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🪞 Paul Singer · Elliott

Activist + distressed.

Style
Activist
Disclosed holdings
28
Top pick hit rate
1.7%
Backtest edge
-

Hit rate is measured, not predicted: across 2,030 investor-quarters of walk-forward holdout, the name this model ranked first was the investor’s actual next new buy 1.7% of the time, against 0.62% for a name drawn at random from the same board. That is 2.77x chance. The model ranks the whole board; AUC and the rest of the scoring detail are on the how it works page.

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🔮 Predicted next buys: quarter ending 2026-09-30

The model orders Paul Singer · Elliott’s candidates for the next 13F filing. No public confirmation yet. The rate beside each name is the model’s own score rewritten as a measured quantity: how often a name in that position turned out to be the next buy across 2,030 investor-quarters of holdout. Picking at random from this board lands 0.62%.

#TickerCompanyMeasured hit ratevs base
1DHIDr Horton Inc1.7%2.8x
2RRCRange Resources Corp1.7%2.8x
3DTDynatrace Inc1.7%2.7x
4SNPSSynopsys Inc1.7%2.7x
5ABTAbbott Laboratories1.6%2.6x
6AMDAdvanced Micro Devices1.6%2.6x
7UPSUnited Parcel Service-Cl B1.6%2.5x
8INTCIntel Corp1.5%2.4x
9DVNDevon Energy Corp1.5%2.3x
10TOSTToast Inc-Class A1.4%2.3x

📉 Predicted exits, conviction fading

Of Paul Singer · Elliott’s current disclosed holdings, the names a model flags as most likely to be EXITED or TRIMMED next quarter, before the 13F shows it. Model score (not a calibrated probability), ranked. Holdings as of 2026-06-30.

TickerCompanyWeightLast moveSell likelihood
RSPInvesco Exchange Traded Fd T0.37%just entered▲▲ 63
IGVIshares Tr6.29%just entered 57
SMHVaneck Etf Trust0.72%just entered 57
LUVSouthwest Airls Co5.51%trimmed last Q 56
IWMIshares Tr0.33%trimmed last Q 56
XLISelect Sector Spdr Tr4.23%trimmed last Q 56
SUSuncor Energy Inc New6.97%trimmed last Q 54
SNPSSynopsys Inc0.45%just entered 51

⚠️ This predicts the ACTION (whether Paul Singer · Elliott reduces the position), not a return and not a short. A 13F shows long positions only, so a “sell” here means exiting or cutting a long, never shorting the stock. Walk-forward validated on the decision (AUC ≈ 0.66), but acting on it is not shown to make money. Research, not advice.

📜 Top disclosed holdings: Jun 2026

TickerCompanyWeightLast change
-Triple Flag Precious Metal17.61%✊ Held
PSXPhillips 6614.36%✊ Held
NDQInvesco Qqq Tr11.30%➕ Added
SUSuncor Energy Inc New6.97%➖ Trimmed
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise C6.42%➕ Added
IGVIshares Tr6.29%🆕 New
LUVSouthwest Airls Co5.51%➖ Trimmed
XLISelect Sector Spdr Tr4.23%➖ Trimmed
XLYSelect Sector Spdr Tr3.67%➕ Added
XLPSelect Sector Spdr Tr3.53%✊ Held
GDXVaneck Etf Trust3.05%➕ Added
-Ishares Tr3.03%🆕 New
-Uniti Group Llc2.99%✊ Held
PINSPinterest Inc2.60%✊ Held
ETSYEtsy Inc1.66%✊ Held

Source: SEC Form 13F (public domain), long U.S. equity positions only, disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end. Top 15 of 28 shown.

💲 Where they bought: accumulation cost

13F shows holdings, not trade prices. Implied average cost is total value ÷ shares; the zone is the price range that quarter, where they accumulated. “vs cost” is today versus that average. This is where they bought, not a future price.

TickerAvg costAccumulation zoneTodayvs cost
PSX$169.05$154–$184$239.81+41.9%
SU$53.68$54–$69$66.42+23.7%
HPE$45.11$24–$56$55.23+22.4%
IGV$90.60$75–$108$110.32+21.8%
LUV$51.42$37–$52$39.76-22.7%
XLI$185.23$161–$185$178.80-3.5%
XLY$117.28$108–$122$115.88-1.2%
XLP$83.07$81–$86$84.98+2.3%
GDX$75.45$74–$101$103.69+37.4%
PINS$21.03$18–$22$21.71+3.2%

🎯 Disclosed options: calls vs puts

13F discloses option positions too. Calls lean bullish or levered; puts lean bearish or hedging. This is the not-just-buying side of what they disclose.

TickerPositionLean
NDQputsbearish / hedge
IGVputsbearish / hedge
XLIputsbearish / hedge
XLYputsbearish / hedge
XLPputsbearish / hedge
GDXputsbearish / hedge
SMHputsbearish / hedge
RSPputsbearish / hedge
IWMputsbearish / hedge

Source: 13F option lines (put_call). Disclosed positions, not advice.

🧬 Factor fingerprint, the style behind the book

77% of Paul Singer · Elliott’s day-to-day swings are explained by public, buyable factors (Fama-French 5 + momentum), regressed on their current disclosed book (11 of 12 names, ~421 trading days). Market beta 1.04.

growth
value
large-cap
small-cap
low-quality
quality
contrarian
momentum
aggressive
conservative

⚠️ This is the part the great investors can’t hide: their style is a tilt toward known factors, and every one of these is sold as a cheap index ETF. Buying the factors gets you most of the book for a few basis points. What’s left after the factors (the residual) is noisy on a single concentrated book and is not a reliable edge, read this as transparency about the style you’re copying, not a secret signal. Loadings are in-sample on current static weights, U.S. long positions only. Research, not advice.

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