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Chou Associates

Q3 2022 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2022
Filed
Nov 14, 2022
US stock
$101M · prev $104M
Positions
18 · prev 17
Options notional
$39M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture72.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 72.3%
  • 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 27.7%

Moves5 since the prior filing

+0.8 pp in · +0.5 pp out

Options: 1 move on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 3 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 3.4% a year, about 29.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions89% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held40.2%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products trimmed+1.19 pp trimmed+1.1939.3%
  3. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held4.9%
  4. JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. held held2.5%
  5. C Citigroup Inc. held held2.4%

Positions18 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.40.24%100$41Mheld—38 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products39.33%1,986,460$40Mtrimmed−36%+1.19 pp38 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc4.88%715,000$5Mheld—17 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.2.51%24,275$3Mheld—17 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.38%57,695$2Mheld—38 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.2.06%7,100$2Mheld—38 q
MBIMBIA Inc.1.82%199,530$2Mheld—38 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.46%312,900$1Mtrimmed−18%−0.53 pp37 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.0.93%38,405$935,000trimmed−13%−0.13 pp2 q
HTZWWHertz Global Holdings0.85%97,309$856,000new+0.85 ppnew
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.78%19,542$786,000held—17 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.76%21,000$769,000held—2 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.53%73,364$535,000held—38 q
MGAMagna International0.47%10,000$474,000held—16 q
STLAStellantis N.V.0.35%30,000$355,000held—7 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.26%4,575$267,000held—28 q
GNUSGenius Brands International0.20%341,303$205,000held—2 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.19%12,000$187,000held—7 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 2

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL89.30%1,725,000$35M
Bausch Health Cos Inc CALL10.70%600,000$4M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
2 defects · 0 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 76117W909
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 071734907