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Chou Associates

Q1 2025 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Mar 31, 2025
Filed
May 15, 2025
US stock
$182M · prev $144M
Positions
31 · prev 29
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture98.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 98.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.7%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves6 since the prior filing

+19.0 pp in · 0.0 pp out

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

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 6 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 2.9% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions68% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held37.8%
  2. SIRI Sirius XM Holdings, Inc added+8.51 pp added+8.518.7%
  3. STLA Stellantis N.V. added+4.46 pp added+4.468.6%
  4. GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C held held7.1%
  5. SYF Synchrony Financial held held6.3%

Positions31 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.37.76%86$69Mheld—48 q
SIRISirius XM Holdings, Inc8.71%702,462$16Madded×55.8+8.51 pp3 q
STLAStellantis N.V.8.61%1,396,388$16Madded×3.1+4.46 pp17 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C7.08%82,390$13Mheld—4 q
SYFSynchrony Financial6.28%215,702$11Mheld—10 q
AAPLApple Inc.5.37%44,000$10Mheld—4 q
ALLYAlly Financial Inc.4.52%225,525$8Mheld—10 q
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited3.05%41,900$6Madded×12.3+2.85 pp8 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.2.35%59,542$4Mheld—27 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.25%57,695$4Mheld—48 q
POOLPool Corporation1.86%10,636$3Mheld—4 q
OXYOccidental Petroleum Corporation1.85%68,000$3Mnew+1.85 ppnew
MCOMoody's Corporation1.51%5,899$3Mheld—4 q
PYPLPayPal Holdings, Inc.1.47%41,000$3Mheld—4 q
GMGeneral Motors Company1.34%52,000$2Mnew+1.34 ppnew
BACBank of America Corporation1.15%50,000$2Mheld—4 q
CASHPathward Financial, Inc.1.10%27,389$2Mheld—4 q
MBIMBIA Inc.0.88%321,000$2Mheld—4 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.69%73,364$1Mheld—48 q
AGOAssured Guaranty, LTD0.53%10,990$968,219held—4 q
JEFJefferies Financial Group Inc.0.32%10,987$588,574held—4 q
LPXLouisiana-Pacific Corp.0.30%5,886$541,394held—4 q
IMOImperial Oil Limited0.20%5,000$361,176held—5 q
LEALear Corporation0.19%4,000$352,880held—4 q
MGAMagna International0.19%10,000$339,900held—26 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.14%5,937$251,551held—38 q
MEOHMethanex Corp0.08%4,000$140,259held—10 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.08%12,000$138,120held—17 q
CACCCredit Acceptance Corp0.07%262$135,284held—4 q
SNRENSunrise Communicat-cl A0.06%2,400$115,896held—2 q
VTSVitesse Energy, Inc..0.02%1,293$31,795held—4 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Groupon Inc99.93%3,000,000$3M
Hertz Global Holdings0.07%1,000$2,260

Source

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