13F filer · CIK 1656456 ↗

Appaloosa

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Reported value

$2.02B

−64% on the quarter before

Positions

23

4 new · 18 sold out

Top 10

79.5%

of the value

Est. gain

−$555.5M

on stocks held all quarter

Est. return

−24.6%

on those stocks since Q3 2018

Filed

Feb 14, 2019

On SEC EDGAR ↗

Positions as of Dec 31, 2018, from Appaloosa's 13F filing with the SEC. A 13F lists a manager's US-listed stocks and options at a quarter end and is filed up to 45 days later, so the fund may hold something else today. It leaves out short positions, cash and holdings outside the US.

Portfolio at a glance

  • New
  • Added
  • Cut
  • Same
  • Options

Each tile is a position, sized by its share, colored by what the fund did with it since Q3 2018. Striped tiles are options.

Micron25%Meta9.2%
Allergan Plc7.6%
Pg&E Corp7.6%
Alphabet7.5%
Altaba Inc6.7%
Energy Transfer Lp5.0%
Caesars Entmt Corp4.5%
T Mobile Us Inc3.3%
Unitedhealth Group Inc3.1%
Alps ETF Tr3.0%
Atlantica Yield Plc2.9%
Vistra2.9%
Allstate Corp2.5%
Mr Cooper Group Inc2.4%
Cheniere Energy Inc1.7%
Caesars Entmt Corp1.5%
Terraform Pwr Inc1.5%
NRG Energy0.9%
0.7%

Largest buys

Since Q3 2018, by estimated size: the change in shares at the quarter-end price, since a 13F gives no trade prices. Percentages are the position's share of the portfolio, before and after.

  1. Alps ETF Tr~$61.7MNew · 0.0% → 3.0%+7,066,871 shares
  2. Pg&E Corp~$58.8MAdded · 3.2% → 7.6%+2,475,016 shares
  3. Allstate Corp~$50.2MNew · 0.0% → 2.5%+607,912 shares
  4. Mr Cooper Group Inc~$47.9MNew · 0.0% → 2.4%+4,105,997 shares
  5. Energy Transfer Lp~$44.2MAdded · 1.3% → 5.0%+3,348,423 shares
  6. Wells Fargo Co New~$13.8MNew · 0.0% → 0.7%+300,000 shares
  7. Vistra~$12.6MAdded · 0.9% → 2.9%+548,998 shares

Largest sells

Since Q3 2018, by estimated size: the change in shares at the quarter-end price, since a 13F gives no trade prices. Percentages are the position's share of the portfolio, before and after.

  1. Micron~$634.6MCut · 28.6% → 25.1%−20,000,000 shares
  2. Alibaba~$247.1MSold out · 4.3% → 0.0%−1,500,000 shares
  3. Meta~$245.8MCut · 9.5% → 9.2%−1,875,000 shares
  4. Lam Research~$178.2MSold out · 3.1% → 0.0%−1,175,000 shares
  5. Xpo Logistics Inc~$154.1MSold out · 2.7% → 0.0%−1,349,868 shares
  6. Allergan Plc~$112.6MCut · 6.7% → 7.6%−842,591 shares
  7. T Mobile Us Inc~$105.0MCut · 3.3% → 3.3%−1,651,417 shares
  8. State Str Corp~$99.3MSold out · 1.7% → 0.0%−1,185,823 shares
  9. Wmih Corp~$87.2MSold out · 1.5% → 0.0%−62,767,086 shares
  10. NRG Energy~$85.4MCut · 1.7% → 0.9%−2,156,013 shares

Holdings

As of Dec 31, 2018. Changes are in shares against Sep 30, 2018, so a price move alone never reads as a buy or a sale.

Positions, sorted by share of the portfolio
HoldingValue
MicronCOM · shares −56% · price −29.8%25.1%$507.7M−$216.0M
MetaCL A · shares −57% · price −20.3%9.2%$186.8M−$47.6M
Allergan PlcSHS · shares −42% · price −29.8%7.6%$153.7M−$65.3M
Pg&E CorpCOM · shares +62% · price −48.4%7.6%$153.6M−$88.8M
AlphabetCAP STK CL C · shares −27% · price −13.2%7.5%$150.8M−$23.0M
Altaba IncCOM · shares −31% · price −14.9%6.7%$135.9M−$23.9M
Energy Transfer LpCOM UT LTD PTN · shares +77% · price −24.2%5.0%$102.0M−$18.5M
Caesars Entmt CorpCOM · shares −8.6% · price −33.8%4.5%$90.1M−$45.9M
T Mobile Us IncCOM · shares −61% · price −9.4%3.3%$66.1M−$6.8M
Unitedhealth Group IncCOM · shares −28% · price −6.4%3.1%$62.3M−$4.2M
Alps ETF TrALERIAN MLP · shares New3.0%$61.7M—
Atlantica Yield PlcSHS · shares −11% · price −4.8%2.9%$58.8M−$2.9M
VistraCOM · shares +28% · price −8.0%2.9%$58.0M−$3.9M
Allstate CorpCOM · shares New2.5%$50.2M—
Mr Cooper Group IncCOM · shares New2.4%$47.9M—
Cheniere Energy IncCOM NEW · shares −36% · price −14.8%1.7%$34.7M−$6.0M
Caesars Entmt CorpNOTE 5.000%10/0 · shares −50% · price −24.1%1.5%$30.7M—
Terraform Pwr IncCOM CL A · shares −12% · price −2.9%1.5%$30.1M−$884,971
NRG EnergyCOM NEW · shares −82% · price +5.9%0.90%$18.3M+$1.0M
Wells Fargo Co NewCOM · shares New0.68%$13.8M—
Kennametal IncCOM · shares −87% · price −23.6%0.32%$6.5M−$2.0M
Platform Specialty Prods CorCOM · shares −89% · price −17.1%0.14%$2.7M−$566,140
Bank Amer CorpCOM · shares −99% · price −16.4%0.03%$616,000−$120,501
Total · 23 positions100%$2.02B−$555.5M

Price is a stock's reported value over its shares at the quarter end. The estimated gain is the shares held at both quarter ends times the change in that price: shares bought or sold during the quarter add nothing, options are left out, and a stock split is read into the earlier share count and price.

What made money

From Q3 2018 to Q4 2018: 18 stocks held throughout, down $555.5M (−24.6%).

  1. NRG Energy+$1.0M+6%
  2. Caesars Entmt Corp−$45.9M−34%
  3. Meta−$47.6M−20%
  4. Allergan Plc−$65.3M−30%
  5. Pg&E Corp−$88.8M−48%
  6. Micron−$216.0M−30%

Estimated as in the holdings table: shares held at both quarter ends times the change in price; options left out.

Reported value by quarter

The total value of each quarter's 13F at that quarter end. It moves with prices as well as with buying and selling. Pick a quarter to see what the fund held then.

$20.00B$10.00B$0
Q1 2016Q2 2026
Every quarter's filing
Each quarter's 13F filing, newest first
QuarterReported valueFiling
Q2 2026$7.73B+30%SEC ↗
Q1 2026$5.93B−14%SEC ↗
Q4 2025$6.93B−6%SEC ↗
Q3 2025$7.38B+14%SEC ↗
Q2 2025$6.45B−23%SEC ↗
Q1 2025$8.38B+30%SEC ↗
Q4 2024$6.46B−4%SEC ↗
Q3 2024$6.73B+9%SEC ↗
Q2 2024$6.18B−9%SEC ↗
Q1 2024$6.75B+17%SEC ↗
Q4 2023$5.79B+14%SEC ↗
Q3 2023$5.07B−6%SEC ↗
Q2 2023$5.39B+185%SEC ↗
Q1 2023$1.89B+40%SEC ↗
Q4 2022$1.35B−1%SEC ↗
Q3 2022$1.36B−15%SEC ↗
Q2 2022$1.59B−36%SEC ↗
Q1 2022$2.50B−36%SEC ↗
Q4 2021$3.89B−7%SEC ↗
Q3 2021$4.20B−13%SEC ↗
Q2 2021$4.83B−31%SEC ↗
Q1 2021$6.96B+4%SEC ↗
Q4 2020$6.69B+18%SEC ↗
Q3 2020$5.66B−2%SEC ↗
Q2 2020$5.76B+76%SEC ↗
Q1 2020$3.27B−18%SEC ↗
Q4 2019$3.98B+17%SEC ↗
Q3 2019$3.41B−63%SEC ↗
Q2 2019$9.26B+165%SEC ↗
Q1 2019$3.49B+72%SEC ↗
Q4 2018$2.02B−64%SEC ↗
Q3 2018$5.69B−35%SEC ↗
Q2 2018$8.78B−10%SEC ↗
Q1 2018$9.72B−9%SEC ↗
Q4 2017$10.73B+51%SEC ↗
Q3 2017$7.12B+6%SEC ↗
Q2 2017$6.74B+11%SEC ↗
Q1 2017$6.09B+8%SEC ↗
Q4 2016$5.64B+28%SEC ↗
Q3 2016$4.40B+16%SEC ↗
Q2 2016$3.80B−33%SEC ↗
Q1 2016$5.66BSEC ↗

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