SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001000742
13F-HR · 61 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.10B
Top-10 concentration
39.5%
SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT — $97.4M AUM allocation strategy
SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT files SEC Form 13F and reports $97.4M of long US equity value across 61 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 16.9%, followed by Industrials 14.3% and Communication Services 9.2%.
The top 10 holdings account for 40% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$97.4M
total across 61 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
40% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$AMAT +177K sh · +$570K+$DHI +5.61K sh · +$117K+$XLV +3K sh · +$406K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$GLW −93.1K sh · −$7.18M−$APH −23K sh · −$3.17M−$RTX −20.9K sh · −$3.74M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$TEL ($3.81M last qtr)$MRK ($2.94M last qtr)$AVY ($2.58M last qtr)$BAC ($2.57M last qtr)$MLM ($2.37M last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Electronic Equipment & Instruments11.7%—
- Movies & Entertainment9.2%—
- Aerospace & Defense6.0%—
- Industrial REITs4.6%—
- Health Care Services3.0%—
- Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods2.9%—
- Electronic Components2.8%—
- Homebuilding2.8%—
- Other holdings57.2%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $KEYS | Keysight Technologies Inc | 33.1K | $9.34M | -16.5K | 9.6% |
| $TKO | TKO Group Holdings Inc | 32.4K | $6.54M | -13.1K | 6.7% |
| $PLD | Prologis Inc | 33.4K | $4.41M | -12.5K | 4.5% |
| $DGX | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | 15K | $2.93M | — | 3.0% |
| $RL | Ralph Lauren Corporation | 8.17K | $2.81M | +1.16K | 2.9% |
| $GLW | Corning Incorporated | 20K | $2.72M | -93.1K | 2.8% |
| $DHI | D.R. Horton Inc | 111K | $2.71M | +5.61K | 2.8% |
| $LYV | Live Nation Entertainment Inc | 15.7K | $2.4M | +597 | 2.5% |
| $ADI | Analog Devices Inc | 7.34K | $2.33M | — | 2.4% |
| $DHR | Danaher Corporation | 12.3K | $2.32M | -2.05K | 2.4% |
…and 51 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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