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Fairfax Financial

Q1 2019 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Mar 31, 2019
Filed
May 15, 2019
US stock
$1.8B · prev $1.3B
Positions
35 · prev 33
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture75.4% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 75.4%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 24.6%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves16 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 4 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 5.8% a year, about 17.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions93% of US stock

  1. SSW Seaspan Corp added+12.92 pp added+12.9236.8%
  2. BB BlackBerry Limited held held25.8%
  3. KW Kennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc. held held15.6%
  4. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held13.2%
  5. CTL Lumen Technologies, Inc. added−0.79 pp added−0.791.6%

Positions35 in this filing · 3 exited

SSWSeaspan Corp36.75%77,155,000$670Madded+99%+12.92 pp4 q
BBBlackBerry Limited25.83%46,724,700$471Mheld—23 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.15.61%13,322,009$285Mheld—24 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products13.21%30,548,190$241Mheld—24 q
CTLLumen Technologies, Inc.1.55%2,359,100$28Madded+20%−0.79 pp6 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.12%146,800$21Mheld—24 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co0.76%1,390,900$14Mheld—5 q
GMGeneral Motors Company0.76%375,965$14Mheld—4 q
BNSBank of Nova Scotia0.72%247,100$13Mheld—2 q
MUMicron Technology, Inc.0.67%298,000$12Madded×6.2+0.55 pp2 q
HPHelmerich & Payne, Inc.0.43%141,400$8Mtrimmed−59%−0.87 pp17 q
MDRMcDermott International0.27%655,400$5Mheld—4 q
AGXArgan, Inc0.24%86,000$4Mtrimmed−14%−0.06 pp7 q
CRAYCray, Inc.0.24%170,000$4Mheld—7 q
JECJacobs Engineering Group0.19%47,000$4Mtrimmed−16%−0.07 pp7 q
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure, Inc.0.18%135,000$3Mtrimmed−16%−0.11 pp7 q
SBNYSignature Bank (NY)0.18%25,400$3Mtrimmed−12%−0.05 pp6 q
KLICKulicke & Soffa Industries Inc0.16%130,000$3Mheld—7 q
SLCAU.s. Silica Holdings, Inc.0.13%135,000$2Mheld—2 q
NTESNetEase, inc.0.11%8,000$2Mheld—11 q
RHTRed Hat Inc0.10%10,200$2Mnew+0.10 ppnew
CELGCelgene Corp0.07%14,500$1Mnew+0.07 ppnew
RAILFreightCar America, Inc.0.07%200,000$1Mheld—7 q
GTXGarrett Motion Inc.0.07%81,000$1Mheld—2 q
unresolvedIntegrated Device Technology0.07%27,000$1Mnew+0.07 ppnew
ONCESpark Therapeutics, Inc.0.07%11,600$1Mnew+0.07 ppnew
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.0.07%29,000$1Mheld—7 q
unresolvedIndependence Contract Drilling0.06%400,000$1Mheld—5 q
LRNStride, Inc.0.06%33,133$1Mheld—23 q
PACBPacific Biosciences of California, Inc.0.06%160,000$1Mheld—2 q
APAmpco-Pittsburgh Corp.0.05%260,000$858,000held—7 q
QTRHFQuarterhill Inc0.05%800,000$886,000held—2 q
STMPStamps.com, Inc.0.05%10,800$879,000new+0.05 ppnew
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.02%1$301,000held—24 q
DESTDestination Maternity Corporation0.00%38,085$83,000held—10 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.—−189,000—exited−0.82 pp—
unresolvedBemis Inc—−26,500—exited−0.10 pp—
unresolvedShire PLC—−7,400—exited−0.10 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Blackberry Ltd100.00%500,000,000$596M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 3 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet