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Chou Associates

Q3 2024 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2024
Filed
Nov 8, 2024
US stock
$157M · prev $139M
Positions
32 · prev 30
Options notional
$2M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture98.7% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 98.7%
  • 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 1.4%

Moves6 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 5 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 1.9% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions67% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held39.5%
  2. GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C held held8.8%
  3. OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation new+6.55 pp new+6.556.5%
  4. AAPL Apple Inc. held held6.5%
  5. SYF Synchrony Financial held held6.1%

Positions32 in this filing · 1 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.39.50%90$62Mheld—46 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C8.75%82,390$14Mheld—2 q
OXYOccidental Petroleum Corporation6.55%200,000$10Mnew+6.55 ppnew
AAPLApple Inc.6.51%44,000$10Mheld—2 q
SYFSynchrony Financial6.12%193,202$10Mheld—8 q
ALLYAlly Financial Inc.5.10%225,525$8Mheld—8 q
STLAStellantis N.V.4.07%456,388$6Mheld—15 q
NAVINavient Corporation2.62%264,245$4Mheld—7 q
POOLPool Corporation2.54%10,636$4Mheld—2 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.29%57,695$4Mheld—46 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.2.14%59,542$3Mheld—25 q
PYPLPayPal Holdings, Inc.2.03%41,000$3Mheld—2 q
MCOMoody's Corporation1.78%5,899$3Mheld—2 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A1.63%121,823$3Mheld—15 q
OXY/WSOccidental Petroleum Corporation Warrants to Purchase1.28%68,000$2Mnew+1.28 ppnew
BACBank of America Corporation1.26%50,000$2Mheld—2 q
CASHPathward Financial, Inc.1.15%27,389$2Mheld—2 q
MBIMBIA Inc.0.73%321,000$1Mheld—2 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.59%73,364$930,256held—46 q
AGOAssured Guaranty, LTD0.55%10,990$873,925held—2 q
JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.0.43%10,987$676,250held—2 q
LPXLouisiana-Pacific Corp.0.40%5,886$632,510held—2 q
SIRISirius XM Holdings, Inc0.36%23,686$560,171new+0.36 ppnew
LEALear Corporation0.28%4,000$436,600held—2 q
HTZWWHertz Global Holdings0.27%192,111$420,723trimmed−21%−0.15 pp9 q
MGAMagna International0.26%10,000$410,400held—24 q
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited0.23%3,400$360,808held—6 q
IMOImperial Oil Limited0.22%5,000$351,769held—3 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.17%5,937$268,234trimmed−0%−0.03 pp36 q
MEOHMethanex Corp0.10%4,000$165,270held—8 q
CACCCredit Acceptance Corp0.07%262$116,176held—2 q
VTSVitesse Energy, Inc..0.02%1,293$31,058held—2 q
LM0CLiberty Media Corp-liber-new—−28,282—exited−0.45 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 1

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd CALL100.00%38,500$2M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
1 defect · 0 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 01609W902