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AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1218957, WOODLAND HILLS, CA

AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC reported $55,168,000 across 11 holdings for the quarter ended 2017-06-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2017-08-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 99.03% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001218957-17-000007

Period
2017-06-30
Reported value
$55.2M
Holdings
11
Top 10 weight
99.03%
New
5
Sold out
6

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
MCDERMOTT INTL INCnew+565,744$4.06M
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPnew+800,000$3.98M
OCWEN FINL CORPadded+1,062,200$2.86M
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPnew+125,000$1.36M
HALCON RES CORPnew+200,000$908K

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPexited-2,000,000-$11.9M
SPDR SERIES TRUSTreduced-250,000-$7.98M
SPDR SERIES TRUSTexited-200,000-$7.49M
MCDERMOTT INTL INCexited-583,900-$3.94M
BKDreduced-75,000-$1.1M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Holdings, Q2 2017

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001218957-17-000007, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $55,168,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
SDSANDRIDGE ENERGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 737,853 shares; 2017Q1: 1,225,298 shares; 2017Q2: 1,196,875 shares 1,196,875$20.6M37.34%-28,423Timeline
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPDR SERIES TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 600,000 shares; 2017Q2: 350,000 shares 350,000$11.2M20.25%-250,000
OCWEN FINL CORPOCWEN FINL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 1,100,000 shares; 2017Q1: 1,400,000 shares; 2017Q2: 2,462,200 shares 2,462,200$6.62M12.01%+1,062,200
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 565,744 shares 565,744$4.06M7.35%new
BKDBROOKDALE SR LIVING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 297,759 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 275,000 shares 275,000$4.04M7.33%-75,000Timeline
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 400,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 800,000 shares 800,000$3.98M7.21%new
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 125,000 shares 125,000$1.36M2.46%new
COGINT INCCOGINT INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 500,400 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 250,000 shares 250,000$1.26M2.29%-100,000
HALCON RES CORPHALCON RES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 200,000 shares 200,000$908K1.65%new
MIDSTATES PETE CO INCMIDSTATES PETE CO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 50,000 shares 50,000$634K1.15%new
WMI HOLDINGS CORPWMI HOLDINGS CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q3: restricted; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 1,000,000 shares; 2017Q1: 1,033,678 shares; 2017Q2: 429,405 shares 429,405$537K0.97%-604,273

Sold out in Q2 2017

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP2,000,000$11.9Mshares
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPDR SERIES TRUST200,000$7.49Mshares
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INC583,900$3.94Mshares
KEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELKEY ENERGY SVCS INC DEL20,000$464Kshares
CONNQCONNS INC35,000$306Kshares
NANTKWEST INCNANTKWEST INC26,330$93Kshares

How Q2 2017 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001218957-17-000007 base2017-08-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set