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AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1218957, WOODLAND HILLS, CA

AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC reported $62,411,000 across 17 holdings for the quarter ended 2017-09-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2017-11-08. Its ten largest share positions make up 91.21% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001218957-17-000009

Period
2017-09-30
Reported value
$62.4M
Holdings
17
Top 10 weight
91.21%
New
7
Sold out
1

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
SILVER RUN ACQUISITIONnew+1,000,000$10.2M
ALPS ETF TRnew+500,000$5.61M
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPadded+358,449$3.11M
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS LPnew+100,000$1.83M
MIDSTATES PETE CO INCadded+103,701$1.61M

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
OCWEN FINL CORPreduced-1,462,200-$5.03M
SDreduced-182,337-$3.66M
MCDERMOTT INTL INCreduced-340,744-$2.48M
WMI HOLDINGS CORPexited-429,405-$537K
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPreduced-50,000-$215K

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, Q3 2017

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001218957-17-000009, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $62,411,000, 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; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 737,853 shares; 2017Q1: 1,225,298 shares; 2017Q2: 1,196,875 shares; 2017Q3: 1,014,538 shares 1,014,538$20.4M32.66%-182,337Timeline
SILVER RUN ACQUISITIONSILVER RUN ACQUISITIONQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 1,000,000 shares 1,000,000$10.2M16.31%new
ALPS ETF TRALPS ETF TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares 500,000$5.61M8.99%new
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 125,000 shares; 2017Q3: 483,449 shares 483,449$4.19M6.72%+358,449
BKDBROOKDALE SR LIVING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 297,759 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 275,000 shares; 2017Q3: 375,000 shares 375,000$3.98M6.37%+100,000Timeline
OCWEN FINL CORPOCWEN FINL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 1,100,000 shares; 2017Q1: 1,400,000 shares; 2017Q2: 2,462,200 shares; 2017Q3: 1,000,000 shares 1,000,000$3.44M5.51%-1,462,200
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 400,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 800,000 shares; 2017Q3: 750,000 shares 750,000$3.23M5.17%-50,000
MIDSTATES PETE CO INCMIDSTATES PETE CO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 50,000 shares; 2017Q3: 153,701 shares 153,701$2.39M3.83%+103,701
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS LPENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS LPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 100,000 shares 100,000$1.83M2.93%new
HALCON RES CORPHALCON RES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 200,000 shares; 2017Q3: 250,000 shares 250,000$1.7M2.72%+50,000
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 565,744 shares; 2017Q3: 225,000 shares 225,000$1.64M2.62%-340,744
KEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELKEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 20,000 shares; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 100,000 shares 100,000$1.32M2.11%new
COGINT INCCOGINT INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 500,400 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 250,000 shares; 2017Q3: 259,413 shares 259,413$1.27M2.04%+9,413
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPDR SERIES TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 600,000 shares; 2017Q2: 350,000 shares; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares 500,000$910K1.46%+150,000
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 300,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 350,000 shares 350,000$158K0.25%new
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 583,900 shares; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 400,000 shares 400,000$140K0.22%new
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2015Q4: restricted; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 2,000,000 shares; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares 500,000$57K0.09%new

Sold out in Q3 2017

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
WMI HOLDINGS CORPWMI HOLDINGS CORP429,405$537Kshares

How Q3 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 0001218957-17-000009 base2017-11-08acceptance time not in the bulk data set