Nicholas Fund · NASDAQ:NICSX
Nicholas Fund — Nicholas Company — Investor Presentation (September 2026)
33 slides from Nicholas Fund's investor presentation, Sep 30, 2026
Slide 1: September 30, 2026
September 30, 2026 * NICHOLAS
Slide 2: Offering and risk disclosures
The Nicholas Funds are offered only to United States residents, and information on this site is intended only for such persons. Nothing on this web site should be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell shares of any Nicholas Fund in any jurisdiction where the offer or solicitation woul
Slide 3: Nicholas 50+ Year History
Nicholas 50+ Year History o Founded in 1967 o Located in Milwaukee, WI o Independently owned boutique investment firm o Practice the investment philosophy created in 1967 o Advisor to the Nicholas Funds and separately managed accounts o Four funds including growth and income-oriented strategies o Ni
Slide 4: Leadership and Investment Team
Leadership and Investment Team David O. Nicholas, CFA Lawrence J. Pavelec, CFA Jennifer R. Kloehn, CPA Christopher E. O’Reilly CEO and President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Portfolio Manager Chief Operations Officer Chief Compliance Officer Chief Techno
Slide 5: Investment Philosophy
Nicholas Investment Philosophy We believe using independent research to identify companies with high-quality growth attributes and sustainable competitive advantages guides us to stocks offering superior EPS and equity growth over the long-term. A disciplined, patient approach to stock valuation is
Slide 6: Investment Process – A Proven Approach
Nicholas Investment Process – A Proven Approach Idea Generation o Key characteristics: o Historical sales & earnings growth o ROIC o Dividend and capital returns to shareholders Idea o Stock valuation based on industry specific metrics Generation o Industry research, conferences and company meetings
Slide 7: What is distinct to the Nicholas Investment Approach?
What is distinct to the Nicholas Investment Approach? Our investment focus is on companies with sustainable competitive advantages 1 that can drive superior potential earnings growth and financial results. We have maintained a patient, long-term focus on investing to avoid overreaction to short-term
Slide 8: Trailing Performance
Trailing Performance Average Annual Expense Assets Year to Performance as of September 30, 2026 Ratio (millions) 3 Month Date 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year Nicholas Fund - NICSX 0.70% $ 4,000.6 3.89% 7.25% 7.63% 14.11% 9.58% 12.81% 13.90% Morningstar Large Growth Category 1.01% 1.13% 10.11% 1
Slide 9: Calendar Year Performance
Calendar Year Performance 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Nicholas Fund - NICSX 4.47% 16.71% 34.23% -18.13% 26.55% 18.89% 33.49% -1.52% 17.54% 0.92% Morningstar Large Growth Category 16.10% 28.96% 36.74% -29.91% 20.45% 35.86% 31.90% -2.09% 27.67% 3.23% S&P 500 17.88% 25.02% 26.29%
Slide 10: Rankings and Ratings
Rankings and Ratings As of September 30, 2026 Morningstar Ratings Ticker Morningstar Category Overall 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Nicholas Fund NICSX Large Growth QQ Q QQQ QQ # of Funds 965 965 914 744 Nicholas II Class I NCTWX Mid-Cap Growth QQQ QQ QQQ QQQ # of Funds 442 442 425 363 Nicholas Limited Edit
Slide 11: Nicholas Fund
Nicholas Fund NICSX Lead Portfolio Manager: David O. Nicholas, CFA Co-Portfolio Manager: Jeffrey J. Strong, CFA Style: Multi-cap Growth Fund Inception: 07/14/1969 Fund Assets: $4,000.6 million Number of Holdings: 50 Investment Approach: Nicholas Fund, Inc. pursues long-term capital growth through a
Slide 12: Nicholas Fund Historical Performance
Nicholas Fund Historical Performance Average Annual Expense Assets Year to Performance as of September 30, 2026 Ratio (millions) 3 Month Date 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year Nicholas Fund - NICSX 0.70% $ 4,000.6 3.89% 7.25% 7.63% 14.11% 9.58% 12.81% 13.90% Morningstar Large Growth Category 1.01
Slide 13: Nicholas Fund Characteristics
Nicholas Fund Characteristics Nicholas Fund As of 09/30/2026 Russell 1000 Characteristics Nicholas Fund S&P 500² Growth Net Assets $4,000.6 million Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization $1,543,373 $1,677,461 $2,299,758 NTM P/E¹ 24.43x 20.93x 25.30x LTM P/E¹ 28.43x 24.18x 29.00x Price/Book¹ 7.15x 5.32x
Slide 14: Nicholas Fund Characteristics: Sector Weights and Top Holdings
Nicholas Fund Characteristics Sector Weights - % of Portfolio Nicholas Fund S&P 500 Russell 1000 Growth % of Net 60 Top 10 Equity Holdings Assets 50 NVIDIA Corporation 6.21% Alphabet Inc. 5.83% 39.9 40 Apple Inc. 5.49% Amazon.com, Inc. 5.41% 30 Microsoft Corporation 5.33% Broadcom Inc 2.51% 20 Meta
Slide 15: Nicholas II
Nicholas II NCTWX Lead Portfolio Manager: David O. Nicholas, CFA Co-Portfolio Manager: Brian J. Janowski, CFA, CPA Co-Portfolio Manager: Jefferey J. Strong, CFA Style: Mid-Cap Growth Fund Inception: 10/17/1983 Fund Assets (Class I): $867.1 million Number of Holdings: 66 Investment Approach: Nicholas
Slide 16: Nicholas II Historical Performance
Nicholas II Historical Performance Average Annual Expense Assets Year to Performance as of September 30, 2026 Ratio (millions) 3 Month Date 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year Nicholas II Class I - NCTWX 0.59% $ 867.1 3.21% 5.36% 3.39% 7.89% 3.10% 9.63% 11.35% Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth Category 1.
Slide 17: Nicholas II Characteristics
Nicholas II Characteristics Nicholas II As of 09/30/2026 Russell Midcap Characteristics Nicholas II Growth² Net Assets $923.5 million Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization $31,701 $45,260 NTM P/E¹ 23.00x 23.95x LTM P/E¹ 28.25x 29.55x Price/Book¹ 5.03x 11.11x Price/Sales¹ 3.48x 2.63x Historical 3 Year
Slide 18: Nicholas II Characteristics: Sector Weights and Top Holdings
Nicholas II Characteristics Sector Weights - % of Portfolio Nicholas II Russell Mid-Cap Growth % of Net 40 Top 10 Equity Holdings Assets 35 Lattice Semiconductor Corp 3.25% 30 Okta Inc 2.90% 26.2 25.1 Datadog Inc 2.81% 25 AMETEK Inc. 2.74% 18.4 20 Corpay Inc 2.64% 14.5 Mettler-Toledo International I
Slide 19: Nicholas Limited Edition
Nicholas Limited Edition NCLEX Lead Portfolio Manager: David O. Nicholas, CFA Co-Portfolio Manager: Ryan P. Bushman, CFA Associate Portfolio Manager: Aaron D. Hizmi Style: Small-Cap Growth Fund Inception: 05/18/1987 Fund Assets (Class I): $319.7 million Number of Holdings: 59 Investment Approach: Ni
Slide 20: Nicholas Limited Edition Performance History
Nicholas Limited Edition Performance History Average Annual Expense Assets Year to Performance as of September 30, 2026 Ratio (millions) 3 Month Date 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year Nicholas Limited Edition Class I - NCLEX 0.86% $ 319.7 -1.68% -3.12% -5.80% 2.08% -1.26% 7.03% 9.18% Morningstar
Slide 21: Nicholas Limited Edition Characteristics
Nicholas Limited Edition Characteristics Nicholas Limited Edition As of 09/30/2026 Nicholas Limited Russell 2000 Characteristics Edition Growth² Net Assets $328.3 million Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization $5,259 $4,418 NTM P/E¹ 18.90x 19.24x LTM P/E¹ 27.15x 22.36x Price/Book¹ 3.12x 4.09x Price/Sal
Slide 22: Limited Edition Characteristics: Sector Weights and Top Holdings
Nicholas Limited Edition Characteristics Sector Weights - % of Portfolio Nicholas Limited Edition Russell 2000 Growth % of Net 35 30.2 Top 10 Equity Holdings Assets 30 AtriCure Inc 3.47% 26.8 ENCOMPAS HEALTH CORP 2.82% 25 Cohen & Steers Inc. 2.78% 19.3 Dorman Products, Inc. 2.76% 20 Qualys Inc. 2.67
Slide 23: Nicholas Equity Income
Nicholas Equity Income NSEIX Lead Portfolio Manager: David O. Nicholas, CFA Co-Portfolio Manager: Paul J. Knych Style: Equity Income with Growth Fund Inception: 11/23/1993 Fund Assets: $447.4 million Number of Holdings: 58 Investment Approach: Nicholas Equity Income Fund, Inc. seeks to provide inves
Slide 24: Nicholas Equity Income Fund Performance History
Nicholas Equity Income Fund Performance History Average Annual Expense Assets Year to Performance as of September 30, 2026 Ratio (millions) 3 Month Date 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year Nicholas Equity Income Fund - NSEIX 0.70% $ 447.4 -1.60% 4.91% 4.66% 11.58% 6.85% 9.45% 11.02% Morningstar Lar
Slide 25: Nicholas Equity Income Fund Characteristics
Nicholas Equity Income Fund Characteristics Nicholas Equity Income As of 09/30/2026 Russell 1000 Characteristics Equity Income S&P 500² Value Net Assets $447.4 million Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization $372,577 $1,677,461 $857,162 NTM P/E¹ 19.36x 20.93x 17.61x LTM P/E¹ 23.42x 24.18x 20.33x Price/B
Slide 26: Equity Income Fund: Sector Weights and Top Holdings
Nicholas Equity Income Fund Characteristics Sector Weights - % of Portfolio % of Net Nicholas Equity Income S&P 500 Russell 1000 Value 45 Top 10 Equity Holdings Assets 40 Microsoft Corporation 3.89% Johnson & Johnson 2.93% 35 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.59% 30 Union Pacific Corp 2.53% 25 Charles Schwab C
Slide 27: Investment Team
Investment Team David O. Nicholas, CFA – Chief Executive Officer, President and Portfolio Manager • Nicholas Company, Inc., 1986 – Present • First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee, 1983 – 1986 • University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, M.S. 1987 • University of Wisconsin, B.B.A. 1983 Lawrence J. Pavel
Slide 28: Investment Team
Investment Team Jeffrey J. Strong, CFA – Senior Research Analyst and Co-Portfolio Manager • Nicholas Company, Inc., 2021 – Present • State of Wisconsin Investment Board, 2018 – 2021 • Heartland Advisors, Inc., 2017 – 2018 • BMO Asset Management, 2006 – 2016 • University of Wisconsin, M.B.A 2010 • Un
Slide 29: Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms • Annualized Return - Rate of return of the account smoothed as though the return occurred equally over twelve-month periods. When the specified time frame is less than a year, the rate of return is projected as though the same performance continues to occur for a twelve-month peri
Slide 30: Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms • EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. • Fiscal Year - Business year. Assumed to be the calendar year, unless otherwise designated. • Free Cash Flow (FCF) - It is generally defined as cash flow from operating activities minus total capital expend
Slide 31: Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms • Medium/Mid Cap - Medium Capitalization - refers to those companies with a market capitalization generally between $2 billion and $10 billion. • Morningstar™ Category Averages - Each Morningstar™ Average represents a universe with similar investment objectives. • NASDAQ Composite
Slide 32: Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms • Russell 1000® Index - The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. One cannot invest directly in an index. • Russell 1000
Slide 33: Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms • Standard Deviation – a statistical measurement of how much an investment’s returns vary from its average. • Total Return (Cumulative Return) - Rate of return of the account over the specified time period. See Rate of Return. • Turnover Rate - The percentage of investment holdings
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