Nicholas Company, Inc.

In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed July 24, 2024), Nicholas Company, Inc. reported 216 stock positions worth $6.0 billion. Its top holding was Microsoft (MSFT) at 3.7% of the portfolio, followed by Alphabet Class C (GOOG, 3.6%) and Amazon.com (AMZN, 2.4%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 6 new positions, sold out of 8, added to 36 and reduced 96. The biggest buy was a new position in Waste Connections (WCN) and the biggest sale CrowdStrike Class A (CRWD, shares −54%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
MILWAUKEE, WI
CIK
0000903949
Portfolio Value
$6.0B (Q2 2024)
SEC Filing
0000903949-24-000011 ↗ filed Jul 24, 2024

Holdings Value

0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B Q1 2024: $6.1B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $6.0B $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 216 stocks · $6.0B
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 3.71% 498,345 $222.7M No change
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 3.59% 1,176,195 $215.7M Reduce -10.5%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.44% 758,465 $146.6M No change
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.05% 586,315 $123.5M No change
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 1.96% 111,466 $117.7M Reduce -2.3%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.65% 801,255 $99.0M Reduce -16.5%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.49% 105,435 $89.6M No change
DXCM Dexcom Inc. 1.45% 767,651 $87.0M Reduce -0.0%
HD Home Depot Inc. 1.44% 251,875 $86.7M No change
ADBE Adobe Inc. 1.43% 154,330 $85.7M Add +43.6%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 1.40% 761,925 $83.9M Add +0.0%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 1.31% 1,255,310 $78.6M Reduce -15.2%
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 1.29% 995,625 $77.6M No change
FAST Fastenal Co. 1.28% 1,227,505 $77.1M Reduce -0.0%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 1.26% 172,275 $76.0M No change
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.24% 134,958 $74.6M No change
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.23% 81,775 $74.0M Reduce -2.7%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 1.23% 165,475 $73.8M No change
FISV Fiserv Inc. 1.22% 493,795 $73.6M No change
CRM Salesforce Inc. 1.22% 284,495 $73.1M Add +6.5%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 1.21% 375,385 $73.0M No change
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. 1.20% 290,980 $72.4M Reduce -0.0%
TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A filed as THE TRADE DESK INC 1.20% 736,560 $71.9M Reduce -12.8%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 1.18% 139,610 $71.1M Add +18.0%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 1.17% 89,520 $70.4M Add +6.8%
V Visa Inc. Class A 1.16% 266,225 $69.9M Add +0.0%
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 1.15% 900,625 $69.4M Reduce -19.2%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A 1.14% 267,425 $68.8M Reduce -0.0%
AON Aon PLC Class A 1.11% 228,245 $67.0M No change
FTV Fortive Corp. 1.11% 899,725 $66.7M Reduce -0.0%
CTAS Cintas Corp. 1.10% 94,270 $66.0M Reduce -8.7%
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. 1.08% 191,732 $65.0M Reduce -0.0%
WCN Waste Connections Inc. 1.07% 365,967 $64.2M New
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A 1.05% 281,985 $63.0M Add +25.0%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. 1.01% 203,135 $60.6M No change
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.99% 1,225,490 $59.5M Add +8.1%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.97% 289,170 $58.5M Reduce -24.4%
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.97% 1,075,920 $58.3M Reduce -9.4%
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.96% 97,460 $58.0M No change
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.93% 164,620 $56.0M No change
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.93% 449,897 $55.7M Reduce -2.4%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.92% 521,190 $55.5M Reduce -0.0%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 0.90% 396,775 $54.3M No change
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.90% 253,910 $54.2M Reduce -4.7%
ALC Alcon Inc. filed as ALCON AG 0.90% 607,730 $54.1M Add +0.0%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners 0.88% 1,824,480 $52.9M No change
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.87% 172,735 $52.4M Add +37.9%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 0.86% 133,560 $51.5M Reduce -0.0%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.82% 508,552 $49.2M Add +13.3%
CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. 0.81% 158,970 $48.9M Add +0.0%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.79% 293,023 $47.5M Add +30.7%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.76% 178,865 $45.6M No change
ROP Roper Technologies Inc. 0.75% 80,340 $45.3M No change
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.72% 557,095 $43.4M No change
TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A 0.70% 239,465 $42.4M Add +34.5%
KLAC KLA Corp. 0.70% 51,135 $42.2M Reduce -9.0%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.68% 38,550 $41.0M Reduce -9.5%
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.68% 171,745 $40.7M Add +6.5%
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.67% 615,460 $40.3M No change
LH Laboratory CRP of Amer Hldgs 0.63% 185,890 $37.8M No change
CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel 0.62% 136,052 $37.2M Reduce -8.5%
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A 0.61% 95,559 $36.6M Reduce -54.4%
LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. 0.49% 348,821 $29.3M Add +61.6%
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.46% 299,075 $27.4M Reduce -0.1%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. 0.44% 197,155 $26.6M New
BJ Bj's Wholesale Club Holdings filed as BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC 0.42% 287,246 $25.2M Reduce -4.8%
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A 0.41% 360,191 $24.7M Reduce -0.7%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.41% 197,949 $24.5M Reduce -0.1%
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. 0.40% 294,586 $24.1M Reduce -0.1%
RBA RB Global Inc. 0.39% 307,127 $23.5M Reduce -7.0%
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. 0.38% 85,663 $23.1M Reduce -6.9%
IT Gartner Inc. 0.38% 50,650 $22.7M Reduce -0.1%
CDW CDW Corp. 0.38% 101,605 $22.7M Reduce -0.0%
PTC PTC Inc. 0.37% 123,075 $22.4M Reduce -4.9%
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. 0.37% 99,225 $22.3M Reduce -0.0%
AME Ametek Inc. 0.37% 131,840 $22.0M Reduce -0.1%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International 0.36% 15,479 $21.6M No change
TRU Transunion 0.34% 278,205 $20.6M No change
POWI Power Integrations Inc. 0.34% 289,911 $20.3M Add +7.6%
DT Dynatrace Inc. 0.34% 453,603 $20.3M No change
ESTC Elastic NV 0.34% 177,562 $20.2M Add +6.4%
ATR Aptargroup Inc. 0.33% 141,820 $20.0M Reduce -0.0%
CPAY Corpay Inc. 0.32% 72,590 $19.3M No change
LII Lennox International Inc. 0.32% 36,080 $19.3M Reduce -5.3%
OKTA Okta Inc. 0.32% 203,297 $19.0M Add +6.0%
WAB Wabtec Corp. 0.32% 120,152 $19.0M Reduce -31.4%
TECH Bio-Techne Corp. 0.32% 264,829 $19.0M No change
STE Steris PLC 0.31% 86,224 $18.9M No change
SCI Service Corp. International 0.31% 259,935 $18.5M Reduce -0.1%
NDSN Nordson Corp. 0.31% 79,135 $18.4M Reduce -0.1%
BR Broadridge Financial Solutio 0.30% 92,830 $18.3M Reduce -0.1%
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. 0.30% 85,931 $18.2M Reduce -0.1%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. 0.29% 34,015 $17.6M Reduce -0.1%
K Kellanova 0.28% 289,790 $16.7M New
RSG Republic Services Inc. 0.27% 84,600 $16.4M Reduce -22.9%
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line 0.27% 92,030 $16.3M No change
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. 0.27% 41,470 $16.1M Add +12.6%
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. 0.27% 121,653 $16.0M No change
IEX Idex Corp. 0.25% 76,150 $15.3M Reduce -1.7%
COO The Cooper Cos Inc. 0.25% 174,835 $15.3M Reduce -0.1%

Show all 216 holdings

Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Reduce -54.4% 0.61% −0.50
DXCM Dexcom Inc. Reduce -0.0% 1.45% −0.31
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.86% −0.30
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -24.4% 0.97% −0.29
FAST Fastenal Co. Reduce -0.0% 1.28% −0.28
FTV Fortive Corp. Reduce -0.0% 1.11% −0.17
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. Reduce -2.3% 1.96% −0.17
CPRT Copart Inc. Reduce -9.4% 0.97% −0.17
MODN Model N Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
BLDR Builders Firstsource Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Reduce -15.2% 1.31% −0.11
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. Reduce -0.0% 1.20% −0.11
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. Reduce -19.2% 1.15% −0.11
WAB Wabtec Corp. Reduce -31.4% 0.32% −0.11
M D C HLDGS INC Sold out 0.00% −0.09
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.08
WEN The Wendy's Co. Reduce -56.5% 0.06% −0.08
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Reduce -2.4% 0.93% −0.08
RSG Republic Services Inc. Reduce -22.9% 0.27% −0.07
CTAS Cintas Corp. Reduce -8.7% 1.10% −0.07
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.06
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. Class A Reduce -0.0% 0.25% −0.06
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -27.8% 0.07% −0.06
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.06
IEX Idex Corp. Reduce -1.7% 0.25% −0.06
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.30% −0.06
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A Reduce -0.0% 1.14% −0.06
NDSN Nordson Corp. Reduce -0.1% 0.31% −0.05
CDW CDW Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.38% −0.05
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Reduce -34.0% 0.10% −0.05
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -18.8% 0.13% −0.04
COO The Cooper Cos Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.25% −0.04
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. Reduce -0.1% 0.40% −0.04
CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel Reduce -8.5% 0.62% −0.03
AME Ametek Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.37% −0.03
PTC PTC Inc. Reduce -4.9% 0.37% −0.03
WBS Webster Financial Corp. Reduce -0.1% 0.18% −0.03
PLUS Eplus Inc. Reduce -14.4% 0.12% −0.03
CME Cme Group Inc. Reduce -19.6% 0.07% −0.03
RBA RB Global Inc. Reduce -7.0% 0.39% −0.03
KMX Carmax Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.14% −0.02
TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A Reduce -12.8% 1.20% −0.02
G Genpact Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.02
TGT Target Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.11% −0.02
NTRS Northern Trust Corp. Reduce -5.8% 0.18% −0.02
IT Gartner Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.38% −0.02
ROAD Construction Partners Inc. Class A Reduce -13.2% 0.13% −0.02
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A Reduce -0.1% 0.24% −0.02
FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc. Reduce -15.1% 0.09% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
WCN Waste Connections Inc. New 1.07% +1.07
ADBE Adobe Inc. Add +43.6% 1.43% +0.53
SNOW Snowflake Inc. New 0.44% +0.44
K Kellanova New 0.28% +0.28
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +18.0% 1.18% +0.22
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +37.9% 0.87% +0.15
CSGP Costar Group Inc. New 0.15% +0.15
TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A Add +34.5% 0.70% +0.13
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Add +30.7% 0.79% +0.12
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Add +0.0% 1.40% +0.12
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Add +6.8% 1.17% +0.12
LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Add +61.6% 0.49% +0.11
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC-SP ADR New 0.10% +0.10
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +8.1% 0.99% +0.08
PWSC Powerschool Holdings Inc. Class A Add +774.8% 0.07% +0.07
WK Workiva Inc. New 0.07% +0.07
ALC Alcon Inc. Add +0.0% 0.90% +0.06
ESTC Elastic NV Add +6.4% 0.34% +0.06
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Add +163.2% 0.08% +0.05
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +30.1% 0.18% +0.04
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A Add +25.0% 1.05% +0.03
NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. Add +34.5% 0.10% +0.02
POWI Power Integrations Inc. Add +7.6% 0.34% +0.02
WNS WNS Holdings Ltd. Add +10.4% 0.10% +0.01
NOVT Novanta Inc. Add +41.7% 0.05% +0.01
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. Add +12.6% 0.27% +0.01
PCRX Pacira Biosciences Inc. Add +10.0% 0.08% +0.01
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Add +13.4% 0.10% +0.00
NEOG Neogen Corp. Add +3.8% 0.10% +0.00
USB US Bancorp Add +19.5% 0.05% +0.00
NCNO Ncino Inc. Add +13.2% 0.07% −0.00
CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. Add +0.0% 0.81% −0.00
GDYN Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc. Add +7.3% 0.06% −0.01
LKQ LKQ Corp. Add +21.2% 0.13% −0.01
FIVN FIVE9 Inc. Add +30.5% 0.10% −0.01
OPCH Option Care Health Inc. Add +7.0% 0.11% −0.01
BL Blackline Inc. Add +17.0% 0.11% −0.01
OKTA Okta Inc. Add +6.0% 0.32% −0.01
ITW Illinois Tool Works Add +6.5% 0.68% −0.04
V Visa Inc. Class A Add +0.0% 1.16% −0.06
CRM Salesforce Inc. Add +6.5% 1.22% −0.11
GPN Global Payments Inc. Add +13.3% 0.82% −0.17

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