APPALOOSA LP

Value conviction ★Highest signal CIK 1656456
League rank
#1
in Value conviction · #126 overall
Long book
$5.93B
Q1 2026
Positions
31
Top-10 weight
74%
concentration
Last quarter
+34.6%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
23%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

APPALOOSA LP is a high-conviction value investor, running a $5.93B US long book across 31 positions.

The portfolio is concentrated: the top 10 names carry 74% of the portfolio. Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: AMAZON.COM INC, MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC, ALPHABET INC-CL C, UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 3.3pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 5 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
+6.0%
Q2 2024
+7.1%
Q3 2024
-6.3%
Q4 2024
+7.6%
Q1 2025
+9.9%
Q2 2025
+19.5%
Q3 2025
-2.7%
Q4 2025
-5.7%
Q1 2026
+34.6%

Sector allocation

Technology
43%
Consumer discretionary
20%
Utilities
13%
Industrials
12%
Services media
11%
Energy
1%
Financials
1%
Other
0%

Long book by quarter

$6.69B
Q1 2024
$6.18B
Q2 2024
$6.73B
Q3 2024
$6.46B
Q4 2024
$5.57B
Q1 2025
$6.45B
Q2 2025
$7.38B
Q3 2025
$6.85B
Q4 2025
$5.93B
Q1 2026

What does APPALOOSA LP own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary4.3M$899.7M15.2%+98.2%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology1.7M$562.5M9.5%+11.0%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology1.7M$497.0M8.4%-3.0%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media6.3M$455.5M7.7%+242.3%
VST VISTRA CORPUtilities2.0M$304.0M5.1%+114.0%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology1.5M$256.6M4.3%-13.4%
NRG NRG ENERGY INCUtilities1.7M$253.5M4.3%+5.8%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology436.5K$249.7M4.2%-27.3%
SNDK SANDISK CORPTechnology281.3K$178.7M3.0%New
GLW CORNING INCIndustrials1.1M$153.6M2.6%-28.1%
WHR WHIRLPOOL CORPIndustrials1.9M$105.1M1.8%-50.1%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPIndustrials382.5K$81.7M1.4%-10.0%
LHX L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology198.0K$68.3M1.2%-32.9%
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials342.0K$66.0M1.1%-31.6%
ASML ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHSIndustrials49.5K$65.4M1.1%-20.8%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCTechnology498.6K$64.2M1.1%-56.5%
BALL BALL CORPIndustrials837.0K$49.5M0.8%-30.3%
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICESTechnology221.4K$45.0M0.8%-31.9%
LYFT LYFT INC-AServices media2.7M$35.9M0.6%-28.9%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology90.0K$33.3M0.6%-82.0%
ET ENERGY TRANSFER LPUtilities1.6M$30.4M0.5%-28.1%
MPLX MPLX LPEnergy502.5K$28.7M0.5%-19.9%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCFinancials90.0K$24.4M0.4%-55.0%
DBK DEUTSCHE BANK AG-REGISTERED257.6K$7.7M0.1%-91.8%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202631$5.93B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202639$6.93B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 13, 202545$7.38B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202538$6.45B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202538$8.38B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 10, 202537$6.46B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202438$6.73B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202437$6.18B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202439$6.75B canonicalSEC ↗