Brevan Howard Capital Management LP

Diversified mechanical Mechanical CIK 1512857
League rank
#208
in Diversified mechanical · #5576 overall
Long book
$9.70B
Q1 2026
Positions
1997
Top-10 weight
45%
concentration
Last quarter
+9.5%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
50%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Brevan Howard Capital Management LP is a mechanically diversified allocator, running a $9.70B US long book across 1997 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 45% of the book). Turnover is high — positions rotate quickly, so individual names matter less than the process. Current anchor positions: ISHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF, INVESCO QQQ TRUST SERIES 1, ISHR IBX USD HIYLD CB ETF-UI, NVIDIA CORP, TESLA INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.5pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 of 9 quarters. Its holdings are mechanical (indexing / client flows), so position changes carry no stock-picking signal.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
-1.5%
Q2 2024
+7.2%
Q3 2024
+3.3%
Q4 2024
-8.3%
Q1 2025
+16.1%
Q2 2025
+8.1%
Q3 2025
-6.2%
Q4 2025
-1.5%
Q1 2026
+9.5%

Sector allocation

Technology
29%
Industrials
20%
Financials
16%
Services media
6%
Healthcare
6%
Consumer discretionary
5%
Materials
4%
Other
4%

Long book by quarter

$1.06B
Q1 2024
$1.48B
Q2 2024
$2.01B
Q3 2024
$3.99B
Q4 2024
$3.51B
Q1 2025
$9.03B
Q2 2025
$6.88B
Q3 2025
$4.78B
Q4 2025
$9.70B
Q1 2026

What does Brevan Howard own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology3.0M$503.4M5.2%+487.2%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials1.1M$417.8M4.3%+719.4%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology208.8K$115.3M1.2%+10736.6%
PLTR PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-ATechnology791.2K$112.0M1.2%+1644.6%
BA BOEING CO/THEIndustrials511.0K$101.7M1.0%+9206.5%
SNDK SANDISK CORPTechnology131.6K$83.6M0.9%+6.6%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media1.1M$78.6M0.8%+1763.8%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media811.5K$76.6M0.8%+621.0%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology222.5K$75.2M0.8%+1278.2%
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORPFinancials781.7K$72.3M0.7%+24698.7%
GM GENERAL MOTORS COIndustrials910.2K$67.8M0.7%+22317.9%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology1.6M$57.8M0.6%+17070.1%
CRWD CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - ATechnology143.8K$56.2M0.6%New
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology317.2K$46.7M0.5%+25.8%
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS AFinancials253.7K$42.0M0.4%+1894.1%
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSEnergy306.0K$40.4M0.4%New
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology151.6K$38.5M0.4%-44.7%
PPTA PERPETUA RESOURCES CORPMaterials1.2M$32.9M0.3%+148.9%
CME CME GROUP INCFinancials102.7K$30.3M0.3%-8.3%
MTZ MASTEC INCIndustrials94.7K$29.5M0.3%+994.6%
FTI TECHNIPFMC PLCIndustrials417.7K$28.9M0.3%New
MCD MCDONALD'S CORPConsumer discretionary92.7K$28.6M0.3%+7699.8%
NB NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTDMaterials6.5M$28.0M0.3%+153.3%
CMCSA COMCAST CORP-CLASS ACommunications942.4K$27.1M0.3%+558.9%
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS INCTechnology128.5K$26.2M0.3%+26.0%
DIS WALT DISNEY CO/THEServices media254.3K$24.0M0.2%+6567.0%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary23.5K$23.4M0.2%+237.4%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology81.0K$23.3M0.2%-85.3%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy119.5K$20.3M0.2%+348.8%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy97.2K$20.1M0.2%+5141.9%
FANG DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INCEnergy100.2K$19.8M0.2%+3989.5%
LNG CHENIERE ENERGY INCUtilities65.3K$18.5M0.2%+579.3%
TMUS T-MOBILE US INCCommunications87.6K$18.4M0.2%+1580.1%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary144.5K$18.0M0.2%-83.5%
CCJ CAMECO CORPMaterials162.5K$17.7M0.2%+68.9%
CVBF CVB FINANCIAL CORPFinancials895.4K$17.4M0.2%+198.5%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology221.1K$17.2M0.2%+96.6%
XPO XPO INCIndustrials85.6K$16.7M0.2%New
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials58.6K$16.6M0.2%+0.9%
SF STIFEL FINANCIAL CORPFinancials221.3K$16.4M0.2%+70.1%
MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology164.7K$16.3M0.2%0.0%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare73.6K$16.0M0.2%New
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN INCMaterials268.5K$15.8M0.2%+166.4%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare17.1K$15.7M0.2%-7.8%
SPOT SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SACommunications32.4K$15.5M0.2%New
C CITIGROUP INCFinancials140.4K$15.4M0.2%-50.9%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary73.6K$15.3M0.2%-24.5%
ENVA ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INCFinancials109.8K$14.9M0.2%+2095.9%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology51.6K$14.8M0.2%-89.3%
KVUE KENVUE INCOther841.2K$14.5M0.1%+743.2%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 20262477$11.31B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 20261878$9.16B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 20252007$22.40B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 20251894$17.27B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 20251752$10.39B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 20251263$15.55B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 20241179$14.37B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 20241022$11.19B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 2024987$11.10B canonicalSEC ↗