Special Opportunities Fund, Inc.
SPE- Exchange
- NYSE
- SEC CIK
- 0000897802
No open-market purchases or sales by Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 46 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $43.6M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
Other share classesSPE.PC
13F holders, Q1 2025
Institutional positions in Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 37
- 0 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 2.94M
- −165.5K (−5.3%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $44.2M
- −$1.27M (−2.8%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 7
- 11 more added
- Sold out
- 7
- 9 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting SPE on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 46 | $43.6M |
| Q1 2026 | 43 | $42.8M |
| Q4 2025 | 44 | $44.6M |
| Q3 2025 | 41 | $48.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 36 | $45.7M |
| Q1 2025 | 37 | $44.2M |
| Q4 2024 | 38 | $45.5M |
| Q3 2024 | 37 | $43.6M |
| Q2 2024 | 37 | $21.4M |
| Q1 2024 | 37 | $42.3M |
| Q4 2023 | 36 | $42.8M |
| Q3 2023 | 38 | $40.5M |
| Q2 2023 | 35 | $41.9M |
| Q1 2023 | 36 | $41.5M |
| Q4 2022 | 34 | $44.1M |
| Q3 2022 | 34 | $43.8M |
| Q2 2022 | 35 | $53.0M |
| Q1 2022 | 35 | $27.9M |
| Q4 2021 | 43 | $94.0M |
| Q3 2021 | 38 | $99.9M |
| Q2 2021 | 42 | $85.5M |
| Q1 2021 | 35 | $59.0M |
Institutions, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Special Opportunities Fund, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 1,535,479 | $23.1M | 0.12% | −9,926−0.6% | Reduced |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 245,523 | $3.69M | 0.70% | −4,697−1.9% | Reduced |
| CSS LLC | 167,776 | $2.52M | 0.18% | −35,026−17.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 116,873 | $1.76M | 0.00% | +3,754+3.3% | Added |
| GatePass Capital, LLC | 114,650 | $1.72M | 1.29% | +34,900+43.8% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 112,810 | $1.69M | 0.03% | +112,810 | New |
| Rivernorth Capital Management, LLC | 103,488 | $1.55M | 0.08% | −98,798−48.8% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 99,215 | $1.49M | 0.01% | +9,583+10.7% | Added |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 77,098 | $1.16M | 0.45% | −80,714−51.1% | Reduced |
| First Manhattan Co | 31,510 | $473.3K | 0.00% | +1,010+3.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 29,115 | $437.4K | 0.00% | −1,869−6.0% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 24,766 | $372.0K | 0.01% | +2,000+8.8% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 24,197 | $363.5K | 0.00% | +24,197 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 20,724 | $311.3K | 0.00% | −1,416−6.4% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 20,486 | $307.7K | 0.00% | +20,486 | New |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 19,530 | $293.4K | 0.00% | +19,530 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 19,254 | $289.2K | 0.00% | −3,185−14.2% | Reduced |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 18,560 | $278.8K | 0.01% | −6,332−25.4% | Reduced |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 17,369 | $260.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Harbour Investments, Inc. | 16,284 | $244.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NBC Securities, Inc. | 15,965 | $239.0K | 0.02% | +15,950+106,333.3% | Added |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 14,853 | $223.1K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. | 14,700 | $220.8K | 0.03% | +14,700 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 14,534 | $218.3K | 0.00% | +8,031+123.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 14,404 | $216.4K | 0.00% | +510+3.7% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 13,845 | $208.0K | 0.00% | +171+1.3% | Added |
| Patron Partners Advisors, LLC | 13,825 | $207.7K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| K2 Principal Fund, L.P. | 11,878 | $178.4K | 0.03% | +1,878+18.8% | Added |
| MAI Capital Management | 3,753 | $56.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 2,162 | $32.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 2,148 | $32.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Winmill & Co. Inc | 2,000 | $30.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Godsey & Gibb Associates | 1,155 | $17.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Eastern Bank | 727 | $10.9K | 0.00% | +727 | New |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC | 648 | $9.74K | 0.00% | +9+1.4% | Added |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC | 375 | $5.63K | 0.00% | +375 | New |
| CVA Family Office, LLC | 39 | $586 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −94,349−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,010−100.0% | Sold out |
| CF Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,500−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,542−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aspiriant, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,246−100.0% | Sold out |
| Absolute Investment Advisers LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,504−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quarry LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,023−100.0% | Sold out |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |