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Abrams Capital

Q4 2016 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Dec 31, 2016
Filed
Feb 10, 2017
US stock
$2.7B · prev $2.0B
Positions
19 · prev 16
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

Full picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves9 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Low turnover · 12% a year, about 8.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions59% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held17.2%
  2. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. held held11.5%
  3. MSFT Microsoft Corp held held11.4%
  4. TWX Time Warner Inc new+10.81 pp new+10.8110.8%
  5. unresolved Manitowoc Foodservice Inc held held8.0%

Positions19 in this filing · 2 exited

WUThe Western Union Company17.23%21,608,707$469Mheld—15 q
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.11.54%7,945,023$314Mheld—5 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp11.36%4,980,000$309Mheld—12 q
TWXTime Warner Inc10.81%3,050,000$294Mnew+10.81 ppnew
unresolvedManitowoc Foodservice Inc7.99%11,255,323$218Mheld—4 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.6.76%3,342,343$184Madded+21%+0.67 pp13 q
unresolvedNorthstar Asset Mgmt Group I5.97%10,908,145$163Mheld—4 q
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company5.31%1,183,287$145Mnew+5.31 ppnew
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc4.26%10,418,775$116Mheld—12 q
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc3.69%8,771,492$101Mheld—6 q
unresolvedVimpelcom Ltd-spon ADR2.65%18,770,950$72Mheld—8 q
unresolvedQuality Care Pptys Inc2.54%4,459,185$69Mnew+2.54 ppnew
unresolvedOch Ziff Cap Mgmt Group2.30%18,949,992$63Madded+11%−1.37 pp3 q
9M1NMoneygram International Inc2.22%5,130,000$61Mheld—9 q
UHALU-Haul Holding Company1.40%102,860$38Mnew+1.40 ppnew
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.23%5,719,176$34Mheld—6 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc1.19%5,000,000$32Mheld—13 q
SYTSyngenta Ag-adr0.91%315,024$25Mnew+0.91 ppnew
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.62%3,354,390$17Mheld—15 q
unresolvedNorthstar Rlty Fin Corp—−3,279,651—exited−2.14 pp—
OPBOpus Bank—−1,052,433—exited−1.85 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 9 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet