Mason Hawkins - Longleaf Partners Investment Strategy & Portfolio Analysis

How Longleaf Partners allocates capital, manages risk, and constructs its portfolio — based on SEC 13F filings.

As of Mar 31, 2026, Mason Hawkins's Longleaf Partners portfolio reflects a balanced investor approach across 45 reported 13F positions. Portfolio returns are led by Rayonier Inc. REIT (~11% of total exposure), with the top five holdings representing approximately 43% of reported value. The portfolio maintains structural breadth across 45 positions, with economic weighting tilted toward consumer cyclical companies and consumer defensive companies names. Exposure to high-growth and technology-oriented segments remains limited relative to peers, with performance instead anchored in durable, cash-generating businesses across consumer discretionary, consumer staples, and real estate. The portfolio exhibits low turnover, consistent with a buy-and-hold posture held through multiple reporting cycles. Distinctive traits include Long-Term Holder, Structurally Diversified.

Investment Style

Value, growth, quality, and behavioral classification from latest 13F holdings.

Balanced Investor

Primary type: Balanced Investor

Traits: Long-Term Holder, Structurally Diversified

Turnover profile

Moderate

Holding horizon

Long-Term

Portfolio Construction

Concentration and position sizing in the latest filing.

Portfolio construction is moderately concentrated: top three names represent 29.1% of assets, top five 43.5%, and the largest single position is 11.3%.

Top 3 weight

29.1%

Top 5 weight

43.5%

Top 10 weight

65.1%

Largest position

11.3%

Top holdings: Rayonier Inc. REIT, Mattel, Inc., IAC Inc., CNX Resources Corporation, Albertsons Companies, Inc. — view full holdings

Sector Preferences

Where capital is allocated by sector.

Capital is tilted toward Consumer Cyclical and Consumer Defensive, with 11 sectors represented in the latest filing.

Leading sectors: Consumer Cyclical, Consumer Defensive, Real Estate

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Risk Framework

Concentration, diversification, and turnover tolerance.

This investor accepts moderate single-name risk (largest position 11.3%, top ten 65.1%) and moderate economic diversification (HHI 0.03). Turnover tolerance maps to a moderate profile.

Largest position

11.3%

Top 10 weight

65.1%

Max sector

19.0%

Diversification

Moderate

Strategy Evolution

How the strategy changed between the two most recent filing periods.

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026

  • Position count decreased from 49 to 45 (-4 names).
  • Top-five concentration rose from 34.7% to 43.5%.
  • Largest holding changed from CNX Resources Corporation to Rayonier Inc. REIT.
  • Quarter-over-quarter portfolio weight turnover: 15.8%.

For trade-level changes, see the Activity page. View activity.

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