Dmitry Balyasny Balyasny Asset Management
Dmitry Balyasny is the founder of Balyasny Asset Management, a major multi-strategy and multi-manager hedge fund platform. The firm allocates capital across fundamental equities, macro, quant, and other teams under a central risk framework. Balyasny’s platform is often cited alongside other leading pod-shop multi-strategy firms.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wells Fargo
WFC
|
+$172M |
| 2 |
Target
TGT
|
+$132M |
| 3 |
BNY
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
|
+$121M |
| 4 |
Zoetis
ZTS
|
+$109M |
| 5 |
COHR
Coherent Inc
COHR
|
+$105M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
|
+$239M |
| 2 |
Alibaba
BABA
|
+$153M |
| 3 |
PayPal
PYPL
|
+$141M |
| 4 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
+$128M |
| 5 |
Bank of America
BAC
|
+$121M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 14.58% |
| 2 | Financials | 13.64% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 11.27% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 11.16% |
| 5 | Industrials | 9.7% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001
CALL
PagSeguro Digital
PAGS
$2.38B
| – | – |
-10,000
| Closed | -$569K |
|
2002
Patrick Industries
PATK
$2.68B
| – | – |
-11,556
| Closed | -$527K |
|
2003
Pembina Pipeline
PBA
$28.3B
| – | – |
-90,736
| Closed | -$2.15M |
|
2004
PBF Energy
PBF
$8.72B
| – | – |
-1,253,768
| Closed | -$8.9M |
|
2005
Procter & Gamble
PG
$336B
| – | – |
-417,940
| Closed | -$54.5M |
|
2006
Piper Sandler
PIPR
$5.3B
| – | – |
-112,828
| Closed | -$2.85M |
|
|
PLYM
2007
DELISTED
Plymouth Industrial REIT
PLYM
| – | – |
-135,615
| Closed | -$2.03M |
|
2008
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
| – | – |
-519,610
| Closed | -$43M |
|
2009
Post Holdings
POST
$3.65B
| – | – |
-121,632
| Closed | -$8.04M |
|
2010
Porch Group
PRCH
$1.94B
| – | – |
-166,566
| Closed | -$2.38M |
|
2011
Primerica
PRI
$9.1B
| – | – |
-14,159
| Closed | -$1.9M |
|
2012
PUT
Protolabs
PRLB
$1.9B
| – | – |
-16,500
| Closed | -$2.53M |
|
2013
Prudential Financial
PRU
$41.8B
| – | – |
-59,318
| Closed | -$4.63M |
|
2014
Public Storage
PSA
$60.2B
| – | – |
-55,859
| Closed | -$12.9M |
|
2015
Parsons
PSN
$5.24B
| – | – |
-42,169
| Closed | -$1.53M |
|
|
P
2016
PUT
Everpure Inc
P
$36.1B
| – | – |
-175,000
| Closed | -$3.96M |
|
2017
Phillips 66
PSX
$96.9B
| – | – |
-348,097
| Closed | -$24.3M |
|
2018
Peloton Interactive
PTON
$2.37B
| – | – |
-32,992
| Closed | -$5.01M |
|
2019
PVH
PVH
$3.62B
| – | – |
-83,779
| Closed | -$7.87M |
|
|
2020
CALL
PayPal
PYPL
$52.7B
| – | – |
-92,500
| Closed | -$21.7M |
|
|
2021
PayPal
PYPL
$52.7B
| – | – |
-603,333
| Closed | -$141M |
|
2022
Qualys
QLYS
$6.3B
| – | – |
-106,156
| Closed | -$12.9M |
|
2023
CALL
Qorvo
QRVO
$8.43B
| – | – |
-35,000
| Closed | -$5.82M |
|
2024
CALL
Restaurant Brands International
QSR
$28.2B
| – | – |
-210,000
| Closed | -$12.8M |
|
2025
RB Global
RBA
$16.1B
| – | – |
-12,579
| Closed | -$875K |
|
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Dmitry Balyasny's Q1 2021 Portfolio in Review
As of Q1 2021, Dmitry Balyasny held 2,274 positions worth $20.3B, up 13% from $18B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 12% of the portfolio.
Dmitry Balyasny deployed $1.2B of net new capital in Q1 2021, opening 1,012 new positions and adding to 361 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Wells Fargo: 4,853,470 shares worth $190M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 15% of assets, down from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class A, an estimated $239M trimmed.
- Dmitry Balyasny's largest Q1 2021 buy was Wells Fargo: 4,853,470 shares worth $190M.
- Dmitry Balyasny added most to Target in Q1 2021, an estimated $132M increase.
- Dmitry Balyasny's biggest Q1 2021 reduction was Alphabet (Google) Class A, cutting an estimated $239M.
- Dmitry Balyasny fully exited PayPal in Q1 2021, selling an estimated $141M.
- Dmitry Balyasny's ten largest holdings make up 12% of its $20.3B portfolio in Q1 2021.
- Dmitry Balyasny opened 1,012 new positions and closed 569 in Q1 2021.
- Dmitry Balyasny's portfolio value rose 13% quarter-over-quarter to $20.3B.
Based on Balyasny Asset Management's 13F filing for Q1 2021, filed 17 May 2021.