RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC

San Diego, CA · CIK 1230765 · 13F filing filed 2026-08-07

SEC-registered investment adviser since 2003 · limited liability company

Assets managed$1.7bn
Staff23 · 13 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)Private funds 26%, State and local governments 18%, Pension plans 16%
Websitericehalljames.com
Form ADV · 2026-05-06SEC adviser record

Legal entityRice, Hall, James & Associates, LLC (US)

$2.1bn reported value +14.4% vs Q1 2026

240positions

24.1%in top 10

14 new 110 added 101 reduced 17 sold out vs Q1 2026

Holdings, Q2 2026

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM NEW LGND	LGND	270,052	$85.4m4.15%	4.15%	Reduced -13.5k	-13,515 -4.8%
2	ACI WORLDWIDE INC COM ACIW	ACIW	1,006,595	$50.6m2.46%	2.46%	Added +3.2k	+3,239 0.3%
3	ARLO TECHNOLOGIES INC COM ARLO	ARLO	3,732,962	$50.3m2.45%	2.45%	Added +73.1k	+73,074 2.0%
4	FABRINET SHS FN	FN	87,577	$49.2m2.40%	2.40%	Reduced -18.2k	-18,238 -17.2%
5	ESTABLISHMENT LABS HLDGS INC COM ESTA	ESTA	560,935	$48.1m2.34%	2.34%	Added +12.3k	+12,261 2.2%
6	XPO INC COM XPO	XPO	224,878	$46.2m2.25%	2.25%	Added +579	+579 0.3%
7	ZIFF DAVIS INC COM ZD	ZD	821,496	$43.0m2.09%	2.09%	Added +21.7k	+21,678 2.7%
8	SHIFT4 PMTS INC CL A FOUR	FOUR	874,492	$42.5m2.07%	2.07%	Added +26.8k	+26,766 3.2%
9	KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS INTL ORD SHS CL A KNSA	KNSA	624,928	$40.0m1.95%	1.95%	Added +16.5k	+16,512 2.7%
10	ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S ORD SHS ASND	ASND	148,644	$39.6m1.93%	1.93%	New
11	STRIDE INC COM LRN	LRN	438,981	$37.9m1.84%	1.84%	Added +541	+541 0.1%
12	PRESTIGE CONSMR HEALTHCARE I COM PBH	PBH	689,692	$32.6m1.59%	1.59%	Added +168.1k	+168,070 32.2%
13	DONNELLEY FINL SOLUTIONS INC COM DFIN	DFIN	775,119	$32.5m1.58%	1.58%	Reduced -4.9k	-4,918 -0.6%
14	ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL SHS ITRN	ITRN	475,496	$29.0m1.41%	1.41%	Reduced -56.4k	-56,358 -10.6%
15	MEDPACE HLDGS INC COM MEDP	MEDP	54,116	$28.7m1.39%	1.39%	Added +133	+133 0.2%
16	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDS INC NEW COM AWI	AWI	177,147	$28.4m1.38%	1.38%	Added +290	+290 0.2%
17	GODADDY INC CL A GDDY	GDDY	330,474	$28.1m1.37%	1.37%	Added +11.0k	+11,021 3.5%
18	BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC COM SHS BIRK	BIRK	629,868	$27.1m1.32%	1.32%	Added +39.5k	+39,500 6.7%
19	CLEAR SECURE INC COM CL A YOU	YOU	485,011	$27.0m1.32%	1.32%	Reduced -92.1k	-92,070 -15.9%
20	INGEVITY CORP COM NGVT	NGVT	351,203	$26.2m1.28%	1.28%	Added +6.1k	+6,065 1.8%
21	WEX INC COM WEX	WEX	178,606	$25.2m1.23%	1.23%	Reduced -1.7k	-1,708 -0.9%
22	SPORTRADAR GROUP AG CLASS A ORD SHS SRAD	SRAD	1,597,682	$23.9m1.16%	1.16%	Added +15.5k	+15,500 1.0%
23	LIQUIDITY SVCS INC COM LQDT	LQDT	608,476	$23.8m1.16%	1.16%	Added +11.2k	+11,233 1.9%
24	FEDERAL AGRIC MTG CORP CL C AGM	AGM	118,094	$23.5m1.15%	1.15%	Added +3.4k	+3,389 3.0%
25	BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM BCRX	BCRX	2,332,043	$23.3m1.13%	1.13%	Added +101.9k	+101,938 4.6%
26	UPWORK INC COM UPWK	UPWK	2,776,805	$23.2m1.13%	1.13%	Added +1.5m	+1,468,638 112.3%
27	GENPACT LIMITED SHS G	G	833,996	$22.9m1.12%	1.12%	Added +129.9k	+129,872 18.4%
28	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM SUPN	SUPN	490,221	$22.8m1.11%	1.11%	Added +12.8k	+12,805 2.7%
29	VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS INC COM VRDN	VRDN	1,175,906	$21.6m1.05%	1.05%	Added +277.3k	+277,295 30.9%
30	RADWARE LTD ORD RDWR	RDWR	680,853	$21.0m1.02%	1.02%	Reduced -2.4k	-2,410 -0.3%
31	ALKERMES PLC SHS ALKS	ALKS	390,866	$20.5m1.00%	1.00%	Added +522	+522 0.1%
32	NEXXEN INTL LTD SHS NEW NEXN	NEXN	2,186,838	$19.7m0.96%	0.96%	Added +69.4k	+69,426 3.3%
33	PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP COM PRGS	PRGS	570,261	$19.1m0.93%	0.93%	Added +117.6k	+117,559 26.0%
34	QUIDELORTHO CORP COM QDEL	QDEL	1,063,559	$18.6m0.91%	0.91%	Added +37.1k	+37,139 3.6%
35	LEMAITRE VASCULAR INC COM LMAT	LMAT	189,907	$18.2m0.89%	0.89%	Added +5.2k	+5,182 2.8%
36	EURONET WORLDWIDE INC COM EEFT	EEFT	247,689	$18.1m0.88%	0.88%	Added +5.7k	+5,698 2.4%
37	LKQ CORP COM LKQ	LKQ	678,259	$17.9m0.87%	0.87%	Reduced -6.9k	-6,893 -1.0%
38	WIX COM LTD SHS WIX	WIX	382,619	$17.4m0.84%	0.84%	Added +85.8k	+85,832 28.9%
39	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC COM NBIX	NBIX	100,195	$16.9m0.82%	0.82%	Added +205	+205 0.2%
40	HARROW INC COM HROW	HROW	387,545	$16.5m0.80%	0.80%	Added +19.4k	+19,368 5.3%
41	OSHKOSH CORP COM OSK	OSK	106,011	$16.3m0.79%	0.79%	New
42	VAIL RESORTS INC COM MTN	MTN	117,085	$15.9m0.78%	0.78%	Added +292	+292 0.2%
43	ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM ACAD	ACAD	618,887	$15.7m0.76%	0.76%	Added +1.4k	+1,398 0.2%
44	LCI INDS COM LCII	LCII	142,665	$15.1m0.74%	0.74%	Added +37.3k	+37,322 35.4%
45	VAREX IMAGING CORP COM VREX	VREX	1,445,853	$15.1m0.73%	0.73%	Added +171.0k	+171,035 13.4%
46	MAXIMUS INC COM MMS	MMS	278,910	$15.0m0.73%	0.73%	Added +56.0k	+55,986 25.1%
47	BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC COM BMRN	BMRN	248,224	$14.2m0.69%	0.69%	Added +143.6k	+143,565 137.2%
48	TAYSHA GENE THERAPIES INC COM SHS TSHA	TSHA	1,992,229	$13.6m0.66%	0.66%	Added +47.6k	+47,558 2.5%
49	BANK OZK LITTLE ROCK ARK COM OZK	OZK	259,433	$13.5m0.66%	0.66%	Reduced -160	-160 -0.1%
50	MIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM MIRM	MIRM	110,673	$13.0m0.63%	0.63%	Reduced -36.4k	-36,364 -24.7%
51	ETSY INC COM ETSY	ETSY	165,432	$12.5m0.61%	0.61%	Added +336	+336 0.2%
52	FRANKLIN COVEY CO COM FC	FC	495,654	$12.2m0.59%	0.59%	Reduced -15.0k	-15,035 -2.9%
53	TETRA TECHNOLOGIES INC DEL COM TTI	TTI	1,067,906	$12.1m0.59%	0.59%	Added +1.0m	+1,028,089 2582.0%
54	AMDOCS LTD SHS DOX	DOX	238,724	$12.1m0.59%	0.59%	Added +584	+584 0.2%
55	ICHOR HOLDINGS SHS ICHR	ICHR	104,284	$11.7m0.57%	0.57%	Reduced -50.1k	-50,118 -32.5%
56	PDF SOLUTIONS INC COM PDFS	PDFS	163,000	$11.5m0.56%	0.56%	Added +15.2k	+15,218 10.3%
57	CRA INTL INC COM CRAI	CRAI	77,762	$11.1m0.54%	0.54%	Added +2.4k	+2,384 3.2%
58	UROGEN PHARMA LTD COM URGN	URGN	300,650	$11.1m0.54%	0.54%	Added +14.8k	+14,816 5.2%
59	SHUTTERSTOCK INC COM SSTK	SSTK	757,841	$10.6m0.51%	0.51%	Added +24.2k	+24,179 3.3%
60	GENTEX CORP COM GNTX	GNTX	417,539	$10.6m0.51%	0.51%	Added +3.7k	+3,720 0.9%
61	ASPEN AEROGELS INC COM ASPN	ASPN	1,635,259	$10.4m0.50%	0.50%	Added +82.6k	+82,631 5.3%
62	PENNANT GROUP INC COM PNTG	PNTG	250,096	$9.2m0.45%	0.45%	Reduced -5.0k	-5,037 -2.0%
63	A10 NETWORKS INC COM ATEN	ATEN	245,117	$9.2m0.45%	0.45%	Reduced -91.7k	-91,707 -27.2%
64	UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC COM UFPT	UFPT	34,034	$9.0m0.44%	0.44%	Added +12.8k	+12,823 60.5%
65	EVOLUS INC COM EOLS	EOLS	1,289,888	$9.0m0.44%	0.44%	Added +35.1k	+35,069 2.8%
66	PROTO LABS INC COM PRLB	PRLB	108,964	$8.9m0.43%	0.43%	Reduced -4.6k	-4,625 -4.1%
67	RB GLOBAL INC COM RBA	RBA	72,899	$8.5m0.41%	0.41%	Added +78	+78 0.1%
68	AEHR TEST SYS COM AEHR	AEHR	87,546	$8.4m0.41%	0.41%	Reduced -184.7k	-184,706 -67.8%
69	TECHTARGET INC COM NEW TTGT	TTGT	2,314,935	$8.3m0.41%	0.41%	Added +156.5k	+156,545 7.2%
70	VICOR CORP COM VICR	VICR	21,893	$8.3m0.40%	0.40%	Reduced -6.9k	-6,914 -24.0%
71	APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC COM AAOI	AAOI	55,769	$8.3m0.40%	0.40%	Reduced -42.5k	-42,549 -43.3%
72	DOXIMITY INC CL A DOCS	DOCS	394,780	$8.2m0.40%	0.40%	Added +2.5k	+2,539 0.7%
73	CHART INDS INC COM GTLS	GTLS	37,604	$7.9m0.38%	0.38%	Reduced -35.1k	-35,141 -48.3%
74	CONSENSUS CLOUD SOLUTIONS IN COM CCSI	CCSI	205,889	$7.9m0.38%	0.38%	Added +5.0k	+4,985 2.5%
75	NPK INTERNATIONAL INC COM SHS NPKI	NPKI	491,243	$7.8m0.38%	0.38%	Reduced -53.8k	-53,834 -9.9%
76	CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS IN COM CRNX	CRNX	196,318	$7.3m0.36%	0.36%	Added +617	+617 0.3%
77	AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM AUPH	AUPH	416,631	$7.1m0.34%	0.34%	Reduced -71.3k	-71,267 -14.6%
78	REPOSITRAK INC COM NEW TRAK	TRAK	781,125	$7.0m0.34%	0.34%	Added +38.1k	+38,110 5.1%
79	POOL CORP COM POOL	POOL	30,734	$6.6m0.32%	0.32%	Added +621	+621 2.1%
80	PAR TECHNOLOGY CORP COM PAR	PAR	378,930	$6.6m0.32%	0.32%	New
81	SHOALS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP IN CL A SHLS	SHLS	650,383	$6.4m0.31%	0.31%	New
82	OMNIAB INC COM OABI	OABI	2,610,434	$6.4m0.31%	0.31%	Added +63.2k	+63,179 2.5%
83	IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC COM IOVA	IOVA	1,539,840	$6.4m0.31%	0.31%	Added +24.9k	+24,933 1.6%
84	VERICEL CORP COM VCEL	VCEL	138,840	$6.2m0.30%	0.30%	Added +6.8k	+6,777 5.1%
85	TRICO BANCSHARES COM TCBK	TCBK	114,288	$6.2m0.30%	0.30%	Added +19.1k	+19,064 20.0%
86	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC COM CL A ROAD	ROAD	50,958	$6.1m0.29%	0.29%	Reduced -1.8k	-1,849 -3.5%
87	NAPCO SEC TECHNOLOGIES INC COM NSSC	NSSC	153,577	$5.8m0.28%	0.28%	Added +6.8k	+6,804 4.6%
88	GREEN BRICK PARTNERS INC COM GRBK	GRBK	72,376	$5.8m0.28%	0.28%	Added +9.9k	+9,925 15.9%
89	LIVE OAK BANCSHARES INC COM LOB	LOB	140,163	$5.7m0.28%	0.28%	Reduced -5.4k	-5,394 -3.7%
90	ALPHATEC HLDGS INC COM NEW ATEC	ATEC	657,864	$5.7m0.28%	0.28%	New
91	VERACYTE INC COM VCYT	VCYT	95,586	$5.6m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -11.1k	-11,079 -10.4%
92	ASURE SOFTWARE INC COM ASUR	ASUR	705,628	$5.6m0.27%	0.27%	Added +34.7k	+34,684 5.2%
93	TRAVERE THERAPEUTICS INC COM TVTX	TVTX	97,573	$5.5m0.27%	0.27%	Added +4.8k	+4,816 5.2%
94	DYCOM INDS INC COM DY	DY	10,662	$5.4m0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -752	-752 -6.6%
95	MAGNITE INC COM MGNI	MGNI	283,919	$5.4m0.26%	0.26%	Added +91.1k	+91,111 47.2%
96	ICON PLC SHS ICLR	ICLR	30,294	$5.3m0.26%	0.26%	Added +148	+148 0.5%
97	TRANSCAT INC COM TRNS	TRNS	56,325	$5.2m0.25%	0.25%	Added +17.5k	+17,455 44.9%
98	MATERION CORP COM MTRN	MTRN	17,098	$5.1m0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -139	-139 -0.8%
99	PLANET LABS PBC COM CL A PL	PL	150,375	$5.0m0.24%	0.24%	Reduced -39.2k	-39,250 -20.7%
100	LINCOLN EDL SVCS CORP COM LINC	LINC	99,593	$5.0m0.24%	0.24%	Reduced -10.5k	-10,494 -9.5%

Sold out since Q1 2026

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S		148,386	$33.9m148.4k shares
AMICUS THERAPEUTICS INC FOLD	FOLD	770,711	$11.1m770.7k shares
SOLENO THERAPEUTICS INC SLNO	SLNO	206,147	$6.9m206.1k shares
AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS IN AMPH	AMPH	187,348	$3.7m187.3k shares
VITAL FARMS INC VITL	VITL	222,523	$3.1m222.5k shares
THERMON GROUP HLDGS INC		57,048	$2.9m57.0k shares
ADMA BIOLOGICS INC ADMA	ADMA	300,744	$2.7m300.7k shares
GROCERY OUTLET HLDG CORP GO	GO	327,550	$2.3m327.6k shares
LEGALZOOM COM INC LZ	LZ	352,781	$2.0m352.8k shares
KRATOS DEFENSE & SEC SOLUTIO KTOS	KTOS	26,697	$1.9m26.7k shares
AZENTA INC AZTA	AZTA	81,301	$1.7m81.3k shares
TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC TNDM	TNDM	72,878	$1.4m72.9k shares
UPLAND SOFTWARE INC		974,448	$649.0k974.4k shares
BIGCOMMERCE HLDGS INC CMRC	CMRC	219,121	$585.1k219.1k shares
DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW DVN	DVN	6,453	$324.7k6.5k shares
HASBRO INC HAS	HAS	3,328	$311.5k3.3k shares
KBR INC KBR	KBR	6,328	$233.2k6.3k shares

Stakes above 5%

Companies where this manager has reported owning more than 5% of a class of shares, on Schedule 13D (may seek influence) or 13G (passive): its latest filing for each, from 19 Dec 2024 on.

Company	Ticker	Stake	Change	Schedule	Last filed
CENTURY CASINOS INC CNTY · 13G · filed 2026-01-09	CNTY	5.1%≈ $1.9m	+0.1 pts	13G	2026-01-09