Firsthand Capital Management, Inc.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001476179
13F-HR · 17 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.02B
Top-10 concentration
91.7%
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. — $19.6M AUM allocation strategy
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. files SEC Form 13F and reports $19.6M of long US equity value across 17 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 56.4%, followed by Communication Services 19.6% and Industrials 17.8%.
The top 10 holdings account for 92% 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.
Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$19.6M
total across 17 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
92% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest trims (shares)
−$PLTR −23K sh · −$4.5M−$NFLX −5K sh · −$373K−$ANET −3K sh · −$517K
Added from nil (new positions)
None this quarter
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
None this quarter
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)
- Movies & Entertainment19.6%—
- Electronic Components16.6%—
- Semiconductors12.5%—
- Application Software9.7%—
- Communications Equipment9.4%—
- Passenger Ground Transportation9.2%—
- Systems Software8.2%—
- Construction & Engineering5.9%—
- Other holdings8.9%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NFLX | Netflix Inc | 40K | $3.85M | -5K | 19.6% |
| $COHR | Coherent Corp | 10K | $2.38M | +0 | 12.1% |
| $PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 13K | $1.9M | -23K | 9.7% |
| $ANET | Arista Networks Inc | 15K | $1.84M | -3K | 9.4% |
| $UBER | Uber Technologies Inc | 25K | $1.8M | +0 | 9.2% |
| $PANW | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 10K | $1.6M | +0 | 8.2% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 5K | $1.55M | +0 | 7.9% |
| $PWR | Quanta Services Inc | 2.1K | $1.15M | +0 | 5.9% |
| $HOOD | Robinhood Markets Inc | 15K | $1.04M | +0 | 5.3% |
| $GLW | Corning Incorporated | 6.46K | $878K | +0 | 4.5% |
…and 7 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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