Manning & Napier Q4 2025 13F Holdings and Activity Report

I. Institutional Overview

Analyzing the number of stocks (551) provides a window into the institution's psychological portrait. This is not a "lean" portfolio like those of some activist hedge funds that hold fewer than 20 names. Instead, Manning & Napier operates with a multi-layered strategy. The sheer breadth of holdings suggests a core-satellite approach or a series of specialized internal funds operating under one umbrella. However, despite the high number of stocks, the portfolio is not "closet indexing." There is a clear concentration of capital in the top tiers, with the top 10 holdings alone representing a significant portion of the total AUM. This indicates a "best ideas" overlay where the firm is willing to overweight specific secular winners while maintaining a long "tail" of smaller positions for diversification, risk smoothing, or perhaps exploratory research.

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II. Sector Allocation Analysis

The top three sectors— Technology, Financials, and Healthcare —account for a combined 62.65% of the total portfolio. This concentration level is significant. It indicates that Manning & Napier is not trying to be "everything to everyone." They have made a definitive choice to focus on the sectors they believe will drive returns. The 27.69% weight in Technology is the primary growth engine, but it is the 21.58% in Financials that is perhaps most telling. In many institutional portfolios, Financials are treated as a value play or a hedge against interest rates. For Manning & Napier, however, the "Financials" bucket includes high-growth fintech names like NU (Nu Holdings) and global payment networks like MA (Mastercard) and V (Visa) . This suggests they view Financials not as a stagnant sector, but as a "digitized utility" play on global consumption.

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III. Top 10 Holdings Deep Dive

The most explosive move in the Top 10 is NU (Nu Holdings) , which saw a 107.37% increase in shares. This catapulted the Brazilian fintech giant from a mid-tier position to the #8 spot. This represents a massive bet on the digitization of banking in emerging markets and suggests Manning & Napier is looking for high-growth alternatives to traditional US banks. Meanwhile, the payment giants Mastercard (MA) and Visa (V) both saw additions, reinforcing the "Financials as a Tech Utility" theme.

The Top 10 is heavily skewed toward Large-Cap Growth with a focus on High Quality (high margins, strong balance sheets) . The sector distribution within the Top 10 (6 Tech/Comm, 3 Financials, 1 Healthcare) perfectly mirrors the firm's macro sector bets. The portfolio is constructed to capture the upside of the digital revolution while using the massive cash flows of companies like Visa and Microsoft to mitigate the volatility inherent in high-growth names like NVIDIA and Nu Holdings.

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IV. Major Buys/Additions

Additionally, the heavy buying in Financials (NU) and Healthcare (COO, ELV) shows a desire to find growth outside of the US Mega-cap Tech space. Nu Holdings (NU) , in particular, represents a bet on a "New Financial Order" in Latin America, where digital-first banks are rapidly displacing inefficient legacy incumbents.

The total estimated buy scale of these top 8 additions is roughly $830 million . Much of this capital appears to have been recouped from the major reductions and exits detailed in Section V (such as the $187M from UNH and $104M from CDNS). This is a clear case of " inventory reallocation ." The institution is not necessarily bringing in massive amounts of new cash; they are "recycling" capital from mature or overvalued winners into new areas of perceived opportunity. This rotation increases the "offensiveness" of the portfolio by moving from defensive healthcare and high-multiple software into cyclical equipment makers and high-growth fintech.

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V. Major Sells and Exits

The quality of these exits appears high. Most of the reduced positions (GOOGL, TSM, NOW, CDNS) are stocks that have seen massive runs. This is disciplined "rebalancing"—selling high to buy into areas that are either just starting their run (Semi-cap equipment) or are currently unloved (UPS, ELV). The total cash-out from these top 7 reductions alone is over $600 million , providing the "dry powder" needed for the offensive moves described in Section IV.

The overall intent is clear: Portfolio Slimming and Strategy Pivot . The institution is moving away from "Defensive Growth" (UNH, LHX) and "Expensive Software" (NOW, CDNS) toward "Infrastructure Growth" (ASML, LRCX, NVDA) and "Value Reversals" (UPS, ELV). This makes the portfolio more cyclical and more sensitive to the semiconductor capital expenditure cycle, but also potentially more rewarding if the AI infrastructure build-out continues to accelerate.

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VI. Investment Insights and Risk Warnings

The Logic Chain is as follows : 1. Sell the "Expensive Hopes" : Reduce exposure to software companies where AI monetization is still speculative and valuations are stretched. 2. Exit the "Regulatory Minefields" : Drastically cut exposure to managed care giants like UnitedHealth that face increasing political and margin pressure. 3. Buy the "Bottlenecks" : Massive entry into the equipment makers that are the only companies capable of enabling the next generation of AI chips. 4. Double Down on the "Winner" : Increase the bet on NVIDIA as the undisputed king of the current cycle. 5. Seek "Contrarian Value" : Use the remaining capital to find unloved, high-yield reversals like UPS to provide a diversified income stream.

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Sources and limitations

This report uses public U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 13F disclosures and structured data maintained by 13F Hub. A 13F filing is a quarter-end snapshot of reportable long positions, is normally published with a delay, and does not disclose every short position, cash balance, bond, derivative, or non-U.S. asset.

Narrative content is prepared from the same-period SEC disclosure and 13F Hub structured data, then checked before publication. This material is for research and education, not personalized investment advice.