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Cliff Asness AQR Capital Management

AUM $287B
1-Year Est. Return 42.33%
 

Cliff Asness is a co-founder of AQR Capital Management, a leading quantitative investment firm spanning equities, alternatives, and factor strategies. He is known for academic-informed research on value, momentum, and other systematic premia, as well as candid market commentary. Asness’s work bridges academic finance and large-scale institutional portfolio management.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+1.48%
1 Year Est. Return
+42.33%
3 Year Est. Return
+119.89%
5 Year Est. Return
+147.33%
10 Year Est. Return
+543.74%
AUM
$218B
AUM Growth
+$27.7B
Cap. Flow
+$35.3B
Cap. Flow %
16.16%
Top 10 Hldgs %
11.23%
Holding
3,840
New
278
Increased
2,380
Reduced
985
Closed
101

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$1.58B
2
NVDA icon
NVIDIA
NVDA
+$1.08B
3
COST icon
Costco
COST
+$680M
4
BKNG icon
Booking.com
BKNG
+$647M
5
AVGO icon
Broadcom
AVGO
+$559M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
TEAM icon
Atlassian
TEAM
+$355M
2
WMT icon
Walmart Inc
WMT
+$348M
3
ZM icon
Zoom
ZM
+$321M
4
MRK icon
Merck
MRK
+$303M
5
LYFT icon
Lyft
LYFT
+$250M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 22.29%
2 Financials 14.55%
3 Industrials 13.75%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.6%
5 Healthcare 11.26%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
UTI icon
3251
Universal Technical Institute
UTI
$1.21B
$401K ﹤0.01%
11,104
+1,508
+16% +$47.6K
HTRB icon
3252
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF
HTRB
$2.23B
$400K ﹤0.01%
11,864
– –
RTO icon
3253
Rentokil
RTO
$12B
$400K ﹤0.01%
+12,973
New +$409K
PFFD icon
3254
Global X US Preferred ETF
PFFD
$2.15B
$400K ﹤0.01%
21,726
– –
EVH icon
3255
Evolent Health
EVH
$534M
$397K ﹤0.01%
174,006
-15,505
-8% -$49.2K
KRMN
3256
Karman Holdings
KRMN
$6.81B
$396K ﹤0.01%
+4,941
New +$477K
FENY icon
3257
Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF
FENY
$2.13B
$395K ﹤0.01%
+11,621
New +$346K
VRDN icon
3258
Viridian Therapeutics
VRDN
$2.72B
$395K ﹤0.01%
+20,208
New +$600K
PCYO icon
3259
Pure Cycle
PCYO
$280M
$393K ﹤0.01%
39,099
+19,092
+95% +$207K
ACTG icon
3260
Acacia Research
ACTG
$440M
$393K ﹤0.01%
81,708
+28,846
+55% +$122K
AVR
3261
Anteris Technologies
AVR
$858M
$393K ﹤0.01%
70,774
+48,818
+222% +$280K
VGSR icon
3262
Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF
VGSR
$544M
$392K ﹤0.01%
37,989
-2,595
-6% -$27.9K
XNTK icon
3263
State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF
XNTK
$1.96B
$392K ﹤0.01%
1,536
– –
CBNK icon
3264
Capital Bancorp
CBNK
$596M
$392K ﹤0.01%
13,168
-1,421
-10% -$42.5K
DFJ icon
3265
WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund
DFJ
$400M
$390K ﹤0.01%
+3,825
New +$397K
EES icon
3266
WisdomTree US SmallCap Earnings Fund
EES
$720M
$390K ﹤0.01%
6,720
+3,170
+89% +$187K
VKTX icon
3267
Viking Therapeutics
VKTX
$3.88B
$390K ﹤0.01%
+12,172
New +$391K
MESO
3268
Mesoblast
MESO
$2.16B
$390K ﹤0.01%
25,344
+129
+0.5% +$2.15K
BIZD icon
3269
VanEck BDC Income ETF
BIZD
$1.71B
$389K ﹤0.01%
+31,100
New +$419K
EFSI
3270
Eagle Financial Services Inc
EFSI
$227M
$389K ﹤0.01%
11,107
-4,113
-27% -$152K
DBJP icon
3271
Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF
DBJP
$699M
$389K ﹤0.01%
3,846
-706
-16% -$72.1K
BTT icon
3272
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust
BTT
$1.43B
$388K ﹤0.01%
17,114
-1,425
-8% -$32.4K
SPIB icon
3273
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF
SPIB
$11.6B
$388K ﹤0.01%
+11,574
New +$391K
ATYR
3274
aTyr Pharma
ATYR
$52M
$387K ﹤0.01%
496,018
-273,802
-36% -$231K
QVAL icon
3275
Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF
QVAL
$633M
$386K ﹤0.01%
7,410
+180
+2% +$9.35K
129 130
131
132 133

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Cliff Asness's Q1 2026 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2026, Cliff Asness held 3,840 positions worth $218B, up 15% from $191B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 11% of the portfolio.

Cliff Asness deployed $35.3B of net new capital in Q1 2026, opening 278 new positions and adding to 2,380 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Versant Media Group: 5,801,568 shares worth $211M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 22% of assets, down from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Industrials.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Atlassian, an estimated $355M trimmed.

  • Cliff Asness's largest Q1 2026 buy was Versant Media Group: 5,801,568 shares worth $211M.
  • Cliff Asness added most to Microsoft in Q1 2026, an estimated $1.58B increase.
  • Cliff Asness's biggest Q1 2026 reduction was Atlassian, cutting an estimated $355M.
  • Cliff Asness fully exited Exact Sciences in Q1 2026, selling an estimated $226M.
  • Cliff Asness's ten largest holdings make up 11% of its $218B portfolio in Q1 2026.
  • Cliff Asness opened 278 new positions and closed 101 in Q1 2026.
  • Cliff Asness's portfolio value rose 15% quarter-over-quarter to $218B.

Based on AQR Capital Management's 13F filing for Q1 2026, filed 15 May 2026.