Head-to-head comparison

Bill Ackman vs Chuck Akre

Bill Ackman

Pershing Square Capital

Q8/10

"Concentrated bets on high-quality businesses with activist catalysts."

8 positionsSince 2004

Chuck Akre

Akre Capital Management

Q9/10

"The three-legged stool: great business, great management, great reinvestment."

6 positionsSince 1989

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Recent moves — Q2 2026

Latest quarter activity for each manager.

No tracked moves for Bill this quarter.

Chuck Akre

NOWADD +14%
CSGPADD +13%
ORLYREDUCE -44%
ABNBREDUCE -42%
AMTREDUCE -42%
VREDUCE -32%
BNREDUCE -29%
KKRREDUCE -26%
BRK.BREDUCE -21%
MAREDUCE -13%
MCOREDUCE -7%
ROPREDUCE -6%

Data sourced from 13F filings with the SEC. Overlap in top positions is a concrete consensus signal, not investment advice.

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Benjamin Graham

The Intelligent Investor

The foundational text. Buffett calls it 'by far the best book about investing ever written.'

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Benjamin Graham & David Dodd

Security Analysis

The deep dive behind The Intelligent Investor — how to actually read a filing and value a business.

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