Filings dated October 1–14, 2026
Top 5 premiumTop 10 Activist Investors: October 15, 2026
6 of the 24 activists we track disclosed moves in SEC filings dated October 1–14, 2026, including 1 new 13D campaign. Ranks 1–5 are for Premium Subscribers until November 14, 2026.
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- 24
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- New 13D campaigns
- 1
Ranks 1–5 · October 15, 2026
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Qorvo, Inc.
—UpdateStake update- Shares
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- Date invested
- Oct 5, 2026
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How to read values: plain figures are Form 4 transaction prices; est. = shares × the market close on the 13D event date; 13F = the fund's own quarterly 13F valuation, dated to the quarter. “Context” rows are shown but not counted, so the same purchase is never ranked twice. A dash means the filing gives no figure to show. Every row links to its filing on SEC EDGAR. Full methodology.
Filing notes
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What the activists told the SEC, in their own words where a Schedule 13D gives them.
Qorvo, Inc.
#6 Jeff Smith
UpdateStake updateJeff Smith filed an amended Schedule 13D on Qorvo, Inc., reporting no remaining shares. The position ended through the issuer's merger, not through a sale, so it is not counted as selling.
As previously disclosed, on October 27, 2025, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware Corporation ("Skyworks"), Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Skyworks ("Merger Sub I"), and Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Skyworks ("Merger Sub II"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on October 5, 2026, (i) Merger Sub I merged with and into the Issuer (the "First Merger"), with the Issuer surviving the First…
Item 4, purpose of the transaction
Notes summarise the filing text only and add no figures of their own. The filing is always the authoritative source.
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