Nicholas Company, Inc.

In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed May 14, 2024), Nicholas Company, Inc. reported 218 stock positions worth $6.1 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 3.5% of the portfolio, followed by Alphabet Class C (GOOG, 3.3%) and Amazon.com (AMZN, 2.3%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 6 new positions, sold out of 1, added to 35 and reduced 54. The biggest buy was a new position in Sanofi-ADR (SNY) and the biggest sale CBRE Class A (CBRE, shares −70%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
MILWAUKEE, WI
CIK
0000903949
Portfolio Value
$6.1B (Q1 2024)
SEC Filing
0000903949-24-000010 ↗ filed May 14, 2024

Holdings Value

0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B Q1 2024: $6.1B $6.1B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $6.0B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $6.1B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $6.2B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $5.8B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $6.0B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $5.9B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $5.7B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $5.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $5.5B Q2 2026

Holdings 218 stocks · $6.1B
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 3.46% 498,345 $209.7M No change
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 3.31% 1,314,100 $200.1M Reduce 0.0%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.26% 758,465 $136.8M No change
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 2.13% 114,091 $128.8M No change
DXCM Dexcom Inc. 1.76% 767,716 $106.5M Reduce -8.9%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.66% 586,315 $100.5M No change
HD Home Depot Inc. 1.60% 251,875 $96.6M Reduce -1.8%
FAST Fastenal Co. 1.56% 1,227,625 $94.7M Reduce -1.9%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.43% 96,005 $86.7M Reduce -25.7%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 1.42% 29,605 $86.1M Reduce -14.8%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 1.37% 172,275 $83.0M Reduce -7.2%
CRM Salesforce Inc. 1.33% 267,250 $80.5M No change
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. 1.31% 291,040 $79.4M Reduce -0.0%
FISV Fiserv Inc. 1.30% 493,795 $78.9M Add +0.0%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.30% 134,958 $78.4M Add +0.0%
FTV Fortive Corp. 1.28% 899,880 $77.4M Reduce -0.0%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 1.28% 761,770 $77.3M No change
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.28% 105,435 $77.2M No change
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.27% 382,295 $76.6M No change
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 1.26% 1,114,970 $76.4M No change
AON Aon PLC Class A 1.26% 228,245 $76.2M No change
V Visa Inc. Class A 1.23% 266,150 $74.3M No change
TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A filed as THE TRADE DESK INC 1.22% 844,720 $73.8M Add +8.8%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A 1.20% 267,465 $72.7M No change
CTAS Cintas Corp. 1.17% 103,205 $70.9M Reduce -5.5%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. 1.17% 203,135 $70.6M No change
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 1.16% 165,475 $70.4M No change
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 1.15% 133,585 $69.8M No change
CPRT Copart Inc. 1.14% 1,187,435 $68.8M Reduce -8.4%
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 1.11% 995,625 $67.5M Add +20.3%
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A 1.11% 209,459 $67.2M Reduce -23.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.08% 84,065 $65.4M Reduce -15.2%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 1.08% 375,385 $65.4M Add +6.4%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 1.06% 83,820 $63.9M No change
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A 1.02% 225,590 $61.5M Reduce -5.6%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 1.00% 460,842 $60.8M Add +5.8%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.99% 448,717 $60.0M No change
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.97% 164,620 $58.9M No change
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.97% 118,270 $58.5M No change
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.93% 521,305 $56.5M No change
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.92% 97,460 $55.7M No change
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.91% 1,133,570 $55.1M New
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.90% 266,340 $54.7M No change
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 0.90% 396,775 $54.5M Add +0.0%
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.90% 191,782 $54.5M Reduce -19.3%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.90% 107,475 $54.2M Reduce -0.0%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners 0.88% 1,824,480 $53.2M No change
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.84% 557,095 $50.9M Add +13.7%
ALC Alcon Inc. filed as ALCON AG 0.84% 607,550 $50.6M No change
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.83% 178,865 $50.4M Add +13.5%
CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. 0.82% 158,915 $49.5M No change
ROP Roper Technologies Inc. 0.74% 80,340 $45.1M No change
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.72% 125,240 $43.4M New
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.71% 161,235 $43.3M No change
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.71% 615,460 $43.1M Reduce -5.2%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.68% 42,595 $41.4M Reduce -29.6%
LH Laboratory CRP of Amer Hldgs 0.67% 185,890 $40.6M No change
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.67% 224,268 $40.5M Reduce -36.8%
CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel 0.65% 148,635 $39.5M Reduce -3.7%
KLAC KLA Corp. 0.65% 56,200 $39.3M Reduce -27.5%
TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A 0.57% 177,980 $34.7M Reduce -21.2%
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.44% 299,210 $26.8M No change
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. 0.44% 294,781 $26.4M Add +1.5%
CDW CDW Corp. 0.43% 101,640 $26.0M No change
WAB Wabtec Corp. 0.42% 175,142 $25.5M Reduce -6.8%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.42% 198,074 $25.4M No change
RBA RB Global Inc. 0.42% 330,056 $25.1M Reduce -8.0%
PTC PTC Inc. 0.40% 129,455 $24.5M No change
STVN Stevanato Group SPA 0.40% 756,944 $24.3M Reduce -0.0%
IT Gartner Inc. 0.40% 50,680 $24.2M No change
AME Ametek Inc. 0.40% 131,950 $24.1M No change
LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. 0.38% 215,786 $23.0M No change
BJ Bj's Wholesale Club Holdings filed as BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC 0.38% 301,806 $22.8M No change
CPAY Corpay Inc. 0.37% 72,590 $22.4M Add +6.2%
TRU Transunion 0.37% 278,205 $22.2M No change
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. 0.36% 86,001 $21.7M No change
NDSN Nordson Corp. 0.36% 79,190 $21.7M Reduce -0.1%
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. 0.36% 92,018 $21.7M No change
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. 0.35% 99,235 $21.1M No change
DT Dynatrace Inc. 0.35% 453,603 $21.1M Add +14.1%
RSG Republic Services Inc. 0.35% 109,745 $21.0M Reduce -8.1%
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. 0.35% 121,653 $20.9M Add +27.2%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International 0.34% 15,479 $20.6M Add +11.8%
ATR Aptargroup Inc. 0.34% 141,850 $20.4M No change
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line 0.33% 92,030 $20.2M No change
OKTA Okta Inc. 0.33% 191,712 $20.1M No change
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A 0.32% 362,761 $19.5M Reduce -0.8%
STE Steris PLC 0.32% 86,224 $19.4M Add +0.9%
SCI Service Corp. International 0.32% 260,135 $19.3M No change
POWI Power Integrations Inc. 0.32% 269,425 $19.3M Add +2.6%
CRL Charles River Laboratories 0.32% 70,681 $19.2M No change
BR Broadridge Financial Solutio 0.31% 92,885 $19.0M No change
IEX Idex Corp. 0.31% 77,450 $18.9M Add +7.8%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. Class A 0.31% 80,600 $18.7M No change
TECH Bio-Techne Corp. 0.31% 264,829 $18.6M Add +13.7%
LII Lennox International Inc. 0.31% 38,115 $18.6M Reduce -14.2%
COO The Cooper Cos Inc. 0.29% 174,960 $17.8M No change
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. 0.28% 34,040 $16.9M No change
ESTC Elastic NV 0.28% 166,917 $16.7M Reduce -0.3%
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A 0.26% 163,760 $15.9M Reduce -69.8%

Show all 218 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A Reduce -69.8% 0.26% −0.63
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. Reduce -78.6% 0.16% −0.61
TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A Reduce -21.2% 0.57% −0.38
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. Reduce -19.3% 0.90% −0.34
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Reduce -36.8% 0.67% −0.26
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.90% −0.24
LRCX Lam Research Corp. Reduce -29.6% 0.68% −0.15
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A Reduce -5.6% 1.02% −0.15
KLAC KLA Corp. Reduce -27.5% 0.65% −0.15
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Reduce -23.6% 1.11% −0.13
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Reduce -5.2% 0.71% −0.12
DXCM Dexcom Inc. Reduce -8.9% 1.76% −0.09
NTRS Northern Trust Corp. Reduce -26.5% 0.20% −0.08
QLYS Qualys Inc. Reduce -13.1% 0.13% −0.06
ESTC Elastic NV Reduce -0.3% 0.28% −0.06
JNPR Juniper Networks Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
WEC WEC Energy Group Inc. Reduce -42.5% 0.05% −0.05
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -33.6% 0.07% −0.05
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Reduce -46.9% 0.06% −0.05
LII Lennox International Inc. Reduce -14.2% 0.31% −0.04
CME Cme Group Inc. Reduce -24.2% 0.10% −0.04
ROAD Construction Partners Inc. Class A Reduce -33.5% 0.15% −0.04
WNS WNS Holdings Ltd. Reduce -2.7% 0.09% −0.03
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -7.2% 1.37% −0.03
SPSC SPS Commerce Inc. Reduce -4.4% 0.15% −0.03
RVTY Revvity Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.21% −0.02
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A Reduce -0.8% 0.32% −0.02
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Reduce -21.4% 0.14% −0.02
PLUS Eplus Inc. Reduce -2.6% 0.15% −0.02
VRNS Varonis Systems Inc. Reduce -5.4% 0.14% −0.01
NDSN Nordson Corp. Reduce -0.1% 0.36% −0.01
FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. Reduce -36.0% 0.11% −0.01
RBA RB Global Inc. Reduce -8.0% 0.42% −0.01
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Reduce -12.5% 0.08% −0.01
DSGX The Descartes Systems Grp Reduce -4.5% 0.17% −0.01
CB Chubb Ltd. Reduce -7.8% 0.14% −0.00
RSG Republic Services Inc. Reduce -8.1% 0.35% −0.00
WAB Wabtec Corp. Reduce -6.8% 0.42% −0.00
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Reduce -17.0% 0.15% +0.00
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. Reduce -5.6% 0.13% +0.01
CTAS Cintas Corp. Reduce -5.5% 1.17% +0.01
KMX Carmax Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.16% +0.01
CPRT Copart Inc. Reduce -8.4% 1.14% +0.01
BLDR Builders Firstsource Inc. Reduce -5.9% 0.13% +0.01
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Reduce -14.8% 1.42% +0.01
BURL Burlington Stores Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.18% +0.02
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -1.8% 1.60% +0.02
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce 0.0% 3.31% +0.03
STVN Stevanato Group SPA Reduce -0.0% 0.40% +0.04
CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel Reduce -3.7% 0.65% +0.05

Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
SNY Sanofi-ADR New 0.91% +0.91
ACN Accenture PLC Class A New 0.72% +0.72
TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A Add +8.8% 1.22% +0.23
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Add +5.8% 1.00% +0.16
FISV Fiserv Inc. Add +0.0% 1.30% +0.14
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR Add +20.3% 1.11% +0.13
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. New 0.08% +0.08
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. Add +27.2% 0.35% +0.07
ORCL Oracle Corp. Add +33.1% 0.14% +0.04
MTD Mettler-Toledo International Add +11.8% 0.34% +0.04
NOVT Novanta Inc. New 0.04% +0.04
CMS CMS Energy Corp. Add +31.6% 0.17% +0.04
IEX Idex Corp. Add +7.8% 0.31% +0.04
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A New 0.04% +0.04
CPAY Corpay Inc. Add +6.2% 0.37% +0.03
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Add +0.0% 1.30% +0.03
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +6.4% 1.08% +0.02
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. Add +1.5% 0.44% +0.01
OPLN Openlane Inc. Add +0.0% 0.12% +0.01
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +9.3% 0.14% +0.01
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Add +13.7% 0.84% +0.01
PWSC Powerschool Holdings Inc. Class A New 0.01% +0.01
NCNO Ncino Inc. Add +7.2% 0.07% +0.01
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +13.5% 0.83% +0.01
FIVN FIVE9 Inc. Add +37.9% 0.11% +0.00
MORN Morningstar Inc. Add +0.0% 0.13% +0.00
OPCH Option Care Health Inc. Add +7.4% 0.12% −0.00
PRGO Perrigo Co. PLC Add +6.6% 0.14% −0.00
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. Add +0.0% 0.90% −0.00
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. Add +8.3% 0.10% −0.00
PFE Pfizer Inc. Add +7.3% 0.11% −0.00
LZB La-Z-Boy Inc. Add +0.0% 0.15% −0.01
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. Add +7.6% 0.26% −0.01
TECH Bio-Techne Corp. Add +13.7% 0.31% −0.01
STE Steris PLC Add +0.9% 0.32% −0.01
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Add +10.3% 0.13% −0.01
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Add +0.0% 0.12% −0.01
NEOG Neogen Corp. Add +17.9% 0.10% −0.02
ATRC Atricure Inc. Add +3.9% 0.09% −0.02
DT Dynatrace Inc. Add +14.1% 0.35% −0.04
POWI Power Integrations Inc. Add +2.6% 0.32% −0.06

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 195$5.5BGOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT
Q1 2026 203$5.1BGOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT
Q4 2025 205$5.7BGOOG, NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL
Q3 2025 215$5.9BMSFT, GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL
Q2 2025 216$6.0BMSFT, GOOG, AMZN, NVDA, AAPL
Q1 2025 213$5.8BMSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, NVDA
Q4 2024 214$6.2BGOOG, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY
Q3 2024 216$6.1BMSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY
Q2 2024 216$6.0BMSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY
Q1 2024 218$6.1BMSFT, GOOG, AMZN, ORLY, DXCM