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Weitz Investment

Q4 2017 13F · by Brad Hinton, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2017
Filed
Feb 14, 2018
US stock
$2.3B · prev $2.4B
Positions
74 · prev 76
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture97.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 97.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 2.6%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves52 since the prior filing

The book

Focused · behaves like 25 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 12% a year, about 8.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions35% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+0.78 pp trimmed+0.789.6%
  2. LBRDK Liberty Broadband Corporation Class C added−0.77 pp added−0.777.8%
  3. LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd. Class C held held7.1%
  4. 99803EUR Laboratory Crp Of Amer Hldgs trimmed+0.32 pp trimmed+0.325.2%
  5. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held5.0%

Positions74 in this filing · 6 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B9.64%1,137,308$225Mtrimmed−1%+0.78 pp19 q
LBRDKLiberty Broadband Corporation Class C7.84%2,152,971$183Madded+1%−0.77 pp13 q
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C7.11%4,913,185$166Mheld—19 q
99803EURLaboratory Crp Of Amer Hldgs5.18%758,675$121Mtrimmed−0%+0.32 pp19 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.4.97%390$116Mheld—19 q
ACTAllergan PLC4.55%650,315$106Madded+24%+0.01 pp10 q
MAMastercard Incorporated4.35%671,134$102Mtrimmed−5%+0.12 pp13 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C4.24%94,781$99Mtrimmed−1%+0.35 pp15 q
VVISA Inc.3.85%789,802$90Mtrimmed−1%+0.30 pp6 q
LSXMKLiberty Media Cor-siriusxm C2.95%1,737,512$69Madded0%−0.12 pp7 q
RWTRedwood Trust, Inc.2.87%4,519,250$67Madded+9%+0.02 pp19 q
unresolvedLiberty Interactive Corp2.69%2,578,580$63Mtrimmed−23%−0.63 pp19 q
unresolvedTwenty First Centy Fox Inc2.44%1,650,500$57Mtrimmed−13%+0.32 pp13 q
ORCLOracle Corp2.39%1,182,892$56Madded+2%+0.03 pp19 q
unresolvedColfax Corp2.36%1,390,500$55Mtrimmed−2%−0.13 pp9 q
TXNTexas Instruments Incorporated2.26%505,270$53Mtrimmed−6%+0.23 pp19 q
unresolvedAon PLC1.84%321,720$43Mtrimmed−0%−0.15 pp19 q
unresolvedLiberty Ventures1.82%785,000$43Mheld—5 q
DXCDXC Technology Company1.81%445,340$42Madded0%+0.20 pp3 q
ALSNAllison Transmission Holdings, Inc.1.41%765,100$33Mheld—16 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.1.40%540,932$33Mtrimmed−35%−0.54 pp19 q
PXGBXPraxair Inc1.34%202,592$31Mtrimmed−0%+0.14 pp19 q
1LGEUSDLiberty Global PLC Lilac - C1.31%1,537,874$31Madded0%−0.20 pp10 q
LBRDALiberty Broadband Corporation Class A1.27%350,000$30Mheld—13 q
DISCKDiscovery Inc-c1.12%1,241,300$26Madded+67%+0.49 pp14 q
CMCSAComcast Corp1.07%625,520$25Madded+2%+0.07 pp9 q
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1.07%131,725$25Mheld—5 q
DLTRDollar Tree Inc.1.05%228,070$24Mtrimmed−25%−0.07 pp4 q
unresolvedMonsanto Co0.96%192,022$22Mheld—11 q
DHRDanaher Corporation0.95%239,870$22Madded+14%+0.19 pp2 q
WAIRWESCO Aircraft Holdings Inc.0.95%3,000,000$22Madded+1%−0.23 pp16 q
PXDPioneer Natural Resource Co.0.92%124,098$21Mheld—16 q
FLIRFLIR Systems, Inc. (DE)0.84%421,615$20Mtrimmed−40%−0.32 pp19 q
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc0.83%16,650$19Madded+43%+0.36 pp9 q
DEODiageo plc0.81%130,000$19Mtrimmed−1%+0.08 pp19 q
ACNAccenture PLC0.75%114,467$18Mtrimmed−31%−0.20 pp19 q
LM03Liberty Media Cor-siriusxm A0.67%395,000$16Mheld—7 q
RRCRange Resources Corp0.59%814,184$14Mheld—19 q
unresolvedXO Group Inc.0.53%675,000$12Mtrimmed−9%−0.09 pp19 q
35YCorecard Corp0.44%2,270,000$10Mheld—19 q
unresolvedPriceline Grp Inc0.41%5,520$10Mnew+0.41 ppnew
FWONKLiberty Media Corporation Series C Liberty Formula One0.40%275,000$9Mtrimmed−21%−0.16 pp7 q
LEXEALiberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Class A0.39%208,000$9Mheld—5 q
ACIWACI Worldwide, Inc.0.34%350,000$8Madded+32%+0.08 pp19 q
CMPCompass Minerals International, Inc.0.33%108,000$8Mheld—7 q
HP5AEquity Commonwealth0.33%254,000$8Mheld—11 q
HALHalliburton Company0.27%126,980$6Mheld—11 q
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems Ltd.0.27%195,000$6Madded×2.6+0.18 pp2 q
BATRKAtlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. Series C0.23%245,000$5Mheld—7 q
MUSAMurphy USA Inc.0.22%65,000$5Mtrimmed−48%−0.14 pp10 q
GWREGuidewire Software, Inc.0.21%65,000$5Madded×2.6+0.13 pp8 q
LGF.BLions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class B Non-Voting Shares0.20%150,000$5Mheld—5 q
LGFLions Gate Entertainment-a0.18%125,000$4Mheld—5 q
LM05Liberty Media Corp-liberty-a0.11%77,500$3Mheld—7 q
BUDAnheuser-Busch INBEV SA/NV0.08%17,000$2Mheld—18 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.0.06%12,500$1Mnew+0.06 ppnew
MLMMartin Marietta Materials0.06%6,500$1Mheld—2 q
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.0.06%60,000$1Mnew+0.06 ppnew
unresolvedCommerceHub, Inc., Series C0.05%54,000$1Mtrimmed−71%−0.12 pp6 q
VTIVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF0.05%9,058$1Madded0%0.00 pp5 q
VMCVulcan Materials Company(Holding Company)0.05%10,000$1Mnew+0.05 ppnew
NCMINational CineMedia, Inc.0.04%150,000$1Mtrimmed−75%−0.14 pp19 q
VEAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF0.04%19,604$879,000added+1%0.00 pp5 q
unresolvedCommerceHub, Inc., Series A0.03%27,000$594,000trimmed−71%−0.06 pp6 q
BATRAAtlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. Series A0.03%31,000$684,000held—7 q
unresolvedTwenty First Centy Fox Inc0.02%13,801$471,000trimmed−7%0.00 pp13 q
BSVVanguard Short-Term Bond ETF0.02%4,679$370,000added0%0.00 pp5 q
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A0.01%190$200,000held—9 q
DGDollar General Corp.0.01%1,430$133,000held—5 q
IWBiShares Russell 1000 ETF0.01%1,898$282,000held—5 q
BIVVanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.01%2,358$198,000added+1%0.00 pp5 q
AAPLApple Inc.0.00%140$24,000held—8 q
SPYState Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust0.00%395$105,000held—5 q
VIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF0.00%430$44,000held—5 q
UPSUnited Parcel Service, Inc. Class B—−157,736—exited−0.80 pp—
DISCADiscovery, Inc. Series A—−500,000—exited−0.45 pp—
CVSCvs Health Corporation—−113,291—exited−0.39 pp—
unresolvedManitowoc Inc—−250,000—exited−0.10 pp—
WTWWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company—−7,000—exited−0.05 pp—
OEFiShares S&P 100 ETF—−128—exited0.00 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 3

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Redwood Trust Inc51.82%32,825,000$33M
Rwt Holdings Inc25.41%16,000,000$16M
Redwood Trust Inc22.77%15,000,000$15M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 11 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet