HighVista Strategies LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001335325
13F-HR · 35 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.08B
Top-10 concentration
64.7%
HighVista Strategies LLC — $84M AUM allocation strategy
HighVista Strategies LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $84M of long US equity value across 35 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 42.4%, followed by Information Technology 26.8% and Consumer Discretionary 5.6%.
The top 10 holdings account for 65% of reported value — a conviction-weighted book concentrated in its best ideas. 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.
HighVista Strategies LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$84M
total across 35 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
65% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$HPE +13.8K sh · +$313K+$AMAT +11.3K sh · +$184K+$NVDA +8.2K sh · +$1.26M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$EQT −8.8K sh · −$288K−$NEE −8.2K sh · −$519K−$UNP −4.4K sh · −$976K
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$APP ($1.67M last qtr)$TMO ($1.31M last qtr)$SCHW ($1.06M last qtr)$SNDK ($1.04M last qtr)$VST ($915K 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)
- Asset Management & Custody Banks38.0%—
- Semiconductors10.3%—
- Broadline Retail5.6%—
- Communications Equipment5.1%—
- Application Software4.5%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services4.3%—
- Electric Utilities3.8%—
- Systems Software2.9%—
- Other holdings25.6%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $IVZ | Invesco Ltd | 1.06M | $30.6M | +0 | 36.5% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 22.4K | $4.66M | +5K | 5.6% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 22.4K | $3.91M | +8.2K | 4.7% |
| $CRM | Salesforce Inc | 15.2K | $2.48M | +1.3K | 3.0% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 6.46K | $2.39M | -80 | 2.8% |
| $LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc | 3.12K | $2.19M | -1.2K | 2.6% |
| $V | Visa Inc | 7.14K | $2.16M | +850 | 2.6% |
| $HPE | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 90K | $2.14M | +13.8K | 2.6% |
| $CIEN | Ciena Corporation | 5.29K | $2.05M | +100 | 2.4% |
| $ON | ON Semiconductor Corporation | 28K | $1.73M | — | 2.1% |
…and 25 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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