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Ardent Capital Management, Inc. — 13F Portfolio Breakdown & Top Holdings (Q3 2026)
Ardent Capital Management, Inc.CIK: 0001888792
Momentum followerSector-focusedQuality / disciplined sizing
Total reported value
$237.2M
Reporting period: 2026-09-30 · Number of holdings: 32
Ardent Capital Management, Inc. disclosed 32 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-09-30, with total reported value of $237.2M and a quarterly turnover rate of 16.7%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 67.51
- Portfolio Stability
- 16.72
- Momentum
- 100
- Sector conviction
- 84.19
- Diversification
- 64
- Sizing Uniformity
- 78.69
Ardent Capital Management, Inc.'s disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.169 — mathematically equivalent to about 6 equally-sized positions, well below its 32 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 2.13), 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.
Sector classification currently covers about 65% of this portfolio's disclosed value; the remainder includes holdings (e.g. unmapped tickers, options, or other security types) not yet covered by our sector mapping.
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Recent moves
View source Form 13F filing on SEC.govNew buy GOOGL
Add META
+1.5% $4.3M
Sold out ARTY
Add AAPL
-1.3% $2.1M
Sold out IWB
Add JNJ
-1.0% $1.2M
Holdings Map
New buyAddUnchangedTrim
Top 10 holdings by weight
Full holdings list this quarter
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Asset Subclass | Weight | Weight Change | Shares Change | 4Q Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRK-B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc-cl B | Stock-Other | 32.66% | -0.26% | -1.75% | |
| 2 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Stock-Healthcare | 16.21% | +0.73% | -1.01% | |
| 3 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | Stock-Comm Services | 13.78% | -0.56% | -1.83% | |
| 4 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 7.65% | +1.88% | +1.49% | |
| 5 | AAPL | Apple Inc | Stock-Tech | 7.51% | +0.99% | -1.27% | |
| 6 | SYK | Stryker CORP | Stock-Healthcare | 4.03% | -0.60% | -1.74% | |
| 7 | PM | Philip Morris International | Stock-Consumer Staples | 3.47% | +0.17% | -1.57% | |
| 8 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 3.37% | +3.37% | NEW | |
| 9 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | Stock-Consumer Staples | 2.71% | +0.10% | +5.35% | |
| 10 | PG | Procter & Gamble Co/the | Stock-Consumer Staples | 1.81% | -0.01% | -0.67% | |
| 11 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.96% | +0.04% | -0.84% | |
| 12 | OXY | Occidental Petroleum CORP | Stock-Energy | 0.58% | +0.58% | NEW | |
| 13 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Stock-Financials | 0.54% | +0.01% | -0.41% | |
| 14 | IAUM | Ishares Gold Trust Micro | ETF-Commodities | 0.50% | +0.03% | — | |
| 15 | ACRE | Ares Commercial Real Estate | Stock-Other | 0.49% | +0.08% | +37.52% | |
| 16 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.45% | +0.13% | — | |
| 17 | RSP | Invesco S&p 500 Equal Weight | ETF-Large Cap & Growth | 0.41% | -0.20% | -31.86% | |
| 18 | BMY | Bristol-myers Squibb Co | Stock-Healthcare | 0.41% | +0.03% | — | |
| 19 | MO | Altria Group Inc | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.39% | -0.03% | -1.04% | |
| 20 | ABBV | Abbvie Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.28% | +0.02% | — | |
| 21 | KVUE | Kenvue Inc | Stock-Consumer Staples | 0.26% | -0.02% | -0.76% | |
| 22 | GLD | Spdr Gold Shares | ETF-Commodities | 0.22% | +0.01% | — | |
| 23 | PLD | Prologis Inc | Stock-Real Estate | 0.22% | — | — | |
| 24 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | Stock-Tech | 0.18% | +0.03% | — | |
| 25 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.15% | -0.01% | — | |
| 26 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 0.14% | +0.01% | — | |
| 27 | EVLV | Evolv Technologies Holdings | Stock-Other | 0.12% | -0.03% | -1.41% | |
| 28 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.11% | +0.02% | — | |
| 29 | VEU | Vanguard Ftse All-world Ex-u | ETF-Other | 0.10% | — | — | |
| 30 | MCD | Mcdonald's CORP | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.09% | -0.02% | — | |
| 31 | SO | Southern Co/the | Stock-Utilities | 0.09% | -0.02% | — | |
| 32 | SYBT | Stock Yards Bancorp Inc | Stock-Other | 0.09% | +0.01% | — |
Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q4 2026
+2.7%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+18.4%
Based on 67% of reported portfolio value with available pricing
- Stdev
- +12%
- Beta
- +0.82
- Alpha
- +4.3%
- Max Drawdown
- -9.7%
- Annualized Perf
- +24.6%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +41.7%
- Sortino
- +3.89
- Stutzer
- +0.54
- Treynor
- +0.28
- Sterling
- +1.48
- Calmar
- +2.53
- Information Ratio
- +0.04
- Tracking Error
- +6.8%
- Stdev Down
- +5.9%
- Winning Months %
- +77.8%
- Losing Months %
- +22.2%
- Best 12 Months
- +38.6%
- Worst 12 Months
- +11.9%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.81
- Sharpe
- +1.91
- Stdev Sectors
- +13.7%
- Skewness
- -0.36
- Kurtosis
- +0.53
- Upside Potential
- +5.2
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q3 | 32 | $237.2M | 17 | ||
| 2026 Q2 | 47 | $240.6M | 12 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 47 | $233.6M | 13 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 50 | $252.8M | 10 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 51 | $236.0M | 24 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 43 | $208.5M | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 44 | $231.1M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 42 | $219.8M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 45 | $220.1M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 42 | $204.0M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 46 | $199.2M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 45 | $190.8M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 44 | $177.2M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 30 | $162.8M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 29 | $139.1M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 27 | $128.8M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 14 | $112.2M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 21 | $81.2M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 25 | $150.0M | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 28 | $150.6M | 0 |
Holding changes this quarter
Ardent Capital Management, Inc.'s most significant position changes for 2026-09-30: New buy: Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL); Sold out: Ishares Future Ai & Tech ETF (ARTY); Sold out: Ishares Russell 1000 ETF (IWB); Sold out: Ishares Core S&p 500 ETF (IVV); New buy: Occidental Petroleum CORP (OXY).
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +3.4% | NEW | New buy |
| 2 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | +1.9% | +1.49% | Add |
| 3 | AAPL | Apple Inc | +1% | -1.27% | Trim |
| 4 | JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | +0.7% | -1.01% | Trim |
| 5 | OXY | Occidental Petroleum CORP | +0.6% | NEW | New buy |
| 6 | PM | Philip Morris International | +0.2% | -1.57% | Trim |
| 7 | MSFT | Microsoft CORP | +0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 8 | COST | Costco Wholesale CORP | +0.1% | +5.35% | Add |
| 9 | ACRE | Ares Commercial Real Estate | +0.1% | +37.52% | Add |
| 10 | AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 0% | -0.84% | Trim |
| 11 | BMY | Bristol-myers Squibb Co | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 12 | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 13 | IAUM | Ishares Gold Trust Micro | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 14 | NVDA | Nvidia CORP | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 15 | ABBV | Abbvie Inc | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 16 | GLD | Spdr Gold Shares | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 17 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 18 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 0% | -0.41% | Trim |
| 19 | SYBT | Stock Yards Bancorp Inc | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 20 | PLD | Prologis Inc | — | — | Unchanged |
| 21 | VEU | Vanguard Ftse All-world Ex-u | — | — | Unchanged |
| 22 | PG | Procter & Gamble Co/the | 0% | -0.67% | Trim |
| 23 | CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 24 | KVUE | Kenvue Inc | 0% | -0.76% | Trim |
| 25 | MCD | Mcdonald's CORP | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 26 | SO | Southern Co/the | 0% | — | Unchanged |
| 27 | EVLV | Evolv Technologies Holdings | 0% | -1.41% | Trim |
| 28 | MO | Altria Group Inc | 0% | -1.04% | Trim |
| 29 | XME | Ss Spdr S&p Metals Mining | -0.1% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 30 | AVGO | Broadcom Inc | -0.1% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 31 | CEF | Sprott Physical Gold And Sil | -0.1% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 32 | EMLP | First Trust North American E | -0.1% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 33 | VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Mkt ETF | -0.1% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 34 | RSP | Invesco S&p 500 Equal Weight | -0.2% | -31.86% | Trim |
| 35 | MDY | State Street Spdr S&p Midcap | -0.2% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 36 | SLV | Ishares Silver Trust | -0.2% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 37 | IJH | Ishares Core S&p Midcap ETF | -0.2% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 38 | BRK-B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc-cl B | -0.3% | -1.75% | Trim |
| 39 | IWF | Ishares Russell 1000 Growth | -0.3% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 40 | IJR | Ishares Core S&p Small-cap E | -0.3% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 41 | SPY | Ss Spdr S&p 500 ETF Trust-us | -0.4% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 42 | VO | Vanguard Mid-cap ETF | -0.5% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 43 | VTV | Vanguard Value ETF | -0.5% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 44 | GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | -0.6% | -1.83% | Trim |
| 45 | QUAL | Ishares Msci USA Quality Fac | -0.6% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 46 | SYK | Stryker CORP | -0.6% | -1.74% | Trim |
| 47 | IVV | Ishares Core S&p 500 ETF | -0.6% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 48 | IWB | Ishares Russell 1000 ETF | -0.9% | EXIT | Sold out |
| 49 | ARTY | Ishares Future Ai & Tech ETF | -1.3% | EXIT | Sold out |
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Filing History
FAQ
What is Ardent Capital Management, Inc. and what type of investor is it?
Ardent Capital Management, Inc. 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 (2026-09-30), the firm manages a tracked equity portfolio valued at approximately $237.2M, spread across 32 disclosed positions.
What are Ardent Capital Management, Inc.'s largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, Ardent Capital Management, Inc.'s top holdings by market value are:
1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc-cl B (BRK-B) — $77.5M (32.7%)
2. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) — $38.4M (16.2%)
3. Alphabet Inc-cl C (GOOG) — $32.7M (13.8%)
4. Meta Platforms Inc-class A (META) — $18.1M (7.7%)
5. Apple Inc (AAPL) — $17.8M (7.5%)
What changes did Ardent Capital Management, Inc. make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, Ardent Capital Management, Inc. made 35 notable position adjustments: 2 new positions were initiated, 3 existing holdings were added to, 13 positions were partially reduced, and 17 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: New buy: Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL); Sold out: Ishares Future Ai & Tech ETF (ARTY); Sold out: Ishares Russell 1000 ETF (IWB); Sold out: Ishares Core S&p 500 ETF (IVV); New buy: Occidental Petroleum CORP (OXY)
What sectors does Ardent Capital Management, Inc. focus on?
Ardent Capital Management, Inc. is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Communication Services: 37.9%
• Health Care: 32.0%
• Consumer Staples: 13.2%
• Information Technology: 12.8%
• Consumer Discretionary: 1.6%
• Financials: 1.0%
Investment Profile
Ardent Capital Management, Inc. returned an annualized 24.6% over the trailing 36 months — outperforming the S&P 500 by 4.3 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 0.82 (less volatile than the market) and a 42% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is concentrated and long-term-holding, with 37.9% of the portfolio concentrated in Communication Services.
It has added to its AAPL position over the past two quarters (+$4.0M, now $17.8M), while trimming EVLV over the same stretch (-$93.7K, still holding $284.2K).
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