Brahman Capital 13F annual report

Brahman Capital is an investment fund managing more than $368 billion ran by Louis Sultan. There are currently 19 companies in Mr. Sultan’s portfolio. The largest investments include Clarivate Plc and Godaddy Inc, together worth $153 billion.

$368 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2023, Brahman Capital’s top holding is 11,135,720 shares of Clarivate Plc currently worth over $106 billion and making up 28.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Clarivate Plc, Brahman Capital owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 619,766 shares of Godaddy Inc worth $46.6 billion, whose value fell 12.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Warner Bros.Discovery Inc worth $40.9 billion and the next is Dollar Tree Inc worth $32.1 billion, with 223,726 shares owned.

Currently, Brahman Capital's portfolio is worth at least $368 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Brahman Capital

The Brahman Capital office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Louis Sultan serves as the CFO / COO at Brahman Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Brahman Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in FTAI Aviation Ltd and bought 564,031 shares worth $17.9 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Brahman Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Brahman Capital closed its position in Harley-Davidson on 14th August 2023. It sold the previously owned 813,692 shares for $30.9 billion. Louis Sultan also disclosed a decreased stake in Clarivate Plc by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $106 billion and 11,135,720 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Brahman Capital are B & T Capital Management Dba Alpha Capital Management and Affinity Capital Advisors. They manage $368 billion and $367 billion respectively.


Louis Sultan investment strategy

Brahman Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 39.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 63.2% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 37% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $13 billion.

The complete list of Brahman Capital trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Clarivate Plc
20.42%
11,135,720
$106,123,412,000 28.86%
Godaddy Inc
67.51%
619,766
$46,563,020,000 12.66%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
61.26%
3,260,654
$40,888,601,000 11.12%
Dollar Tree Inc
61.94%
223,726
$32,104,681,000 8.73%
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Closed
813,692
$30,895,885,000
Us Foods Hldg Corp
61.29%
536,225
$23,593,900,000 6.42%
Vertiv Holdings Co
68.61%
895,681
$22,186,018,000 6.03%
Aramark
69.36%
466,353
$20,076,497,000 5.46%
FTAI Aviation Ltd
Opened
564,031
$17,857,221,000 4.86%
Everbridge Inc
57.63%
410,264
$11,036,102,000 3.00%
Vistra Corp
72.40%
416,495
$10,932,994,000 2.97%
Ardagh Metal Packaging S A
35.32%
2,749,722
$10,338,955,000 2.81%
IQVIA Holdings Inc
50.13%
38,897
$8,742,879,000 2.38%
International Flavors&fragra
60.70%
69,274
$5,513,518,000 1.50%
NRG Energy Inc.
Opened
103,446
$3,867,846,000 1.05%
Voya Financial Inc
73.91%
32,449
$2,326,918,000 0.63%
Charter Communications Inc N
71.94%
5,903
$2,168,585,000 0.59%
United Therapeutics Corp
56.15%
9,165
$2,023,174,000 0.55%
Ftai Infrastructure Inc
Opened
208,350
$768,812,000 0.21%
Opal Fuels Inc
74.60%
74,360
$554,726,000 0.15%
No transactions found
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