Empirical Capital Management, LLC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001642274
13F-HR · 12 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.00B
Top-10 concentration
98.8%
Empirical Capital Management, LLC — $131K AUM allocation strategy
Empirical Capital Management, LLC files SEC Form 13F and reports $131K of long US equity value across 12 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Communication Services 42.7%, followed by Consumer Staples 24.7% and Consumer Discretionary 22.5%.
The top 10 holdings account for 99% 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.
Empirical Capital Management, LLC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$131K
total across 12 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
99% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$GOOG +50K sh · +$12.3K+$TTWO +6K sh · −$3.23K+$PLTR +1K sh · −$1.99K
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)
- Interactive Media & Services29.0%—
- Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail24.7%—
- Interactive Home Entertainment12.2%—
- Broadline Retail11.3%—
- Apparel Retail9.4%—
- Application Software8.6%—
- Automobile Manufacturers1.7%—
- Movies & Entertainment1.4%—
- Other holdings1.7%—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 133K | $38.1K | +50K | 29.0% |
| $WMT | Walmart Inc | 170K | $21.1K | +0 | 16.1% |
| $TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | 81.5K | $16.1K | +6K | 12.2% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 71.6K | $14.9K | +0 | 11.3% |
| $TJX | TJX Companies Inc | 77.5K | $12.4K | +0 | 9.4% |
| $COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | 11.3K | $11.3K | +0 | 8.6% |
| $PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc | 69K | $10.1K | +1K | 7.7% |
| $TSLA | Tesla Inc | 6K | $2.23K | +0 | 1.7% |
| $NFLX | Netflix Inc | 19.4K | $1.87K | — | 1.4% |
| $GNRC | Generac Holdlings Inc | 9.1K | $1.78K | — | 1.4% |
…and 2 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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