Empyrean Capital Partners, LP

In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 14, 2026), Empyrean Capital Partners, LP reported 94 stock positions worth $2.6 billion. Its top holding was Viasat (VSAT) at 6.7% of the portfolio, followed by Aercap (AER, 5.0%) and British American Tob-SP ADR (BTI, 4.5%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 24 new positions, sold out of 36, added to 11 and reduced 28. The biggest buy was Viasat (VSAT, shares +71%) and the biggest sale an exit from Vistance Networks (VISN).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
LOS ANGELES, CA
CIK
0001317195
Portfolio Value
$2.6B (Q2 2026)
SEC Filing
0001317195-26-000003 ↗ filed Aug 14, 2026

Holdings Value

0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B Q1 2024: $1.5B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.5B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.6B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.8B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.7B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.9B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $2.2B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.7B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.8B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.6B $2.6B Q2 2026

Holdings 94 stocks · $2.6B

VSAT Viasat Inc. 6.66% 1,942,000 $174.4M Add +70.7%
AER Aercap Holdings NV 5.01% 900,000 $131.2M Reduce -10.0%
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR 4.54% 1,925,000 $118.9M No change
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp. 3.86% 395,600 $101.1M Reduce -0.6%
ENVA Enova International Inc. 3.59% 391,000 $94.1M Reduce -0.8%
AAMI Acadian Asset Management Inc. 3.57% 1,308,000 $93.5M Reduce -0.0%
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. 3.36% 279,800 $88.0M Reduce -11.8%
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 2.93% 282,200 $76.8M Add +18.4%
NMRK Newmark Group Inc. Class A 2.52% 4,360,150 $65.9M No change
BXDC Blackstone Digital Infrastru 2.46% 2,985,000 $64.6M New
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. 2.44% 540,000 $63.9M Add +64.5%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 2.30% 300,000 $60.2M Add +87.5%
CCXI Churchill Capital Corp. Class A 2.10% 3,150,000 $55.0M New
SGI Somnigroup International Inc. 1.89% 632,000 $49.5M New
WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 1.81% 1,783,087 $47.5M Reduce -31.0%
TXNM TXNM Energy Inc. 1.76% 812,554 $46.1M Reduce -43.7%
SHEL Shell PLC-ADR 1.73% 583,688 $45.3M Reduce -48.9%
ROKU Roku Inc. 1.69% 320,000 $44.2M New
VTOL Bristow Group Inc. 1.68% 1,067,500 $44.1M Reduce -8.8%
CAH Cardinal Health Inc. 1.67% 184,200 $43.8M Reduce -25.7%
BCSS Bain Capital GSS Inv- A 1.56% 3,990,000 $41.0M No change
WAT Waters Corp. 1.51% 105,500 $39.6M Add +14.7%
ASH Ashland Inc. 1.36% 542,000 $35.7M No change
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 1.26% 1,732,000 $33.1M No change
EA Electronic Arts Inc. 1.19% 152,000 $31.2M Reduce -33.0%
NNI Nelnet Inc. Class A 1.18% 231,000 $30.8M No change
LBRDK Liberty Broadband-C 1.17% 920,781 $30.6M No change
CXIIU Churchill Capital Corp. Xii 1.11% 2,700,000 $29.2M New
QRVO Qorvo Inc. 1.10% 309,000 $28.8M No change
CCIX Churchill Capital Corp. Ix 1.09% 2,633,582 $28.7M No change
AESI Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. 1.03% 1,618,000 $26.9M New
PEN Penumbra Inc. 1.02% 85,000 $26.8M No change
KBON Karbon Capital Partners Class A 1.02% 2,632,752 $26.6M No change
PSX Phillips 66 0.97% 149,600 $25.3M Reduce -36.7%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A 0.96% 181,298 $25.2M Reduce -70.1%
FVAV Fortress Value Acquis V Class A 0.96% 2,475,000 $25.0M No change
WULF Terawulf Inc. 0.83% 882,000 $21.8M New
UNF Unifirst Corp. 0.82% 81,000 $21.4M No change
GCGRU General Catalyst Global Resi 0.79% 2,000,000 $20.6M New
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. 0.78% 187,200 $20.5M No change
SIRI Sirius XM Holdings Inc. 0.78% 692,775 $20.5M No change
B Barrick Mining Corp. 0.77% 550,000 $20.2M Reduce -17.6%
MTAL Metals Acquisition II Class A 0.77% 1,980,000 $20.1M No change
HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc. 0.76% 90,001 $19.9M New
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging SA 0.72% 4,000,000 $19.0M No change
ALGT Allegiant Travel Co. 0.72% 161,071 $18.9M New
LBRDA Liberty Broadband-A 0.64% 500,000 $16.6M No change
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR 0.61% 435,000 $16.1M Add +97.7%
CPT Camden Property Trust 0.60% 137,000 $15.7M Add +45.7%
FWONK Liberty Media Corp. Class C 0.60% 164,000 $15.6M New
GTEN Gores Holdings X Inc. Class A 0.59% 1,475,000 $15.4M No change
INVH Invitation Homes Inc. 0.58% 503,000 $15.2M Add +30.6%
IEAG Infinite Eagle Class-A 0.58% 1,499,000 $15.2M New
AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc. 0.58% 80,000 $15.1M Add +37.9%
LLYVK Liberty Live Holdings Class C 0.54% 134,300 $14.2M No change
RVMD Revolution Medicines Inc. 0.54% 75,400 $14.1M Reduce -26.4%
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. 0.54% 677,000 $14.1M Reduce -19.4%
NG Novagold Resources Inc. 0.53% 2,313,300 $13.8M Reduce -14.3%
OIM Oneim Acquisition Class-A 0.52% 1,358,140 $13.7M New
TFX Teleflex Inc. 0.52% 107,000 $13.6M New
DK Delek US Holdings Inc. 0.51% 265,287 $13.5M Add +27.1%
SBGI Sinclair Inc. 0.51% 944,493 $13.5M Reduce -9.6%
AEXA American Exceptionalism Class A 0.50% 1,100,000 $13.0M Reduce -10.6%
CTRI Centuri Holdings Inc. 0.48% 414,080 $12.5M Add +4.3%
ECHO Echostar Corp. Class A 0.46% 119,000 $12.1M Reduce -47.8%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 0.44% 337,000 $11.5M Reduce -83.6%
TRIP Tripadvisor Inc. 0.43% 827,000 $11.3M New
CLBR Colombier Acq III Class A 0.39% 1,000,000 $10.3M No change
SNAP Snap Inc. Class A 0.39% 2,300,000 $10.2M Reduce -58.2%
OACC Oaktree Acquisition Corp. I-A 0.37% 900,000 $9.6M No change
ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat 0.36% 883,751 $9.4M No change
TDS Telephone and Data Systems 0.35% 245,000 $9.1M Reduce -18.3%
LION Lionsgate Studios Corp. 0.29% 494,000 $7.6M New
LLYVA Liberty Live Holdings Class A 0.28% 72,250 $7.3M No change
OPTU Optimum Communications Inc. Class A 0.24% 14,039,012 $6.4M Reduce -42.9%
EQT Eqt Corp. 0.22% 110,400 $5.9M No change
DVN Devon Energy Corp. 0.21% 134,400 $5.6M New
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. 0.19% 104,900 $5.1M Reduce -32.7%
VG Venture Global Inc. Class A 0.19% 451,000 $5.0M Reduce -45.7%
TDAY USA Today Co. Inc. 0.16% 500,000 $4.3M New
RRC Range Resources Corp. 0.14% 101,300 $3.8M No change
AR Antero Resources Corp. 0.14% 101,400 $3.6M No change
EXE Expand Energy Corp. 0.12% 34,500 $3.1M No change
SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Ref 0.12% 237,000 $3.1M New
INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc. 0.11% 30,000 $2.8M New
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A 0.11% 91,000 $2.8M No change
PUMP Propetro Holding Corp. 0.10% 188,500 $2.7M New
ACIC American Coastal Insurance C 0.10% 230,877 $2.6M Reduce -79.5%
CC The Chemours Co. 0.10% 124,000 $2.5M New
UWMC Uwm Holdings Corp. 0.07% 815,000 $1.9M New
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 0.07% 118,900 $1.8M No change
VIR Vir Biotechnology Inc. 0.04% 114,000 $1.2M Reduce -78.4%
REA Rare Earths Americas Inc. 0.02% 30,000 $458K New
THM Intl Tower Hill Mines Ltd. filed as INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MIN 0.01% 90,000 $179K No change

Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($65.3M), IWM puts ($54.1M), QQQ puts ($33.1M), SMH puts ($32.8M).

Other holdings (24): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $222.1M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ANIP 2.25 09/01/29) NOTE 2.250% 9/0 · principal 23,000,000$29.7MReduce -2.1%
PAGERDUTY INC. (PD 1.5 10/15/28 *) NOTE 1.500%10/1 · principal 29,850,000$28.0MReduce -8.0%
AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICAL (AMPH 2 03/15/29) NOTE 2.000% 3/1 · principal 24,265,000$22.0MAdd +19.7%
DOORDASH INC (DASH 0 05/15/30) NOTE 5/1 · principal 20,500,000$20.3MNew
CHEESECAKE FACTORY (THE) (CAKE 2 03/15/30) NOTE 2.000% 3/1 · principal 15,500,000$19.7MNo change
CLOUDFLARE INC (NET 0 06/15/30) NOTE 6/1 · principal 14,756,000$18.8MNew
RIVIAN AUTO INC (RIVN 4.625 03/15/29) NOTE 4.625% 3/1 · principal 15,000,000$17.7MNew
TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC (TNDM 1.5 03/15/29 2024) NOTE 1.500% 3/1 · principal 18,500,000$17.7MNew
SITIME (SITM 0 06/15/31) NOTE 6/1 · principal 15,000,000$16.6MNew
ITRON INC (ITRI 1.375 07/15/30) NOTE 1.375% 7/1 · principal 9,162,000$9.2MAdd +46.6%
ETSY INC (ETSY 1 06/15/30) NOTE 1.000% 6/1 · principal 5,000,000$5.8MNew
INFQ.WS Churchill Capital Corp. X *W EXP 02/17/203 762,500$5.2MNo change
ALARM.COM HLDGS INC (ALRM 2.25 06/01/29) NOTE 2.250% 6/0 · principal 5,000,000$4.7MNew
CCXIW Churchill Capital Corp. Xi *W EXP 12/10/203 350,000$2.6MNew
MGP INGREDIENTS INC (MGPI 1.875 11/15/41) NOTE 1.875%11/1 · principal 1,500,000$1.5MNew
MTAL.WS Metals Acquisition Corp. II *W EXP 06/30/203 660,000$726KAdd +0.1%
BCSS.WS Bain Capital GSS Investment *W EXP 01/01/202 798,000$543KNo change
KBONW Karbon Capital Partners Corp. *W EXP 12/11/203 658,188$494KNo change
CCIXW Churchill Capital Corp. I-29 *W EXP 03/31/203 440,000$343KNo change
IEAGR Infinite Eagle Acquis-Rights RIGHT 01/13/2031 1,499,000$292KNo change
OIMAW Oneim Acquisition - 30 *W EXP 01/07/203 226,356$181KNew
CLBR.WS Colombier Acquisition - 31 *W EXP 12/31/203 125,000$100KNo change
COCHW Envoy Medical Inc.-CW27 *W EXP 09/29/202 75,000$4KNo change
BENFW Beneficient Co. Group -28 *W EXP 06/07/202 100,000$1KNo change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.8B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

VISN Vistance Networks Inc. Sold out 0.00% −2.42
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Class A Reduce -70.1% 0.96% −2.27
SHEL Shell PLC-ADR Reduce -48.9% 1.73% −2.05
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. Reduce -83.6% 0.44% −1.58
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −1.37
FOXA Fox Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −1.29
CCXIU Churchill Capital Corp. Xi Sold out 0.00% −1.28
TXNM TXNM Energy Inc. Reduce -43.7% 1.76% −1.24
PPLI People Inc. Sold out 0.00% −1.17
RIG Transocean Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −1.08
MCW Mister Car Wash Inc. Sold out 0.00% −1.05
OPTU Optimum Communications Inc. Class A Reduce -42.9% 0.24% −0.89
RAC Rithm Acquisition Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.83
NN Nextnav Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.82
IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa Sold out 0.00% −0.81
WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. Reduce -31.0% 1.81% −0.71
KPET.U Kpet Ultra Paceline Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.64
SBAC SBA Communications Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.62
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding Sold out 0.00% −0.61
PSX Phillips 66 Reduce -36.7% 0.97% −0.57
SNAP Snap Inc. Class A Reduce -58.2% 0.39% −0.51
VSNT Versant Media Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.51
ECHO Echostar Corp. Class A Reduce -47.8% 0.46% −0.49
OIMAU Oneim Acquisition Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.49
EA Electronic Arts Inc. Reduce -33.0% 1.19% −0.46
LBRT Liberty Energy Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.41
DSAC Daedalus Special Acquis Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.40
GLIBK Liberty Capital Corp. Class C Sold out 0.00% −0.39
HCICU Hennessy Capital Investment Sold out 0.00% −0.36
ACIC American Coastal Insurance C Reduce -79.5% 0.10% −0.35
VHCPU Vine Hill Capital Investment Sold out 0.00% −0.34
NG Novagold Resources Inc. Reduce -14.3% 0.53% −0.34
CCI Crown Castle Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.31
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. Reduce -19.4% 0.54% −0.30
HNRG Hallador Energy Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.29
VG Venture Global Inc. Class A Reduce -45.7% 0.19% −0.27
VTOL Bristow Group Inc. Reduce -8.8% 1.68% −0.27
CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.24
APA Apa Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.21
VCIC Vine Hill Capital Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.21
B Barrick Mining Corp. Reduce -17.6% 0.77% −0.20
CAH Cardinal Health Inc. Reduce -25.7% 1.67% −0.19
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. Reduce -32.7% 0.19% −0.17
GLIBA Liberty Capital Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
VIR Vir Biotechnology Inc. Reduce -78.4% 0.04% −0.12
CRC California Resources Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.12
CEPS Cantor Equity Partners Vi -A Sold out 0.00% −0.11
FRNM Freenome Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.11
CEPF Cantor Equity Partners Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.11
TDS Telephone and Data Systems Reduce -18.3% 0.35% −0.10

Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

VSAT Viasat Inc. Add +70.7% 6.66% +4.80
BXDC Blackstone Digital Infrastru New 2.46% +2.46
CCXI Churchill Capital Corp. Class A New 2.10% +2.10
SGI Somnigroup International Inc. New 1.89% +1.89
ROKU Roku Inc. New 1.69% +1.69
COF Capital One Financial Corp. Add +87.5% 2.30% +1.26
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. Add +64.5% 2.44% +1.14
CXIIU Churchill Capital Corp. Xii New 1.11% +1.11
AESI Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. New 1.03% +1.03
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Add +18.4% 2.93% +0.87
WULF Terawulf Inc. New 0.83% +0.83
GCGRU General Catalyst Global Resi New 0.79% +0.79
HONA Honeywell Aerospace Inc. New 0.76% +0.76
ALGT Allegiant Travel Co. New 0.72% +0.72
FWONK Liberty Media Corp. Class C New 0.60% +0.60
IEAG Infinite Eagle Class-A New 0.58% +0.58
WAT Waters Corp. Add +14.7% 1.51% +0.54
OIM Oneim Acquisition Class-A New 0.52% +0.52
TFX Teleflex Inc. New 0.52% +0.52
TRIP Tripadvisor Inc. New 0.43% +0.43
LION Lionsgate Studios Corp. New 0.29% +0.29
CPT Camden Property Trust Add +45.7% 0.60% +0.27
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Add +97.7% 0.61% +0.25
INVH Invitation Homes Inc. Add +30.6% 0.58% +0.24
AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc. Add +37.9% 0.58% +0.24
DVN Devon Energy Corp. New 0.21% +0.21
DK Delek US Holdings Inc. Add +27.1% 0.51% +0.18
TDAY USA Today Co. Inc. New 0.16% +0.16
SSMR Sunshine Silver Mining & Ref New 0.12% +0.12
INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc. New 0.11% +0.11
PUMP Propetro Holding Corp. New 0.10% +0.10
CC The Chemours Co. New 0.10% +0.10
UWMC Uwm Holdings Corp. New 0.07% +0.07
CTRI Centuri Holdings Inc. Add +4.3% 0.48% +0.07
REA Rare Earths Americas Inc. New 0.02% +0.02

Options Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Reduce -16.7% 87,500 $65.3M
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF put New 180,000 $54.1M
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 put New 45,000 $33.1M
SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF put New 50,000 $32.8M

Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY (VSH 2.25 09/15/30) NOTE 2.250% 9/1 · principal Sold out 52,000,000 $49.8Mbefore exit
ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ANIP 2.25 09/01/29) NOTE 2.250% 9/0 · principal Reduce -2.1% 23,000,000 $29.7M
PAGERDUTY INC. (PD 1.5 10/15/28 *) NOTE 1.500%10/1 · principal Reduce -8.0% 29,850,000 $28.0M
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (ON 0.5 03/01/29) NOTE 0.500% 3/0 · principal Sold out 25,000,000 $24.5Mbefore exit
AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICAL (AMPH 2 03/15/29) NOTE 2.000% 3/1 · principal Add +19.7% 24,265,000 $22.0M
DOORDASH INC (DASH 0 05/15/30) NOTE 5/1 · principal New 20,500,000 $20.3M
CLOUDFLARE INC (NET 0 06/15/30) NOTE 6/1 · principal New 14,756,000 $18.8M
RIVIAN AUTO INC (RIVN 4.625 03/15/29) NOTE 4.625% 3/1 · principal New 15,000,000 $17.7M
TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC (TNDM 1.5 03/15/29 2024) NOTE 1.500% 3/1 · principal New 18,500,000 $17.7M
SITIME (SITM 0 06/15/31) NOTE 6/1 · principal New 15,000,000 $16.6M
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS CAYMEN (PENG 2 08/15/30) NOTE 2.000% 8/1 · principal Sold out 10,500,000 $10.5Mbefore exit
ITRON INC (ITRI 1.375 07/15/30) NOTE 1.375% 7/1 · principal Add +46.6% 9,162,000 $9.2M
ETSY INC (ETSY 1 06/15/30) NOTE 1.000% 6/1 · principal New 5,000,000 $5.8M
ALARM.COM HLDGS INC (ALRM 2.25 06/01/29) NOTE 2.250% 6/0 · principal New 5,000,000 $4.7M
ORACLE CORP (ORCL 6.5 01/15/29 D) 6.5 DEP CUM SR D Sold out 100,000 $4.5Mbefore exit
CCXIW Churchill Capital Corp. Xi *W EXP 12/10/203 New 350,000 $2.6M
MGP INGREDIENTS INC (MGPI 1.875 11/15/41) NOTE 1.875%11/1 · principal New 1,500,000 $1.5M
MTAL.WS Metals Acquisition Corp. II *W EXP 06/30/203 Add +0.1% 660,000 $726K
OIMAW Oneim Acquisition - 30 *W EXP 01/07/203 New 226,356 $181K
DSACW Daedalus Spec Acq -30 *W EXP 11/24/203 Sold out 283,000 $116Kbefore exit

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 94$2.6BVSAT, AER, BTI, MPC, ENVA
Q1 2026 107$2.8BAER, BTI, SHEL, MPC, NSC
Q4 2025 80$2.7BAER, SHEL, BTI, COF, PCG
Q3 2025 73$2.2BAER, SHEL, BTI, MPC, PCG
Q2 2025 57$1.9BAER, SHEL, HES, LBRDK, MPC
Q1 2025 43$1.7BHES, SHEL, AER, CVS, MPC
Q4 2024 52$1.8BHES, AER, SHEL, PCG, DFS
Q3 2024 51$1.6BHES, AER, SHEL, D, ALIT
Q2 2024 52$1.5BSHEL, AER, HES, ALIT, D
Q1 2024 43$1.5BPXD, AER, ALIT, HES, MPC