JANA Partners Management, LP

Activist ★Highest signal CIK 1998597
League rank
#1
in Activist · #521 overall
Long book
$1.67B
Q1 2026
Positions
11
Top-10 weight
98%
concentration
Last quarter
+20.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
23%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

JANA Partners Management, LP is an activist investor that takes positions to influence management, running a $1.67B US long book across 11 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: MERCURY SYSTEMS INC, COOPER COS INC/THE, FISERV INC, SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-US, LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.9pp 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
-2.5%
Q2 2024
+13.0%
Q3 2024
+6.5%
Q4 2024
-9.2%
Q1 2025
+7.7%
Q2 2025
+11.0%
Q3 2025
-4.5%
Q4 2025
-10.4%
Q1 2026
+20.9%

Sector allocation

Technology
33%
Services media
22%
Healthcare
18%
Consumer staples
15%
Financials
10%
Other
2%

Long book by quarter

$1.83B
Q1 2024
$1.71B
Q2 2024
$1.78B
Q3 2024
$1.91B
Q4 2024
$1.94B
Q1 2025
$1.99B
Q2 2025
$2.07B
Q3 2025
$1.92B
Q4 2025
$1.67B
Q1 2026

What does JANA Partners own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
MRCY MERCURY SYSTEMS INCTechnology4.1M$299.5M18.0%-17.2%
COO COOPER COS INC/THEHealthcare3.6M$254.9M15.3%+1.3%
FISV FISERV INCServices media4.4M$247.5M14.8%+97.5%
LW LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INCConsumer staples5.0M$211.7M12.7%Held
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancials75.3K$144.1M8.6%-7.3%
ALKT ALKAMI TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology5.4M$85.1M5.1%+11.0%
FUN SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPServices media4.1M$73.1M4.4%Held
P EVERPURE INC-ATechnology1.0M$61.5M3.7%New
RPD RAPID7 INCTechnology6.7M$37.2M2.2%Held
EHABUSD ENHABIT INC2.1M$29.5M1.8%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HR/ANEW HOLDINGSJun 30, 20261$61.5M canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202610$1.61Bconfidential canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202612$1.92B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202512$2.07B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202510$1.99B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202510$1.94B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202511$2.03B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202412$1.93B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202412$1.71B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202410$1.83B canonicalSEC ↗