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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2011

Holdings as of September 30, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 20 US equity positions worth $1.1bn in its Q3 2011 13F filing. The largest position was HRB at 14.2% of the reported book, followed by LAMAR ADVERTISING CO and SLM. Against the Q2 2011 filing, it opened 7 new positions, added to 9 and reduced 1 among the top 20 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q3 2011? Top 20 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q2 2011
1 HRB BLOCK H & R INC Consumer Cyclical 14.2%$154.8m11,630,498 14% added
2 LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 13.8%$149.7m8,792,519 216% added
3 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 13.1%$142.7m11,461,892 16% added
4 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW INT 11.0%$119.2m8,074,750 0% held
5 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 10.1%$109.7m2,697,983 0% held
6 ARBITRON INC 8.9%$97.4m2,943,558 -1% reduced
7 TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD Healthcare 7.4%$80.8m2,171,000 new
8 CEPHALON INC 6.9%$75.1m930,000 new
9 CAREFUSION CORP 4.1%$45.1m1,885,184 11% added
10 CCO CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HLDGS 2.9%$31.4m3,354,390 1% added
11 PMT PENNYMAC MTG INVT TR Real Estate 1.7%$18.2m1,143,600 0% held
12 GNW GENWORTH FINL INC Financial Services 1.6%$17.2m3,000,000 new
13 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 1.3%$14.2m13,359,333 new
14 OHI OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVS INC Real Estate 0.7%$8.0m500,000 new
15 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.7%$7.2m599,950 2% added
16 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.6%$6.6m620,300 3% added
17 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.6%$6.1m574,945 64% added
18 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.3%$3.6m324,325 3% added
19 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.0%$500.0k48,446 new
20 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.0%$491.0k46,800 new

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.