DF DENT & CO INC

Other Low signal CIK 934999
League rank
#983
in Other · #3450 overall
Long book
$5.22B
Q1 2026
Positions
262
Top-10 weight
30%
concentration
Last quarter
+11.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
14%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

DF DENT & CO INC is an institutional manager, running a $5.22B US long book across 262 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 30% of the book). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: ALPHABET INC-CL C, VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES, AMAZON.COM INC, HEICO CORP-CLASS A, VULCAN MATERIALS CO.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 3.2pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 2 of 9 quarters. Signal value of individual moves is limited — treat changes as weak evidence.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-3.0%
Q2 2024
+8.9%
Q3 2024
-1.1%
Q4 2024
-2.0%
Q1 2025
+6.6%
Q2 2025
+2.1%
Q3 2025
-1.0%
Q4 2025
-11.1%
Q1 2026
+11.9%

Sector allocation

Technology
31%
Services media
16%
Industrials
12%
Consumer discretionary
11%
Healthcare
9%
Financials
6%
Materials
5%
Other
5%

Long book by quarter

$8.19B
Q1 2024
$7.74B
Q2 2024
$8.22B
Q3 2024
$7.90B
Q4 2024
$7.49B
Q1 2025
$7.88B
Q2 2025
$7.74B
Q3 2025
$6.95B
Q4 2025
$5.22B
Q1 2026

What does DF DENT own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology756.8K$217.1M4.2%-8.3%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media618.0K$186.8M3.6%-8.2%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary796.4K$165.9M3.2%-8.9%
HEI/A HEICO CORP-CLASS AIndustrials777.0K$164.0M3.1%-21.4%
VMC VULCAN MATERIALS COMaterials543.6K$148.0M2.8%-26.6%
MA MASTERCARD INC - AServices media287.1K$143.5M2.7%-9.8%
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCIndustrials122.8K$142.3M2.7%-18.0%
WCN WASTE CONNECTIONS INCUtilities859.5K$139.6M2.7%-17.4%
ECL ECOLAB INCOther518.6K$138.0M2.6%-26.9%
MCO MOODY'S CORPServices media295.4K$128.9M2.5%-16.1%
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGICAL INCHealthcare275.3K$126.9M2.4%-9.8%
FAST FASTENAL COConsumer discretionary2.7M$123.8M2.4%-8.0%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology293.4K$108.6M2.1%-8.4%
TECH BIO-TECHNE CORPHealthcare2.0M$106.8M2.0%-21.2%
MPWR MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INCTechnology88.5K$96.8M1.9%-30.4%
PRM PERIMETER SOLUTIONS INCMaterials3.9M$96.0M1.8%+55.1%
GWRE GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INCTechnology618.3K$92.5M1.8%+36.5%
CBRE CBRE GROUP INC - AReal estate657.5K$89.1M1.7%-23.6%
KNSL KINSALE CAPITAL GROUP INCFinancials248.9K$85.1M1.6%-21.2%
DHR DANAHER CORPTechnology431.3K$81.8M1.6%-11.2%
VEEV VEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS ATechnology461.1K$81.0M1.6%-22.5%
CDNS CADENCE DESIGN SYS INCTechnology288.0K$80.0M1.5%-19.7%
ASML ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHSIndustrials60.5K$79.9M1.5%-14.6%
MSCI MSCI INCServices media121.4K$65.5M1.3%+2.3%
SPGI S&P GLOBAL INCServices media152.3K$64.8M1.2%-36.9%
CSGP COSTAR GROUP INCServices media1.6M$64.8M1.2%-20.0%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology195.5K$60.5M1.2%+12650.3%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology234.1K$59.4M1.1%-7.5%
TYL TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology169.7K$58.1M1.1%-15.7%
MSI MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCTechnology128.4K$55.7M1.1%+41.1%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media755.6K$54.3M1.0%-7.6%
MANH MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INCTechnology388.6K$51.7M1.0%-14.9%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media529.8K$50.9M1.0%+43.7%
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancials26.5K$50.8M1.0%-22.7%
APPF APPFOLIO INC - ATechnology320.5K$50.6M1.0%-20.2%
PCOR PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology860.2K$49.0M0.9%-24.9%
VLTO VERALTO CORPTechnology528.3K$46.7M0.9%-53.8%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCOther93.9K$46.2M0.9%-47.8%
NOVT NOVANTA INCTechnology386.9K$45.7M0.9%-17.3%
ORLY O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer discretionary471.9K$43.6M0.8%-3.3%
RGEN REPLIGEN CORPHealthcare365.1K$43.0M0.8%-26.3%
RBC RBC BEARINGS INCIndustrials73.4K$39.9M0.8%-23.1%
CPRT COPART INCConsumer discretionary1.2M$39.3M0.8%+1.5%
NOW SERVICENOW INCTechnology349.6K$36.5M0.7%-16.3%
MEDP MEDPACE HOLDINGS INCHealthcare74.8K$35.9M0.7%+36.9%
LB LANDBRIDGE CO LLC-AFinancials497.8K$34.4M0.7%+13.4%
SHW SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO/THEConsumer discretionary106.0K$34.0M0.7%-10.8%
GSHD GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE INC -AFinancials783.6K$33.4M0.6%-25.0%
ODFL OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINEIndustrials168.5K$32.9M0.6%-46.2%
FND FLOOR & DECOR HOLDINGS INC-AConsumer discretionary638.0K$32.4M0.6%-21.7%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 2026262$5.22B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 2026263$6.95B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 2025272$7.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 2025251$7.88B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 2025261$7.49B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 12, 2025248$7.90B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 15, 2024262$8.22B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 2024244$7.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 20242660$8.19B canonicalSEC ↗