CADIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP

Fundamental concentrated ★Signal CIK 1423686
League rank
#74
in Fundamental concentrated · #92 overall
Long book
$821.2M
Q1 2026
Positions
23
Top-10 weight
76%
concentration
Last quarter
+38.5%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
42%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

CADIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $821.2M US long book across 23 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: IQVIA HOLDINGS INC, DRAFTKINGS INC-CL A, FLYWIRE CORP-VOTING, GUARDANT HEALTH INC, HEALTHEQUITY INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.3pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 3 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
-3.3%
Q2 2024
+1.8%
Q3 2024
+24.6%
Q4 2024
-6.6%
Q1 2025
+3.4%
Q2 2025
+1.6%
Q3 2025
+3.1%
Q4 2025
-24.9%
Q1 2026
+38.5%

Sector allocation

Healthcare
40%
Services media
34%
Technology
26%

Long book by quarter

$2.81B
Q1 2024
$2.01B
Q2 2024
$1.95B
Q3 2024
$1.74B
Q4 2024
$2.34B
Q1 2025
$1.79B
Q2 2025
$1.68B
Q3 2025
$1.38B
Q4 2025
$821.2M
Q1 2026

What does CADIAN CAPITAL own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
IQV IQVIA HOLDINGS INCHealthcare813.2K$138.7M16.9%+47.9%
DKNG DRAFTKINGS INC-CL AServices media3.7M$79.2M9.6%-33.7%
FLYW FLYWIRE CORP-VOTINGServices media6.6M$77.0M9.4%-16.5%
GH GUARDANT HEALTH INCHealthcare779.6K$72.0M8.8%-15.5%
HQY HEALTHEQUITY INCServices media832.7K$69.6M8.5%+46.9%
PANW PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCTechnology274.5K$44.0M5.4%New
CYRX CRYOPORT INCHealthcare4.8M$39.5M4.8%-3.8%
MNDY MONDAY.COM LTDTechnology539.6K$37.3M4.5%+23.1%
NTNX NUTANIX INC - ATechnology850.0K$32.3M3.9%-38.3%
INTA INTAPP INCTechnology1.2M$32.1M3.9%+574.8%
TCMD TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY IHealthcare1.0M$27.2M3.3%-4.0%
PLNT PLANET FITNESS INC - CL AServices media355.0K$26.4M3.2%New
EVH EVOLENT HEALTH INC - AServices media10.8M$24.7M3.0%-2.4%
SIBN SI-BONE INCHealthcare1.9M$23.8M2.9%+61.2%
ALKT ALKAMI TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology1.3M$20.9M2.5%+14.2%
PCOR PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology330.0K$18.8M2.3%-68.8%
VRSN VERISIGN INCTechnology45.0K$11.2M1.4%New
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPHealthcare170.0K$10.7M1.3%New
GLBE GLOBAL-E ONLINE LTDTechnology221.7K$6.8M0.8%-94.9%
OABI OMNIAB INCHealthcare4.2M$6.5M0.8%-6.3%
PEGA PEGASYSTEMS INCTechnology119.7K$5.1M0.6%New
MXCT MAXCYTE INCHealthcare1.7M$1.2M0.1%-53.2%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202623$821.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202626$1.38B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202526$1.68B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202524$1.79B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202530$2.34B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202526$1.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202428$1.95B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202429$2.01B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202436$2.81B canonicalSEC ↗