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Abrams Capital

Q1 2017 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Mar 31, 2017
Filed
May 12, 2017
US stock
$2.6B · prev $2.7B
Positions
17 · prev 19
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%

Moves12 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 69% a year, about 1.4 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions61% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held16.9%
  2. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. held held12.8%
  3. MSFT Microsoft Corp held held12.6%
  4. TWX Time Warner Inc held held11.4%
  5. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held7.1%

Positions17 in this filing · 5 exited

WUThe Western Union Company16.85%21,608,707$440Mheld—16 q
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.12.83%7,945,023$335Mheld—6 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp12.57%4,980,000$328Mheld—13 q
TWXTime Warner Inc11.42%3,050,000$298Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.7.13%3,342,343$186Mheld—14 q
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company5.94%1,183,287$155Mheld—2 q
MFSWelbilt Inc5.67%7,541,066$148Mnew+5.67 ppnew
unresolvedColony Northstar Inc5.40%10,908,145$141Mnew+5.40 ppnew
UHALU-Haul Holding Company3.94%269,692$103Madded×2.6+2.54 pp2 q
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc3.69%10,418,775$96Mheld—13 q
unresolvedQuality Care Pptys Inc3.61%5,000,000$94Madded+12%+1.07 pp2 q
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc3.22%8,771,492$84Mheld—7 q
unresolvedVeon Ltd2.94%18,770,950$77Mnew+2.94 ppnew
unresolvedOch Ziff Cap Mgmt Group1.93%22,238,592$50Madded+17%−0.37 pp4 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.35%5,719,176$35Mheld—7 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.78%3,354,390$20Mheld—16 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc0.72%5,884,041$19Madded+18%−0.47 pp14 q
unresolvedManitowoc Foodservice Inc—−11,255,323—exited−7.99 pp—
unresolvedNorthstar Asset Mgmt Group I—−10,908,145—exited−5.97 pp—
unresolvedVimpelcom Ltd-spon ADR—−18,770,950—exited−2.65 pp—
9M1NMoneygram International Inc—−5,130,000—exited−2.22 pp—
SYTSyngenta Ag-adr—−315,024—exited−0.91 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 8 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet