Nicholas Company, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed May 4, 2026), Nicholas Company, Inc. reported 203 stock positions worth $5.1 billion. Its top holding was Alphabet Class C (GOOG) at 4.0% of the portfolio, followed by Nvidia (NVDA, 4.0%) and Amazon.com (AMZN, 3.6%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 8 new positions, sold out of 10, added to 52 and reduced 116. The biggest buy was Broadcom (AVGO, shares +1178%) and the biggest sale an exit from Atlassian Class A (TEAM).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- MILWAUKEE, WI
- CIK
- 0000903949
- Portfolio Value
- $5.1B (Q1 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0000903949-26-000003 ↗ filed May 4, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 203 stocks · $5.1B
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 4.04% | 718,045 | $206.0M | Reduce -10.0% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.96% | 1,157,174 | $201.8M | Reduce -0.1% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.57% | 872,791 | $181.8M | Reduce -0.1% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.30% | 662,630 | $168.2M | Add +4.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.28% | 451,856 | $167.3M | Add +2.1% |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | 1.74% | 960,195 | $88.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 1.68% | 536,200 | $85.6M | Reduce -18.4% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1.65% | 84,494 | $84.2M | Reduce -4.3% |
| WCN Waste Connections Inc. | 1.62% | 508,147 | $82.5M | Add +13.1% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.60% | 263,472 | $81.5M | Add +1177.9% |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC | 1.59% | 410,238 | $80.9M | Reduce -24.3% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.55% | 239,556 | $78.8M | Reduce -0.1% |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 1.54% | 159,828 | $78.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 1.52% | 803,210 | $77.2M | Add +32.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.43% | 248,390 | $73.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SNY Sanofi-ADR | 1.42% | 1,498,990 | $72.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| VMC Vulcan Materials Co. | 1.38% | 258,885 | $70.5M | Reduce -1.3% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | 1.38% | 165,390 | $70.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | 1.35% | 436,910 | $68.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 1.34% | 119,340 | $68.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. | 1.28% | 203,030 | $65.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| FAST Fastenal Co. | 1.27% | 1,400,250 | $65.0M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 1.27% | 181,180 | $64.8M | Add +16.0% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.26% | 69,981 | $64.4M | Reduce -9.5% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 1.23% | 202,205 | $62.8M | Add +1.4% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 1.18% | 120,740 | $60.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 1.17% | 785,813 | $59.8M | Reduce -27.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 1.16% | 195,875 | $59.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| AON Aon PLC Class A | 1.15% | 181,227 | $58.5M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 1.14% | 646,565 | $57.9M | Reduce -11.9% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 1.13% | 440,030 | $57.6M | Add +4.3% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 1.10% | 289,437 | $56.2M | Reduce -12.8% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 1.08% | 344,380 | $55.2M | Add +54.0% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 1.07% | 37,005 | $54.5M | Reduce -16.8% |
| SYK Stryker Corp. | 1.06% | 164,528 | $54.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. | 1.06% | 194,428 | $54.0M | Add +42.8% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 1.05% | 251,582 | $53.8M | Reduce -21.6% |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | 1.05% | 135,202 | $53.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 1.03% | 257,476 | $52.4M | Reduce -13.6% |
| ALC Alcon Inc. filed as ALCON AG | 1.02% | 688,410 | $51.9M | Reduce -0.0% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 1.01% | 275,175 | $51.4M | Add +1.3% |
| FTV Fortive Corp. | 0.97% | 894,360 | $49.4M | Reduce -0.0% |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | 0.91% | 741,274 | $46.5M | Add +18.2% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.91% | 443,915 | $46.4M | Add +4.2% |
| ITW Illinois Tool Works | 0.90% | 175,280 | $45.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CTAS Cintas Corp. | 0.86% | 260,238 | $44.0M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | 0.76% | 109,535 | $38.8M | Add +36.3% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | 0.72% | 244,782 | $36.9M | Reduce -0.2% |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | 0.63% | 227,842 | $32.0M | Reduce -13.3% |
| LSCC Lattice Semiconductor Corp. | 0.63% | 343,553 | $31.9M | Reduce -4.4% |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | 0.55% | 217,285 | $28.2M | Reduce -22.9% |
| AOS Smith (a.o.) Corp. | 0.50% | 385,643 | $25.4M | Reduce -1.3% |
| IEX Idex Corp. | 0.49% | 132,583 | $25.1M | Add +0.0% |
| NDSN Nordson Corp. | 0.47% | 90,975 | $24.2M | Reduce -3.4% |
| TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc. | 0.47% | 39,899 | $24.1M | Reduce -9.7% |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | 0.47% | 370,152 | $23.9M | Reduce -8.3% |
| AME Ametek Inc. | 0.46% | 109,358 | $23.4M | Add +0.1% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.44% | 154,840 | $22.4M | Add +0.1% |
| GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A | 0.42% | 249,449 | $21.5M | Reduce -18.9% |
| CPAY Corpay Inc. | 0.41% | 71,005 | $20.7M | Add +0.1% |
| RBA RB Global Inc. | 0.40% | 210,742 | $20.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 0.38% | 143,525 | $19.4M | Reduce -1.9% |
| MTD Mettler-Toledo International | 0.38% | 15,164 | $19.1M | Add +0.1% |
| BJ Bj's Wholesale Club Holdings filed as BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC | 0.37% | 192,994 | $19.0M | No change |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | 0.37% | 95,605 | $18.7M | Add +0.1% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | 0.36% | 75,750 | $18.4M | Reduce -56.6% |
| WAB Wabtec Corp. | 0.36% | 73,678 | $18.4M | Reduce -5.6% |
| TRU Transunion | 0.35% | 255,258 | $17.7M | Add +0.1% |
| ATR Aptargroup Inc. | 0.35% | 139,565 | $17.6M | Reduce -0.2% |
| SCI Service Corp. International | 0.34% | 210,135 | $17.3M | Add +0.0% |
| STE Steris PLC | 0.34% | 78,075 | $17.3M | Add +0.1% |
| LHX L3HARRIS Technologies Inc. | 0.33% | 49,262 | $17.0M | Reduce -20.4% |
| BURL Burlington Stores Inc. | 0.32% | 50,640 | $16.5M | Add +0.1% |
| PTC PTC Inc. | 0.31% | 112,099 | $16.0M | No change |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | 0.31% | 29,855 | $15.6M | Reduce -17.7% |
| PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. | 0.30% | 141,893 | $15.3M | Reduce -1.1% |
| VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. | 0.30% | 79,315 | $15.1M | Add +0.0% |
| HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 0.29% | 49,045 | $14.9M | Add +22.7% |
| IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. | 0.27% | 80,426 | $13.7M | Add +0.1% |
| RMD Resmed Inc. | 0.27% | 60,360 | $13.5M | No change |
| SN Sharkninja Inc. | 0.26% | 124,411 | $13.2M | Add +7.2% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | 0.25% | 35,715 | $12.8M | Add +7.4% |
| VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. | 0.25% | 173,925 | $12.8M | Add +7.9% |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | 0.25% | 160,228 | $12.6M | Add +0.1% |
| RVTY Revvity Inc. | 0.25% | 143,485 | $12.6M | Add +0.1% |
| BR Broadridge Financial Solutio | 0.24% | 76,434 | $12.4M | No change |
| CRL Charles River Laboratories | 0.24% | 71,940 | $12.4M | New |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | 0.24% | 379,350 | $12.1M | Add +7.9% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.24% | 49,590 | $12.1M | No change |
| CDW CDW Corp. | 0.24% | 99,395 | $12.0M | Add +0.0% |
| VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. Class A | 0.23% | 67,665 | $11.9M | Add +0.0% |
| HOLX Hologic Inc. | 0.23% | 155,390 | $11.7M | Reduce -7.7% |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | 0.23% | 47,431 | $11.5M | No change |
| RSG Republic Services Inc. | 0.22% | 51,607 | $11.3M | Add +0.1% |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | 0.22% | 157,760 | $11.3M | Reduce -0.0% |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 0.22% | 52,950 | $11.0M | No change |
| MDB Mongodb Inc. | 0.22% | 44,955 | $11.0M | Add +7.2% |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corp. | 0.22% | 78,816 | $11.0M | Add +0.1% |
| DDOG Datadog Inc. Class A | 0.21% | 92,645 | $10.9M | New |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.21% | 52,430 | $10.8M | Reduce -34.5% |
Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| TEAM Atlassian Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.87 |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.85 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Reduce -56.6% | 0.36% | −0.71 |
| TTD Trade Desk Inc./the Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.68 |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | Reduce -22.9% | 0.55% | −0.51 |
| ZS Zscaler Inc. | Reduce -13.3% | 0.63% | −0.41 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -10.0% | 4.04% | −0.34 |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.72% | −0.22 |
| TECH Bio-Techne Corp. | Reduce -53.2% | 0.19% | −0.21 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -9.5% | 1.26% | −0.19 |
| WING Wingstop Inc. | Reduce -42.9% | 0.13% | −0.18 |
| DT Dynatrace Inc. | Reduce -49.0% | 0.16% | −0.17 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC | Reduce -24.3% | 1.59% | −0.16 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Reduce -27.6% | 1.17% | −0.16 |
| ESTC Elastic NV | Reduce -40.3% | 0.12% | −0.15 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Reduce -99.9% | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 1.38% | −0.13 |
| LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| FOUR SHIFT4 Payments Inc. Class A | Reduce -48.0% | 0.08% | −0.12 |
| WBS Webster Financial Corp. | Reduce -69.7% | 0.06% | −0.10 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Reduce -13.6% | 1.03% | −0.09 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Reduce -18.4% | 1.68% | −0.09 |
| SLP Simulations Plus Inc. | Reduce -99.2% | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp. | Reduce -1.1% | 0.30% | −0.08 |
| TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 1.54% | −0.08 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | Reduce -17.7% | 0.31% | −0.08 |
| SPSC SPS Commerce Inc. | Reduce -64.3% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| STVN Stevanato Group SPA | Reduce -0.1% | 0.20% | −0.06 |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 1.05% | −0.06 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | Reduce -9.5% | 0.10% | −0.06 |
| NXRT Nexpoint Residential | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A | Reduce -18.9% | 0.42% | −0.05 |
| PHR Phreesia Inc. | Reduce -38.8% | 0.03% | −0.05 |
| QTWO Q2 Holdings Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.13% | −0.05 |
| INTA Intapp Inc. | Reduce -0.6% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
| NCNO Ncino Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.08% | −0.04 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.1% | 1.16% | −0.04 |
| DCI Donaldson Co. Inc. | Reduce -43.3% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.1% | 1.34% | −0.04 |
| CNS Cohen & Steers Inc. | Reduce -29.0% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| BL Blackline Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.10% | −0.03 |
| EXLS Exlservice Holdings Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.14% | −0.03 |
| CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.9% | 0.38% | −0.03 |
| CMS CMS Energy Corp. | Reduce -32.6% | 0.16% | −0.03 |
| QLYS Qualys Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| WK Workiva Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.09% | −0.03 |
| ATRC Atricure Inc. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +1177.9% | 1.60% | +1.48 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Add +32.5% | 1.52% | +0.52 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Add +16.0% | 1.27% | +0.40 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Add +54.0% | 1.08% | +0.36 |
| CDNS Cadence Design SYS Inc. | Add +42.8% | 1.06% | +0.31 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +4.9% | 3.30% | +0.29 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Add +4.3% | 1.13% | +0.25 |
| CRL Charles River Laboratories | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| WCN Waste Connections Inc. | Add +13.1% | 1.62% | +0.24 |
| DDOG Datadog Inc. Class A | New | 0.21% | +0.21 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Add +1.4% | 1.23% | +0.17 |
| LIN Linde PLC | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| PLD Prologis Inc. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| ROP Roper Technologies Inc. | Add +36.3% | 0.76% | +0.13 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line | Add +0.1% | 0.37% | +0.10 |
| HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | Add +22.7% | 0.29% | +0.09 |
| SYY Sysco Corp. | Add +198.8% | 0.13% | +0.09 |
| IEX Idex Corp. | Add +0.0% | 0.49% | +0.08 |
| BURL Burlington Stores Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.32% | +0.07 |
| AME Ametek Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.46% | +0.07 |
| ESAB Esab Corp. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| SCI Service Corp. International | Add +0.0% | 0.34% | +0.05 |
| WEC WEC Energy Group Inc. | Add +25.2% | 0.14% | +0.05 |
| VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. | Add +7.9% | 0.25% | +0.05 |
| TW Tradeweb Markets Inc. Class A | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| LNT Alliant Energy Corp. | Add +16.1% | 0.14% | +0.04 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Add +17.5% | 0.16% | +0.04 |
| CPAY Corpay Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.41% | +0.03 |
| SN Sharkninja Inc. | Add +7.2% | 0.26% | +0.03 |
| RSG Republic Services Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.22% | +0.03 |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corp. | Add +0.1% | 0.22% | +0.03 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Add +20.9% | 0.15% | +0.03 |
| BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holdings | Add +17.4% | 0.11% | +0.02 |
| SPXC SPX Technologies Inc. | Add +7.8% | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | Add +7.9% | 0.24% | +0.01 |
| TSCO Tractor Supply Company | Add +8.4% | 0.10% | +0.01 |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. | Add +7.4% | 0.25% | +0.01 |
| MTD Mettler-Toledo International | Add +0.1% | 0.38% | +0.01 |
| OKTA Okta Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.25% | +0.01 |
| RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.44% | +0.00 |
| RVTY Revvity Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.25% | +0.00 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Add +11.6% | 0.13% | +0.00 |
| CDW CDW Corp. | Add +0.0% | 0.24% | −0.00 |
| JKHY Jack Henry & Associates Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.17% | −0.01 |
| STE Steris PLC | Add +0.1% | 0.34% | −0.01 |
| RYAN Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc. | Add +21.1% | 0.10% | −0.01 |
| VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.30% | −0.02 |
| ALKT Alkami Technology Inc. | Add +11.0% | 0.11% | −0.02 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 195 | $5.5B | GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT |
| Q1 2026 | 203 | $5.1B | GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT |
| Q4 2025 | 205 | $5.7B | GOOG, NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL |
| Q3 2025 | 215 | $5.9B | MSFT, GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, AAPL |
| Q2 2025 | 216 | $6.0B | MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, NVDA, AAPL |
| Q1 2025 | 213 | $5.8B | MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, NVDA |
| Q4 2024 | 214 | $6.2B | GOOG, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY |
| Q3 2024 | 216 | $6.1B | MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY |
| Q2 2024 | 216 | $6.0B | MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, AAPL, ORLY |
| Q1 2024 | 218 | $6.1B | MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, ORLY, DXCM |