DOSSIER · 13F-HR · Q1 2026

Kanen Wealth Management LLC

$278M in tracked AUM across 36 positions as of Q1 2026.

KW
CIK 0001681614 · last filed Mar 31, 2026
Total AUM
$278M
as of Q1 2026
Holdings
36
positions
Whale Score
62
62
tracked
Activity
no data
changes this Q
AI Analysis · Q1 2026

Kanen Wealth Management LLC publishes one of the most concentrated 13Fs in this batch: a $278M portfolio spread across only 36 individual line items with no ETFs whatsoever — an average position size of roughly $7.7M that places every single holding in the structural-conviction category. The portfolio's four largest positions — a cusip-coded name at 16.8% (COMP, likely a fintech or SPAC-adjacent issuer), a second unnamed cusip-coded name (M0854Q105, 11.1%), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED, 10.9%), and POWW (likely AMMO/Powder River or a special-situation industrial, 8.5%) — together claim 47.3% of the fund in a way that signals either a special-situations mandate or a concentrated activist portfolio where individual bankruptcy-and-reorganization outcomes move the entire book. INSE (Inseego or similar, 6.9%) rounds out the top five. The Q1 initiations — FUN (likely a gaming or entertainment SPAC), LOVE (likely a SPAC or special-purpose vehicle), PTON (Peloton Interactive), AAPL (Apple), and ZVIA (Zevra Therapeutics or similar biotech) — span consumer discretionary, technology, and healthcare, suggesting the manager was building new conviction positions alongside maintaining its existing concentrated core. With whaleScore of 64.0 on a 36-name book, this is the highest-concentration fund in the current queue — the kind of portfolio where a single binary outcome on one of the top four positions can move NAV by 10-15% in a quarter. This is genuine active special-situations or activist management.

A 36-name portfolio averaging $7.7M per position is a deliberate statement about how the manager views its edge. When most institutional funds run 100+ holdings to diversify away unsystematic risk, a 36-name book implies the manager believes: (1) it has enough research depth to understand each position well enough to hold it at meaningful size; (2) the correlation among holdings is low enough that concentration does not create unacceptable portfolio risk; and (3) the alpha potential from high-conviction positions outweighs the diversification benefit of holding more names.

The top four positions at 47.3% are extreme by any institutional standard. COMP at 16.8% ($46.7M) is the kind of weight that would raise eyebrows in a $10B fund — in a $278M fund, it describes a manager who is willing to have nearly one-sixth of the book dependent on a single company's outcome. The COMP name (cusip format, likely a SPAC, fintech, or crypto-adjacent vehicle) suggests the manager accessed this position through a private-placement or pre-IPO channel rather than through public-market accumulation.

Quarter at a glance — Q1 2026

Position-change comparison pending.

No quarter-over-quarter changes available.

Top 10 holdings

By portfolio weight as of Q1 2026.

#HoldingValueSharesWeight
01
COMP
COMPASS INC
$47M6.4M16.8%
02
M0854Q105
ALLOT LTD
$31M4.7M11.1%
03
BNED
BARNES & NOBLE ED INC
$30M3.4M10.9%
04
POWW
OUTDOOR HOLDING CO
$24M11.7M8.5%
05
INSE
INSPIRED ENTMT INC
$19M2.7M6.9%
06
FUN
SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP
$15M849K5.4%
07
REAL
THE REALREAL INC
$13M1.4M4.5%
08
DIBS
1STDIBS COM INC
$11M2.1M4.1%
09
TOI
THE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC
$9M2.8M3.1%
10
LOVE
LOVESAC COMPANY
$8M546K2.9%

Filing history

2026Q1Mar 31
$278M 15.6%
36 positionsView →
2025Q4Dec 31
$329M 10.1%
31 positionsView →
2025Q3Sep 30
$299M 14.4%
30 positionsView →
2025Q2Jun 30
$261M 20.9%
27 positionsLocked
2025Q1Mar 31
$216M 19.5%
18 positionsLocked
2024Q4Dec 31
$269M 43.3%
25 positionsLocked
2024Q3Sep 30
$188M 16.1%
21 positionsLocked
2024Q2Jun 30
$162M 0.0%
22 positionsLocked
2024Q1Mar 31
$162M 13.1%
22 positionsLocked
2023Q4Dec 31
$143M 6.9%
20 positionsLocked
2023Q3Sep 30
$134M 10.9%
18 positionsLocked
2023Q2Jun 30
$150M 2.2%
20 positionsLocked
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