HF Q2 2026 13F recap

Hedge Fund 13F Recap — Q2 2026 What the most notable funds did in the most crowded names

Q2 2026 13F filings (holdings as of June 30, filed mid-August) show roughly forty notable managers repositioning around three big themes: a rush into newly listed SpaceX, a decisive rotation into Alphabet led by Berkshire Hathaway, and an increasingly two-sided market in the AI trade — Amazon split exactly down the middle, Nvidia and Broadcom seeing more distribution than accumulation, and fresh money moving down-stack into TSMC, memory/storage, and AI infrastructure names like CoreWeave. Below is a name-by-name read on the 15 most crowded tickers, followed by summary charts.

1. The SpaceX debut is the filing season's headline Nine of the tracked filers disclosed brand-new SPCX positions, with zero sellers — the cleanest one-way trade in the sample. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund reported 154.2M shares, D1 Capital 126.0M, and NVIDIA 122.8M, with AMD (3.3M) also filing a stake — striking corporate/strategic participation alongside the hedge funds. Among managers, Altimeter (1.78M), Viking (1.2M), Tiger Global (375K), Appaloosa (230K), and Third Point (180K) all initiated. When index-scale sovereign money, two chipmakers, and five brand-name funds all show up in the same debut quarter, SPCX is instantly one of the most consensus-long names in the growth complex.

Source: Q2 2026 13F filings as summarized by Roberts & Ryan; share counts approximate.

2. Alphabet: the quarter's big accumulation Alphabet drew the most lopsided buying among the mega-caps: eleven buyers versus six sellers. The standout is Berkshire Hathaway, which added aggressively on both share classes — GOOGL to 78.8M shares from 54.3M and GOOG to 27.2M from 3.6M, roughly a 60%+ boost to an already large position. Duquesne (336K) and Altimeter (180K) initiated, Third Point more than quintupled its stake (1.03M from 180K), and TCI,

D1, Baupost, Lone Pine, Soros Fund, and Appaloosa all added. Even John Paulson opened a (token) new GOOGL line. On the other side, Pershing Square exited entirely, Viking exited 2.4M shares, Tiger Global nearly halved its position (5.8M from 10.6M), and Leon Cooperman closed out. The net message: value-leaning and macro buyers piled in while some longtime growth holders used the strength to leave.

3. Amazon: a dead heat AMZN was the most-touched name in the sample — eighteen funds acted, split exactly nine buyers to nine sellers. Buyers: Appaloosa (5.0M from 4.3M), Viking (3.7M from 1.2M — a tripling), Baupost, Glenview, Altimeter, Corvex, Lansdowne, Discovery, and Duquesne (542K from 46K, plus calls). Sellers: Pershing Square (8.6M from 11.5M), Tiger Global, D1 (628K from 1.8M), Soros Fund, Third Point, Meritage, Iconiq, and Scopia. There is no consensus here — Amazon has become a genuine battleground, with Tepper and Halvorsen effectively taking the other side of Ackman's and Coleman's trims.

4. Meta: still net-bought META skews positive at eight buyers to four sellers. Meritage, D1, and Bill Miller initiated; Pershing Square (3.2M from 2.7M), Appaloosa, Viking (1.9M from 1.1M), Glenview (~3x to 357K), and Corvex (with calls) added. Tiger Global and Altimeter trimmed, Soros Capital clipped a small position, and Third Point exited a modest 90K-share line. Conviction among the adders looks stronger than the selling — most trims were housekeeping-sized.