Sachem Head Capital Management LP

Activist ★Highest signal CIK 1582090
League rank
#2
in Activist · #605 overall
Long book
$4.15B
Q1 2026
Positions
19
Top-10 weight
75%
concentration
Last quarter
+20.0%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
56%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

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Sachem Head Capital Management LP is an activist investor that takes positions to influence management, running a $4.15B US long book across 19 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: TALEN ENERGY CORP, ECHOSTAR CORP-A, GDS HOLDINGS LTD - ADR, PRIMO BRANDS CORP, DICK'S SPORTING GOODS INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.5pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 5 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
-4.1%
Q2 2024
+7.4%
Q3 2024
+6.0%
Q4 2024
-4.7%
Q1 2025
+19.9%
Q2 2025
+7.3%
Q3 2025
+7.4%
Q4 2025
-5.0%
Q1 2026
+20.0%

Sector allocation

Consumer discretionary
23%
Other
19%
Utilities
13%
Technology
12%
Healthcare
11%
Communications
9%
Consumer staples
9%
Services media
3%

Long book by quarter

$2.16B
Q1 2024
$2.01B
Q2 2024
$1.91B
Q3 2024
$1.82B
Q4 2024
$2.49B
Q1 2025
$3.20B
Q2 2025
$3.54B
Q3 2025
$4.27B
Q4 2025
$4.15B
Q1 2026

What does Sachem Head own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
TLN TALEN ENERGY CORPUtilities1.5M$494.0M11.9%+54.8%
ECHO ECHOSTAR CORP-ACommunications3.0M$351.8M8.5%-42.5%
PRMB PRIMO BRANDS CORPConsumer staples17.1M$321.9M7.8%New
DKS DICK'S SPORTING GOODS INCConsumer discretionary1.6M$318.3M7.7%+31.6%
TWLO TWILIO INC - ATechnology2.3M$288.8M7.0%Held
PFGC PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COConsumer discretionary3.4M$287.0M6.9%Held
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer discretionary790.0K$248.4M6.0%+26.4%
0WE WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PL2.5M$238.8M5.8%New
ICLR ICON PLCHealthcare2.1M$232.9M5.6%New
GIL GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INCOther4.1M$230.4M5.5%New
COHR COHERENT CORPOther965.0K$229.9M5.5%-40.1%
SHC SOTERA HEALTH COHealthcare11.6M$167.0M4.0%Held
ON ON SEMICONDUCTORTechnology1.9M$120.4M2.9%New
FUN SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPServices media5.0M$89.3M2.2%Held
BTDR BITDEER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP-AFinancials9.6M$83.3M2.0%New
CXM SPRINKLR INC-ATechnology5.7M$34.5M0.8%Held
AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media235.0K$27.0M0.7%New

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202619$4.15B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 13, 202620$4.27B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202519$3.54B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 14, 202519$3.20B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202516$2.49B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202514$1.82B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 202414$1.91B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202416$2.01B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202412$2.34B canonicalSEC ↗