Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

New York, NY · CIK 1595082 · 13F filing filed 2026-08-14

SEC-registered investment adviser since 2011 · limited partnership

Assets managed$46.6bn
Staff523 · 175 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)Private funds 95%, Insurers 5%
Private funds56 (56 hedge) · $66.1bn gross assets
Websitedavidsonkempner.com
Form ADV · 2026-04-01SEC adviser record

Legal entityDAVIDSON KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (US)

$6.2bn reported value +58.8% vs Q1 2026

231positions

33.3%in top 10

0 new 56 added 22 reduced 0 sold out vs Q1 2026

This manager withheld holdings under SEC confidential treatment in both Q2 2026 and Q1 2026, so new and sold-out positions can't be determined.

Options: 2 call positions ($126.2m notional), 8 put positions ($2.1bn notional) – listed below, not included above.

Holdings, Q2 2026

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	ELECTRONIC ARTS INC COM EA	EA	3,655,973	$749.6m12.02%	12.02%	Added +770.8k	+770,797 26.7%
2	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP CLASS A COM STK SPCX	SPCX	1,173,925	$200.6m3.22%	3.22%	Not comparable
3	ECHOSTAR CORP CL A ECHO	ECHO	1,958,478	$198.8m3.19%	3.19%	Added +466.9k	+466,900 31.3%
4	ARKO CORP COM ARKO	ARKO	23,139,671	$185.8m2.98%	2.98%	Unchanged
5	MKS INC. NOTE 1.250% 6/0 · principal MKSI 1.25 06.01.30 · principal	MKSI 1.25 06.01.30	49,500,000	$145.7m2.34%	2.34%	Added +21.5m	+21,500,000 76.8%
6	ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD NOTE 0.500% 6/0 · principal BABA 0.5 06.01.31 · principal	BABA 0.5 06.01.31	120,000,000	$141.5m2.27%	2.27%	Added +4.0m	+4,000,000 3.5%
7	UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC NOTE 0.875%12/0 · principal UBER 0.875 12.01.28 2028 · principal	UBER 0.875 12.01.28 2028	100,000,000	$119.6m1.92%	1.92%	Unchanged
8	RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC NOTE 4.625% 3/1 · principal RIVN 4.625 03.15.29 · principal	RIVN 4.625 03.15.29	100,000,000	$118.4m1.90%	1.90%	Reduced -2.5m	-2,500,000 -2.4%
9	LI AUTO INC NOTE 0.250% 5/0 · principal LI 0.25 05.01.28 · principal	LI 0.25 05.01.28	111,000,000	$107.6m1.73%	1.73%	Unchanged
10	REDFIN CORP NOTE 0.500% 4/0 · principal RDFN 0.5 04.01.27 · principal	RDFN 0.5 04.01.27	111,281,000	$106.8m1.71%	1.71%	Added +1.3m	+1,281,000 1.2%
11	ETSY INC NOTE 0.250% 6/1 · principal ETSY 0.25 06.15.28 · principal	ETSY 0.25 06.15.28	97,662,000	$89.2m1.43%	1.43%	Added +7.7m	+7,662,000 8.5%
12	MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. NOTE 0.750% 6/0 · principal MCHP 0.75 06.01.30 · principal	MCHP 0.75 06.01.30	77,955,000	$85.7m1.37%	1.37%	Added +3.0m	+2,955,000 3.9%
13	WEIBO CORP NOTE 1.375%12/0 · principal WB 1.375 12.01.30 · principal	WB 1.375 12.01.30	75,327,000	$75.4m1.21%	1.21%	Added +15.3m	+15,327,000 25.6%
14	CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC COM CL A CBRS	CBRS	339,218	$75.0m1.20%	1.20%	Not comparable
15	TELEPHONE & DATA SYS INC COM NEW TDS	TDS	2,004,506	$74.2m1.19%	1.19%	Added +592.8k	+592,806 42.0%
16	TRIP COM GROUP LTD NOTE 0.750% 6/1 · principal TCOM 0.75 06.15.29 · principal	TCOM 0.75 06.15.29	75,000,000	$73.8m1.18%	1.18%	Added +15.0m	+15,000,000 25.0%
17	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	123,000	$69.3m1.11%	1.11%	Added +17.0k	+17,000 16.0%
18	GLOBAL PMTS INC NOTE 1.500% 3/0 · principal GPN 1.5 03.01.31 · principal	GPN 1.5 03.01.31	75,000,000	$67.3m1.08%	1.08%	Added +20.0m	+20,000,000 36.4%
19	T-MOBILE US INC COM TMUS	TMUS	381,570	$64.0m1.03%	1.03%	Reduced -103.3k	-103,320 -21.3%
20	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM MU	MU	55,000	$63.5m1.02%	1.02%	Added +12.5k	+12,500 29.4%
21	CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP COM CEG	CEG	250,896	$62.3m1.00%	1.00%	Added +132.5k	+132,532 112.0%
22	RUBRIK INC. NOTE 6/1 · principal RBRK 0 06.15.30 · principal	RBRK 0 06.15.30	60,000,000	$61.3m0.98%	0.98%	Not comparable
23	ETSY INC NOTE 1.000% 6/1 · principal ETSY 1 06.15.30 · principal	ETSY 1 06.15.30	52,500,000	$60.9m0.98%	0.98%	Not comparable
24	BOEING CO COM BA	BA	280,000	$60.6m0.97%	0.97%	Added +20.0k	+20,000 7.7%
25	BILL HOLDINGS INC NOTE 4/0 · principal BILL 0 04.01.30 · principal	BILL 0 04.01.30	70,000,000	$60.4m0.97%	0.97%	Added +22.5m	+22,500,000 47.4%
26	DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TR COM SH BEN INT DHC	DHC	6,409,530	$59.6m0.96%	0.96%	Added +161.7k	+161,700 2.6%
27	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HLDNGS PL ORD SHS STX	STX	59,600	$57.5m0.92%	0.92%	Reduced -42.1k	-42,100 -41.4%
28	GOLAR LNG LTD NOTE 2.750%12/1 · principal GLNG 2.75 12.15.30 · principal	GLNG 2.75 12.15.30	50,000,000	$56.9m0.91%	0.91%	Not comparable
29	VEECO INSTRS INC DEL COM VECO	VECO	750,000	$56.9m0.91%	0.91%	Not comparable
30	SURGERY PARTNERS INC COM SGRY	SGRY	3,336,464	$56.1m0.90%	0.90%	Unchanged
31	RAPID7 INC NOTE 0.250% 3/1 · principal RPD 0.25 03.15.27 · principal	RPD 0.25 03.15.27	57,200,000	$54.9m0.88%	0.88%	Added +6.2m	+6,200,000 12.2%
32	ALARM COM HLDGS INC NOTE 2.250% 6/0 · principal ALRM 2.25 06.01.29 · principal	ALRM 2.25 06.01.29	57,500,000	$54.4m0.87%	0.87%	Reduced -9.0m	-9,008,000 -13.5%
33	WABTEC COM WAB	WAB	200,000	$53.9m0.86%	0.86%	Not comparable
34	COMCAST CORP NEW CL A CMCSA	CMCSA	2,188,388	$53.7m0.86%	0.86%	Added +1.0m	+1,036,795 90.0%
35	CRH PLC ORD CRH	CRH	495,000	$53.0m0.85%	0.85%	Added +345.0k	+345,000 230.0%
36	BAUSCH PLUS LOMB CORP COMMON SHARES BLCO	BLCO	3,158,972	$52.3m0.84%	0.84%	Added +959.8k	+959,800 43.6%
37	SNAP INC NOTE 0.125% 3/0 · principal SNAP 0.125 03.01.28 · principal	SNAP 0.125 03.01.28	55,000,000	$50.5m0.81%	0.81%	Added +3.5m	+3,500,000 6.8%
38	NIO INC NOTE 4.625%10/1 · principal NIO 4.625 10.15.30 · principal	NIO 4.625 10.15.30	50,000,000	$50.0m0.80%	0.80%	Reduced -2.0m	-2,000,000 -3.9%
39	ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS ASML	ASML	25,000	$49.7m0.80%	0.80%	Added +5.0k	+5,000 25.0%
40	JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC SHS JCI	JCI	340,000	$49.7m0.80%	0.80%	Added +30.0k	+30,000 9.7%
41	JD.COM INC NOTE 0.250% 6/0 · principal JD 0.25 06.01.29 · principal	JD 0.25 06.01.29	50,000,000	$49.0m0.79%	0.79%	Added +19.1m	+19,060,000 61.6%
42	DOORDASH INC CL A DASH	DASH	262,796	$48.5m0.78%	0.78%	Added +125.0k	+125,000 90.7%
43	AMETEK INC COM AME	AME	200,000	$48.4m0.78%	0.78%	Added +20.0k	+20,000 11.1%
44	VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC COM VSH	VSH	896,300	$48.2m0.77%	0.77%	Not comparable
45	BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC COM BWXT	BWXT	239,095	$46.5m0.75%	0.75%	Added +214.2k	+214,195 860.2%
46	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING NOTE 0.0% 9/15/32 · principal BABA 0 09.15.32 · principal	BABA 0 09.15.32	50,000,000	$44.4m0.71%	0.71%	Added +7.5m	+7,500,000 17.6%
47	CARDINAL HEALTH INC COM CAH	CAH	182,103	$43.3m0.69%	0.69%	Added +144.5k	+144,493 384.2%
48	CARVANA CO CL A CVNA	CVNA	656,500	$43.2m0.69%	0.69%	Added +250.0k	+250,000 61.5%
49	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM UNH	UNH	101,373	$42.1m0.68%	0.68%	Added +82.7k	+82,673 442.1%
50	ORACLE CORP COM ORCL	ORCL	275,000	$40.3m0.65%	0.65%	Unchanged
51	NUTANIX INC NOTE 0.500%12/1 · principal NTNX 0.5 12.15.29 · principal	NTNX 0.5 12.15.29	40,500,000	$39.8m0.64%	0.64%	Not comparable
52	COREWEAVE INC COM CL A CRWV	CRWV	400,000	$39.8m0.64%	0.64%	Not comparable
53	SNOWFLAKE INC NOTE 10/0 · principal SNOW 0 10.01.27 · principal	SNOW 0 10.01.27	23,500,000	$39.1m0.63%	0.63%	Reduced -26.5m	-26,500,000 -53.0%
54	MAKEMYTRIP LIMITED MAURITIUS NOTE 7/0 · principal MMYT 0 07.01.30 · principal	MMYT 0 07.01.30	42,500,000	$38.5m0.62%	0.62%	Not comparable
55	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	160,000	$38.1m0.61%	0.61%	Added +60.0k	+60,000 60.0%
56	IQIYI INC NOTE 4.625% 3/1 · principal IQ 4.625 03.15.30 · principal	IQ 4.625 03.15.30	38,000,000	$34.6m0.55%	0.55%	Unchanged
57	SNAP INC NOTE 0.500% 5/0 · principal SNAP 0.5 05.01.30 · principal	SNAP 0.5 05.01.30	42,500,000	$34.6m0.55%	0.55%	Added +12.5m	+12,500,000 41.7%
58	AT&T INC COM T	T	1,603,000	$33.2m0.53%	0.53%	Unchanged
59	VNET GROUP INC NOTE 2.000%10/0 · principal VNET 2 10.01.27 · principal	VNET 2 10.01.27	27,500,000	$31.9m0.51%	0.51%	Added +2.5m	+2,500,000 10.0%
60	LINDE PLC SHS LIN	LIN	60,000	$31.1m0.50%	0.50%	Added +5.0k	+5,000 9.1%
61	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	150,000	$30.0m0.48%	0.48%	Reduced -277.5k	-277,500 -64.9%
62	SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A SHS SPOT	SPOT	65,000	$29.8m0.48%	0.48%	Not comparable
63	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	83,286	$29.8m0.48%	0.48%	Not comparable
64	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC COM CL A MIR	MIR	1,619,998	$29.0m0.47%	0.47%	Added +305.2k	+305,179 23.2%
65	CROWN CASTLE INC COM CCI	CCI	381,346	$28.9m0.46%	0.46%	Added +68.3k	+68,294 21.8%
66	BENTLEY SYS INC NOTE 0.375% 7/0 · principal BSY 0.375 07.01.27 · principal	BSY 0.375 07.01.27	30,000,000	$28.8m0.46%	0.46%	Unchanged
67	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP COM EW	EW	317,500	$28.7m0.46%	0.46%	Added +284.9k	+284,900 873.9%
68	WOLFSPEED INC NOTE 2.5% 6/15/31 · principal WOLF 2.5 06.15.31 144A · principal	WOLF 2.5 06.15.31 144A	7,277,000	$28.6m0.46%	0.46%	Added +228.0k	+228,000 3.2%
69	BOOKING HOLDINGS INC COM BKNG	BKNG	158,000	$28.2m0.45%	0.45%	Reduced -25.0k	-25,000 -13.7%
70	WOLFSPEED INC NOTE 6/15/2031 · principal WOLF 7 06.15.31 · principal	WOLF 7 06.15.31	30,000,000	$27.2m0.44%	0.44%	Added +8.0m	+8,000,001 36.4%
71	VIASAT INC COM VSAT	VSAT	300,000	$26.9m0.43%	0.43%	Not comparable
72	CLEANSPARK INC NOTE 6/1 · principal CLSK 0 06.15.30 · principal	CLSK 0 06.15.30	20,000,000	$25.9m0.42%	0.42%	Unchanged
73	SNOWFLAKE INC CL A SNOW	SNOW	100,000	$25.4m0.41%	0.41%	Added +10.0k	+10,000 11.1%
74	A10 NETWORKS INC NOTE 2.750% 4/0 · principal ATEN 2.75 04.01.30 · principal	ATEN 2.75 04.01.30	15,000,000	$25.4m0.41%	0.41%	Not comparable
75	DAVITA INC COM DVA	DVA	113,098	$25.2m0.40%	0.40%	Added +79.7k	+79,698 238.6%
76	REALLOYS INC COM ALOY	ALOY	1,737,211	$25.1m0.40%	0.40%	Added +1.4m	+1,437,211 479.1%
77	ENVIRI CORP COM NVRI	NVRI	1,111,760	$24.4m0.39%	0.39%	Not comparable
78	QUANTINUUM INC CL A COM QNT	QNT	297,800	$24.3m0.39%	0.39%	Not comparable
79	INVITATION HOMES INC COM INVH	INVH	799,099	$24.1m0.39%	0.39%	Added +229.2k	+229,216 40.2%
80	NVENT ELECTRIC PLC SHS NVT	NVT	140,000	$23.7m0.38%	0.38%	Not comparable
81	MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL COM MGM	MGM	493,050	$23.6m0.38%	0.38%	Not comparable
82	CVS HEALTH CORP COM CVS	CVS	226,036	$23.4m0.38%	0.38%	Added +146.0k	+146,016 182.5%
83	IDEX CORP COM IEX	IEX	100,000	$22.7m0.36%	0.36%	Added +45.0k	+45,000 81.8%
84	UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC COM UBER	UBER	300,000	$21.6m0.35%	0.35%	Added +100.0k	+100,000 50.0%
85	MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC COM NEW MSI	MSI	50,000	$20.8m0.33%	0.33%	Not comparable
86	CLEANSPARK INC FIXED INCOME · principal CLSK 0 02.15.32 · principal	CLSK 0 02.15.32	20,000,000	$20.2m0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -5.0m	-5,000,000 -20.0%
87	HUMANA INC COM HUM	HUM	50,356	$20.0m0.32%	0.32%	Not comparable
88	BLACKLINE INC NOTE 1.000% 6/0 · principal BL 1 06.01.29 · principal	BL 1 06.01.29	21,500,000	$19.8m0.32%	0.32%	Not comparable
89	DRAFTKINGS INC NEW COM CL A DKNG	DKNG	779,805	$19.7m0.32%	0.32%	Not comparable
90	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP COM PH	PH	20,000	$19.6m0.31%	0.31%	Reduced -2.5k	-2,500 -11.1%
91	COMMSCOPE HLDG CO INC COM VISN	VISN	1,500,000	$19.2m0.31%	0.31%	Not comparable
92	WINNEBAGO INDS INC NOTE 3.250% 1/1 · principal WGO 3.25 01.15.30 · principal	WGO 3.25 01.15.30	20,000,000	$18.6m0.30%	0.30%	Unchanged
93	UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP COM UAMY	UAMY	2,529,250	$18.4m0.29%	0.29%	Not comparable
94	IMMUNOCORE HLDGS PLC NOTE 2.500% 2/0 · principal IMCR 2.5 02.01.30 · principal	IMCR 2.5 02.01.30	20,000,000	$18.3m0.29%	0.29%	Unchanged
95	JAMES HARDIE INDS PLC ORD SHS JHX	JHX	675,000	$17.7m0.28%	0.28%	Reduced -375.0k	-375,000 -35.7%
96	DROPBOX INC NOTE 3/0 · principal DBX 0 03.01.28 · principal	DBX 0 03.01.28	17,500,000	$17.7m0.28%	0.28%	Not comparable
97	POST HLDGS INC NOTE 2.500% 8/1 · principal POST 2.5 08.15.27 · principal	POST 2.5 08.15.27	17,000,000	$17.6m0.28%	0.28%	Not comparable
98	CENCORA INC COM COR	COR	62,100	$17.6m0.28%	0.28%	Not comparable
99	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD COM KOS	KOS	8,000,323	$16.9m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -419.7k	-419,663 -5.0%
100	ANGEL OAK MORTGAGE REIT INC COM AOMR	AOMR	1,858,320	$16.9m0.27%	0.27%	Reduced -1.8m	-1,794,353 -49.1%

Options (notional value)

Underlying	Ticker	Type	Shares controlled	Notional	Change
ISHARES TR IWM · Put	IWM	Put	2,920,000	$877.3m2.9m shares	Added
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR SPY · Put	SPY	Put	693,500	$517.9m693.5k shares	Reduced
INVESCO QQQ TR QQQ · Put	QQQ	Put	450,000	$331.4m450.0k shares	Reduced
ISHARES TR HYG · Put	HYG	Put	2,500,000	$199.9m2.5m shares	Added
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC CBRS · Call	CBRS	Call	400,000	$88.4m400.0k shares	Not comparable
ISHARES TR TLT · Put	TLT	Put	1,000,000	$86.4m1.0m shares	Added
INVITATION HOMES INC INVH · Call	INVH	Call	1,250,000	$37.8m1.2m shares	Unchanged
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP SPCX · Put	SPCX	Put	100,000	$17.1m100.0k shares	Not comparable
CENTENE CORP DEL CNC · Put	CNC	Put	240,000	$15.4m240.0k shares	Not comparable
ROCKET COS INC RKT · Put	RKT	Put	700,000	$11.0m700.0k shares	Not comparable

Stakes above 5%

Companies where this manager has reported owning more than 5% of a class of shares, on Schedule 13D (may seek influence) or 13G (passive): its latest filing for each, from 19 Dec 2024 on.

Company	Ticker	Stake	Change	Schedule	Last filed
KLOTHO NEUROSCIENCES INC GRMLW · 13G · filed 2026-09-02	GRMLW	8.3%	new	13G	2026-09-02
INSPIRA TECHNOLOGIES OXY BHN QTEX · 13G · filed 2026-08-27	QTEX	7.5%≈ $4.3m	new	13G	2026-08-27
LIVEPERSON INC 13G · filed 2025-09-19		7.0%	new	13G	2025-09-19
LIVEPERSON INC LPSN · 13G · filed 2026-02-17	LPSN	5.8%≈ $1.3m		13G	2026-02-17
POWERBANK CORP PBK · 13G · filed 2026-07-07	PBK	5.7%≈ $2.0m	new	13G	2026-07-07
FREECAST INC CAST · 13G · filed 2026-07-08	CAST	5.5%≈ $12.4m	new	13G	2026-07-08