Ancient Art, L.P.

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal CIK 1426749
League rank
#736
in Fundamental concentrated · #5711 overall
Long book
$458.6M
Q1 2026
Positions
16
Top-10 weight
90%
concentration
Last quarter
+9.3%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
31%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Ancient Art, L.P. is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $458.6M US long book across 16 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. The portfolio is actively managed, with meaningful quarterly turnover. Current anchor positions: INTERACTIVE BROKERS GRO-CL A, UPWORK INC, ECHOSTAR CORP-A, MERCADOLIBRE INC, ALLY FINANCIAL INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.5pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 of 9 quarters. We rate its filings highest-signal: new buys here are worth attention.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-10.3%
Q2 2024
+2.3%
Q3 2024
+16.1%
Q4 2024
-7.7%
Q1 2025
+13.0%
Q2 2025
+26.1%
Q3 2025
+9.3%
Q4 2025
-12.8%
Q1 2026
+9.3%

Sector allocation

Financials
31%
Technology
22%
Communications
15%
Services media
14%
Industrials
8%
Consumer discretionary
6%
Energy
5%

Long book by quarter

$494.9M
Q1 2024
$390.4M
Q2 2024
$431.9M
Q3 2024
$470.0M
Q4 2024
$337.1M
Q1 2025
$309.6M
Q2 2025
$416.1M
Q3 2025
$442.1M
Q4 2025
$458.6M
Q1 2026

What does Ancient Art, own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
IBKR INTERACTIVE BROKERS GRO-CL AFinancials1.3M$86.2M18.8%-21.8%
UPWK UPWORK INCTechnology6.0M$65.3M14.2%+28.4%
ECHO ECHOSTAR CORP-ACommunications545.2K$63.8M13.9%-3.7%
MELI MERCADOLIBRE INCServices media31.9K$55.2M12.0%New
ALLY ALLY FINANCIAL INCFinancials1.3M$51.3M11.2%Held
STLA STELLANTIS NVIndustrials3.2M$22.7M4.9%-8.6%
TBN TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORPEnergy437.1K$21.9M4.8%Held
GTLB GITLAB INC-CL ATechnology750.0K$16.2M3.5%New
TBBB BBB FOODS INC-CLASS AConsumer discretionary451.5K$16.0M3.5%+15.3%
SPT SPROUT SOCIAL INC - CLASS ATechnology2.5M$14.5M3.2%New
CPNG COUPANG INCConsumer discretionary594.8K$11.2M2.4%New
ULCC FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS INCIndustrials3.1M$11.0M2.4%-12.9%
THRY THRYV HOLDINGS INCServices media1.6M$4.3M0.9%Held
DLO DLOCAL LTDServices media10.1K$131K0.0%New

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202616$458.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202611$442.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202512$416.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202515$309.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202512$337.1M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202514$470.0M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202414$431.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202417$390.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202416$494.9M canonicalSEC ↗