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Ardent Capital Management, Inc.

CIK 1888792 · latest 13F filed 16 October 2026 · Read the filing on EDGAR

Ardent Capital Management, Inc. reported 32 US-listed holdings worth $237.2 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed 16 October 2026. Its largest: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (32.7%), Johnson & Johnson (16.2%) and Alphabet Inc. (13.8%). Against the quarter before, it opened 2 positions, added to 3, trimmed 13 and sold out of 17.

Reported holdings$237.2M-1.4% on Q2 2026
Positions32-15 on Q2 2026
The largest ten93.2%of its reported holdings
Latest 13FQ3 2026filed 16 October 2026
Where the money is
OpenedAdded toHeldTrimmed
BRKB32.7%JNJ16.2%GOOG13.8%META7.7%AAPL7.5%SYK4.0%PM3.5%GOOGL3.4%COST2.7%PG1.8%AMZN1.0%OXY0.6%JPM0.5%IAU18 more4.2%

The 14 largest of its 32 positions, each sized by its share of the reported holdings, coloured by the change in shares against Q2 2026.

Reported holdings, quarter by quarter
Q3 2024: $220.1 million in 45 positions$220MQ3 24Q4 2024: $219.8 million in 42 positions$220MQ4 24Q1 2025: $231.1 million in 44 positions$231MQ1 25Q2 2025: $208.5 million in 43 positions$208MQ2 25Q3 2025: $236.0 million in 51 positions$236MQ3 25Q4 2025: $252.8 million in 50 positions$253MQ4 25Q1 2026: $233.6 million in 47 positions$234MQ1 26Q2 2026: $240.6 million in 47 positions$241MQ2 26Q3 2026: $237.2 million in 32 positions$237MQ3 26

What the fund reported holding at each quarter's end; hover a bar for the number of positions

What its reported holdings returned

Held through each quarter, the holdings it reported returned +25.4% over the 8 quarters to 30 September 2026, against +32.9% for the S&P 500.

Its reported holdingsThe S&P 500
100110120130Q3 24Q4 24Q1 25Q2 25Q3 25Q4 25Q1 26Q2 26Q3 26Its holdings +25.4%S&P 500 +32.9%

Not the fund's own return: each 13F's holdings are kept unchanged until the next one, so trades inside a quarter, dividends, cash and fees are left out. A rough guide to how its picks have done over time.

What it did on the quarter

Opened 2Added 3Held 14Trimmed 13Sold out 17
Opened: 2Added: 3Held: 14Trimmed: 13Sold out: 17

Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 30 June 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held

Opened 2

  1. Alphabet Inc. GOOGL$8.0 million
  2. Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY$1.4 million

Added to 3

  1. Costco Wholesale Corp. COST+359 shares · +5%
  2. Ares Coml Real Estate Corp. ACRE+81,816 shares · +38%
  3. Meta Platforms, Inc. META+367 shares · +1%

Trimmed 13

  1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B BRKB-2,767 shares · -2%
  2. Alphabet Inc. GOOG-1,785 shares · -2%
  3. Invesco Exchange Traded FD T RSP-2,205 shares · -32%
  4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ-1,477 shares · -1%
  5. Apple Inc. AAPL-686 shares · -1%
  6. Stryker Corp. SYK-616 shares · -2%
  7. Philip Morris International Inc. PM-689 shares · -2%
  8. Procter & Gamble Co. PG-201 shares · -1%

and 5 more in the table below

Sold out of 17

  1. iShares Trust ARTY$3.1 million last quarter
  2. iShares Trust IWB$2.2 million last quarter
  3. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV$1.5 million last quarter
  4. iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality F QUAL$1.4 million last quarter
  5. Vanguard Value ETF VTV$1.3 million last quarter
  6. Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF VO$1.1 million last quarter
  7. SPDR S&P 500 SPY$855,798 last quarter
  8. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF IJR$814,667 last quarter

What it holds

CompanySharesValueOf its bookChange in shares
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B BRKB155.6K$77.5 million32.66%-2.8K
Johnson & Johnson JNJ145.2K$38.4 million16.21%-1.5K
Alphabet Inc. GOOG95.9K$32.7 million13.78%-1.8K
Meta Platforms, Inc. META25.0K$18.1 million7.65%+367
Apple Inc. AAPL53.5K$17.8 million7.51%-686
Stryker Corp. SYK34.7K$9.6 million4.03%-616
Philip Morris International Inc. PM43.1K$8.2 million3.47%-689
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL23.3K$8.0 million3.37%new
Costco Wholesale Corp. COST7.1K$6.4 million2.71%+359
Procter & Gamble Co. PG29.6K$4.3 million1.81%-201
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN9.2K$2.3 million0.96%-78
Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY25.0K$1.4 million0.58%new
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM3.9K$1.3 million0.54%-16
iShares Gold Trust IAUM28.5K$1.2 million0.50%no change
Ares Coml Real Estate Corp. ACRE299.9K$1.2 million0.49%+81.8K
Microsoft Corp. MSFT2.1K$1.1 million0.45%no change
Invesco Exchange Traded FD T RSP4.7K$980,8140.41%-2.2K
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY15.7K$978,1200.41%no change
Altria Group, Inc. MO13.8K$926,9350.39%-145
AbbVie Inc. ABBV2.5K$661,8230.28%no change
Kenvue Inc. KVUE35.1K$620,4660.26%-269
SPDR Gold Trust GLD1.4K$533,1760.22%no change
Prologis, Inc. PLD4.0K$518,0620.22%no change
Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP1.6K$420,8960.18%no change
Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO3.3K$357,1160.15%no change
Visa Inc. V917$329,5060.14%no change
Evolv Technologies Hldngs in EVLV61.1K$284,2080.12%-875
NVIDIA Corp. NVDA1.1K$251,2180.11%no change
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF VEU2.9K$236,4640.10%no change
McDonald's Corp. MCD951$219,6240.09%no change
Southern Co. SO2.6K$219,4930.09%no change
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. SYBT2.6K$204,2110.09%no change
Every US-listed position in the fund's 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, by the value it reported.
Read moreChange is shares against its 13F for the quarter before; the 17 it sold out of are in the box above.