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Abrams Capital

Q2 2017 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Jun 30, 2017
Filed
Aug 11, 2017
US stock
$2.5B · prev $2.6B
Positions
19 · prev 17
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%

Moves10 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 54% a year, about 1.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions59% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held16.4%
  2. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. held held14.2%
  3. TWX Time Warner Inc held held12.2%
  4. AABA Altaba Inc. new+8.48 pp new+8.488.5%
  5. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held7.4%

Positions19 in this filing · 1 exited

WUThe Western Union Company16.36%21,608,707$412Mheld—17 q
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.14.15%7,945,023$356Mheld—7 q
TWXTime Warner Inc12.17%3,050,000$306Mheld—3 q
AABAAltaba Inc.8.48%3,914,805$213Mnew+8.48 ppnew
WFCWells Fargo & Co.7.36%3,342,343$185Mheld—15 q
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company6.84%1,183,287$172Mheld—3 q
UHALU-Haul Holding Company5.74%394,610$144Madded+46%+1.80 pp3 q
unresolvedColony Northstar Inc5.28%9,419,457$133Mtrimmed−14%−0.12 pp2 q
MFSWelbilt Inc4.47%5,967,907$112Mtrimmed−21%−1.20 pp2 q
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc3.71%8,771,492$93Mheld—8 q
unresolvedQuality Care Pptys Inc3.64%5,000,000$92Mheld—3 q
CARSCars.com Inc.2.65%2,500,000$67Mnew+2.65 ppnew
unresolvedOch Ziff Cap Mgmt Group2.26%22,238,592$57Mheld—5 q
unresolvedVeon Ltd2.18%14,055,481$55Mtrimmed−25%−0.76 pp2 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.64%5,719,176$41Mheld—8 q
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc1.06%3,508,735$27Mtrimmed−66%−2.63 pp14 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc0.99%7,000,000$25Madded+19%+0.27 pp15 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.65%3,354,390$16Mheld—17 q
SPHSuburban Propane Partners L P0.37%388,969$9Mnew+0.37 ppnew
MSFTMicrosoft Corp—−4,980,000—exited−12.57 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