Reported portfolio

Seth Klarman

Baupost Group LLC/MA

Last update 2026-08-13
Current positions
23
Top five concentration
49.9%
Largest position
16.5%
New positions
3
Closed positions
2

Reported holdings

25 positions
CompanyPortfolioRecent activitySharesReported priceReported valueUpdated / source
AMZN
AMAZON COM INC
16.48%
Added 20.0%3,743,854+625,100$238$892,310,000+$242,767,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
ELV
ELEVANCE HEALTH INC FORMERLY
9.11%
Unchanged1,275,154$387$493,140,000+$119,839,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
QSR
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC
9.04%
Reduced 16.4%6,753,112−1,327,000$73$489,612,000−$107,596,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
GOOG
ALPHABET INC
8.95%
Added 16.2%1,371,931+190,800$353$484,744,000+$145,925,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
FERG
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC
6.36%
Added 0.6%1,450,594+8,183$237$344,269,000+$7,812,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
GPC
GENUINE PARTS CO
6.13%
Added 89.0%2,816,178+1,325,830$118$332,253,000+$174,649,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
UNP
UNION PAC CORP
5.95%
Reduced 23.1%1,185,395−355,600$272$322,427,000−$51,449,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
V
VISA INC
4.44%
Unchanged701,355$343$240,628,000+$28,650,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
WCC
WESCO INTL INC
4.23%
Reduced 53.9%662,881−774,000$345$228,979,000−$164,180,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
AON
AON PLC
4.21%
Reduced 10.7%687,000−82,000$332$227,871,000−$20,347,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
TFX
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
3.30%
Reduced 11.7%1,409,000−186,000$127$178,605,000−$12,173,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
NCLH
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDGS
3.01%
Added 112.9%7,730,000+4,100,000$21$163,180,000+$95,299,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
MOH
MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC
2.68%
Unchanged633,609$229$144,906,000+$60,446,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
CME
CME GROUP INC
2.52%
New619,000+619,000$221$136,694,000+$136,694,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
HLF
HERBALIFE LTD
2.25%
Unchanged9,259,844$13$121,767,000−$14,538,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
EXP
EAGLE MATLS INC
2.21%
Reduced 40.5%530,763−362,000$225$119,422,000−$49,712,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
GDS
GDS HLDGS LTD
2.09%
Added 23.8%3,769,818+725,000$30$113,208,000−$9,468,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
COLD
AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST INC
1.98%
Reduced 12.2%6,830,230−950,570$16$107,371,000+$18,203,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
LBTYK
LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD
1.74%
Reduced 36.2%8,543,161−4,854,086$11$93,975,000−$63,175,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
AERO
GRUPO AEROMEXICO SAB DE CV
1.62%
Unchanged4,880,188$18$87,843,000+$19,472,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
AXTA
AXALTA COATING SYS LTD
0.81%
New1,274,356+1,274,356$34$43,608,000+$43,608,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
DNOW
DNOW INC
0.67%
Reduced 23.1%2,788,000−837,000$13$36,160,000−$7,014,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
PS
PERSHING SQUARE INC
0.24%
New392,000+392,000$33$12,881,000+$12,881,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
WTW
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC LTD
0.00%
Exited0−893,126$291$0−$259,632,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
PCVX
VAXCYTE INC
0.00%
Exited0−800,000$58$0−$46,488,00013F2026-06-30 ↗

Reported price is calculated from the reported value and share count. It is not the investor's actual purchase price.

Filing history

Historical holdings

$5,415,853,000
Reported value
23
Positions
2026-08-13
Filed
Original filing ↗
TickerCompanyPortfolioSharesReported value
AMZNAMAZON COM INC16.48%3,743,854$892,310,000
ELVELEVANCE HEALTH INC FORMERLY9.11%1,275,154$493,140,000
QSRRESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC9.04%6,753,112$489,612,000
GOOGALPHABET INC8.95%1,371,931$484,744,000
FERGFERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC6.36%1,450,594$344,269,000
GPCGENUINE PARTS CO6.13%2,816,178$332,253,000
UNPUNION PAC CORP5.95%1,185,395$322,427,000
VVISA INC4.44%701,355$240,628,000
WCCWESCO INTL INC4.23%662,881$228,979,000
AONAON PLC4.21%687,000$227,871,000
TFXTELEFLEX INCORPORATED3.30%1,409,000$178,605,000
NCLHNORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDGS3.01%7,730,000$163,180,000
MOHMOLINA HEALTHCARE INC2.68%633,609$144,906,000
CMECME GROUP INC2.52%619,000$136,694,000
HLFHERBALIFE LTD2.25%9,259,844$121,767,000
EXPEAGLE MATLS INC2.21%530,763$119,422,000
GDSGDS HLDGS LTD2.09%3,769,818$113,208,000
COLDAMERICOLD REALTY TRUST INC1.98%6,830,230$107,371,000
LBTYKLIBERTY GLOBAL LTD1.74%8,543,161$93,975,000
AEROGRUPO AEROMEXICO SAB DE CV1.62%4,880,188$87,843,000
AXTAAXALTA COATING SYS LTD0.81%1,274,356$43,608,000
DNOWDNOW INC0.67%2,788,000$36,160,000
PSPERSHING SQUARE INC0.24%392,000$12,881,000

Investor background

Seth Klarman

“Value investing is a marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator.”

Seth Klarman is the Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager of The Baupost Group, a Boston-based investment firm formed in 1982 by four founding families. After graduating in economics from Cornell University, Klarman worked at Mutual Shares Corporation before earning an MBA as a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School. He has overseen Baupost’s investments since the firm’s inception.

Klarman practices absolute-return value investing rather than conventional stock selection. Baupost can invest across public equities and debt, distressed securities, private credit, private equity and real estate. The common requirement is a meaningful discount to conservatively estimated value and a structure that limits the possibility of permanent capital loss.

His success rests on patience, analytical conservatism and institutional flexibility. Klarman is willing to hold substantial cash when opportunities are scarce, because he views cash as an option on future distress rather than a benchmark-relative failure. He also distinguishes genuine contrarian investing from reflexively opposing consensus: an unpopular asset becomes attractive only when careful calculation demonstrates that it is mispriced.

Historical public descriptions reported net annualized returns of approximately 19–20% for Baupost’s oldest or largest partnership over earlier periods. However, Baupost does not publish an up-to-date, complete audited composite, so those figures should not be projected mechanically to the present.

Klarman qualifies as a super investor because he has combined more than four decades of investment responsibility with downside discipline, an unusually broad opportunity set and a stable absolute-value philosophy.