Engine Capital Management, LP

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal CIK 1665590
League rank
#568
in Fundamental concentrated · #2823 overall
Long book
$828.4M
Q1 2026
Positions
26
Top-10 weight
80%
concentration
Last quarter
+12.7%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
26%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Engine Capital Management, LP is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $828.4M US long book across 26 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: AVANTOR INC, NCR ATLEOS CORP, SUNOCOCORP LLC, DNOW INC, BRINK'S CO/THE.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.8pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 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
+1.3%
Q2 2024
+9.3%
Q3 2024
+9.5%
Q4 2024
-6.3%
Q1 2025
+4.9%
Q2 2025
+8.7%
Q3 2025
-4.2%
Q4 2025
-2.6%
Q1 2026
+12.7%

Sector allocation

Industrials
29%
Healthcare
26%
Technology
14%
Services media
11%
Energy
8%
Communications
4%
Materials
4%
Other
3%

Long book by quarter

$495.4M
Q1 2024
$533.7M
Q2 2024
$577.0M
Q3 2024
$546.8M
Q4 2024
$527.6M
Q1 2025
$473.4M
Q2 2025
$842.2M
Q3 2025
$724.2M
Q4 2025
$828.4M
Q1 2026

What does Engine Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AVTR AVANTOR INCHealthcare19.8M$155.1M18.7%+65.8%
NATL NCR ATLEOS CORPTechnology2.6M$112.5M13.6%Held
SUNC SUNOCOCORP LLCEnergy1.0M$62.9M7.6%-26.1%
DNOW DNOW INCIndustrials5.2M$61.5M7.4%New
BCO BRINK'S CO/THEIndustrials549.4K$56.9M6.9%+1237.6%
KBR KBR INCIndustrials1.5M$56.4M6.8%+1129.3%
OFIX ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INCHealthcare4.4M$50.4M6.1%+3.2%
NXST NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INCCommunications199.2K$36.0M4.3%Held
PRKS UNITED PARKS & RESORTS INCServices media1.0M$33.8M4.1%+20.8%
CMP COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONMaterials1.4M$33.6M4.1%+275.4%
FOXF FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORPIndustrials2.0M$33.4M4.0%+162.3%
CVEO CIVEO CORPServices media874.5K$23.1M2.8%-34.6%
MAGN MAGNERA CORPOther2.2M$21.3M2.6%Held
UNF UNIFIRST CORP/MAServices media74.0K$18.6M2.2%-83.9%
SONO SONOS INCIndustrials1.3M$16.8M2.0%Held
FVRR FIVERR INTERNATIONAL LTDServices media1.3M$13.4M1.6%+78.4%
PHIN PHINIA INCIndustrials170.6K$11.7M1.4%Held
AOUT AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS INCOther656.3K$6.1M0.7%Held
WEAV WEAVE COMMUNICATIONS INCTechnology1.1M$4.9M0.6%New
MGM MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONALServices media100.0K$3.7M0.4%-33.3%
BVS BIOVENTUS INC - AHealthcare315.0K$2.9M0.3%New
EYE NATIONAL VISION HOLDINGS INCHealthcare9.5K$247K0.0%Held
RMNI RIMINI STREET INCServices media17.4K$57K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202626$828.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202628$724.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202527$842.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202528$473.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202533$527.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202536$546.8M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202438$577.0M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202436$533.7M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202439$495.4M canonicalSEC ↗