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Q4 2019 13F · by Brad Hinton, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2019
Filed
Feb 13, 2020
US stock
$2.5B · prev $2.4B
Positions
66 · prev 69
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture99.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 99.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.7%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves38 since the prior filing

The book

Focused · behaves like 32 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 positions29% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held7.5%
  2. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+0.30 pp trimmed+0.307.2%
  3. LBRDK Liberty Broadband Corporation Class C trimmed+0.41 pp trimmed+0.415.4%
  4. GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C trimmed+0.01 pp trimmed+0.015.0%
  5. 99803EUR Laboratory Crp Of Amer Hldgs trimmed−0.28 pp trimmed−0.283.6%

Positions66 in this filing · 4 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.7.48%558$189Mheld—27 q
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B7.19%803,271$182Mtrimmed−0%+0.30 pp27 q
LBRDKLiberty Broadband Corporation Class C5.39%1,084,900$136Mtrimmed−6%+0.41 pp21 q
GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C4.96%93,980$126Mtrimmed−5%+0.01 pp23 q
99803EURLaboratory Crp Of Amer Hldgs3.62%542,425$92Mtrimmed−4%−0.28 pp27 q
VVISA Inc.3.62%488,300$92Mtrimmed−8%−0.15 pp14 q
MAMastercard Incorporated3.49%296,315$88Mtrimmed−12%−0.28 pp21 q
LSXMKLiberty Media Cor-siriusxm C3.13%1,648,250$79Mheld—15 q
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C3.12%3,627,400$79Mtrimmed−1%−0.48 pp27 q
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A3.11%384,100$79Mtrimmed−5%+0.15 pp8 q
35YCorecard Corp2.97%1,880,905$75Mtrimmed−13%−0.73 pp27 q
SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation2.79%1,486,300$71Mtrimmed−3%+0.14 pp6 q
KMXCarMax Inc.2.34%676,350$59Mtrimmed−17%−0.60 pp8 q
MKLMarkel Group Inc.2.18%48,255$55Madded×2.4+1.21 pp8 q
RWTRedwood Trust, Inc.2.12%3,250,500$54Mtrimmed−4%−0.18 pp27 q
BKNGBooking Holdings Inc.2.09%25,730$53Mheld—8 q
VMCVulcan Materials Company(Holding Company)1.89%332,710$48Madded+6%−0.06 pp9 q
unresolvedAon PLC1.84%224,000$47Madded+5%+0.14 pp27 q
unresolvedColfax Corp1.79%1,248,250$45Mtrimmed−10%+0.12 pp17 q
BKIBlack Knight, Inc.1.73%679,900$44Mtrimmed−5%−0.07 pp5 q
ORCLOracle Corp1.72%821,720$44Mheld—27 q
TXNTexas Instruments Incorporated1.68%332,450$43Mtrimmed−2%−0.13 pp27 q
SUMSummit Materials, Inc. Class A1.63%1,722,550$41Mtrimmed−10%−0.13 pp7 q
AMZNAmazon.Com Inc1.42%19,500$36Madded+11%+0.17 pp17 q
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1.41%110,000$36Mheld—13 q
99952EURLinde PLC/OLD1.37%163,000$35Mheld—5 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.1.34%243,500$34Mheld—9 q
ADIAnalog Devices, Inc.1.26%267,500$32Madded+5%+0.09 pp5 q
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd. Class C1.26%1,637,661$32Madded+9%+0.21 pp8 q
EXPEExpedia Group, Inc.1.23%289,130$31Madded×5.4+0.93 pp2 q
DHRDanaher Corporation1.21%200,000$31Mheld—10 q
ACIWACI Worldwide, Inc.1.07%714,125$27Madded+1%+0.16 pp27 q
CMCSAComcast Corp1.07%605,000$27Mheld—17 q
BOXBox, Inc.1.06%1,593,100$27Mtrimmed−3%−0.06 pp4 q
unresolvedQurate Retail Inc1.00%3,006,900$25Madded+2%−0.25 pp7 q
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems Ltd.0.98%813,575$25Mheld—10 q
LKQLKQ Corporation0.97%689,900$25Mtrimmed−8%0.00 pp2 q
LBRDALiberty Broadband Corporation Class A0.95%192,500$24Mheld—21 q
GWREGuidewire Software, Inc.0.94%216,375$24Mtrimmed−9%−0.10 pp16 q
CRMSalesforce, Inc.0.90%140,000$23Mheld—2 q
ACNAccenture PLC0.86%103,000$22Madded+1%+0.05 pp27 q
DEODiageo plc0.85%127,500$21Mheld—27 q
LM03Liberty Media Cor-siriusxm A0.75%395,000$19Mheld—15 q
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.0.75%716,600$19Mheld—9 q
DLTRDollar Tree Inc.0.74%200,000$19Mtrimmed−20%−0.44 pp12 q
MLMMartin Marietta Materials0.70%63,530$18Mheld—10 q
DXCDXC Technology Company0.67%450,000$17Mtrimmed−25%−0.06 pp11 q
TDGTransDigm Group Incorporated0.63%28,355$16Mheld—8 q
PRSPPerspecta Inc0.57%550,000$15Madded+4%0.00 pp7 q
GLIBAGci Liberty Inc - Class A0.48%170,000$12Mtrimmed−52%−0.43 pp8 q
GDIIngersoll Rand Inc.0.33%230,000$8Mheld—5 q
HP5AEquity Commonwealth0.32%250,000$8Mheld—19 q
FBINFortune Brands Innovations, Inc.0.19%75,000$5Mheld—7 q
FHBFirst Hawaiian, Inc.0.18%160,000$5Mnew+0.18 ppnew
BATRKAtlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. Series C0.12%105,000$3Mheld—15 q
CHTRCharter Comm Inc Del CL A New0.11%6,000$3Mheld—7 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp0.11%17,500$3Mheld—7 q
FWONKLiberty Media Corporation Series C Liberty Formula One0.09%50,000$2Mheld—15 q
LM05Liberty Media Corp-liberty-a0.05%27,500$1Mheld—15 q
VTIVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF0.05%8,068$1Mheld—13 q
VEAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF0.03%16,555$729,000held—13 q
IWBiShares Russell 1000 ETF0.01%1,648$294,000held—13 q
BATRAAtlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. Series A0.01%11,000$326,000held—15 q
BIVVanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.01%2,371$207,000held—13 q
BSVVanguard Short-Term Bond ETF0.01%4,692$378,000held—13 q
AAPLApple Inc.0.00%140$41,000held—16 q
SWKStanley Black & Decker, Inc.—−97,795—exited−0.58 pp—
EXPEagle Materials, Inc.—−57,500—exited−0.21 pp—
MYEMyers Industries, Inc.—−211,200—exited−0.15 pp—
SPYState Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust—−180—exited0.00 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Redwood Trust Inc59.79%10,350,000$11M
Redwood Trust Inc40.21%7,000,000$7M

Source

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