Engaged Capital LLC

Activist ★Highest signal CIK 1559771
League rank
#1
in Activist · #164 overall
Long book
$303.4M
Q1 2026
Positions
8
Top-10 weight
100%
concentration
Last quarter
+14.5%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
11%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Engaged Capital LLC is an activist investor that takes positions to influence management, running a $303.4M US long book across 8 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: VF CORP, YETI HOLDINGS INC, BLACKLINE INC, GXO LOGISTICS INC, COGNEX CORP.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 7.8pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 1 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
-8.8%
Q2 2024
+14.0%
Q3 2024
-11.4%
Q4 2024
-18.8%
Q1 2025
-1.6%
Q2 2025
-6.7%
Q3 2025
+0.2%
Q4 2025
-10.9%
Q1 2026
+14.5%

Sector allocation

Other
48%
Technology
24%
Industrials
14%
Consumer discretionary
6%
Services media
4%
Consumer staples
4%

Long book by quarter

$617.1M
Q1 2024
$583.9M
Q2 2024
$616.5M
Q3 2024
$486.4M
Q4 2024
$392.2M
Q1 2025
$357.6M
Q2 2025
$407.6M
Q3 2025
$392.0M
Q4 2025
$303.4M
Q1 2026

What does Engaged Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
VFC VF CORPOther4.7M$79.5M26.2%-11.8%
YETI YETI HOLDINGS INCOther1.8M$65.3M21.5%-12.2%
BL BLACKLINE INCTechnology1.4M$50.6M16.7%+26.2%
GXO GXO LOGISTICS INCIndustrials821.8K$42.6M14.0%-1.0%
CGNX COGNEX CORPTechnology484.0K$23.7M7.8%-48.1%
PTLO PORTILLO'S INC-CL AConsumer discretionary3.4M$18.2M6.0%+124.3%
EVH EVOLENT HEALTH INC - AServices media5.6M$12.7M4.2%Held
BRCC BRC INC-AConsumer staples13.9M$10.8M3.6%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 20268$303.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 20269$392.0M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 20259$407.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 20257$357.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 20259$392.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 20258$486.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 20249$616.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202412$583.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202411$617.1M canonicalSEC ↗