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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2006

Holdings as of March 31, 2006 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 18 US equity positions worth $1.4bn in its Q1 2006 13F filing. The largest position was Global Signal Inc at 27.1% of the reported book, followed by Echostar Communications New and MO.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q1 2006? Top 18 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs prior
1 Global Signal Inc 27.1%$369.6m7,576,703
2 Echostar Communications New 11.6%$158.6m5,309,200
3 MO Altria Group Inc Consumer Defensive 9.6%$131.1m1,850,000
4 NVR NVR Inc Consumer Cyclical 8.4%$114.0m154,300
5 Golden West Finl Corp Del 6.4%$87.5m1,289,300
6 SLM SLM Corp Financial Services 5.8%$79.4m1,528,100
7 Allegheny Energy Inc 5.6%$77.0m2,274,100
8 USA Mobility Inc 5.3%$71.9m2,524,676
9 ERIE Erie Indty Co Financial Services 4.7%$63.8m1,211,692
10 Hospira Inc 4.4%$59.9m1,518,700
11 TAL Intl Group Inc 3.1%$42.5m1,761,200
12 MS Morgan Stanley Financial Services 2.5%$34.2m544,200
13 Arbitron Inc 1.7%$23.7m700,000
14 BCO Brinks Co Industrials 1.5%$20.9m412,600
15 GPI Group 1 Automotive Inc Consumer Cyclical 1.3%$17.7m371,800
16 BKD Brookdale Sr Living Inc Healthcare 0.6%$7.5m200,000
17 Gentek Inc 0.4%$5.0m238,674
18 Investors Bancorp Inc 0.1%$969.0k69,500

Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.