Head-to-head comparison

Bill Ackman vs Terry Smith

Bill Ackman

Pershing Square Capital

Q8/10

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

8 positionsSince 2004

Terry Smith

Fundsmith

Q9/10

"Buy good companies. Don't overpay. Do nothing."

6 positionsSince 2010

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Recent moves — Q2 2026

Latest quarter activity for each manager.

No tracked moves for Bill this quarter.

Terry Smith

MANEW
UBERNEW
TSMNEW
NFLXNEW
GEVNEW
APPNEW
NXTNEW
TJXNEW
VEEVNEW
YUMNEW
FICONEW
IDCCNEW
ORLYNEW
NSSCADD +58%
MANHADD +43%
BMIADD +23%
MTDEXIT
ZTSEXIT
OTISEXIT
QLYSEXIT

+ 19 more moves this quarter (showing the 20 highest-conviction)

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

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Reading for your research

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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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