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Stocks hedge funds and top investors are buying

The lists are built with concentrated-portfolio managers and count managers, not dollars.

Companies that meet objective criteria in the Q2 2026 13F filings of concentrated managers (a group defined by the shape of the portfolio, not by fame or results). Each one says why it is here. Ideas to research, not buy recommendations.

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What our study found: buying, in equal parts, the stocks concentrated managers hold did not beat the S&P 500. Those they kept accumulating did somewhat better than the rest, and those nobody was accumulating did worse: a small gap, not enough to beat the index. See the study →

What the “consensus” score measures, and what it does not

What it measures. It is a 0-to-100 score that ranks stocks on four data points from the 13F filings of concentrated managers: accumulation (40%: how many quarters in a row its holders, combined, have owned more shares; it maxes out at 4), conviction (30%: how much it weighs in their portfolios), net managers (20%: those who entered minus those who exited) and breadth (10%: how many hold it). The last three are the stock's standing against the rest (percentile). It subtracts 10 points if no manager added.

What it does not measure. It does not measure whether more managers are buying than selling or how many dollars moved, and it does not mean managers “agree”. A high score can sit alongside more managers trimming than adding (shown next to it, on each stock) and very few holders (5 are enough).

What the study says. Our own study supports only one of the four factors: accumulation. Conviction, net managers and breadth, which add up to 60% of the score, showed no reliable edge; they are there because they describe the holding, not because they anticipate returns. The weights were chosen looking at the study's same historical sample. It is an order to start researching, not a signal. See the study · Methodology

The highest scores. The score ranks by accumulation, weight in portfolios, net managers and number of holders: it does not mean more managers are buying than selling (each card says how many added and how many trimmed).

ORKA Oruka Therapeutics
Health Care
90/100
score · 15 managers
11 → 15 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 3 trimmedNet flow: +$216M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters5 managers opened a position+3
11 → 15 concentrated managersAlready held: 2 added · 4 trimmedNet flow: −$1.7M
Combined, holders have added shares for 4 quarters4 managers opened a position+3
FLS Flowserve
Industrials
87/100
score · 10 managers
6 → 10 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$322M
Combined, holders have added shares for 4 quarters5 managers opened a position+3
SHC Sotera Health
Health Care
87/100
score · 8 managers
5 → 8 concentrated managersAlready held: 5 added · 0 trimmedNet flow: +$281M
Combined, holders have added shares for 5 quarters3 managers opened a position+2
ARES ARES Management
Financials
86/100
score · 18 managers
12 → 18 concentrated managersAlready held: 5 added · 1 trimmedNet flow: +$231M
Combined, holders have added shares for 5 quarters7 managers opened a position+1
BLDR Builders Firstsource
Industrials
86/100
score · 18 managers
16 → 18 concentrated managersAlready held: 9 added · 4 trimmedNet flow: +$286M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters3 managers opened a position+3
GPN Global Payments
Financials
85/100
score · 18 managers
16 → 18 concentrated managersAlready held: 10 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$346M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters3 managers opened a position+3
VTRS Viatris
Health Care
84/100
score · 12 managers
11 → 12 concentrated managersAlready held: 4 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$76.7M
Combined, holders have added shares for 5 quarters2 managers opened a position+2
TNGX Tango Therapeutics
Health Care
82/100
score · 15 managers
12 → 15 concentrated managersAlready held: 7 added · 4 trimmedNet flow: +$138M
Combined, holders have added shares for 3 quarters4 managers opened a position+3
CB Chubb
Financials
82/100
score · 30 managers
30 → 30 concentrated managersAlready held: 6 added · 5 trimmedNet flow: +$38.6M
Combined, holders have added shares for 7 quartersHigh conviction: 3.1% median weight in their portfolios
SPGI S&P Global
Financials
81/100
score · 73 managers
69 → 73 concentrated managersAlready held: 22 added · 26 trimmedNet flow: +$1.6 bn
Combined, holders have added shares for 3 quarters8 managers opened a position+3
4 → 5 concentrated managersAlready held: 4 added · 0 trimmedNet flow: +$71.3M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quartersHigh conviction: 4.1% median weight in their portfolios+3
15 → 14 concentrated managersAlready held: 5 added · 6 trimmedNet flow: −$103M
Combined, holders have added shares for 9 quartersHigh conviction: 8.4% median weight in their portfolios+1
EGO Eldorado Gold
Materials
80/100
score · 7 managers
4 → 7 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 0 trimmedNet flow: +$908M
Combined, holders have added shares for 3 quarters3 managers opened a position+3
WAY Waystar Holding
Health Care
80/100
score · 7 managers
6 → 7 concentrated managersAlready held: 2 added · 1 trimmedNet flow: +$37.5M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters3 managers opened a position+2
ALLE Allegion
Industrials
79/100
score · 11 managers
8 → 11 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 3 trimmedNet flow: +$146M
Combined, holders have added shares for 3 quarters3 managers opened a position+3
VERX Vertex
Information Technology
79/100
score · 6 managers
5 → 6 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$9.1M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quartersHigh conviction: 2.9% median weight in their portfolios+1
7 → 9 concentrated managersAlready held: 1 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: −$1.3M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters3 managers opened a position+3
CPAY Corpay
Financials
78/100
score · 11 managers
11 → 11 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 5 trimmedNet flow: +$113M
Combined, holders have added shares for 5 quartersHigh conviction: 3% median weight in their portfolios+1
GXO GXO Logistics
Industrials
78/100
score · 8 managers
8 → 8 concentrated managersAlready held: 6 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$153M
Combined, holders have added shares for 4 quartersHigh conviction: 3.7% median weight in their portfolios+1
LEN Lennar
Consumer Discretionary
78/100
score · 11 managers
11 → 11 concentrated managersAlready held: 4 added · 3 trimmedNet flow: +$401M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quartersHigh conviction: 3% median weight in their portfolios
VFC V. F.
Consumer Discretionary
77/100
score · 7 managers
6 → 7 concentrated managersAlready held: 3 added · 2 trimmedNet flow: +$19.9M
Combined, holders have added shares for 6 quarters2 managers opened a position+3
PPLI People
Communication Services
77/100
score · 10 managers
11 → 10 concentrated managersAlready held: 2 added · 4 trimmedNet flow: +$58.6M
Combined, holders have added shares for 5 quartersHigh conviction: 3.9% median weight in their portfolios+2
WULF Terawulf
Information Technology
77/100
score · 14 managers
10 → 14 concentrated managersAlready held: 4 added · 3 trimmedNet flow: +$239M
Combined, holders have added shares for 3 quarters5 managers opened a position+3

“Net flow”: shares concentrated managers added minus those they cut in the quarter, in dollars, at the 13F quarter-end implied price, not each trade's price. It is not part of the score.

Score formula: consenso-v2. Methodology

Source: SEC (13F, XBRL). 13F filings come out up to 45 days after the quarter: positions may have changed.

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