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Fairfax Financial

Q4 2017 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Dec 31, 2017
Filed
Feb 14, 2018
US stock
$1.4B · prev $1.2B
Positions
44 · prev 48
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%

Moves24 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 · 9.0% a year, about 11.1 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions85% of US stock

  1. BB BlackBerry Limited held held36.8%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held23.7%
  3. KW Kennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc. held held15.1%
  4. IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc held held5.6%
  5. unresolved U S G Corp held held4.2%

Positions44 in this filing · 10 exited

BBBlackBerry Limited36.82%46,724,700$522Mheld—18 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products23.69%30,548,190$336Mheld—19 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.15.07%12,321,921$214Mheld—19 q
IPIIntrepid Potash, Inc5.58%16,666,667$79Mheld—4 q
unresolvedU S G Corp4.16%1,530,522$59Mheld—19 q
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation2.87%265,700$41Mtrimmed−6%−0.47 pp19 q
CTLLumen Technologies, Inc.1.68%1,425,000$24Mnew+1.68 ppnew
HPHelmerich & Payne, Inc.1.60%349,974$23Mheld—12 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.49%151,250$21Mheld—19 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.1.06%191,879$15Mheld—10 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.97%850,000$14Mheld—2 q
PFEPfizer Inc.0.54%210,000$8Mheld—19 q
CRAYCray, Inc.0.43%250,000$6Mheld—2 q
unresolvedRpx Corp0.38%400,000$5Madded+33%+0.05 pp2 q
TRQTurquoise Hill Resources Ltd0.28%1,150,400$4Mheld—9 q
AGXArgan, Inc0.24%75,000$3Madded+23%−0.10 pp2 q
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure, Inc.0.24%180,000$3Mheld—2 q
CRRCarbo Ceramics Inc.0.22%300,000$3Mheld—2 q
MYRGMYR Group, Inc.0.20%80,000$3Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.20%45,800$3Mtrimmed−18%−0.05 pp19 q
unresolvedLeucadia National0.19%100,000$3Mheld—8 q
RAILFreightCar America, Inc.0.18%150,000$3Madded+36%0.00 pp2 q
PGFPengrowth Energy Corp0.18%3,200,000$3Mheld—2 q
JECJacobs Engineering Group0.16%35,000$2Mheld—2 q
KLICKulicke & Soffa Industries Inc0.16%96,000$2Mheld—2 q
NTESNetEase, inc.0.16%6,500$2Madded+63%+0.07 pp6 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.15%7$2Mheld—19 q
SBNYSignature Bank (NY)0.15%15,000$2Mnew+0.15 ppnew
SSYSStratasys Inc (ISRAEL)0.13%90,000$2Madded+11%−0.02 pp2 q
APAmpco-Pittsburgh Corp.0.12%135,000$2Mheld—2 q
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B0.11%8,000$2Mtrimmed−43%−0.10 pp19 q
CDEVPermian Resources Corporation0.11%80,000$2Mnew+0.11 ppnew
FLRFluor Corporation0.09%26,000$1Mnew+0.09 ppnew
USBU.S. Bancorp0.09%23,200$1Mheld—19 q
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.0.08%29,000$1Mheld—2 q
CSXCSX Corporation0.06%15,000$825,000held—4 q
unresolvedMonsanto Co0.05%6,200$724,000held—5 q
LRNStride, Inc.0.04%33,133$526,000held—18 q
CSLCarlisle Companies, Inc.0.02%1,900$216,000new+0.02 ppnew
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation0.02%1,500$305,000held—7 q
NOVNOV Inc.0.02%6,400$231,000held—7 q
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.0.02%1,344$255,000held—4 q
DESTDestination Maternity Corporation0.01%70,000$207,000held—5 q
unresolvedEnsco PLC0.01%14,080$83,000new+0.01 ppnew
unresolvedAlere Inc—−365,000—exited−1.52 pp—
EXR2Exco Resources Inc—−3,493,258—exited−0.38 pp—
unresolvedTerraform Global Inc—−300,000—exited−0.12 pp—
unresolvedKite Pharma Inc—−6,100—exited−0.09 pp—
unresolvedNew Oriental Ed & Tech Grp I—−5,000—exited−0.04 pp—
RYAMRayonier Advanced Materials Inc.—−35,000—exited−0.04 pp—
unresolvedColfax Corp—−10,000—exited−0.03 pp—
ARCHArch Resources Inc—−3,045—exited−0.02 pp—
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company—−683—exited−0.02 pp—
SRCLStericycle Inc—−2,800—exited−0.02 pp—

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