Q3 2026 13F · SEC CIK 24386
Cooke & Bieler LP
Hedge fundFiled 2026-10-21 for Q3 2026. Open the filing ↗ · All SEC filings ↗
- Reported 13F value
- $6.4B
- Reported positions
- 100
- Top holdings a year, 3 yrs
- +15.9%
- Average holding period
- 3.6 yrs
Cooke & Bieler LP is a hedge fund that reported 100 positions worth $6.4B in its Q3 2026 13F, filed 2026-10-21. Its largest holdings were Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL, 3.5%), Rb Global Inc (RBA, 3.1%), Renaissancere Holdings (RNR, 2.9%). A portfolio copying its top holdings returned 15.9% a year over the last 3 years, against 22.3% for the S&P 500.
Cooke & Bieler LP holdings largest 50 of 100 positions.
Weights are shares of the filer's total reported 13F value, compared with Q2 2026. Share changes may reflect splits; weight changes also reflect price moves. A 13F shows long US-listed positions only, up to 135 days after the fact.
What Cooke & Bieler LP bought and sold in Q3 2026, against Q2 2026.
New positions
Q2 2026's filing was too long to tell new positions apart.
Added to
- ESAB Esab Corporation+73.3% shares
- MIDD Middleby Corp+47.6% shares
- APG Api Group Corp+13.6% shares
Reduced
- CRL Charles Riv Labs Intl Inc-42.8% shares
- KHC Kraft Heinz Co-40.7% shares
- LAD Lithia Motors Inc-40.5% shares
- BAC Bank of Amer Corp-37.6% shares
- COP Conocophillips-36.6% shares
- UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc-35.9% shares
- DIS Disney Walt Co-35.5% shares
- CB Chubb Limited-35.2% shares
Left the top 50
- VZ Verizon Communications Incwas 0.9%
- WAT Waters Corpwas 0.9%
- UL Unilever PLCwas 0.9%
- ADP Automatic Data Processing inwas 0.9%
Share counts compared with the Q2 2026 13F; a split also changes share counts. The latest filing lists more than 50 positions, so a position that left the top 50 may still be held.
How the holdings did against the S&P 500.
- 1 year
- +14.1% /yr
- S&P 500 +11.7%
- 3 years
- +15.9% /yr
- S&P 500 +22.3%
- 5 years
- +4.9% /yr
- S&P 500 +10.6%
A portfolio of the filer's 20 largest 13F positions, weighted by value, bought the trading day after each 13F was filed and held until the next one was: what copying this filer could have earned. 13Fs show long US-listed positions only, so this is an estimate of the stock picks, not the fund's reported returns.
Reported 13F value by quarter.
| Quarter | 13F value | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $6.4B | 100 |
| Q2 2026 | $8.6B | 100 |
| Q1 2026 | $8.8B | 103 |
| Q4 2025 | $9.6B | 104 |
| Q3 2025 | $9.7B | 99 |
| Q2 2025 | $10.0B | 100 |
| Q1 2025 | $10.0B | 102 |
| Q4 2024 | $10.4B | 99 |
| Q3 2024 | $11.0B | 95 |
| Q2 2024 | $10.4B | 96 |
| Q1 2024 | $10.8B | 99 |
| Q4 2023 | $11.3B | 103 |
Questions about Cooke & Bieler LP's portfolio
What stocks does Cooke & Bieler LP own?
Cooke & Bieler LP's latest 13F, for Q3 2026 and filed Oct 21, 2026, lists 100 positions worth $6.4B. The largest are Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL) at 3.5%, Rb Global Inc (RBA) at 3.1%, Renaissancere Holdings (RNR) at 2.9%, White Mtns Ins Group Ltd (WTM) at 2.8% and Arch Cap Group Ltd (ACGL) at 2.7%.
What did Cooke & Bieler LP buy last quarter?
In Q3 2026, Cooke & Bieler LP added Esab Corporation (ESAB) (+73.3% shares), Middleby Corp (MIDD) (+47.6% shares) and Api Group Corp (APG) (+13.6% shares), compared with its Q2 2026 filing.
What did Cooke & Bieler LP sell last quarter?
In Q3 2026, Cooke & Bieler LP cut from its top 50 Verizon Communications Inc (VZ), cut from its top 50 Waters Corp (WAT), cut from its top 50 Unilever PLC (UL), cut from its top 50 Automatic Data Processing in (ADP), Charles Riv Labs Intl Inc (CRL) (-42.8% shares), Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) (-40.7% shares) and Lithia Motors Inc (LAD) (-40.5% shares), compared with its Q2 2026 filing.
How has Cooke & Bieler LP's portfolio performed?
A portfolio copying Cooke & Bieler LP's 20 largest 13F holdings each quarter, from the day each filing was public, returned +15.9% a year over the last 3 years, against +22.3% for the S&P 500. Over 1 year: +14.1% against +11.7%. Over 5 years: +4.9% a year against +10.6%.
When is Cooke & Bieler LP's next 13F filing due?
13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends. Cooke & Bieler LP's filing for the quarter ending Dec 31, 2026 is due by Feb 14, 2027; this page updates the day after it is published.