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NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC.
NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. (CIK: 0000903949) incorporated in Wisconsin, located at 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2016Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 205 holdings with a total value of $4,919,368,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 2,264,953 190,799,000 3.88%
2 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 2,032,990 186,750,000 3.80%
3 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 916,265 148,801,000 3.02%
4 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 1,032,799 146,234,000 2.97%
5 LKQ CORP 4,565,407 145,773,000 2.96%
6 AON PLC 1,364,045 142,474,000 2.90%
7 CHUBB LIMITED 1,160,270 138,246,000 2.81%
8 AT&T INC 3,526,900 138,148,000 2.81%
9 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 871,065 131,922,000 2.68%
10 TIME WARNER INC 1,776,595 128,891,000 2.62%
11 SNAP ON INC 812,230 127,511,000 2.59%
12 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 461,762 126,365,000 2.57%
13 AMERCO 319,146 114,034,000 2.32%
14 DAVITA INC 1,509,348 110,755,000 2.25%
15 PFIZER INC 3,634,115 107,715,000 2.19%
16 ABBVIE INC 1,847,650 105,537,000 2.15%
17 BALL CORP 1,434,856 102,290,000 2.08%
18 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 2,555,565 99,590,000 2.02%
19 CELGENE CORP 903,220 90,403,000 1.84%
20 COPART INC 2,173,350 88,607,000 1.80%
21 TEGNA INC 3,686,370 86,482,000 1.76%
22 CBRE GROUP INC 2,997,110 86,376,000 1.76%
23 MICROSOFT CORP 1,470,450 81,212,000 1.65%
24 NIELSEN HLDGS PLC 1,522,495 80,174,000 1.63%
25 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,458,520 75,930,000 1.54%
26 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 797,680 75,380,000 1.53%
27 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 762,690 74,827,000 1.52%
28 GRAINGER W W INC 320,360 74,781,000 1.52%
29 CBS CORP NEW 1,347,360 74,226,000 1.51%
30 POLARIS INDS INC 749,004 73,761,000 1.50%
31 LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS 547,380 64,114,000 1.30%
32 PLAINS GP HLDGS L P CL A 6,531,475 56,758,000 1.15%
33 APTARGROUP INC COM 708,460 55,550,000 1.13%
34 GANNETT CO INC COM 2,915,410 44,139,000 0.90%
35 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,633,000 42,947,000 0.87%
36 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 1,255,456 40,651,000 0.83%
37 PLAINS ALL AMERN PIPELINE L 1,638,990 34,369,000 0.70%
38 ENTERPRISE PRODS PARTNERS L 1,337,540 32,930,000 0.67%
39 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC 419,895 32,709,000 0.66%
40 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 359,685 29,476,000 0.60%
41 DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW 299,690 25,653,000 0.52%
42 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 390,185 22,622,000 0.46%
43 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 469,315 22,620,000 0.46%
44 RESMED INC 376,970 21,796,000 0.44%
45 WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC LTD SHS 166,660 19,775,000 0.40%
46 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 516,667 19,581,000 0.40%
47 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 513,105 18,384,000 0.37%
48 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 455,870 17,386,000 0.35%
49 TELEFLEX INC 109,785 17,237,000 0.35%
50 B & G FOODS INC NEW COM 455,230 15,846,000 0.32%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-16-000011, filed 2016.05.13).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.