Sphinx Trading, L.P. 13F annual report

Sphinx Trading, L.P. is an investment fund managing more than $70.9 million ran by Robert Wenzel. There are currently 120 companies in Mr. Wenzel’s portfolio. The largest investments include Angel Oak Finl Strategies In and Orion Engineered Carbons S.A, together worth $27 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$70.9 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 24th January 2022, Sphinx Trading, L.P.’s top holding is 1,240,375 shares of Angel Oak Finl Strategies In currently worth over $21.2 million and making up 29.8% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 317,744 shares of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A worth $5.83 million, whose value fell approximately 0.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc worth $5.42 million and the next is Green Plains Inc worth $3.82 million, with 110,000 shares owned.

Currently, Sphinx Trading, L.P.'s portfolio is worth at least $70.9 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Sphinx Trading, L.P.

The Sphinx Trading, L.P. office and employees reside in Chicago, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Robert Wenzel serves as the Administrator at Sphinx Trading, L.P..

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Sphinx Trading, L.P. revealed that it had opened a new position in African Gold Acquisition Cor and bought 320,094 shares worth $3.1 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Angel Oak Finl Strategies In by buying 494,204 additional shares. This makes their stake in Angel Oak Finl Strategies In total 1,240,375 shares worth $21.2 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Sphinx Trading, L.P. is getting rid of from its portfolio. Sphinx Trading, L.P. closed its position in B Riley Principal 150 Merger on 31st January 2022. It sold the previously owned 135,675 shares for $1.32 million. Robert Wenzel also disclosed a decreased stake in Green Plains Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $3.82 million and 110,000 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Sphinx Trading, L.P. are Healthinvest Partners Ab and Wayzata Investment Partners. They manage $71 million and $70.8 million respectively.


Robert Wenzel investment strategy

Sphinx Trading, L.P.’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Materials — making up 18.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 48.3% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 9% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 5.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $53.7 billion.

The complete list of Sphinx Trading, L.P. trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on January 31st based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Angel Oak Finl Strategies In
66.23%
1,240,375
$21,161,000 29.85%
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
No change
317,744
$5,834,000 8.23%
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc
1.26%
600,698
$5,418,000 7.64%
Green Plains Inc
7.60%
110,000
$3,824,000 5.39%
African Gold Acquisition Cor
Opened
320,094
$3,099,000 4.37%
Galata Acquisition Corp
27.82%
288,735
$2,795,000 3.94%
Edify Acquisition Corp.
No change
273,114
$2,668,000 3.76%
Accel Entertainment Inc
7.62%
200,000
$2,604,000 3.67%
Unisys Corp.
17.65%
100,000
$2,057,000 2.90%
Ciner Resources LP
No change
100,000
$1,650,000 2.33%
Quantum Fintech Acquistin Co
39.24%
164,723
$1,629,000 2.30%
Fortress Trans Infrst Invs L
52.26%
47,200
$1,365,000 1.93%
B Riley Principal 150 Merger
Closed
135,675
$1,323,000
Magnite Inc
100.00%
50,000
$875,000 1.23%
Clearwater Paper Corp
Closed
20,000
$767,000
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
No change
37,137
$761,000 1.07%
Ferroglobe Plc
100.00%
100,000
$621,000 0.88%
Acv Auctions Inc
Opened
30,000
$565,000 0.80%
IHS Markit Ltd
No change
4,000
$532,000 0.75%
Meta Finl Group Inc
Closed
10,000
$525,000
Peoples United Financial Inc
Closed
29,797
$521,000
CIT Group Inc.
No change
10,000
$513,000 0.72%
Athene Holding Ltd
No change
6,000
$500,000 0.71%
B. Riley Financial Inc
No change
5,000
$444,000 0.63%
Atlantic Cap Bancshares Inc
No change
15,200
$437,000 0.62%
Sierra Metals Inc
No change
308,204
$419,000 0.59%
Kimball International, Inc.
No change
40,000
$409,000 0.58%
Eastern Co.
No change
15,000
$376,000 0.53%
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.
Opened
7,500
$360,000 0.51%
Dirtt Environmental Solution
Opened
165,000
$360,000 0.51%
Great Western Bancorp Inc
16.67%
10,500
$357,000 0.50%
Umpqua Hldgs Corp
Opened
17,800
$342,000 0.48%
GreenSky Inc
50.00%
30,000
$341,000 0.48%
Xencor Inc
No change
8,382
$336,000 0.47%
Tristate Cap Hldgs Inc
Opened
10,800
$327,000 0.46%
Electromed Inc.
Closed
30,018
$325,000
Investors Bancorp Inc
No change
20,000
$303,000 0.43%
Ishares Silver Tr
60.00%
14,000
$301,000 0.42%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
50.00%
600
$285,000 0.40%
Domtar Corporation
Closed
5,100
$278,000
Cadence Bank
Closed
12,500
$275,000
Kansas City Southern
Closed
1,000
$271,000
Coherent Inc.
16.67%
1,000
$267,000 0.38%
Stamps.com Inc.
Closed
800
$264,000
Bryn Mawr Bk Corp
Opened
5,786
$260,000 0.37%
Atotech Ltd
No change
10,012
$256,000 0.36%
Sterling Bancorp.
No change
9,799
$253,000 0.36%
Magellan Health Inc
Closed
2,500
$236,000
Mgm Growth Pptys Llc
No change
5,600
$229,000 0.32%
Bottomline Tech Del Inc
Opened
4,000
$226,000 0.32%
Phillips 66 Partners LP
Opened
6,000
$216,000 0.30%
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd
Opened
5,000
$210,000 0.30%
Monmouth Real Estate Invt Co
42.86%
10,000
$210,000 0.30%
Vonage Hldgs Corp
Opened
10,000
$208,000 0.29%
Nuance Communications Inc
28.85%
3,700
$205,000 0.29%
Teekay Lng Partners L P
Opened
12,071
$204,000 0.29%
Circor International Inc
Opened
7,500
$204,000 0.29%
Intersect ENT Inc
No change
7,000
$191,000 0.27%
Columbia Ppty Tr Inc
Closed
10,000
$190,000
Welbilt Inc
No change
8,000
$190,000 0.27%
Del Taco Restaurants Inc
Opened
15,000
$187,000 0.26%
PPD Inc
Closed
4,000
$187,000
SPX FLOW Inc
Opened
2,100
$182,000 0.26%
Inovalon Holdings Inc
Closed
4,500
$181,000
Covanta Hldg Corp
Closed
9,000
$181,000
Trillium Therapeutics Inc
Closed
10,000
$176,000
Kadmon Holdings Inc
Closed
20,000
$174,000
Cai International Inc
Closed
3,000
$168,000
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Closed
800
$151,000
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc
Closed
1,000
$150,000
VEREIT Inc
Closed
3,201
$145,000
Echo Global Logistics Inc
Closed
3,000
$143,000
Veoneer Inc
566.67%
4,000
$142,000 0.20%
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
1,500
$139,000 0.20%
Rogers Corp.
Opened
500
$137,000 0.19%
Medallia Inc
Closed
4,000
$135,000
CyrusOne Inc
Opened
1,500
$135,000 0.19%
Quidel Corp.
Opened
1,000
$135,000 0.19%
Northern Technologies Intl C
No change
8,501
$130,000 0.18%
GCP Applied Technologies Inc
Opened
4,000
$127,000 0.18%
Score Media & Gaming Inc
Closed
3,600
$123,000
Acceleron Pharma Inc
Closed
700
$120,000
Quantum Corp
10.51%
21,499
$119,000 0.17%
Alta Equipment Group Inc
Closed
8,600
$118,000
Change Healthcare Inc.
30.67%
5,200
$111,000 0.16%
Xilinx, Inc.
Opened
500
$106,000 0.15%
ExOne Co
Closed
4,500
$105,000
McAfee Corp.
Opened
4,000
$103,000 0.15%
State Auto Finl Corp
No change
2,000
$103,000 0.15%
Soliton, Inc.
Closed
5,000
$102,000
Casper Sleep Inc
Opened
15,000
$100,000 0.14%
PAE Incorporated
Opened
10,000
$99,000 0.14%
QAD, Inc.
Closed
1,100
$96,000
Cerner Corp.
Opened
1,000
$93,000 0.13%
NeoPhotonics Corporation
Opened
6,000
$92,000 0.13%
Pnm Res Inc
50.00%
2,000
$91,000 0.13%
Mimecast Ltd
Opened
1,000
$80,000 0.11%
CorePoint Lodging Inc
Opened
5,000
$79,000 0.11%
Aspen Technology Inc.
Opened
500
$76,000 0.11%
Pimco Income Strategy Fd Ii
No change
8,000
$76,000 0.11%
American National Group Inc
No change
400
$76,000 0.11%
Forterra Inc
No change
3,000
$71,000 0.10%
Signature Bk New York N Y
No change
200
$65,000 0.09%
Ferro Corp.
26.83%
3,000
$65,000 0.09%
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Closed
1,000
$62,000
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc
75.00%
1,000
$47,000 0.07%
Bk Of America Corp
No change
1,000
$44,000 0.06%
Proshares Tr
No change
2,625
$44,000 0.06%
Entegris Inc
Opened
300
$42,000 0.06%
Ceco Environmental Corp.
13.17%
6,790
$42,000 0.06%
Ovintiv Inc
No change
1,200
$40,000 0.06%
Apollo Coml Real Est Fin Inc
No change
3,002
$40,000 0.06%
Surmodics, Inc.
Opened
800
$39,000 0.06%
Meridian Bancorp Inc Md
Closed
1,804
$37,000
Doubleline Income Solutions
No change
2,000
$32,000 0.05%
Quotient Technology Inc
33.33%
4,000
$30,000 0.04%
Amazon.com Inc.
No change
9
$30,000 0.04%
International Business Machs
No change
200
$27,000 0.04%
Zillow Group Inc
Opened
400
$25,000 0.04%
Starwood Ppty Tr Inc
No change
1,000
$24,000 0.03%
Nuveen Enhanced Mun Value Fd
No change
1,500
$23,000 0.03%
Granite Pt Mtg Tr Inc
No change
2,000
$23,000 0.03%
Aware Inc Mass
No change
7,000
$22,000 0.03%
Meta Materials Inc
Opened
8,800
$22,000 0.03%
Desktop Metal, Inc.
Opened
4,504
$22,000 0.03%
Largo Res Ltd
Closed
2,000
$21,000
Largo Inc
Opened
2,000
$19,000 0.03%
Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc
56.93%
3,101
$16,000 0.02%
Etfis Ser Tr I
No change
600
$15,000 0.02%
Tilray Inc
4.35%
2,000
$14,000 0.02%
Cowen Inc
No change
374
$14,000 0.02%
Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca
No change
1,000
$13,000 0.02%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
100
$12,000 0.02%
Iteris Inc.
No change
2,708
$11,000 0.02%
Bioventus Inc
Closed
601
$9,000
Douyu Intl Hldgs Ltd
No change
3,064
$8,000 0.01%
Universal Technical Inst Inc
No change
1,000
$8,000 0.01%
Grab Holdings Limited
Opened
1,000
$7,000 0.01%
Atossa Therapeutics Inc
Closed
1,900
$6,000
NGL Energy Partners LP
Closed
2,500
$6,000
Alphabet Inc
No change
2
$6,000 0.01%
Brightcove Inc
Opened
500
$5,000 0.01%
Xeris Biopharma Holdings Inc
Opened
1,404
$4,000 0.01%
Lumos Pharma Inc
No change
277
$2,000 0.00%
Great Elm Group Inc
No change
769
$2,000 0.00%
Goodyear Tire & Rubr Co
No change
91
$2,000 0.00%
Kyndryl Hldgs Inc
Opened
40
$1,000 0.00%
Wabtec
No change
16
$1,000 0.00%
Netgear Inc
Opened
36
$1,000 0.00%
Sierra Wireless Inc
No change
36
$1,000 0.00%
Yellow Corporation
No change
53
$1,000 0.00%
Coca-Cola Co
No change
8
$0 0.00%
Annaly Capital Management In
No change
1
$0 0.00%
Greenidge Generation Hldgs I
97.06%
17
$0 0.00%
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