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Skylands Capital, LLC — 13F Portfolio Breakdown & Top Holdings (Q3 2026)
Skylands Capital, LLCCIK: 0001299910
Diversified strategyMomentum followerQuality / disciplined sizing
Total reported value
$762.1M
Reporting period: 2026-09-30 · Number of holdings: 164
Skylands Capital, LLC disclosed 164 holdings in its latest 13F filing for the period ending 2026-09-30, with total reported value of $762.1M and a quarterly turnover rate of 18.6%.
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Personality snowflake
- Concentration
- 8.93
- Portfolio Stability
- 18.62
- Momentum
- 100
- Sector conviction
- 41.5
- Diversification
- 100
- Sizing Uniformity
- 83.64
Skylands Capital, LLC's disclosed holdings carry a Herfindahl concentration index of 0.022 — mathematically equivalent to about 45 equally-sized positions, well below its 164 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 1.64), 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.govTrim SCHW
-59.9% -$7.4M
New buy DECK
Trim DBD
+13.3% -$7.4M
Trim OC
-6.6% -$5.7M
Add AAPL
-4.3% $2.7M
Add CHDN
+62.0% $3.4M
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 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | Stock-Industrials | 7.26% | +0.41% | -0.85% | |
| 2 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | Stock-Comm Services | 5.75% | +0.20% | +0.61% | |
| 3 | GM | General Motors Co | Stock-Consumer Disc | 4.27% | +0.23% | -0.94% | |
| 4 | DBD | Diebold Nixdorf Inc | Stock-Other | 4.27% | -0.63% | +13.28% | |
| 5 | AAPL | Apple Inc | Stock-Tech | 3.84% | +0.58% | -4.28% | |
| 6 | CCI | Crown Castle Inc | Stock-Real Estate | 2.77% | +0.17% | +13.61% | |
| 7 | CNR | Core Natural Resources Inc | Stock-Energy | 2.56% | +0.34% | +0.26% | |
| 8 | NSC | Norfolk Southern CORP | Stock-Industrials | 2.34% | +0.21% | +4.81% | |
| 9 | OSK | Oshkosh CORP | Stock-Industrials | 2.22% | -0.30% | -1.89% | |
| 10 | SBAC | Sba Communications CORP | Stock-Real Estate | 2.16% | -0.20% | -5.79% | |
| 11 | C | Citigroup Inc | Stock-Financials | 2.04% | -0.03% | -0.46% | |
| 12 | TAP | Molson Coors Beverage Co - B | Stock-Consumer Staples | 1.85% | -0.03% | -1.96% | |
| 13 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | Stock-Financials | 1.69% | +0.10% | -4.77% | |
| 14 | CHDN | Churchill Downs Inc | Stock-Consumer Disc | 1.66% | +0.52% | +61.99% | |
| 15 | GEHC | GE Healthcare Technology | Stock-Healthcare | 1.64% | +0.11% | -1.53% | |
| 16 | OC | Owens Corning | Stock-Industrials | 1.64% | -0.60% | -6.58% | |
| 17 | WAB | Wabtec CORP | Stock-Industrials | 1.59% | +0.18% | -0.52% | |
| 18 | B | Barrick Mining CORP | Stock-Materials | 1.39% | +0.21% | -0.34% | |
| 19 | LOPE | Grand Canyon Education Inc | Stock-Consumer Staples | 1.33% | +0.32% | +15.90% | |
| 20 | AMT | American Tower CORP | Stock-Real Estate | 1.29% | +0.05% | -2.36% | |
| 21 | TMUS | T-mobile US Inc | Stock-Comm Services | 1.25% | +0.03% | -1.77% | |
| 22 | GLD | Spdr Gold Shares | ETF-Commodities | 1.23% | +0.12% | — | |
| 23 | SSNC | Ss&c Technologies Holdings | Stock-Tech | 1.21% | -0.05% | -27.77% | |
| 24 | ENS | Enersys | Stock-Industrials | 1.15% | -0.12% | +7.27% | |
| 25 | ADEA | Adeia Inc | Stock-Other | 1.12% | -0.24% | -0.24% | |
| 26 | BMY | Bristol-myers Squibb Co | Stock-Healthcare | 1.07% | +0.09% | -5.57% | |
| 27 | WMB | Williams Cos Inc | Stock-Energy | 1.05% | -0.03% | -0.17% | |
| 28 | CSX | Csx CORP | Stock-Industrials | 1.05% | -0.02% | -6.23% | |
| 29 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | Stock-Financials | 1.03% | +0.07% | -0.59% | |
| 30 | XOP | Ss Spdr S&p Og Exp & Prod | ETF-Other | 0.98% | +0.15% | -5.58% | |
| 31 | SIMO | Silicon Motion Technol-adr | Stock-Other | 0.97% | -0.43% | -23.09% | |
| 32 | EXP | Eagle Materials Inc | Stock-Materials | 0.94% | -0.09% | +12.33% | |
| 33 | ADBE | Adobe Inc | Stock-Tech | 0.94% | -0.30% | -39.28% | |
| 34 | JYNT | Joint Corp/the | Stock-Other | 0.92% | -0.05% | +5.64% | |
| 35 | COHR | Coherent CORP | Stock-Tech | 0.82% | -0.24% | -0.46% | |
| 36 | QDEL | Quidelortho CORP | Stock-Other | 0.81% | -0.40% | +3.93% | |
| 37 | HCC | Warrior Met Coal Inc | Stock-Materials | 0.79% | +0.13% | +3.32% | |
| 38 | RTX | Rtx CORP | Stock-Industrials | 0.78% | +0.03% | -0.14% | |
| 39 | MP | Mp Materials CORP | Stock-Materials | 0.73% | +0.01% | +12.20% | |
| 40 | MITK | Mitek Systems Inc | Stock-Other | 0.73% | -0.20% | -13.51% | |
| 41 | SCHW | Schwab (charles) CORP | Stock-Financials | 0.72% | -0.87% | -59.92% | |
| 42 | GNRC | Generac Holdings Inc | Stock-Industrials | 0.72% | -0.16% | +8.07% | |
| 43 | LKQ | Lkq CORP | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.71% | -0.07% | -1.10% | |
| 44 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor CORP | Stock-Consumer Disc | 0.69% | +0.69% | NEW | |
| 45 | ON | On Semiconductor | Stock-Tech | 0.67% | -0.13% | -2.77% | |
| 46 | META | Meta Platforms Inc-class A | Stock-Comm Services | 0.67% | -0.01% | -28.69% | |
| 47 | ELAN | Elanco Animal Health Inc | Stock-Healthcare | 0.62% | -0.01% | +1.10% | |
| 48 | HLMN | Hillman Solutions CORP | Stock-Other | 0.61% | +0.01% | +15.35% | |
| 49 | AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines LTD | Stock-Materials | 0.58% | +0.12% | — | |
| 50 | NEM | Newmont CORP | Stock-Materials | 0.58% | +0.14% | -0.13% |
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Portfolio Performance
Performance for Q4 2026
-2.7%
Performance Last 4 Quarters
+13.5%
- Stdev
- +16.1%
- Beta
- +0.89
- Alpha
- -4.9%
- Max Drawdown
- -12.3%
- Annualized Perf
- +14.4%
- Batting Avg vs S&P
- +38.9%
- Sortino
- +1.64
- Stutzer
- +0.27
- Treynor
- +0.17
- Sterling
- +0.78
- Calmar
- +1.17
- Information Ratio
- -0.63
- Tracking Error
- +11.9%
- Stdev Down
- +9%
- Winning Months %
- +55.6%
- Losing Months %
- +44.4%
- Best 12 Months
- +38.5%
- Worst 12 Months
- +0.1%
- Efficiency Ratio
- +0.34
- Sharpe
- +0.92
- Stdev Sectors
- +6.2%
- Skewness
- -0.08
- Kurtosis
- -0.81
- Upside Potential
- +3.49
Reported value over time
Sector allocation
Sector allocation over time
Quarterly history
| Period | Holdings | Total value | Stability | Top holdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q3 | 164 | $762.1M | 19 | ||
| 2026 Q2 | 166 | $813.9M | 18 | ||
| 2026 Q1 | 155 | $763.0M | 19 | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 150 | $737.1M | 19 | ||
| 2025 Q3 | 152 | $723.5M | 31 | ||
| 2025 Q2 | 152 | $689.5M | 0 | ||
| 2025 Q1 | 153 | $692.7M | 100 | ||
| 2024 Q4 | 150 | $715.8M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q3 | 154 | $737.1M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q2 | 156 | $705.4M | 0 | ||
| 2024 Q1 | 152 | $723.9M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q4 | 144 | $679.3M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q3 | 149 | $661.5M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q2 | 147 | $697.0M | 0 | ||
| 2023 Q1 | 148 | $683.8M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q4 | 145 | $631.3M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q3 | 144 | $608.6M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q2 | 148 | $682.1M | 0 | ||
| 2022 Q1 | 146 | $826.1M | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q4 | 138 | $866.1M | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q3 | 148 | $809.5M | 0 | ||
| 2021 Q2 | 145 | $844.4M | 96 | ||
| 2021 Q1 | 144 | $784.8M | 19 | ||
| 2020 Q4 | 128 | $689.5M | 24 | ||
| 2020 Q3 | 133 | $599.7M | 22 | ||
| 2020 Q2 | 127 | $565.9M | 33 | ||
| 2020 Q1 | 123 | $450.8M | 51 | ||
| 2019 Q4 | 132 | $688.7M | 17 | ||
| 2019 Q3 | 139 | $687.6M | 18 | ||
| 2019 Q2 | 136 | $727.0M | 14 | ||
| 2019 Q1 | 136 | $723.0M | 24 | ||
| 2018 Q4 | 138 | $609.3M | 37 | ||
| 2018 Q3 | 160 | $773.9M | 22 | ||
| 2018 Q2 | 160 | $759.8M | 21 | ||
| 2018 Q1 | 165 | $758.5M | 18 | ||
| 2017 Q4 | 149 | $776.2M | 25 | ||
| 2017 Q3 | 168 | $752.2M | 22 | ||
| 2017 Q2 | 180 | $723.0M | 19 | ||
| 2017 Q1 | 180 | $726.3M | 25 | ||
| 2016 Q4 | 182 | $657.8M | 27 | ||
| 2016 Q3 | 182 | $638.7M | 21 | ||
| 2016 Q2 | 187 | $611.9M | 21 | ||
| 2016 Q1 | 191 | $625.3M | 24 | ||
| 2015 Q4 | 203 | $700.0M | 24 | ||
| 2015 Q3 | 218 | $743.6M | 31 | ||
| 2015 Q2 | 229 | $931.0M | 16 | ||
| 2015 Q1 | 223 | $985.4M | 31 | ||
| 2014 Q4 | 230 | $977.3M | 29 | ||
| 2014 Q3 | 247 | $985.7M | 22 | ||
| 2014 Q2 | 249 | $1.0B | 19 | ||
| 2014 Q1 | 225 | $969.4M | 19 | ||
| 2013 Q4 | 225 | $921.6M | 21 | ||
| 2013 Q3 | 225 | $897.3M | 25 | ||
| 2013 Q2 | 219 | $834.5M | 0 |
Holding changes this quarter
Skylands Capital, LLC's most significant position changes for 2026-09-30: New buy: Deckers Outdoor CORP (DECK); New buy: Mcdonald's CORP (MCD); Sold out: Bio-rad Laboratories-a (BIO); New buy: Nike Inc -cl B (NKE); Sold out: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO).
| # | Ticker | Issuer | Weight Change | Shares Change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor CORP | +0.7% | NEW | New buy |
| 2 | AAPL | Apple Inc | +0.6% | -4.28% | Trim |
| 3 | CHDN | Churchill Downs Inc | +0.5% | +61.99% | Add |
| 4 | UNP | Union Pacific CORP | +0.4% | -0.85% | Trim |
| 5 | CNR | Core Natural Resources Inc | +0.3% | +0.26% | Add |
| 6 | MCD | Mcdonald's CORP | +0.3% | NEW | New buy |
| 7 | LOPE | Grand Canyon Education Inc | +0.3% | +15.90% | Add |
| 8 | NKE | Nike Inc -cl B | +0.3% | NEW | New buy |
| 9 | NATR | Natures Sunshine Prods Inc | +0.3% | +1034.41% | Add |
| 10 | DKS | Dick's Sporting Goods Inc | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 11 | MIDD | Middleby CORP | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 12 | GM | General Motors Co | +0.2% | -0.94% | Trim |
| 13 | LMB | Limbach Holdings Inc | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 14 | B | Barrick Mining CORP | +0.2% | -0.34% | Trim |
| 15 | NSC | Norfolk Southern CORP | +0.2% | +4.81% | Add |
| 16 | GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | +0.2% | +0.61% | Add |
| 17 | SAM | Boston Beer Company Inc-a | +0.2% | +434.10% | Add |
| 18 | QXO | Qxo Inc | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 19 | BWMN | Bowman Consulting Group LTD | +0.2% | +140.13% | Add |
| 20 | WAB | Wabtec CORP | +0.2% | -0.52% | Trim |
| 21 | CCI | Crown Castle Inc | +0.2% | +13.61% | Add |
| 22 | POOL | Pool CORP | +0.2% | NEW | New buy |
| 23 | ROCK | Gibraltar Industries Inc | +0.2% | +93.10% | Add |
| 24 | XOP | Ss Spdr S&p Og Exp & Prod | +0.2% | -5.58% | Trim |
| 25 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 26 | NEM | Newmont CORP | +0.1% | -0.13% | Trim |
| 27 | SLGN | Silgan Holdings Inc | +0.1% | +97.58% | Add |
| 28 | HCC | Warrior Met Coal Inc | +0.1% | +3.32% | Add |
| 29 | AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines LTD | +0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 30 | GLD | Spdr Gold Shares | +0.1% | — | Unchanged |
| 31 | SYK | Stryker CORP | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 32 | ANET | Arista Networks Inc | +0.1% | -0.52% | Trim |
| 33 | GEHC | GE Healthcare Technology | +0.1% | -1.53% | Trim |
| 34 | V | Visa Inc-class A Shares | +0.1% | -4.77% | Trim |
| 35 | EYE | National Vision Holdings Inc | +0.1% | NEW | New buy |
| 36 | GNTX | Gentex CORP | +0.1% | +230.63% | Add |
| 37 | ✓ | +0.1% | +22.93% | Add | |
| 38 | BMY | Bristol-myers Squibb Co | +0.1% | -5.57% | Trim |
| 39 | MZTI | Marzetti Company/the | +0.1% | +53.43% | Add |
| 40 | JPM | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | +0.1% | -0.59% | Trim |
| 41 | TNC | Tennant Co | +0.1% | +147.37% | Add |
| 42 | ALGN | Align Technology Inc | +0.1% | +27.97% | Add |
| 43 | PRDO | Perdoceo Education CORP | +0.1% | +9.76% | Add |
| 44 | ✓ | +0.1% | NEW | New buy | |
| 45 | DNOW | Dnow Inc | +0.1% | -7.41% | Trim |
| 46 | AMT | American Tower CORP | +0.1% | -2.36% | Trim |
| 47 | SLB | Slb LTD | +0.1% | +0.36% | Add |
| 48 | ATRO | Astronics CORP | 0% | +34.72% | Add |
| 49 | TMUS | T-mobile US Inc | 0% | -1.77% | Trim |
| 50 | OSIS | Osi Systems Inc | 0% | +77.11% | Add |
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Filing History
FAQ
What is Skylands Capital, LLC and what type of investor is it?
Skylands Capital, LLC 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 $762.1M, spread across 164 disclosed positions.
What are Skylands Capital, LLC's largest equity positions?
Based on the latest 13F filing, Skylands Capital, LLC's top holdings by market value are:
1. Union Pacific CORP (UNP) — $55.3M (7.3%)
2. Alphabet Inc-cl A (GOOGL) — $43.8M (5.8%)
3. General Motors Co (GM) — $32.6M (4.3%)
4. Diebold Nixdorf Inc (DBD) — $32.5M (4.3%)
5. Apple Inc (AAPL) — $29.2M (3.8%)
What changes did Skylands Capital, LLC make in its most recent portfolio filing?
In the latest reported quarter, Skylands Capital, LLC made 147 notable position adjustments: 16 new positions were initiated, 40 existing holdings were added to, 73 positions were partially reduced, and 18 were completely exited. The largest of these moves: New buy: Deckers Outdoor CORP (DECK); New buy: Mcdonald's CORP (MCD); Sold out: Bio-rad Laboratories-a (BIO); New buy: Nike Inc -cl B (NKE); Sold out: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO)
What sectors does Skylands Capital, LLC focus on?
Skylands Capital, LLC is concentrated in the following sectors based on its current disclosed equity portfolio:
• Industrials: 26.9%
• Consumer Discretionary: 13.0%
• Information Technology: 11.4%
• Communication Services: 10.1%
• Financials: 8.1%
• Real Estate: 7.7%
Investment Profile
Skylands Capital, LLC returned an annualized 14.4% over the trailing 36 months — underperforming the S&P 500 by 4.9 points — based on a reconstructed track record of its disclosed 13F positions, with a beta of 0.89 (less volatile than the market) and a 39% quarterly batting average against the index.
Its portfolio is broadly diversified and long-term-holding.
It has added to its CHDN position over the past two quarters (+$6.1M, now $12.7M), while trimming COHR over the same stretch (-$6.7M, still holding $6.2M).
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