Nicholas Company, Inc.

In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 10, 2025), Nicholas Company, Inc. reported 214 stock positions worth $6.2 billion. Its top holding was Alphabet Class C (GOOG) at 3.5% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 3.4%) and Amazon.com (AMZN, 3.0%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 6 new positions, sold out of 8, added to 40 and reduced 110. The biggest buy was Snowflake (SNOW, shares +36%) and the biggest sale Texas Instruments (TXN, shares −11%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
MILWAUKEE, WI
CIK
0000903949
Portfolio Value
$6.2B (Q4 2024)
SEC Filing
0000903949-25-000002 ↗ filed Feb 10, 2025

Holdings Value

0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B Q1 2024: $6.1B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $6.0B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $6.1B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $6.2B $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 214 stocks · $6.2B
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 3.46% 1,120,685 $213.4M Reduce -0.0%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 3.40% 498,410 $210.1M Reduce -0.0%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.96% 833,275 $182.8M Reduce -0.0%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.38% 586,440 $146.9M No change
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 1.90% 98,720 $117.1M Reduce -11.0%
FISV Fiserv Inc. 1.64% 493,765 $101.4M Reduce -0.0%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.60% 734,502 $98.6M Reduce -8.3%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.56% 105,435 $96.6M No change
CRM Salesforce Inc. 1.54% 284,485 $95.1M Reduce 0.0%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 1.54% 89,540 $94.9M No change
HD Home Depot Inc. 1.51% 239,618 $93.2M Reduce -4.3%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 1.47% 172,275 $90.7M No change
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 1.47% 749,235 $90.5M Reduce -0.0%
V Visa Inc. Class A 1.36% 266,210 $84.1M Reduce -0.0%
TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A filed as THE TRADE DESK INC 1.36% 715,015 $84.0M Reduce -2.5%
FAST Fastenal Co. 1.35% 1,156,320 $83.2M Reduce -5.5%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 1.34% 1,370,940 $82.7M Reduce -0.0%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 1.33% 165,460 $82.4M Reduce -0.0%
AON Aon PLC Class A 1.33% 228,305 $82.0M No change
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 1.23% 1,161,009 $76.1M Add +17.3%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 1.21% 167,764 $74.6M Add +8.7%
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A 1.18% 281,965 $72.8M Reduce -0.0%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 1.17% 142,641 $72.2M Add +2.2%
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. 1.15% 276,067 $71.0M Reduce -4.4%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.14% 134,978 $70.2M No change
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. 1.12% 203,175 $69.1M No change
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 1.11% 194,088 $68.3M Add +5.0%
FTV Fortive Corp. 1.09% 894,555 $67.1M Reduce -0.0%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 1.07% 663,386 $66.0M Add +47.5%
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 1.03% 712,206 $63.6M Reduce -3.3%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.03% 264,490 $63.4M Reduce -6.3%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 1.01% 334,171 $62.7M Reduce -11.0%
WCN Waste Connections Inc. 1.01% 363,767 $62.4M Reduce 0.0%
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.99% 1,269,875 $61.2M Add +0.0%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.97% 675,076 $59.9M Add +30.4%
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.96% 326,884 $59.5M Reduce -14.1%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.96% 164,610 $59.3M Reduce -0.0%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 0.96% 396,800 $59.1M No change
EPD Enterprise Products Partners 0.93% 1,824,480 $57.2M No change
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.91% 72,585 $56.0M Reduce -6.1%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 0.91% 2,623,887 $56.0M Add +7.9%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A 0.87% 244,300 $54.0M Reduce -8.2%
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.87% 934,622 $53.6M Reduce -13.1%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.87% 236,745 $53.5M Reduce -6.8%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.84% 178,850 $51.8M Reduce -0.0%
ALC Alcon Inc. filed as ALCON AG 0.84% 607,730 $51.6M No change
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.82% 557,060 $50.8M Reduce -0.0%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.81% 411,557 $49.7M Add +21.7%
CTAS Cintas Corp. 0.80% 270,561 $49.4M Reduce -6.9%
CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. 0.77% 158,970 $47.8M No change
SNPS Synopsys Inc. 0.77% 97,460 $47.3M No change
MDB Mongodb Inc. 0.76% 202,509 $47.1M Add +94.5%
TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A 0.76% 193,429 $47.1M Reduce -19.2%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. 0.73% 293,750 $45.4M Add +35.9%
ITW Illinois Tool Works 0.71% 171,720 $43.5M Reduce -0.0%
CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd./Israel 0.70% 129,285 $43.1M Reduce -0.0%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. 0.69% 184,445 $42.3M No change
ROP Roper Technologies Inc. 0.68% 80,365 $41.8M No change
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.60% 615,600 $36.8M Reduce 0.0%
KLAC KLA Corp. 0.52% 51,135 $32.2M No change
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.52% 442,550 $32.0M No change
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A 0.48% 359,871 $29.8M Reduce -0.0%
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. 0.46% 143,553 $28.6M Reduce -0.1%
RBA RB Global Inc. 0.46% 312,790 $28.2M Reduce -1.9%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.42% 168,485 $26.2M Reduce -6.2%
BJ Bj's Wholesale Club Holdings filed as BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC 0.40% 276,675 $24.7M Reduce -0.0%
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. 0.39% 355,916 $24.3M Add +22.6%
DT Dynatrace Inc. 0.39% 443,683 $24.1M Reduce -0.1%
CPAY Corpay Inc. 0.39% 70,955 $24.0M Reduce -0.1%
IT Gartner Inc. 0.39% 49,555 $24.0M No change
TRU Transunion 0.38% 255,298 $23.7M Reduce -6.5%
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. 0.37% 83,603 $23.0M No change
ESTC Elastic NV 0.37% 227,624 $22.6M Add +3.9%
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.36% 390,192 $22.4M Add +12.3%
PTC PTC Inc. 0.36% 120,445 $22.1M Reduce -0.0%
ATR Aptargroup Inc. 0.36% 139,785 $22.0M Reduce -0.0%
LSCC Lattice Semiconductor Corp. 0.35% 386,623 $21.9M Add +30.5%
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. 0.34% 45,659 $21.2M Add +5.0%
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A 0.34% 160,090 $21.0M Reduce -0.0%
AME Ametek Inc. 0.33% 114,545 $20.6M Reduce -15.8%
BR Broadridge Financial Solutio 0.33% 90,775 $20.5M Reduce -0.1%
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. 0.31% 91,414 $19.2M Reduce -7.3%
SCI Service Corp. International 0.31% 240,355 $19.2M Reduce -0.0%
MORN Morningstar Inc. 0.31% 56,630 $19.1M Add +115.2%
TECH Bio-Techne Corp. 0.30% 258,674 $18.6M Reduce -0.1%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International 0.30% 15,149 $18.5M Reduce -0.1%
IEX Idex Corp. 0.29% 86,753 $18.2M Add +6.3%
RMD Resmed Inc. 0.29% 78,380 $17.9M Reduce -0.0%
STE Steris PLC 0.28% 84,254 $17.3M Reduce -0.1%
CDW CDW Corp. 0.28% 99,395 $17.3M No change
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line 0.27% 95,565 $16.9M Add +6.1%
RSG Republic Services Inc. 0.27% 82,630 $16.6M No change
WAB Wabtec Corp. 0.27% 87,501 $16.6M Reduce -25.4%
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. 0.27% 84,404 $16.6M Add +0.4%
NDSN Nordson Corp. 0.27% 78,460 $16.4M No change
STVN Stevanato Group SPA 0.26% 745,529 $16.2M Reduce -0.0%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 0.26% 37,200 $16.2M Reduce -0.0%
COO The Cooper Cos Inc. 0.25% 170,940 $15.7M Reduce -0.0%
CSGP Costar Group Inc. 0.25% 214,414 $15.3M Add +42.4%
CNS Cohen & Steers Inc. 0.25% 164,593 $15.2M Reduce -7.0%

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Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Reduce -11.0% 1.01% −0.25
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A Reduce -8.2% 0.87% −0.24
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -6.1% 0.91% −0.21
LII Lennox International Inc. Reduce -67.4% 0.10% −0.20
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. Reduce -11.0% 1.90% −0.18
CTAS Cintas Corp. Reduce -6.9% 0.80% −0.17
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Reduce 0.0% 0.60% −0.14
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -4.3% 1.51% −0.14
BALL Ball Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.11
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. Reduce -14.1% 0.96% −0.10
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -0.0% 3.40% −0.09
TRU Transunion Reduce -6.5% 0.38% −0.08
WPC WP Carey Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.08
ICFI Icf International Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.16% −0.08
WAB Wabtec Corp. Reduce -25.4% 0.27% −0.08
FAST Fastenal Co. Reduce -5.5% 1.35% −0.07
PWSC Powerschool Holdings Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.07
LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. Reduce -7.3% 0.31% −0.07
PZZA Papa John's Intl Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
MTD Mettler-Toledo International Reduce -0.1% 0.30% −0.07
FTV Fortive Corp. Reduce -0.0% 1.09% −0.06
CVS CVS Health Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.06
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.82% −0.06
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -0.0% 1.33% −0.06
WBS Webster Financial Corp. Reduce -39.4% 0.14% −0.05
COO The Cooper Cos Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.25% −0.05
STE Steris PLC Reduce -0.1% 0.28% −0.05
INMD Inmode Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.05
CPRT Copart Inc. Reduce -13.1% 0.87% −0.05
WCN Waste Connections Inc. Reduce 0.0% 1.01% −0.05
MCD McDonald's Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.84% −0.05
AME Ametek Inc. Reduce -15.8% 0.33% −0.05
TECH Bio-Techne Corp. Reduce -0.1% 0.30% −0.04
BWIN Baldwin Insurance Group Inc./ Reduce -0.1% 0.12% −0.03
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -7.4% 0.13% −0.03
AMT American Tower Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.11% −0.03
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Reduce -17.1% 0.13% −0.03
CNS Cohen & Steers Inc. Reduce -7.0% 0.25% −0.03
ITW Illinois Tool Works Reduce -0.0% 0.71% −0.03
VMC Vulcan Materials Co. Reduce -4.4% 1.15% −0.03
TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.14% −0.03
HOLX Hologic Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.18% −0.02
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates Inc. Reduce -7.7% 0.23% −0.02
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -9.6% 0.16% −0.02
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Reduce -23.2% 0.07% −0.02
UL Unilever PLC Reduce -0.0% 0.14% −0.02
RMD Resmed Inc. Reduce -0.0% 0.29% −0.02
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.08% −0.02
AVY Avery Dennison Corp. Reduce -0.0% 0.10% −0.02
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -0.0% 0.13% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
SNOW Snowflake Inc. Add +35.9% 0.73% +0.33
MDB Mongodb Inc. Add +94.5% 0.76% +0.31
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Add +47.5% 1.07% +0.24
MORN Morningstar Inc. Add +115.2% 0.31% +0.17
WING Wingstop Inc. New 0.17% +0.17
WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. New 0.15% +0.15
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. Add +30.4% 0.97% +0.14
LSCC Lattice Semiconductor Corp. Add +30.5% 0.35% +0.10
ESTC Elastic NV Add +3.9% 0.37% +0.09
CWST Casella Waste Systems Inc. Class A New 0.08% +0.08
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equit New 0.06% +0.06
CSGP Costar Group Inc. Add +42.4% 0.25% +0.06
SLP Simulations Plus Inc. New 0.06% +0.06
USB US Bancorp Add +62.8% 0.12% +0.05
GDYN Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc. Add +0.1% 0.13% +0.05
WK Workiva Inc. Add +9.7% 0.13% +0.04
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +5.0% 1.11% +0.04
INTA Intapp Inc. Add +63.7% 0.07% +0.04
PHR Phreesia Inc. New 0.04% +0.04
ADI Analog Devices Inc. Add +38.2% 0.18% +0.04
COP Conocophillips Add +61.4% 0.11% +0.04
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. Add +5.0% 0.34% +0.03
NOVT Novanta Inc. Add +65.1% 0.09% +0.03
CERT Certara Inc. Add +47.9% 0.10% +0.02
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Add +41.4% 0.11% +0.02
NCNO Ncino Inc. Add +7.8% 0.11% +0.01
IEX Idex Corp. Add +6.3% 0.29% +0.01
QLYS Qualys Inc. Add +0.0% 0.11% +0.01
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Add +15.7% 0.11% +0.01
WNS WNS Holdings Ltd. Add +18.4% 0.11% +0.01
TGT Target Corp. Add +20.5% 0.12% +0.00
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +4.3% 0.19% +0.00
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. Add +7.9% 0.12% −0.01
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Add +9.3% 0.09% −0.01
KVUE Kenvue Inc. Add +7.9% 0.91% −0.01
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line Add +6.1% 0.27% −0.02
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR Add +17.3% 1.23% −0.02
NEOG Neogen Corp. Add +4.1% 0.08% −0.03
AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. Add +22.6% 0.39% −0.03
RVTY Revvity Inc. Add +0.0% 0.22% −0.03
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. Add +0.4% 0.27% −0.06
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Add +12.3% 0.36% −0.09
ADBE Adobe Inc. Add +8.7% 1.21% −0.09
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Add +21.7% 0.81% −0.10
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Add +2.2% 1.17% −0.16
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +0.0% 0.99% −0.20

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