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Hedge Fund · CIK 0001035674

John Paulson

Paulson & Co
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  • Healthcare Specialist
  • Highly Concentrated
  • Mid-Size Fund

John Paulson runs Paulson & Co, a hedge fund overseeing $3.26B in disclosed equity holdings (SEC CIK 0001035674). The latest portfolio (2025Q4) discloses 9 positions across 4 sectors, with the largest positions in MDGL, PPTA and BHC. On a mark-to-market basis the tracked portfolio has returned 95.4% over the past year. OpenStocks tracks 40 consecutive quarterly snapshots for this manager — every position change, new entry, and exit is logged below.

Track John's filingsView holdings↓
Portfolio
$3.26B
Positions
9
Quarter
2025Q4
Filings tracked
40
1Y+95.4%Full performance →
Quarter
2025Q42025Q32025Q22025Q12024Q42024Q32024Q22024Q12023Q42023Q32023Q22023Q1
1-YearTWR
+95.45%
since 2024Q4
3-Year
—
insufficient history
5-Year
—
insufficient history
10-Year
—
insufficient history

Performance overview

We mark John Paulson (Paulson & Co)'s disclosed portfolio to current market prices and compare its growth against the S&P 500 (SPY). John’s portfolio is 95.4% over the last 12 months.

Portfolio growth vs SPY
Rebased to 100 at 2021Q2 · through 2025Q4
John Paulson
+245.1%
SPY
+69.5%
Alpha
+175.5pp
451262072873682021Q22023Q32025Q4
Portfolio line is the GIPS-compliant time-weighted return chain-linked across the manager's quarterly 13F filings — unaffected by capital flows. Quarters with insufficient held-through coverage are skipped, which can briefly flatten the line.
Capital flow per quarter
BuysSellsNet
+$1.31B+$653M$0-$653M-$1.31B'19Q2'19Q3'19Q4'20Q1'20Q2'20Q3'20Q4'21Q1'21Q2'21Q3'21Q4'22Q1'22Q2'22Q3'22Q4'23Q1
Latest · 2023Q1
-$57M
Lifetime buys
$5.62B
Lifetime sells
$9.53B
Portfolio over time
AUMPositions
$0$1.85B$3.69B$5.60B4920'19Q2'21Q1'23Q1
QoQ AUM
+8.3%
16Q lifetime AUM
-78.5%
QoQ positions
-2
16Q lifetime positions
-29
Position concentration
20 positions
Top 1
18%
of book
  • Top 118%$214.2MBHC
  • Top 2-547%$568.7MAAMI, NG, PPTA
  • Top 6-1022%$265.3MANGLOGOLD AS, SHAW COMMUNI, THRY
  • Top 11-2013%$154.7MYAMANA GOLD , SSRM, SA
  • Rest0%$0—