Hound Partners, LLC

Fundamental concentrated ★Signal CIK 1353316
League rank
#590
in Fundamental concentrated · #3182 overall
Long book
$792.3M
Q1 2026
Positions
34
Top-10 weight
80%
concentration
Last quarter
+12.3%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
51%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

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Hound Partners, LLC is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $792.3M US long book across 34 positions.

The portfolio is extremely concentrated — the top 10 positions are almost the whole book. Turnover is high — positions rotate quickly, so individual names matter less than the process. Current anchor positions: CARNIVAL CORP LTD, NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDIN, NVIDIA CORP, PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A, ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.2pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 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
-3.2%
Q2 2024
+15.8%
Q3 2024
+16.3%
Q4 2024
-7.7%
Q1 2025
+18.2%
Q2 2025
+11.3%
Q3 2025
-0.7%
Q4 2025
-11.1%
Q1 2026
+12.3%

Sector allocation

Industrials
33%
Technology
25%
Financials
20%
Services media
7%
Healthcare
5%
Consumer discretionary
4%
Communications
2%
Consumer staples
2%

Long book by quarter

$335.5M
Q1 2024
$498.6M
Q2 2024
$399.5M
Q3 2024
$208.1M
Q4 2024
$504.3M
Q1 2025
$739.9M
Q2 2025
$778.6M
Q3 2025
$721.3M
Q4 2025
$792.3M
Q1 2026

What does Hound Partners, own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
CCL CARNIVAL CORP LTDIndustrials4.5M$116.8M14.7%+27.9%
NCLH NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINIndustrials5.7M$106.8M13.5%+50.0%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology494.3K$86.2M10.9%+4.2%
PLTR PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-ATechnology543.0K$79.4M10.0%Held
HOOD ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - AFinancials1.1M$73.1M9.2%New
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials103.5K$49.6M6.3%New
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media284.5K$27.4M3.5%New
BIO BIO-RAD LABORATORIES-AHealthcare97.7K$27.2M3.4%+125.9%
MS MORGAN STANLEYFinancials141.6K$23.3M2.9%New
GLNG GOLAR LNG LTDIndustrials339.7K$18.4M2.3%-51.9%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology47.3K$17.5M2.2%+37.6%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary82.1K$17.1M2.2%+80.7%
FOX FOX CORP - CLASS BCommunications314.2K$16.7M2.1%+3.0%
CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS INCConsumer staples203.9K$16.1M2.0%+163.6%
ENSG ENSIGN GROUP INC/THEHealthcare55.7K$11.2M1.4%-14.7%
LLYVA LIBERTY LIVE HOLDINGS-AServices media112.0K$10.3M1.3%New
MHK MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INCOther100.2K$9.9M1.2%+69.5%
ARW ARROW ELECTRONICS INCConsumer discretionary55.1K$7.9M1.0%-59.4%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media92.7K$6.7M0.8%+68.1%
BELFA BEL FUSE INC-CL ATechnology34.8K$6.3M0.8%-7.5%
MTN VAIL RESORTS INCServices media38.6K$5.0M0.6%-35.0%
GIII G-III APPAREL GROUP LTDOther115.9K$3.2M0.4%+3.4%
FPS FORGENT POWER SOLUTIONS-CL AIndustrials100.0K$2.9M0.4%New
ALH ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INIndustrials85.0K$1.8M0.2%Held
NTSK NETSKOPE INC-CL ATechnology206.5K$1.8M0.2%Held
ANDG ANDERSEN GROUP INC - AServices media60.0K$1.6M0.2%Held
BOBS BOB'S DISCOUNT FURNITUREConsumer discretionary122.0K$1.4M0.2%New
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCFinancials4.6K$1.2M0.2%New
NP NEPTUNE INSURANCE HOLDI-CL AFinancials50.5K$1.2M0.2%Held
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INCFinancials3.9K$1.2M0.1%New
HUM HUMANA INCFinancials6.2K$1.1M0.1%New
OFRM ONCE UPON A FARM PBCConsumer staples20.0K$327K0.0%New

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202635$799.4M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202638$743.2M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202530$778.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202528$739.9M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202517$504.3M canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202519$260.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202417$399.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202416$498.6M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202415$335.5M canonicalSEC ↗