Darsana Capital Partners LP

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal CIK 1609098
League rank
#925
in Fundamental concentrated · #7250 overall
Long book
$4.70B
Q1 2026
Positions
14
Top-10 weight
86%
concentration
Last quarter
+1.6%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
13%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Darsana Capital Partners LP is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $4.70B US long book across 14 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: ECHOSTAR CORP-A, GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC, NEW YORK TIMES CO-A, SOTERA HEALTH CO, LIBERTY MEDIA CORP-FORMULA-C.

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 6 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
+0.4%
Q2 2024
+12.4%
Q3 2024
-4.6%
Q4 2024
+0.1%
Q1 2025
+11.3%
Q2 2025
+19.9%
Q3 2025
+7.8%
Q4 2025
-4.3%
Q1 2026
+1.6%

Sector allocation

Communications
27%
Technology
18%
Healthcare
15%
Other
13%
Services media
12%
Consumer discretionary
10%
Financials
5%

Long book by quarter

$3.11B
Q1 2024
$3.66B
Q2 2024
$4.06B
Q3 2024
$3.29B
Q4 2024
$3.44B
Q1 2025
$3.50B
Q2 2025
$4.25B
Q3 2025
$5.02B
Q4 2025
$4.70B
Q1 2026

What does Darsana Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
ECHO ECHOSTAR CORP-ACommunications7.0M$819.5M17.4%Held
GWRE GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INCTechnology4.0M$598.2M12.7%+60.0%
NYT NEW YORK TIMES CO-AOther5.0M$421.9M9.0%-34.2%
SHC SOTERA HEALTH COHealthcare26.0M$372.8M7.9%Held
FWONK LIBERTY MEDIA CORP-FORMULA-CCommunications4.3M$365.6M7.8%+19.4%
HCA HCA HEALTHCARE INCHealthcare750.0K$354.9M7.6%-25.0%
WMG WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP-CL AServices media11.8M$302.6M6.4%+48.1%
DKS DICK'S SPORTING GOODS INCConsumer discretionary1.4M$272.6M5.8%+175.0%
EFX EQUIFAX INCServices media1.5M$270.1M5.8%+50.0%
VRT VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-ATechnology1.0M$250.6M5.3%-33.3%
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORPFinancials2.3M$211.5M4.5%Held
SGI SOMNIGROUP INTERNATIONAL INCOther2.7M$196.3M4.2%-11.5%
WING WINGSTOP INCConsumer discretionary1.3M$193.7M4.1%+25.0%
FWONA LIBERTY MEDIA CORP-FORMULA-ACommunications850.0K$66.4M1.4%+4.6%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202614$4.70B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202616$5.02B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202514$4.25B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202514$3.50B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202514$3.44B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202514$3.29B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202415$4.06B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202414$3.66B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202413$3.11B canonicalSEC ↗