Sessa Capital IM, L.P.

Fundamental concentrated ★Highest signal CIK 1595849
League rank
#151
in Fundamental concentrated · #238 overall
Long book
$5.26B
Q1 2026
Positions
31
Top-10 weight
82%
concentration
Last quarter
+27.8%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
24%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

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Sessa Capital IM, L.P. is a concentrated fundamental stock-picker, running a $5.26B US long book across 31 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: WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC, HUMANA INC, P G & E CORP, KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, ILLUMINA INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 3.9pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 7 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
-8.8%
Q2 2024
+8.3%
Q3 2024
+2.6%
Q4 2024
+4.0%
Q1 2025
+6.6%
Q2 2025
+16.8%
Q3 2025
+22.3%
Q4 2025
-4.1%
Q1 2026
+27.8%

Sector allocation

Financials
24%
Healthcare
23%
Communications
18%
Materials
11%
Other
9%
Utilities
8%
Consumer discretionary
3%
Services media
2%

Long book by quarter

$2.57B
Q1 2024
$2.56B
Q2 2024
$2.62B
Q3 2024
$2.56B
Q4 2024
$2.42B
Q1 2025
$3.29B
Q2 2025
$3.98B
Q3 2025
$5.03B
Q4 2025
$5.26B
Q1 2026

What does Sessa Capital own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INCCommunications32.0M$877.8M16.7%-29.8%
HUM HUMANA INCFinancials3.7M$646.4M12.3%+60.8%
PCG P G & E CORPUtilities24.6M$431.8M8.2%Held
KMB KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPOther4.4M$427.5M8.1%New
ILMN ILLUMINA INCHealthcare3.3M$403.8M7.7%-3.8%
APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INCMaterials1.2M$344.4M6.6%Held
ALLY ALLY FINANCIAL INCFinancials8.5M$333.0M6.3%+81.3%
SHC SOTERA HEALTH COHealthcare23.1M$330.5M6.3%+12.2%
COF CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPFinancials1.6M$284.3M5.4%Held
SOLS SOLSTICE ADV MATERIALS INCMaterials2.8M$214.0M4.1%-62.4%
TFX TELEFLEX INCHealthcare1.5M$182.6M3.5%New
FTAI FTAI AVIATION LTDServices media400.0K$98.0M1.9%Held
CPNG COUPANG INCConsumer discretionary5.2M$98.0M1.9%New
TNDM TANDEM DIABETES CARE INCHealthcare4.7M$90.7M1.7%-5.4%
GRAL GRAIL INCHealthcare1.7M$88.9M1.7%+371.4%
MICC MAGNUM ICE CREAM CO NV/THEConsumer staples4.8M$71.4M1.4%Held
AXTA AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTDOther2.2M$61.6M1.2%+11.5%
FTRE FORTREA HOLDINGS INCHealthcare4.6M$43.3M0.8%+15.0%
ROKU ROKU INCCommunications350.0K$33.1M0.6%Held
MMED MINIMED GROUP INCHealthcare2.0M$29.8M0.6%New
LXRX LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare17.9M$27.9M0.5%+497.1%
PFGC PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COConsumer discretionary281.5K$24.1M0.5%-52.0%
SENS SENSEONICS HOLDINGS INCTechnology1.8M$11.8M0.2%New
USFD US FOODS HOLDING CORPConsumer discretionary110.7K$10.2M0.2%-75.2%
SABS SAB BIOTHERAPEUTICS INCHealthcare2.2M$8.4M0.2%Held
RNA ATRIUM THERAPEUTICS INCHealthcare551.4K$7.4M0.1%New
OSCR OSCAR HEALTH INC - CLASS AFinancials500.0K$5.7M0.1%Held
BALY BALLY'S CORPServices media447.8K$4.3M0.1%Held
FLG FLAGSTAR BANK NAFinancials32.1K$423K0.0%Held

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 202636$5.51B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 202631$5.35B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 202530$4.23B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 13, 202529$3.41B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 202531$2.56B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 14, 202528$2.79B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 12, 202431$2.71B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 14, 202430$3.30B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 202430$4.24B canonicalSEC ↗