Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP

Fundamental diversified ★Signal CIK 1614986
League rank
#38
in Fundamental diversified · #207 overall
Long book
$1.04B
Q1 2026
Positions
84
Top-10 weight
59%
concentration
Last quarter
+29.5%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
57%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP is a diversified fundamental manager, running a $1.04B US long book across 84 positions.

The portfolio is concentrated: the top 10 names carry 59% of the portfolio. Turnover is high — positions rotate quickly, so individual names matter less than the process. Current anchor positions: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP, WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC, ADVANCED ENERGY IND, ELECTRONIC ARTS INC, EQUINOX GOLD CORP.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 3.4pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 5 of 9 quarters. We rate its filings as signal-bearing: position changes reflect genuine views.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-4.5%
Q2 2024
+11.4%
Q3 2024
+9.3%
Q4 2024
-7.4%
Q1 2025
+25.8%
Q2 2025
+1.2%
Q3 2025
-0.7%
Q4 2025
+6.2%
Q1 2026
+29.5%

Sector allocation

Financials
24%
Communications
24%
Technology
23%
Industrials
14%
Healthcare
4%
Materials
3%
Services media
3%
Other
2%

Long book by quarter

$693.1M
Q1 2024
$624.3M
Q2 2024
$1.09B
Q3 2024
$1.20B
Q4 2024
$633.3M
Q1 2025
$779.1M
Q2 2025
$807.7M
Q3 2025
$1.32B
Q4 2025
$1.04B
Q1 2026

What does Boussard & own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INCCommunications2.3M$62.5M6.0%+216.6%
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS INCTechnology258.8K$52.5M5.0%+113.0%
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials135.9K$38.5M3.7%+31.5%
WTM WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GPFinancials14.0K$31.0M3.0%New
Q QNITY ELECTRONICS INCTechnology81.7K$9.0M0.9%+47.7%
RAC RITHM ACQUISITION CORP-AFinancials768.0K$8.0M0.8%Held
OACC OAKTREE ACQUISITION CORP I-AFinancials720.0K$7.6M0.7%Held
ANSC AGRICULTURE & NATURAL SOLUTIFinancials672.0K$7.6M0.7%Held
ALUB ALUSSA ENERGY ACQUISIT II-AFinancials700.0K$7.0M0.7%New
WAT WATERS CORPHealthcare20.8K$6.2M0.6%New
SOLS SOLSTICE ADV MATERIALS INCMaterials81.2K$6.0M0.6%-41.7%
PEN PENUMBRA INCHealthcare18.1K$5.9M0.6%New
VSNT VERSANT MEDIA GROUP INCCommunications153.0K$5.6M0.5%New
BCSS BAIN CAPITAL GSS INV- AFinancials500.0K$5.0M0.5%Held
LBRDA LIBERTY BROADBAND-ACommunications101.0K$5.0M0.5%+9.7%
DD DUPONT DE NEMOURS INCMaterials104.8K$4.7M0.5%+29.9%
LLYVK LIBERTY LIVE HOLDINGS-CServices media48.4K$4.4M0.4%Held
CTRI CENTURI HOLDINGS INCUtilities154.3K$4.4M0.4%-29.2%
COUR COURSERA INCTechnology731.8K$4.3M0.4%New
EL ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES-CL AOther57.8K$4.0M0.4%New
LLYVA LIBERTY LIVE HOLDINGS-AServices media41.9K$3.7M0.4%Held
MICC MAGNUM ICE CREAM CO NV/THEConsumer staples226.5K$3.3M0.3%New
AEXA AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM-CL AFinancials275.0K$3.0M0.3%Held
PAII PYROPHYTE ACQUISITION CORP-AFinancials240.0K$2.4M0.2%Held
GBTG GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL GROUPIndustrials430.2K$2.4M0.2%+198.3%
GDDY GODADDY INC - CLASS ATechnology27.8K$2.3M0.2%New
RAL RALLIANT CORPTechnology51.8K$2.1M0.2%-61.8%
AMRZ AMRIZE LTDIndustrials34.6K$1.9M0.2%-69.4%
SMTC SEMTECH CORPTechnology20.6K$1.5M0.1%New
SUNB SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INCServices media19.4K$1.2M0.1%New
ATAI ATAIBECKLEY INCHealthcare295.3K$1.0M0.1%New
CCXI CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP-CL AFinancials100.0K$1.0M0.1%New
KBON KARBON CAPITAL PARTNERS-CL AFinancials100.0K$1.0M0.1%New
MBC MASTERBRAND INCOther93.0K$773K0.1%+71.2%
LBRDK LIBERTY BROADBAND-CCommunications1.2K$57K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202699$1.06B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 12, 202699$1.32B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 12, 202581$808.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HR/ARESTATEMENTAug 19, 202561$779.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 15, 202561$779.3M SEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202558$637.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 12, 202592$1.20B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202479$1.10B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 13, 202481$628.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 14, 202495$694.9M canonicalSEC ↗