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Fairfax Financial

Q4 2019 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Dec 31, 2019
Filed
Feb 14, 2020
US stock
$2.0B · prev $1.7B
Positions
41 · prev 32
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture80.1% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 80.1%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 19.9%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves23 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 3 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 2.0% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions91% of US stock

  1. SSW Seaspan Corp held held53.9%
  2. BB BlackBerry Limited held held14.8%
  3. KW Kennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc. held held14.6%
  4. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held6.3%
  5. CTL Lumen Technologies, Inc. held held1.5%

Positions41 in this filing · 4 exited

SSWSeaspan Corp53.90%77,155,000$1.1Bheld—7 q
BBBlackBerry Limited14.76%46,724,700$300Mheld—26 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.14.60%13,322,009$297Mheld—27 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products6.31%30,548,190$128Mheld—27 q
CTLLumen Technologies, Inc.1.53%2,359,100$31Mheld—9 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.05%146,800$21Mheld—27 q
MUMicron Technology, Inc.0.86%325,000$17Mheld—5 q
DSSIDiamond S Shipping Inc0.85%1,034,681$17Mheld—3 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co0.76%1,390,900$16Mheld—8 q
BNSBank of Nova Scotia0.69%247,100$14Mheld—5 q
FITFitbit, Inc. Class A0.69%2,150,000$14Mnew+0.69 ppnew
GMGeneral Motors Company0.68%375,965$14Mheld—7 q
HPHelmerich & Payne, Inc.0.51%226,400$10Mheld—20 q
MCFTMasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc.0.41%532,457$8Madded+34%+0.05 pp2 q
AGXArgan, Inc0.17%86,000$3Mheld—10 q
KLICKulicke & Soffa Industries Inc0.17%130,000$4Mheld—10 q
SBNYSignature Bank (NY)0.17%25,400$3Mheld—9 q
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.0.15%53,700$3Mheld—10 q
JECJacobs Engineering Group0.14%32,000$3Mheld—10 q
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure, Inc.0.14%85,000$3Mtrimmed−37%−0.09 pp10 q
MSGSMadison Square Garden Sports Corp.0.12%8,000$2Mnew+0.12 ppnew
NTESNetEase, inc.0.12%8,000$2Mheld—14 q
QSRRestaurant Brands International Inc.0.12%37,000$2Mnew+0.12 ppnew
CVSCvs Health Corporation0.10%26,500$2Mnew+0.10 ppnew
CIGIColliers International Group Inc. Subordinate Voting Shares0.10%25,000$2Mnew+0.10 ppnew
KKRKKR & Co. Inc.0.09%66,000$2Mnew+0.09 ppnew
DKDelek US Holdings, Inc.0.08%50,000$2Mheld—2 q
DINDine Brands Global, Inc.0.08%20,000$2Mnew+0.08 ppnew
LORLLoral Space and Communications, Inc.0.08%52,500$2Mnew+0.08 ppnew
PENNPENN Entertainment, Inc.0.08%65,000$2Mnew+0.08 ppnew
TACTransAlta Corporation0.08%215,000$2Mnew+0.08 ppnew
SLCAU.s. Silica Holdings, Inc.0.07%215,000$1Madded+59%−0.01 pp5 q
RAILFreightCar America, Inc.0.05%450,000$923,000added×2.0−0.01 pp10 q
GTXGarrett Motion Inc.0.05%110,000$1Madded+36%0.00 pp5 q
APAmpco-Pittsburgh Corp.0.04%254,119$765,000trimmed−2%−0.02 pp10 q
CULPCulp, Inc.0.04%54,000$736,000new+0.04 ppnew
MIDDMiddleby Corp0.04%7,400$810,000new+0.04 ppnew
OROR Royalties Inc.0.04%87,000$846,000new+0.04 ppnew
PACBPacific Biosciences of California, Inc.0.04%160,000$822,000held—5 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.02%1$340,000held—27 q
MDRMcDermott International0.02%655,400$441,000held—7 q
ONCESpark Therapeutics, Inc.—−67,400—exited−0.39 pp—
unresolvedIndependence Contract Drilling—−800,000—exited−0.06 pp—
QTRHFQuarterhill Inc—−800,000—exited−0.06 pp—
DESTDestination Maternity Corporation—−38,085—exited0.00 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Blackberry Ltd100.00%500,000,000$506M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 1 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet