +5.2% | 0.97% | −0.05 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| EQUITY COMMONWEALTH (EQC 6.5 PERP D) | 6.5% CNV PFD D | Add +1.1% | 37,914 | $957K |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 113 | $194.4M | ZTO, DORM, TILE, BKNG, CART |
| Q1 2026 | 106 | $180.3M | ZTO, DELL, INTU, ETR, WTRG |
| Q4 2025 | 106 | $190.2M | ZTO, QCOM, ETR, EPRT, CHDN |
| Q3 2025 | 106 | $190.9M | ETR, NTES, QCOM, UTHR, AMP |
| Q2 2025 | 107 | $189.7M | BKNG, AMP, EPRT, FN, HRB |
| Q1 2025 | 110 | $180.4M | STZ, EPRT, HRB, BKNG, NTES |
| Q4 2024 | 114 | $182.6M | BKNG, AMP, VRSN, EPRT, HRB |
| Q3 2024 | 112 | $183.8M | BKNG, ZTO, LAMR, VRSN, JNPR |
| Q2 2024 | 106 | $169.4M | BKNG, AZN, JNPR, VRSN, LAMR |
| Q1 2024 | 106 | $173.6M | SCHW, AZN, JNPR, CME, HD |