Palestra Capital Management LLC

Fundamental concentrated ★Signal CIK 1568788
League rank
#475
in Fundamental concentrated · #1618 overall
Long book
$2.55B
Q1 2026
Positions
22
Top-10 weight
70%
concentration
Last quarter
+14.9%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
53%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Palestra Capital Management LLC is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $2.55B US long book across 22 positions.

The portfolio is concentrated: the top 10 names carry 70% of the portfolio. Turnover is high — positions rotate quickly, so individual names matter less than the process. Current anchor positions: HENRY SCHEIN INC, VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES, UNION PACIFIC CORP, LINDE PLC, PRIMO BRANDS CORP.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.4pp per quarter behind 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
-2.1%
Q2 2024
+10.8%
Q3 2024
+7.4%
Q4 2024
-6.7%
Q1 2025
+16.7%
Q2 2025
+4.2%
Q3 2025
-0.3%
Q4 2025
-8.3%
Q1 2026
+14.9%

Sector allocation

Technology
32%
Consumer discretionary
21%
Services media
9%
Communications
7%
Industrials
7%
Materials
7%
Consumer staples
7%
Financials
6%

Long book by quarter

$2.61B
Q1 2024
$2.53B
Q2 2024
$3.03B
Q3 2024
$3.65B
Q4 2024
$2.48B
Q1 2025
$3.38B
Q2 2025
$3.05B
Q3 2025
$2.81B
Q4 2025
$2.55B
Q1 2026

What does Palestra Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
HSIC HENRY SCHEIN INCConsumer discretionary3.4M$251.5M9.9%+43.2%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media751.5K$227.1M8.9%+57.7%
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials723.9K$175.6M6.9%+5.3%
LIN LINDE PLCMaterials352.9K$175.0M6.9%-12.1%
PRMB PRIMO BRANDS CORPConsumer staples9.0M$170.4M6.7%+126.4%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology590.6K$169.8M6.7%+70.8%
SPOT SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SACommunications347.9K$168.7M6.6%New
NU NU HOLDINGS LTD/CAYMAN ISL-AFinancials11.1M$159.8M6.3%+21.2%
ADI ANALOG DEVICES INCTechnology489.1K$155.6M6.1%New
DHR DANAHER CORPTechnology677.8K$128.5M5.0%+2.3%
PTC PTC INCTechnology890.6K$126.9M5.0%+279.9%
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer discretionary398.0K$125.1M4.9%+36.0%
STXN SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS294.0K$115.2M4.5%New
CPNG COUPANG INCConsumer discretionary6.1M$114.6M4.5%New
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS INCTechnology286.6K$97.9M3.8%New
APP APPLOVIN CORP-CLASS ATechnology125.8K$50.1M2.0%Held
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary166.7K$34.7M1.4%-77.8%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology182.7K$31.9M1.3%-10.5%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology77.7K$28.7M1.1%-47.3%
CRM SALESFORCE INCTechnology116.5K$21.8M0.9%-72.5%
PSKY PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL BCommunications1.3M$11.7M0.5%+301.9%
ROKU ROKU INCCommunications53.2K$5.0M0.2%New

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202623$2.57B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202629$2.83B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202528$3.10B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202531$3.44B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202526$2.54B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202536$3.65B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202436$3.03B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202433$2.53B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202436$2.68B canonicalSEC ↗