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Aberdeen Group plc — 13F Portfolio Analysis & Stock Picks (Q2 2026)
Aberdeen Group plcCIK: 0001716774
Diversified strategyMomentum follower
Total reported value
$71.2B
Reporting period: 2026-06-30 · Number of holdings: 1805
Aberdeen Group plc disclosed 1805 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-06-30, with total reported value of $71.2B and a quarterly turnover rate of 23.1%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 7.38
- Portfolio Stability
- 23.14
- Momentum
- 100
- Sector conviction
- 55.33
- Diversification
- 100
- Sizing Uniformity
- 59.7
Aberdeen Group plc's disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.018 — mathematically equivalent to about 54 equally-sized positions, well below its 1805 actual disclosed holdings. That gap points to a strategy built around a small core of high-conviction bets rather than broad diversification.
Position sizes vary widely across the portfolio (a coefficient of variation of 4.03), with a handful of outsized bets alongside many smaller positions.
No strong tilt toward either adding to existing winners or initiating outsized new positions was observed in the latest reported quarter.
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Recent moves
View source Form 13F filing on SEC.govAdd MU
-4.6% $657.4M
Add AMD
-6.1% $532.0M
Trim MSFT
+3.1% $126.1M
Add TSLA
+18.7% $548.1M
Add INTC
-9.9% $320.5M
Add GOOGL
+2.1% $636.6M
Holdings Map
New buyAddUnchangedTrim
Institutional Game-State Analysis
Core Intent
The data shows Aberdeen running a low-turnover book (23.1% turnover, 934 positions) and confining its active trades to the top of the portfolio. The pattern is a clean barbell: adds to mega-cap platform names (Apple, Alphabet GOOGL, Amazon, Tesla) against trims across semiconductors (Micron, AMD, Nvidia, and the GOOG line), with the overall momentum tilt essentially neutral at +0.11 percentage points. Notably, Micron and AMD were actively sold even as their weights expanded sharply — 0.47% to 1.33% and 0.51% to 1.19% respectively — pointing to price-driven weight expansion on residual stakes, consistent with scaling out into strength, though the filing alone cannot confirm either magnitude or motive.
Macro & Fundamentals
Read strictly from the data, this rotation — lightening semiconductors while adding to platform mega-caps — lines up with the broader market pattern of capital consolidating into large-cap tech platforms as the AI trade broadens beyond compute hardware, with Information Technology already at 35.8% of the book. That said, a single-quarter snapshot cannot establish causation; routine rebalancing is an equally plausible driver, so this should be treated as directional color inferred from limited data rather than a confirmed thesis.
Blind Spots / Risks
The headline diversification — 934 names, an HHI of just 0.018 — masks a crowded single-sector concentration: Information Technology at roughly 36% of assets. Position-count dispersion offers little protection against a sector-level drawdown, and with Energy, Materials, and Utilities combined under 6%, the portfolio carries thin ballast if AI-linked valuations compress. The residual Micron and AMD stakes, now sitting at roughly double their prior weights despite the trims, would act as an amplifier in any positioning squeeze.
Generated by AI directly from this institution's Form 13F disclosures on SEC EDGAR. Reflects historical positioning only and should not be treated as investment advice — the original filing is linked below for verification. View the original 2026-06-30 Form 13F filing on SEC.gov
Top 10 holdings by weight
Full holdings list this quarter
Showing top 200 holdings (of 1805 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | Apple Inc | Stock-Tech | 6.86% | +0.03% | +1.30% | |
| 2 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | Stock-Tech | 5.61% | -0.08% | -1.11% | |
| 3 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | Stock-Tech | 4.72% | -0.51% | +3.10% | |
| 4 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 4.21% | +0.39% | +2.13% | |
| 5 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 4.01% | +0.20% | +5.82% | |
| 6 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | Stock-Comm Services | 3.35% | +0.19% | -1.15% | |
| 7 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 3.02% | +0.44% | +18.65% | |
| 8 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | Stock-Tech | 2.26% | +0.09% | -2.15% | |
| 9 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 1.42% | -0.22% | +1.48% | |
| 10 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | Stock-Tech | 1.33% | +0.86% | -4.61% | |
| 11 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | Stock-Tech | 1.19% | +0.68% | -6.11% | |
| 12 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | Stock-Healthcare | 1.15% | +0.07% | -5.73% | |
| 13 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Stock-Financials | 1.09% | -0.03% | +0.83% | |
| 14 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.99% | +0.22% | -1.76% | |
| 15 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Stock-Healthcare | 0.87% | -0.16% | -6.08% | |
| 16 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.82% | +0.23% | +5.60% | |
| 17 | MRK | Merck & Co. Inc. | Stock-Healthcare | 0.78% | -0.13% | -7.62% | |
| 18 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.76% | +0.35% | +0.89% | |
| 19 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 0.73% | -0.06% | -6.08% | |
| 20 | ABBV | Abbvie Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.73% | -0.05% | -7.05% | |
| 21 | GE | General Electric | Stock-Industrials | 0.70% | +0.14% | +9.16% | |
| 22 | INTC | Intel CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.69% | +0.41% | -9.93% | |
| 23 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.64% | +0.28% | +1.73% | |
| 24 | MA | Mastercard Inc - A | Stock-Financials | 0.63% | -0.08% | -1.57% | |
| 25 | UNH | Unitedhealth Group Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.60% | +0.23% | +22.17% | |
| 26 | WMT | Walmart Inc | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.57% | -0.20% | -6.63% | |
| 27 | WELL | Welltower Inc | Stock-Real Estate | 0.56% | +0.02% | +4.46% | |
| 28 | KO | Coca-cola Co/the | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.55% | -0.06% | -2.21% | |
| 29 | BAC | Bank Of America CORP | Stock-Financials | 0.51% | +0.04% | +5.66% | |
| 30 | PG | Procter & Gamble Co/the | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.50% | -0.14% | -10.33% | |
| 31 | IBM | Intl Business Machines CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.50% | +0.05% | +8.40% | |
| 32 | KLAC | Kla CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.48% | +0.19% | +823.94% | |
| 33 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.46% | +0.22% | -26.83% | |
| 34 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.46% | -0.11% | -2.16% | |
| 35 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | Stock-Industrials | 0.46% | +0.09% | +26.73% | |
| 36 | ADI | Analog Devices Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.44% | +0.04% | +3.50% | |
| 37 | TXN | Texas Instruments Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.44% | +0.15% | +12.37% | |
| 38 | PLD | Prologis Inc | Stock-Real Estate | 0.42% | +0.01% | +15.38% | |
| 39 | EQIX | Equinix Inc | Stock-Real Estate | 0.42% | -0.01% | +4.63% | |
| 40 | ETN | Eaton Corporation plc | Stock-Industrials | 0.40% | +0.06% | +13.63% | |
| 41 | GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | Stock-Financials | 0.40% | +0.02% | +1.52% | |
| 42 | ORCL | Oracle CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.40% | -0.01% | +10.75% | |
| 43 | HD | Home Depot Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.39% | -0.05% | -4.90% | |
| 44 | LIN | Linde plc | Stock-Materials | 0.36% | -0.02% | +3.38% | |
| 45 | XOM | Exxon Mobil CORP | Stock-Energy | 0.36% | -0.14% | +3.38% | |
| 46 | APH | Amphenol Corp-cl A | Stock-Tech | 0.36% | +0.11% | +19.44% | |
| 47 | DHR | Danaher CORP | Stock-Healthcare | 0.36% | -0.04% | +2.85% | |
| 48 | NEE | Nextera Energy Inc | Stock-Utilities | 0.35% | -0.03% | +13.17% | |
| 49 | NFLX | Netflix Inc | Stock-Comm Services | 0.34% | -0.17% | +2.62% | |
| 50 | MDT | Medtronic plc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.33% | -0.04% | +13.27% |
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Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q3 2026
+2.6%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+21.8%
- Stdev
- +12.9%
- Beta
- +0.98
- Alpha
- -1.7%
- Max Drawdown
- -8.2%
- Annualized Perf
- +18.6%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +36.1%
- Sortino
- +2.83
- Stutzer
- +0.41
- Treynor
- +0.18
- Sterling
- +1.15
- Calmar
- +2.26
- Information Ratio
- -1.03
- Tracking Error
- +2%
- Stdev Down
- +6.3%
- Winning Months %
- +66.7%
- Losing Months %
- +33.3%
- Best 12 Months
- +31.3%
- Worst 12 Months
- +4.3%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.57
- Sharpe
- +1.4
- Stdev Sectors
- +9.2%
- Skewness
- +0.1
- Kurtosis
- -0.01
- Upside Potential
- +4.48
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 1805 | $71.2B | 23 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 1806 | $61.9B | 15 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 1802 | $64.6B | 13 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 1829 | $63.2B | 31 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 1853 | $58.8B | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 1848 | $51.3B | 100 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 1875 | $53.3B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 1825 | $54.5B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 1909 | $52.2B | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 1912 | $51.0B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 1932 | $46.1B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 1827 | $39.2B | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 2796 | $43.0B | — | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 2822 | $40.0B | — | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 2845 | $36.8B | — | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 2903 | $33.6B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 3282 | $31.8B | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 3436 | $39.1B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 3161 | $45.5B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q3 | 3106 | $44.4B | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q2 | 2919 | $45.7B | 98 | ||
| 2021 Q1 | 2951 | $44.0B | 24 | ||
| 2020 Q4 | 2872 | $41.0B | 22 | ||
| 2020 Q3 | 2764 | $37.5B | 18 | ||
| 2020 Q2 | 2720 | $36.9B | 25 | ||
| 2020 Q1 | 2885 | $31.5B | 37 | ||
| 2019 Q4 | 2601 | $41.4B | 19 | ||
| 2019 Q3 | 2508 | $40.1B | 23 | ||
| 2019 Q2 | 2562 | $45.0B | 18 | ||
| 2019 Q1 | 2653 | $46.2B | 22 | ||
| 2018 Q4 | 2747 | $42.1B | 31 | ||
| 2018 Q3 | 2348 | $53.7B | 20 | ||
| 2018 Q2 | 2504 | $52.0B | 26 | ||
| 2018 Q1 | 2268 | $50.4B | 20 | ||
| 2017 Q4 | 2298 | $52.3B | 27 | ||
| 2017 Q3 | 2352 | $54.8B | 0 |
Holding changes this quarter
Aberdeen Group plc's most significant position changes for 2026-06-30: Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: ; Sold out: Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND); New buy: Blue Bird CORP (BLBD); New buy: Cohu Inc (COHU).
Showing top 200 changes by size (of 982 total)
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | +0.9% | -4.61% | Trim |
| 2 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | +0.7% | -6.11% | Trim |
| 3 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | +0.4% | +18.65% | Add |
| 4 | INTC | Intel CORP | +0.4% | -9.93% | Trim |
| 5 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +0.4% | +2.13% | Add |
| 6 | AMAT | Applied Materials Inc | +0.4% | +0.89% | Add |
| 7 | LRCX | Lam Research CORP | +0.3% | +1.73% | Add |
| 8 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc | +0.2% | +5.60% | Add |
| 9 | UNH | Unitedhealth Group Inc | +0.2% | +22.17% | Add |
| 10 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | +0.2% | -1.76% | Trim |
| 11 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | +0.2% | -26.83% | Trim |
| 12 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | +0.2% | +5.82% | Add |
| 13 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | +0.2% | -1.15% | Trim |
| 14 | KLAC | Kla CORP | +0.2% | +823.94% | Add |
| 15 | TXN | Texas Instruments Inc | +0.2% | +12.37% | Add |
| 16 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | +0.2% | +10.14% | Add |
| 17 | GE | General Electric | +0.1% | +9.16% | Add |
| 18 | DELL | Dell Technologies -c | +0.1% | +13.48% | Add |
| 19 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 20 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | +0.1% | -6.63% | Trim |
| 21 | WDC | Western Digital CORP | +0.1% | -4.13% | Trim |
| 22 | APH | Amphenol Corp-cl A | +0.1% | +19.44% | Add |
| 23 | GLW | Corning Inc | +0.1% | +16.41% | Add |
| 24 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | +0.1% | -2.15% | Trim |
| 25 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | +0.1% | +26.73% | Add |
| 26 | CRWD | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A | +0.1% | +11.24% | Add |
| 27 | ANET | Arista Networks Inc | +0.1% | +15.05% | Add |
| 28 | MANE | Veradermics Inc | +0.1% | +3.98% | Add |
| 29 | ORKA | Oruka Therapeutics Inc | +0.1% | +754.84% | Add |
| 30 | LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | +0.1% | -5.73% | Trim |
| 31 | BAP | Credicorp Ltd. | +0.1% | +57.51% | Add |
| 32 | HUM | Humana Inc | +0.1% | +7.15% | Add |
| 33 | ETN | Eaton Corporation plc | +0.1% | +13.63% | Add |
| 34 | CVS | Cvs Health CORP | +0.1% | +7.75% | Add |
| 35 | IRM | Iron Mountain Inc | +0.1% | +86.29% | Add |
| 36 | BLBD | Blue Bird CORP | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 37 | IBM | Intl Business Machines CORP | +0.1% | +8.40% | Add |
| 38 | FLEX | Flex Ltd. | +0.1% | +9.41% | Add |
| 39 | FTNT | Fortinet Inc | +0.1% | +4.87% | Add |
| 40 | LGND | Ligand Pharmaceuticals | +0.1% | +91.55% | Add |
| 41 | ADI | Analog Devices Inc | 0% | +3.50% | Add |
| 42 | BAC | Bank Of America CORP | 0% | +5.66% | Add |
| 43 | QCOM | Qualcomm Inc | 0% | -2.05% | Trim |
| 44 | QURE | uniQure N.V. | 0% | -46.33% | Trim |
| 45 | FAST | Fastenal Co | 0% | +43.34% | Add |
| 46 | VRT | Vertiv Holdings Co-a | 0% | +18.51% | Add |
| 47 | PWR | Quanta Services Inc | 0% | +16.47% | Add |
| 48 | HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 0% | -6.35% | Trim |
| 49 | DDOG | Datadog Inc - Class A | 0% | +22.04% | Add |
| 50 | COHU | Cohu Inc | 0% | NEW | New buy |
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Filing History
FAQ
What is Aberdeen Group plc and what type of investor is it?
Aberdeen Group plc is an investment manager that files SEC Form 13F quarterly, disclosing its U.S. public equity holdings to regulators. As of the most recent reporting period (2026-06-30), the firm manages a tracked equity portfolio valued at approximately $71.2B, spread across 1805 disclosed positions.
What are Aberdeen Group plc's largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, Aberdeen Group plc's top holdings by market value are:
1. Apple Inc (AAPL) — $4.9B (6.9%)
2. Nvidia CORP (NVDA) — $4.0B (5.6%)
3. Microsoft CORP (MSFT) — $3.4B (4.7%)
4. Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL) — $3.0B (4.2%)
5. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) — $2.9B (4.0%)
What changes did Aberdeen Group plc make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, Aberdeen Group plc made 200 notable position adjustments: 15 new positions were initiated, 106 existing holdings were added to, 67 positions were partially reduced, and 12 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: Sold out: Honeywell International Inc (HON); New buy: ; Sold out: Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND); New buy: Blue Bird CORP (BLBD); New buy: Cohu Inc (COHU)
What sectors does Aberdeen Group plc focus on?
Aberdeen Group plc is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Information Technology: 35.8%
• Consumer Discretionary: 11.4%
• Communication Services: 11.1%
• Health Care: 10.9%
• Financials: 9.3%
• Industrials: 8.0%
Investment Profile
Aberdeen Group plc returned an annualized 18.6% over the trailing 36 months — underperforming the S&P 500 by 1.7 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 0.98 (roughly in line with the market) and a 36% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is broadly diversified and moderately active, with 35.8% of the portfolio concentrated in Information Technology.
Its turnover score has risen from 0 to 23 over the past 4 quarters — a shift toward more active trading.
It has added to its MU position over the past two quarters (+$713.4M, now $948.4M), while trimming SPOT over the same stretch (-$151.5M, still holding $98.7M).
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