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Skylands Capital, LLC

Milwaukee, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 131183

Filed as SKYLANDS CAPITAL, LLC

Skylands Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Milwaukee, WI, registered since 2010, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 11, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$746,529,233
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Skylands Capital, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Skylands Capital, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Skylands Capital, LLC located?

Skylands Capital, LLC's principal office is in Milwaukee, WI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Skylands Capital, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Skylands Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 131183.

How much does Skylands Capital, LLC manage?

Skylands Capital, LLC reports $746,529,233 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Skylands Capital, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Skylands Capital, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $723,905,480 in the October 2021 data and $746,529,233 in the October 2026 data, up 3%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Skylands Capital, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (9); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (5).

Which custodians does Skylands Capital, LLC use?

Skylands Capital, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Midwest Institutional Trust Company and U.S. Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Skylands Capital, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/131183

What changed in Skylands Capital, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$746,529,233

$746,529,233 as of October 2026, filing dated May 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $746,529,233.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 9 Assets $36,277,699 (5%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 5 Assets $698,832,667 (94%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $11,418,867 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
WI

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$724M 2021 $889M 2022 $667M 2023 $729M 2024 $724M 2025 $747M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$746,529,2339May 11, 2026
October 2025$724,444,3658March 27, 2025
October 2024$728,666,6178March 27, 2024
October 2023$666,638,1869April 26, 2023
October 2022$888,743,4179March 23, 2022
October 2021$723,905,4809March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $723,905,480 in the October 2021 data and $746,529,233 in the October 2026 data, up 3%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
skylandscapital.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Skylands Capital, LLC (CRD 131183): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/skylands-capital-llc-milwaukee-wi-131183