Case file · CIK 0001006438

Appaloosa LP

Macro and technology positioning with useful disclosure signal.

David TepperFounder
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Appaloosa LP

Historical tagDistressed debtWatch forRecovery optionalityUse caseCyclical stress readData layerSEC 13F

Legend case note

David Tepper's Appaloosa is a distressed-debt mindset expressed through public equities.

Tepper's edge historically came from buying when balance sheets, policy support, and market panic created asymmetric recovery setups.

Why he matters

Tepper built Appaloosa around distressed and event-driven opportunities. In public equities, that often means looking for upside where the market has already priced a lot of bad news.

How to read it

The 13F is useful when Appaloosa rotates into cyclical or financial exposures that signal a changing recovery view.

What to watch

Watch for concentrated positions after drawdowns, policy-sensitive sectors, and capital structures that could benefit from refinancing or recovery.

Smart Money VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

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Velocity + theme concentration

Score blends filing growth, concentration, theme purity, call exposure, and filing history.

13F value

$5MQ4 2015, latest public filing

Growth since first filing

0.55x$9.1M$5M

Reporting lag13F filings arrive after the quarter ends. The page shows a delayed public snapshot, not live positions.

45dQuarter-end snapshot, not live positions
Public Disclosure Proxy Return

This is not actual fund performance. Returns and rankings use public disclosures after they become visible, not private NAV or live trading.

Disclosure workflow

How to read this page

Every number is anchored to a public quarterly filing. The report date is the portfolio snapshot; the filing date is when the market could actually see it.

Report quarterQ4 2015Public filing date2016-02-12Ranking startsafter public filingRanking gate70% price coverageCoverage is the share of eligible public holdings that can be mapped to a ticker and priced. Debt, internal funds, and non-priced lines are excluded from the denominator.

Public holdings

Q4 2015 exposure map

5213F lines
HoldingThemeTypeValue%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRSPY · 3,000,000 underlying sharesOtherCALL$611.7K12.2%
GENERAL MTRS COGM · 12,585,294 sharesOtherSH$428K8.5%
ALPHABET INCGOOG · 536,150 sharesConsumerSH$406.9K8.1%
DELTA AIR LINES INC DELDAL · 7,323,415 sharesOtherSH$371.2K7.4%
HCA HOLDINGS INC40412C101 · 4,537,063 sharesOtherSH$306.8K6.1%
WHIRLPOOL CORPPOOL · 1,614,903 sharesOtherSH$237.2K4.7%
SOUTHWEST AIRLS CO844741108 · 4,292,484 sharesOtherSH$184.8K3.7%
ALLSTATE CORPALL · 2,920,987 sharesOtherSH$181.4K3.6%
ENERGY TRANSFER PRTNRS L PET · 5,143,082 sharesPowerSH$173.5K3.5%
OWENS CORNING NEWOC · 3,359,738 sharesOtherSH$158K3.2%
KINDER MORGAN INC DELKMI · 9,445,321 sharesOtherSH$140.9K2.8%
PRICELINE GRP INC741503403 · 110,010 sharesOtherSH$140.3K2.8%
APPLE INCAAPL · 1,264,000 sharesOtherSH$133K2.7%
ABENGOA YIELD PLCG00349103 · 6,303,713 sharesOtherSH$121.6K2.4%
HD SUPPLY HLDGS INC40416M105 · 3,201,595 sharesOtherSH$96.1K1.9%
TERRAFORM PWR INC88104R100 · 7,600,000 sharesOtherSH$95.6K1.9%
HUNTSMAN CORPHUN · 8,037,950 sharesOtherSH$91.4K1.8%
PFIZER INCPFE · 2,412,250 sharesOtherSH$77.9K1.6%
PPG INDS INC693506107 · 751,154 sharesOtherSH$74.2K1.5%
ALPS ETF TR00162Q866 · 5,925,778 sharesOtherSH$71.4K1.4%
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBR CO382550101 · 2,139,050 sharesOtherSH$69.9K1.4%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VNXPI · 800,000 sharesSemisSH$67.4K1.3%
WILLIAMS PARTNERS L P NEWUSDP · 2,372,159 sharesOtherSH$66.1K1.3%
INGERSOLL-RAND PLCIR · 1,043,967 sharesOtherSH$57.7K1.2%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CHPE · 3,660,641 sharesOtherSH$55.6K1.1%
UNITED RENTALS INCURI · 766,046 sharesOtherSH$55.6K1.1%
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V167250109 · 1,391,088 sharesOtherSH$54.2K1.1%
EASTMAN CHEM COEMN · 700,333 sharesOtherSH$47.3K0.94%
ALLERGAN PLCG0177J108 · 150,000 sharesOtherSH$46.9K0.93%
MYLAN N VN59465109 · 853,749 sharesOtherSH$46.2K0.92%
WMIH CORP92936P100 · 16,902,465 sharesOtherSH$43.8K0.87%
RANGE RES CORPRRC · 1,606,452 sharesOtherSH$39.5K0.79%
TRIUMPH GROUP INC NEWTFIN · 897,061 sharesOtherSH$35.7K0.71%
UNITED CONTL HLDGS INCUAL · 600,985 sharesOtherSH$34.4K0.69%
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO845467109 · 4,383,752 sharesPowerSH$31.2K0.62%
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYS INC NEWCYH · 1,000,000 sharesOtherSH$26.5K0.53%
CABOT OIL & GAS CORP127097103 · 1,388,466 sharesPowerSH$24.6K0.49%
FREEPORT-MCMORAN INCFCX · 3,557,460 sharesOtherSH$24.1K0.48%
KAYNE ANDERSON MLP INVT CO486606106 · 1,010,040 sharesOtherSH$17.5K0.35%
EQT CORPEQT · 319,823 sharesPowerSH$16.7K0.33%
EAGLE MATERIALS INCEXP · 215,133 sharesOtherSH$13K0.26%
ANTERO RES CORPAR · 557,465 sharesOtherSH$12.2K0.24%
TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L PTK · 1,000,000 sharesOtherSH$6.5K0.13%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRSPY · 22,854 sharesOtherSH$4.7K0.09%
GENERAL MTRS COGM · 190,011 sharesOtherSH$4.6K0.09%
TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L PTK · 250,000 sharesOtherSH$3.3K0.07%
GENERAL MTRS COGM · 190,011 sharesOtherSH$3.1K0.06%
TORTOISE ENERGY INFRSTRCTR C89147L100 · 47,105 sharesPowerSH$1.3K0.03%
CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MLP FD IN184692101 · 78,328 sharesPowerSH$1.2K0.02%
NRG YIELD INC62942X306 · 66,190 sharesOtherSH$9210.02%
NRG YIELD INC62942X405 · 51,989 sharesOtherSH$7670.02%
KINDER MORGAN INC DELKMI · 1,500,000 sharesOtherSH$900.00%

Quarter tape

Reported 13F value

SEC EDGAR
Q1 2014$9.1MQ2 2014$7.1MQ3 2014$6.8MQ4 2014$4MQ1 2015$5.7MQ2 2015$4MQ3 2015$2.9MQ4 2015$5M

Signal breakdown

Why this matters

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VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

13F value is 0.55x the first tracked filing.

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ConcentrationPurity describes how much of the portfolio is concentrated in one inferred theme. It is useful when a manager is expressing a very specific thesis.

Top ten public lines are 61.0% of the latest report.

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Holdings

52 reportable lines in the latest public filing.

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History

8 tracked quarterly 13F reports in the database or seed layer.

Publisher mode

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Evidence layer

What is public, what is inferred

Public SEC data

13F reports disclose long reportable U.S. securities and long put/call options. They do not show cash, private stakes, shorts, written options, or current live holdings.

Inferred theme

Theme tags are deterministic product analysis from issuer, CUSIP, option type, and keyword rules. They are not SEC labels.

Daily automation

Vercel Cron calls the EDGAR ingestion endpoint every day and records per-manager ingestion results.