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Abrams Capital

Q4 2017 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Dec 31, 2017
Filed
Feb 13, 2018
US stock
$3.0B · prev $2.6B
Positions
20 · prev 18
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

Concentrated · behaves like 12 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 12% a year, about 8.1 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions56% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held13.8%
  2. TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited trimmed−2.25 pp trimmed−2.2512.6%
  3. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. held held11.6%
  4. AABA Altaba Inc. held held9.2%
  5. TWX Time Warner Inc new+9.18 pp new+9.189.2%

Positions20 in this filing · 0 exited

WUThe Western Union Company13.83%21,608,707$411Mheld—19 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited12.60%19,743,123$374Mtrimmed−9%−2.25 pp2 q
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.11.59%7,945,023$344Mheld—9 q
AABAAltaba Inc.9.21%3,914,805$273Mheld—3 q
TWXTime Warner Inc9.18%2,980,642$273Mnew+9.18 ppnew
ORLYO'Reilly Automotive, Inc.7.15%883,194$212Madded+3%−0.03 pp2 q
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company6.00%1,183,287$178Mheld—5 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.5.85%2,863,662$174Mtrimmed−14%−1.34 pp17 q
UHALU-Haul Holding Company5.02%394,610$149Mheld—5 q
PCGPG&E Corporation4.91%3,250,000$146Mnew+4.91 ppnew
unresolvedQuality Care Pptys Inc2.36%5,077,545$70Madded+2%−0.66 pp5 q
ABGAsbury Automotive Group, Inc.2.34%1,085,091$69Madded+9%−0.04 pp2 q
unresolvedColony Northstar Inc1.88%4,888,139$56Mtrimmed−14%−0.91 pp4 q
unresolvedOch Ziff Cap Mgmt Group1.87%22,238,592$56Mheld—7 q
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc1.81%6,539,708$54Mtrimmed−25%−0.42 pp10 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.52%9,719,176$45Madded+70%−0.06 pp10 q
SPHSuburban Propane Partners L P1.23%1,507,540$37Madded×2.2+0.54 pp3 q
GPIGroup 1 Automotive, Inc.0.60%250,471$18Mheld—2 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc0.54%7,000,000$16Mheld—17 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.52%3,354,390$15Mheld—19 q

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