Conestoga Capital Advisors 13F annual report

Conestoga Capital Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $6.67 trillion ran by Robert Mitchell. There are currently 129 companies in Mr. Mitchell’s portfolio. The largest investments include Casella Waste Sys Inc and Descartes Sys Group Inc, together worth $638 billion.

$6.67 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 19th July 2024, Conestoga Capital Advisors’s top holding is 3,386,970 shares of Casella Waste Sys Inc currently worth over $336 billion and making up 5.0% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 3,116,109 shares of Descartes Sys Group Inc worth $302 billion. The third-largest holding is Exponent worth $263 billion and the next is Altair Engr Inc worth $244 billion, with 2,488,566 shares owned.

Currently, Conestoga Capital Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $6.67 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Conestoga Capital Advisors

The Conestoga Capital Advisors office and employees reside in Wayne, Pennsylvania. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Robert Mitchell serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Conestoga Capital Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Conestoga Capital Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in SPX Technologies Inc and bought 359,295 shares worth $51.1 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. SPX Technologies Inc makes up 2.5% of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 82.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Casella Waste Sys Inc by buying 101,995 additional shares. This makes their stake in Casella Waste Sys Inc total 3,386,970 shares worth $336 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Conestoga Capital Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Conestoga Capital Advisors closed its position in Model N Inc on 26th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 3,855,355 shares for $110 billion. Robert Mitchell also disclosed a decreased stake in AAON by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $182 billion and 2,086,127 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Conestoga Capital Advisors are Comgest Global Investors S.a.s and Prime Capital Investment Advisors. They manage $6.66 trillion and $6.63 trillion respectively.


Robert Mitchell investment strategy

Conestoga Capital Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 30.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 63.6% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 29% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $98.3 billion.

The complete list of Conestoga Capital Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 26th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Casella Waste Sys Inc
3.10%
3,386,970
$336,055,163,000 5.04%
Descartes Sys Group Inc
2.19%
3,116,109
$301,763,996,000 4.52%
Exponent Inc.
2.82%
2,763,260
$262,841,312,000 3.94%
Altair Engr Inc
1.99%
2,488,566
$244,078,553,000 3.66%
Simpson Mfg Inc
1.40%
1,397,677
$235,550,586,000 3.53%
Sps Comm Inc
2.42%
1,227,411
$230,949,654,000 3.46%
Construction Partners Inc
2.99%
4,135,202
$228,304,502,000 3.42%
FirstService Corp
3.20%
1,426,851
$217,409,335,000 3.26%
Novanta Inc
2.41%
1,329,826
$216,907,919,000 3.25%
RBC Bearings Inc.
3.48%
728,467
$196,525,827,000 2.95%
Merit Med Sys Inc
3.49%
2,250,368
$193,419,130,000 2.90%
AAON Inc.
18.96%
2,086,127
$181,993,693,000 2.73%
Balchem Corp.
2.65%
1,155,209
$177,844,352,000 2.67%
Lemaitre Vascular Inc
0.44%
1,941,501
$159,746,740,000 2.39%
CSW Industrials Inc
2.70%
567,256
$150,498,785,000 2.26%
TREX Co., Inc.
3.16%
1,973,668
$146,288,272,000 2.19%
SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc
2.54%
1,141,624
$138,604,570,000 2.08%
Q2 Holdings Inc
2.48%
2,273,894
$137,184,025,000 2.06%
Stevanato Group S.p.A.
7.33%
7,275,823
$133,438,591,000 2.00%
Clearwater Analytics Hldgs I
2.54%
6,671,247
$123,551,494,000 1.85%
Repligen Corp.
26.66%
946,877
$119,363,315,000 1.79%
Federal Signal Corp.
0.17%
1,353,878
$113,279,009,000 1.70%
Simulations Plus Inc.
0.00%
2,263,664
$110,059,330,000 1.65%
Model N Inc
Closed
3,855,355
$109,761,957,000
Neogen Corp.
1.89%
6,994,986
$109,331,632,000 1.64%
Esco Technologies, Inc.
0.31%
1,029,065
$108,092,999,000 1.62%
Vertex Inc
0.04%
2,805,785
$101,148,549,000 1.52%
Helios Technologies, Inc.
0.11%
2,008,286
$95,895,670,000 1.44%
Vericel Corp
12.44%
2,041,370
$93,658,056,000 1.40%
Pros Holdings Inc
0.24%
3,263,974
$93,512,855,000 1.40%
Transcat Inc
0.28%
769,361
$92,077,124,000 1.38%
John Bean Technologies Corp
2.70%
951,534
$90,367,213,000 1.35%
Ccc Intelligent Solutions Hl
26.93%
8,009,885
$88,989,822,000 1.33%
Paycor Hcm Inc
2.77%
6,841,396
$86,885,729,000 1.30%
Workiva Inc
2.79%
1,188,445
$86,744,601,000 1.30%
Hillman Solutions Corp
3.54%
9,618,653
$85,125,079,000 1.28%
Digi International, Inc.
0.01%
3,618,030
$82,961,428,000 1.24%
WD-40 Co.
0.03%
316,379
$69,489,417,000 1.04%
BlackLine Inc
0.10%
1,408,955
$68,263,870,000 1.02%
Azenta Inc
0.01%
1,283,239
$67,524,037,000 1.01%
MSA Safety Inc
219.82%
306,943
$57,610,132,000 0.86%
Fox Factory Hldg Corp
0.03%
1,132,449
$54,572,717,000 0.82%
SPX Technologies Inc
Opened
359,295
$51,070,191,000 0.77%
Mesa Labs Inc
1.40%
572,615
$49,685,847,000 0.74%
Rollins, Inc.
17.37%
1,002,275
$48,900,997,000 0.73%
Definitive Healthcare Corp
Closed
5,595,627
$45,156,710,000
Watsco Inc.
18.02%
95,709
$44,336,237,000 0.66%
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
17.83%
87,341
$43,913,308,000 0.66%
Heico Corp.
18.42%
217,608
$38,629,772,000 0.58%
Mercury Sys Inc
3.09%
1,308,965
$35,328,965,000 0.53%
Axon Enterprise Inc
17.88%
118,718
$34,931,584,000 0.52%
Graco Inc.
17.07%
421,754
$33,436,657,000 0.50%
Guidewire Software Inc
16.79%
233,197
$32,155,534,000 0.48%
Fair Isaac Corp.
18.55%
21,107
$31,421,147,000 0.47%
Henry Jack Assoc Inc
15.96%
183,412
$30,450,060,000 0.46%
Ul Solutions Inc
Opened
692,791
$29,228,848,000 0.44%
Pool Corporation
16.09%
93,845
$28,841,384,000 0.43%
Bright Horizons Fam Sol In D
18.79%
234,862
$25,853,609,000 0.39%
Bio-Techne Corp
17.71%
311,037
$22,285,801,000 0.33%
Generac Holdings Inc
17.41%
153,999
$20,361,748,000 0.31%
Vail Resorts Inc.
16.66%
93,894
$16,913,126,000 0.25%
Agilysys, Inc
Opened
158,878
$16,545,555,000 0.25%
Teleflex Incorporated
18.48%
73,829
$15,528,454,000 0.23%
Cognex Corp.
15.00%
321,549
$15,035,631,000 0.23%
Evi Inds Inc
18.31%
765,651
$14,486,117,000 0.22%
Gartner, Inc.
16.82%
30,893
$13,872,811,000 0.21%
West Pharmaceutical Svsc Inc
17.08%
41,817
$13,774,102,000 0.21%
Lci Inds
16.07%
128,896
$13,325,268,000 0.20%
Five9 Inc
14.77%
166,238
$7,331,096,000 0.11%
Omega Flex Inc
86.01%
41,700
$2,138,362,000 0.03%
Palomar Holdings, Inc.
9.42%
24,825
$2,014,549,000 0.03%
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.
0.36%
41,550
$1,851,468,000 0.03%
Phreesia Inc
No change
78,085
$1,655,402,000 0.02%
Willdan Group Inc
0.38%
55,613
$1,604,435,000 0.02%
Tecsys Inc Com
0.37%
63,930
$1,595,693,000 0.02%
Verisk Analytics Inc
0.60%
5,765
$1,553,956,000 0.02%
i3 Verticals Inc
0.31%
70,002
$1,545,644,000 0.02%
NV5 Global Inc
0.38%
15,738
$1,463,162,000 0.02%
Biolife Solutions Inc
0.37%
65,237
$1,398,029,000 0.02%
OrthoPediatrics corp
0.37%
48,473
$1,394,083,000 0.02%
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.
0.33%
15,025
$1,388,610,000 0.02%
Olo Inc
30.59%
310,310
$1,371,570,000 0.02%
Copart, Inc.
1.58%
25,263
$1,368,244,000 0.02%
Costco Whsl Corp New
23.17%
1,525
$1,296,235,000 0.02%
Ansys Inc.
12.88%
3,842
$1,235,203,000 0.02%
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd
31.05%
38,725
$1,231,068,000 0.02%
Universal Technical Inst Inc
Opened
77,790
$1,223,637,000 0.02%
Iradimed Corp
0.36%
27,555
$1,210,767,000 0.02%
Energy Recovery Inc
Opened
89,695
$1,192,047,000 0.02%
Microsoft Corporation
6.89%
2,662
$1,189,781,000 0.02%
Costar Group, Inc.
0.42%
15,590
$1,155,843,000 0.02%
Roper Technologies Inc
5.61%
2,019
$1,138,030,000 0.02%
National Resh Corp
93.93%
47,655
$1,093,692,000 0.02%
Waste Connections Inc
1.49%
6,161
$1,080,393,000 0.02%
SoundThinking Inc
0.36%
75,360
$917,885,000 0.01%
Sp Global Inc
24.13%
2,050
$914,293,000 0.01%
Tractor Supply Co.
22.98%
3,234
$873,180,000 0.01%
Idexx Labs Inc
0.87%
1,714
$835,061,000 0.01%
Fortinet Inc
10.40%
13,834
$833,775,000 0.01%
Thunderbird Entertainment Grou
0.36%
616,795
$777,162,000 0.01%
Alphabet Inc
13.53%
6,840
$1,249,220,000 0.02%
Fastenal Co.
24.87%
12,085
$759,421,000 0.01%
Planet Labs Pbc
0.38%
398,100
$740,466,000 0.01%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
9.88%
6,109
$703,268,000 0.01%
Linde Plc.
31.93%
1,535
$673,573,000 0.01%
Xylem Inc
16.14%
4,894
$663,773,000 0.01%
Alpha Teknova Inc
81.60%
453,899
$621,842,000 0.01%
Apple Inc
42.66%
2,930
$617,117,000 0.01%
Factset Resh Sys Inc
0.87%
1,474
$601,790,000 0.01%
Intuit Inc
30.68%
915
$601,347,000 0.01%
Veeva Sys Inc
0.62%
3,209
$587,279,000 0.01%
Steris Plc
0.87%
2,631
$577,610,000 0.01%
Markel Group Inc
26.37%
335
$527,846,000 0.01%
CryoPort Inc
0.36%
71,157
$491,695,000 0.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
6.88%
1,165
$473,922,000 0.01%
Mastercard Incorporated
4.98%
1,055
$465,424,000 0.01%
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
0.62%
323
$451,422,000 0.01%
NVIDIA Corp
900.00%
3,500
$432,390,000 0.01%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
Closed
2,066
$413,820,000
Johnson Johnson
13.38%
2,460
$359,554,000 0.01%
Merck Co Inc
Closed
2,500
$329,875,000
Align Technology, Inc.
14.61%
1,344
$324,482,000 0.00%
AMGEN Inc.
Closed
1,130
$321,282,000
Bentley Sys Inc
0.31%
6,350
$313,436,000 0.00%
Adobe Inc
Closed
580
$292,668,000
Smucker J M Co
26.54%
2,380
$259,515,000 0.00%
Essential Utils Inc
46.99%
6,937
$258,958,000 0.00%
Pepsico Inc
7.24%
1,555
$256,466,000 0.00%
Danaher Corp.
12.15%
1,015
$253,598,000 0.00%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
Opened
1,600
$248,768,000 0.00%
Home Depot, Inc.
45.64%
655
$225,477,000 0.00%
Garmin Ltd
48.69%
1,370
$223,200,000 0.00%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
5.21%
910
$215,634,000 0.00%
Procore Technologies, Inc.
0.48%
3,125
$207,219,000 0.00%
Nike, Inc.
6.29%
2,705
$203,876,000 0.00%
Lightspeed Commerce Inc
Closed
10,039
$141,148,000
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