Stocks/Funds/CIK 1461790

K2 PRINCIPAL FUND, L.P.

Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1461790
Assets
$634M
+54.2% YoY
Holdings
355
Lifetime alpha vs market
+7.09% annual
Average hold time
0.8 yr
median 0.5 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +101% vs S&P +48% · α +53% lifetimeAUM $634M · peak $790MFlow $119M (+23%)2016-062017-122019-062020-122022-062023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
-1.90%
trims when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-14.06%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-21.54%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
$16M2.5%0.8 yr
$15M2.4%0.3 yr
$14M2.3%0.8 yr
$14M2.3%0.5 yr
$14M2.2%0.3 yr
$14M2.2%0.3 yr
$14M2.1%0.3 yr
$12M1.9%0.3 yr
$12M1.9%0.3 yr
$11M1.8%0.3 yr
$10M1.6%1.0 yr
$10M1.5%0.3 yr
GOOGAlphabet Inc.$10M1.5%+84.3%3.0 yr
$9M1.5%0.3 yr
$9M1.5%0.5 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Unknown61.7%-5.4pp$391M
Shell Companies5.9%+0.3pp$37M
Asset Management4.6%-3.8pp$29M
Internet Content & Information2.4%+2.1pp$15M
Financial - Conglomerates2.1%+2.0pp$14M
Biotechnology2.0%+0.4pp$12M
Software - Application1.3%+0.4pp$8M
Gold1.2%+0.7pp$8M
Renewable Utilities1.2%$8M
Semiconductors1.2%+0.4pp$8M
Country
Unknown61.7%-5.2pp
US30.4%+0.1pp
CA2.2%+0.6pp
KY1.7%+1.4pp
GB1.3%+1.2pp
FR0.9%
BM0.9%+0.6pp
NL0.6%+0.4pp
Top 5: 11.5% · Top 10: 21.5% · Top 25: 40.9%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
FSLR$6M+0.00B56.0%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %

Top buys this quarter · 15

PFSI PennyMac Financial Services, I+$7M
GOOG Alphabet Inc.+$6M
SPRY ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+$4M
ABVX Abivax S.A.+$3M
BRR ProCap Financial, Inc.new+$3M
OR OR Royalties Inc.new+$3M
IEAG Infinite Eagle Acquisition Cornew+$3M
DBCA D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. Cnew+$3M
FSLR First Solar, Inc.+$3M
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Co+$2M

Top sells this quarter · 15

AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.$42M
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c$6M
NGD New Gold Inc.exit$4M
PKST Peakstone Realty Trustexit$4M
B Barrick Mining Corporationexit$4M
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials In$3M
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Part$3M
RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials In$3M
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu$3M
OPEN Opendoor Technologies Inc.exit$3M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$634M355+40.37%+17.59%+22.78%+0.12B
2025-12-31$514M304+25.34%+17.72%+7.62%-0.07B
2025-09-30$576M254+34.01%+17.52%+16.49%+0.28B
2025-06-30$245M210+26.68%+14.94%+11.74%-0.22B
2025-03-31$411M218-2.93%+8.30%-11.23%+0.01B
2024-12-31$444M195+35.97%+24.89%+11.09%+0.07B
2024-09-30$342M185+36.80%+36.04%+0.76%+0.12B
2024-06-30$192M163+15.86%+24.49%-8.63%+0.02B
2024-03-31$196M165+43.06%+29.62%+13.44%-0.00B
2023-12-31$160M132+6.61%+26.18%-19.57%+0.03B
2023-09-30$120M144+2.37%+21.57%-19.20%-0.00B
2023-06-30$126M137-0.49%+19.42%-19.92%-0.08B
2023-03-31$192M162-36.56%-7.82%-28.74%-0.02B
2022-12-31$230M152+9.45%-18.17%+27.62%-0.07B
2022-09-30$283M187-5.23%-4.93%-0.31%-0.15B
2022-06-30$453M244-31.30%-16.11%-15.19%+0.15B