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Chou Associates

Q4 2024 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2024
Filed
Feb 12, 2025
US stock
$144M · prev $157M
Positions
29 · prev 32
Options notional
$1M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture97.8% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 97.8%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.3%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.9%

Moves9 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 · 4.4% a year, about 22.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions75% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. trimmed+1.30 pp trimmed+1.3040.8%
  2. GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C held held10.9%
  3. SYF Synchrony Financial added+3.65 pp added+3.659.8%
  4. AAPL Apple Inc. held held7.7%
  5. ALLY Ally Financial Inc. held held5.7%

Positions29 in this filing · 4 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.40.80%86$59Mtrimmed−4%+1.30 pp47 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C10.93%82,390$16Mheld—3 q
SYFSynchrony Financial9.77%215,702$14Madded+12%+3.65 pp9 q
AAPLApple Inc.7.68%44,000$11Mheld—3 q
ALLYAlly Financial Inc.5.66%225,525$8Mheld—9 q
STLAStellantis N.V.4.15%456,388$6Mheld—16 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.2.91%59,542$4Mheld—26 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.83%57,695$4Mheld—47 q
POOLPool Corporation2.53%10,636$4Mheld—3 q
PYPLPayPal Holdings, Inc.2.44%41,000$3Mheld—3 q
MCOMoody's Corporation1.95%5,899$3Mheld—3 q
BACBank of America Corporation1.53%50,000$2Mheld—3 q
MBIMBIA Inc.1.44%321,000$2Mheld—3 q
CASHPathward Financial, Inc.1.40%27,389$2Mheld—3 q
AGOAssured Guaranty, LTD0.69%10,990$989,210held—3 q
JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.0.60%10,987$861,381held—3 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.49%73,364$699,159held—47 q
LPXLouisiana-Pacific Corp.0.42%5,886$609,495held—3 q
MGAMagna International0.29%10,000$417,900held—25 q
LEALear Corporation0.26%4,000$378,800held—3 q
IMOImperial Oil Limited0.21%5,000$308,150held—4 q
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited0.20%3,400$288,286held—7 q
SIRISirius XM Holdings, Inc0.20%12,590$287,049trimmed−47%−0.16 pp2 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.18%5,937$258,794held—37 q
MEOHMethanex Corp0.14%4,000$199,882held—9 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.11%12,000$153,120trimmed−90%−1.52 pp16 q
CACCCredit Acceptance Corp0.09%262$122,999held—3 q
SNRENSunrise Communicat-cl A0.07%2,400$103,392new+0.07 ppnew
VTSVitesse Energy, Inc..0.02%1,293$32,325held—3 q
OXYOccidental Petroleum Corporation—−200,000—exited−6.55 pp—
NAVINavient Corporation—−264,245—exited−2.62 pp—
OXY/WSOccidental Petroleum Corporation Warrants to Purchase—−68,000—exited−1.28 pp—
HTZWWHertz Global Holdings—−192,111—exited−0.27 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 1

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd CALL100.00%38,500$1M

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Warrants to Purchase99.89%68,000$2M
Hertz Global Holdings0.11%1,000$2,150

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
1 defect · 0 unresolved
SEC cross-check
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  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 01609W902