Quincy Lee - Ancient Art (Teton Capital) Investment Strategy & Portfolio Analysis

How Ancient Art (Teton Capital) allocates capital, manages risk, and constructs its portfolio — based on SEC 13F filings.

As of Mar 31, 2026, Quincy Lee's Ancient Art (Teton Capital) portfolio reflects a highly concentrated, high-conviction approach across 15 reported 13F positions. Portfolio returns are primarily driven by a small set of high-conviction positions such as Interactive Brokers Group,, Upwork, and EchoStar, with the top five holdings accounting for approximately 73% of total exposure and Interactive Brokers Group, alone contributing ~19%. While the portfolio includes 15 positions, economic outcomes are highly concentrated in a narrow set of financials and technology names, indicating a meaningful divergence between structural diversification and return concentration. Exposure to high-growth and technology-oriented segments is moderate relative to peers, with performance instead anchored in durable, cash-generating businesses across financials, communication services, and consumer discretionary. The portfolio exhibits low turnover, consistent with a buy-and-hold posture held through multiple reporting cycles. Distinctive traits include Moderate Turnover, Moderately Concentrated, Economically Concentrated.

Investment Style

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

Highly Concentrated High Conviction

Primary type: High-Conviction Investor

Traits: Moderate Turnover, Moderately Concentrated, Economically Concentrated, Structurally Diversified

Turnover profile

Moderate

Holding horizon

Moderate

Portfolio Construction

Concentration and position sizing in the latest filing.

Portfolio construction is highly concentrated: top three names represent 48.6% of assets, top five 72.7%, and the largest single position is 19.5%.

Top 3 weight

48.6%

Top 5 weight

72.7%

Top 10 weight

93.3%

Largest position

19.5%

Top holdings: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Upwork Inc., EchoStar Corporation, MercadoLibre, Inc., Ally Financial Inc. — view full holdings

Sector Preferences

Where capital is allocated by sector.

Capital is tilted toward Financial Services and Technology, with 8 sectors represented in the latest filing.

Leading sectors: Financial Services, Technology, Communication Services

View full sector allocation

Risk Framework

Concentration, diversification, and turnover tolerance.

This investor accepts high single-name risk (largest position 19.5%, top ten 93.3%) and low economic diversification (HHI 0.06). Turnover tolerance maps to a moderate profile.

Largest position

19.5%

Top 10 weight

93.3%

Max sector

31.1%

Diversification

Low

Strategy Evolution

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

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026

  • Position count increased from 10 to 15 (+5 names).
  • Top-five concentration fell from 83.1% to 72.7%.
  • Dominant sector mix shifted from Financial Services, Communication Services to Financial Services, Technology.
  • Quarter-over-quarter portfolio weight turnover: 24.2%.

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

Similar Investors

Peer group with comparable portfolio behavior.

Similar-investor comparisons are coming soon.