Gates Capital Management, Inc.

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal CIK 1312908
League rank
#550
in Fundamental concentrated · #2542 overall
Long book
$2.90B
Q1 2026
Positions
31
Top-10 weight
47%
concentration
Last quarter
+13.1%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
16%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

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Gates Capital Management, Inc. is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $2.90B US long book across 31 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 47% of the book). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: ATKORE INC, DARLING INGREDIENTS INC, TIC SOLUTIONS INC, CARRIER GLOBAL CORP, S&P GLOBAL INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 2.4pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 2 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
-7.2%
Q2 2024
+8.0%
Q3 2024
-2.8%
Q4 2024
-5.7%
Q1 2025
+6.2%
Q2 2025
+2.9%
Q3 2025
+1.1%
Q4 2025
+3.5%
Q1 2026
+13.1%

Sector allocation

Industrials
30%
Technology
20%
Services media
17%
Other
11%
Healthcare
10%
Consumer staples
6%
Communications
5%
Materials
2%

Long book by quarter

$3.40B
Q1 2024
$3.32B
Q2 2024
$3.52B
Q3 2024
$3.40B
Q4 2024
$3.22B
Q1 2025
$3.31B
Q2 2025
$3.23B
Q3 2025
$2.87B
Q4 2025
$2.90B
Q1 2026

What does Gates Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
ATKR ATKORE INCTechnology2.7M$158.2M5.5%-1.7%
DAR DARLING INGREDIENTS INCConsumer staples2.4M$146.0M5.0%-50.2%
TIC TIC SOLUTIONS INCServices media21.9M$143.8M5.0%+47.3%
CARR CARRIER GLOBAL CORPIndustrials2.5M$140.5M4.8%-22.5%
SPGI S&P GLOBAL INCServices media328.0K$139.5M4.8%+14.0%
NVST ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPHealthcare5.4M$136.1M4.7%-7.7%
AMRZ AMRIZE LTDIndustrials2.4M$135.2M4.7%-1.3%
FTV FORTIVE CORPTechnology2.1M$115.5M4.0%-14.4%
CRH CRH PLCIndustrials1.1M$114.5M4.0%+39.9%
DVA DAVITA INCHealthcare723.0K$111.1M3.8%-38.5%
GTX GARRETT MOTION INCIndustrials5.9M$107.9M3.7%+8.4%
ESI ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INCOther3.1M$104.4M3.6%-33.0%
VLTO VERALTO CORPTechnology1.1M$95.5M3.3%+36.2%
TKO TKO GROUP HOLDINGS INCServices media427.9K$86.3M3.0%-4.9%
MBC MASTERBRAND INCOther10.3M$86.0M3.0%+12.2%
AWI ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIESOther498.3K$82.1M2.8%+16.5%
PNR PENTAIR PLCIndustrials902.6K$78.6M2.7%Held
KBR KBR INCIndustrials2.1M$77.1M2.7%New
AOS SMITH (A.O.) CORPIndustrials1.1M$71.7M2.5%New
APG API GROUP CORPServices media1.6M$64.8M2.2%-12.7%
SIRI SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INCCommunications2.7M$63.3M2.2%New
NEOG NEOGEN CORPMaterials6.3M$58.1M2.0%-25.4%
RAL RALLIANT CORPTechnology1.4M$57.8M2.0%-38.4%
OTIS OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPIndustrials737.6K$56.9M2.0%-2.7%
VSNT VERSANT MEDIA GROUP INCCommunications1.5M$55.8M1.9%New
CCSI CONSENSUS CLOUD SOLUTIONTechnology1.8M$43.6M1.5%+2.4%
Q QNITY ELECTRONICS INCTechnology325.5K$37.6M1.3%+6.5%
XBP XBP GLOBAL HOLDINGS INCServices media3.2M$14.0M0.5%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202634$3.66B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202632$3.80B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202534$5.59B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202534$5.80B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202533$5.10B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202537$5.33B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202433$5.72B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202435$5.04B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202435$4.80B canonicalSEC ↗