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Baupost Group LLC

The positions Baupost Group LLC reported on its Form 13F for Q2 2026, the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026, filed on 13 Aug 2026. Every figure below is the filing’s own: US-listed long equity, valued at the quarter end, with the change measured against the same manager’s previous filing.

Reported book
$5.4bn
+$301m on Q1 2026
Positions
23
3 new, 2 sold out
Top ten weight
75%
Concentrated
Quarter
Q2 2026
Filed 13 Aug 2026
Read the Q2 2026 filing on sec.gov CIK 0001061768 · Value / activist · MA
Reported book by quarter
$0$2.7bn$5.4bnQ3 24: $3.5bn$3.5bnQ3 24Q4 24: $3.4bn$3.4bnQ4 24Q1 25: $3.5bn$3.5bnQ1 25Q2 25: $4.1bn$4.1bnQ2 25Q3 25: $4.8bn$4.8bnQ3 25Q4 25: $5.3bn$5.3bnQ4 25Q1 26: $5.1bn$5.1bnQ1 26Q2 26: $5.4bn$5.4bnQ2 26
Largest positions, share of the book
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN): 16%Amazon Com Inc (AMZN)16%Elevance Health Inc Formerly: 9.1%Elevance Health Inc For…9.1%Restaurant Brands Intl Inc: 9.0%Restaurant Brands Intl …9.0%Alphabet Inc: 9.0%Alphabet Inc9.0%Ferguson Enterprises Inc: 6.4%Ferguson Enterprises Inc6.4%Genuine Parts Co (GPC): 6.1%Genuine Parts Co (GPC)6.1%Union Pac Corp: 6.0%Union Pac Corp6.0%Visa Inc (V): 4.4%Visa Inc (V)4.4%Wesco Intl Inc: 4.2%Wesco Intl Inc4.2%Aon PLC (AON): 4.2%Aon PLC (AON)4.2%

Opened this quarter

A new position is the clearest thing a filing says. Somebody argued for it recently, and it is the easiest question to be ready for.

  • Cme Group Inc (CME)$137m · 2.5%
  • Axalta Coating Sys LTD$44m · 0.8%
  • Pershing Square Inc (PS)$13m · 0.2%

Sold out of this quarter

Exits are valued at what the position was worth in the previous filing, because by this one it is gone.

  • Willis Towers Watson PLC LTD (WTW)$260m held before
  • Vaxcyte Inc (PCVX)$47m held before

Every reported position, Q2 2026

23 positions, sorted by weight

PositionWeightValueSharesChange on the quarterAction
Pershing Square Inc (PS)
COMMON STOCK · CUSIP 71531U102
0.2%$13m392,000No earlier filingNew
Dnow Inc (DNOW)
COM · CUSIP 67011P100
0.7%$36m2,788,000
-$7.0m
-837,000 shares
Trimmed
Axalta Coating Sys LTD
COM · CUSIP G0750C108
0.8%$44m1,274,356No earlier filingNew
Grupo Aeromexico Sab de CV
SPONSORED ADS · CUSIP 40054J109
1.6%$88m4,880,188
+$20m
0 shares
Held
Liberty Global LTD
COM CL C · CUSIP G61188127
1.7%$94m8,543,161
-$63m
-4,854,086 shares
Trimmed
Americold Realty Trust Inc (COLD)
COM · CUSIP 03064D108
2.0%$107m6,830,230
+$18m
-950,570 shares
Trimmed
Gds Hldgs Ltd
SPONSORED ADS · CUSIP 36165L108
2.1%$113m3,769,818
-$9.5m
+725,000 shares
Added
Eagle Matls Inc
COM · CUSIP 26969P108
2.2%$119m530,763
-$50m
-362,000 shares
Trimmed
Herbalife LTD (HLF)
COM SHS · CUSIP G4412G101
2.2%$122m9,259,844
-$15m
0 shares
Held
Cme Group Inc (CME)
COM · CUSIP 12572Q105
2.5%$137m619,000No earlier filingNew
Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH)
COM · CUSIP 60855R100
2.7%$145m633,609
+$60m
0 shares
Held
Norwegian Cruise Line HLDGS
SHS · CUSIP G66721104
3.0%$163m7,730,000
+$95m
+4,100,000 shares
Added
Teleflex Incorporated (TFX)
COM · CUSIP 879369106
3.3%$179m1,409,000
-$12m
-186,000 shares
Trimmed
Aon PLC (AON)
SHS CL A · CUSIP G0403H108
4.2%$228m687,000
-$20m
-82,000 shares
Trimmed
Wesco Intl Inc
COM · CUSIP 95082P105
4.2%$229m662,881
-$164m
-774,000 shares
Trimmed
Visa Inc (V)
COM CL A · CUSIP 92826C839
4.4%$241m701,355
+$29m
0 shares
Held
Union Pac Corp
COM · CUSIP 907818108
6.0%$322m1,185,395
-$51m
-355,600 shares
Trimmed
Genuine Parts Co (GPC)
COM · CUSIP 372460105
6.1%$332m2,816,178
+$175m
+1,325,830 shares
Added
Ferguson Enterprises Inc
COMMON STOCK NEW · CUSIP 31488V107
6.4%$344m1,450,594
+$7.8m
+8,183 shares
Added
Alphabet Inc
CAP STK CL C · CUSIP 02079K107
9.0%$485m1,371,931
+$146m
+190,800 shares
Added
Restaurant Brands Intl Inc
COM · CUSIP 76131D103
9.0%$490m6,753,112
-$108m
-1,327,000 shares
Trimmed
Elevance Health Inc Formerly
COM · CUSIP 036752103
9.1%$493m1,275,154
+$120m
0 shares
Held
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN)
COM · CUSIP 023135106
16%$892m3,743,854
+$243m
+625,100 shares
Added

Every filing on file

QuarterPeriod endFiledBookPositionsTop 10Filing
Q2 202630 Jun 202613 Aug 2026$5.4bn2375%13F-HR
Q1 202631 Mar 202614 May 2026$5.1bn2274%13F-HR
Q4 202531 Dec 202513 Feb 2026$5.3bn2272%13F-HR
Q3 202530 Sept 202513 Nov 2025$4.8bn2276%13F-HR
Q2 202530 Jun 202513 Aug 2025$4.1bn2379%13F-HR
Q1 202531 Mar 202514 May 2025$3.5bn2379%13F-HR
Q4 202431 Dec 202413 Feb 2025$3.4bn2280%13F-HR
Q3 202430 Sept 202413 Nov 2024$3.5bn2187%13F-HR

Taking this into the room

Pick one name from the top of the book and one from the new positions, and know both properly: what the company earns, what it is priced at, and what has to be true for the position to work. That is a conversation. Reciting the whole table is not, and the interviewer wrote it.

A position sold out of is worth as much preparation as one opened. Ask what changed rather than asserting the fund was wrong, and be ready for the answer that the thesis played out and the money went somewhere better.

What this filing leaves out

A 13F covers US-listed long equity at one moment in time. Shorts, bonds, cash, private positions and non-US listings never appear, and options are reported in a form that will mislead you if you read them as a position. A long/short manager showing $8bn here may run a book several times that size.

The lag matters too. Positions are as at the quarter end and the filing arrives up to forty-five days later, so what you are reading is at least six weeks old and possibly four months. Phrase it as what the filing showed, not what the fund holds today.

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