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Abrams Capital

Q3 2017 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Sep 30, 2017
Filed
Nov 14, 2017
US stock
$2.6B · prev $2.5B
Positions
18 · 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%

Moves11 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 10 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 96% a year, about 1.0 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions62% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held16.2%
  2. TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited new+14.85 pp new+14.8514.8%
  3. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. held held13.8%
  4. AABA Altaba Inc. held held10.1%
  5. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held7.2%

Positions18 in this filing · 5 exited

WUThe Western Union Company16.19%21,608,707$415Mheld—18 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited14.85%21,623,886$381Mnew+14.85 ppnew
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.13.80%7,945,023$354Mheld—8 q
AABAAltaba Inc.10.12%3,914,805$259Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.7.19%3,342,343$184Mheld—16 q
ORLYO'Reilly Automotive, Inc.7.18%854,000$184Mnew+7.18 ppnew
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company7.12%1,183,287$182Mheld—4 q
UHALU-Haul Holding Company5.77%394,610$148Mheld—4 q
unresolvedQuality Care Pptys Inc3.02%5,000,000$78Mheld—4 q
unresolvedOch Ziff Cap Mgmt Group2.80%22,238,592$72Mheld—6 q
unresolvedColony Northstar Inc2.79%5,690,610$71Mtrimmed−40%−2.49 pp3 q
ABGAsbury Automotive Group, Inc.2.38%1,000,000$61Mnew+2.38 ppnew
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc2.23%8,771,492$57Mheld—9 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.58%5,719,176$41Mheld—9 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc0.93%7,000,000$24Mheld—16 q
GPIGroup 1 Automotive, Inc.0.71%250,471$18Mnew+0.71 ppnew
SPHSuburban Propane Partners L P0.69%682,414$18Madded+75%+0.32 pp2 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.61%3,354,390$16Mheld—18 q
TWXTime Warner Inc—−3,050,000—exited−12.17 pp—
MFSWelbilt Inc—−5,967,907—exited−4.47 pp—
CARSCars.com Inc.—−2,500,000—exited−2.65 pp—
unresolvedVeon Ltd—−14,055,481—exited−2.18 pp—
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc—−3,508,735—exited−1.06 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 6 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet