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Cove Street Capital 13F holdings, Q4 2011

Holdings as of December 31, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Cove Street Capital disclosed 56 US equity positions worth $223.8m in its Q4 2011 13F filing. The largest position was White Mountains Insurance Grou at 7.6% of the reported book, followed by Coinstar Inc and CENTA. Against the Q3 2011 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 23 and reduced 25 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Cove Street Capital own in Q4 2011? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2011
1 White Mountains Insurance Grou 7.6%$17.0m37,436 -2% reduced
2 Coinstar Inc 4.7%$10.5m229,545 30% added
3 CENTA Central Garden & Pet Co-A Consumer Defensive 4.6%$10.3m1,241,375 5% added
4 Alleghany Corp 4.6%$10.3m36,166 54% added
5 Liberty Interactive SRS A 4.5%$10.0m615,340 -3% reduced
6 EFX Equifax Inc Industrials 3.8%$8.4m216,771 -6% reduced
7 WEN Wendy's Company Consumer Cyclical 3.7%$8.4m1,564,289 -2% reduced
8 Tyco International Ltd 3.7%$8.3m178,214 20% added
9 L Loews Corporation Financial Services 3.6%$8.0m213,180 -3% reduced
10 Hewlett-Packard Company 3.5%$7.8m302,695 21% added
11 AES Aes Corp Utilities 3.4%$7.6m645,300 -7% reduced
12 Chesapeake Energy Corp 3.1%$6.8m306,348 38% added
13 Covidien plc. Ordinary Shares 3.0%$6.7m147,753 2% added
14 Jefferies Group 2.8%$6.4m463,735 new
15 TFX Teleflex Incorporated Healthcare 2.8%$6.2m101,393 -8% reduced
16 Approach Resources Inc 2.2%$5.0m170,780 166% added
17 JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co Financial Services 2.2%$4.9m148,760 -3% reduced
18 TEL TE Connectivity Ltd Technology 2.2%$4.9m160,340 -16% reduced
19 Yahoo Inc 2.1%$4.7m288,775 -30% reduced
20 HSN Inc 2.0%$4.4m120,737 15% added
21 SEIC SEI Investments Company Financial Services 1.8%$4.1m234,542 567% added
22 Pioneer Natural Resources Co 1.8%$4.0m44,850 -20% reduced
23 BNY Bank of New York Mellon Bank Financial Services 1.8%$3.9m197,980 -47% reduced
24 WWD Woodward Inc Industrials 1.7%$3.9m94,437 -29% reduced
25 Symetra Financial Corporation 1.5%$3.3m369,275 -37% reduced
26 RVTY PerkinElmer Inc Healthcare 1.4%$3.2m160,307 79% added
27 STT State Street Corp Financial Services 1.4%$3.1m76,790 new
28 Spartech Corporation 1.4%$3.1m651,742 11% added
29 IEX Idex Corp Industrials 1.4%$3.0m81,600 177% added
30 LOW Lowe's Companies Inc Consumer Cyclical 1.3%$2.9m112,675 -48% reduced
31 Global Cash Access Holdings 1.2%$2.8m625,043 -8% reduced
32 Liberty Media Cap 1.2%$2.7m34,693 127% added
33 WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc Consumer Defensive 1.1%$2.5m41,030 -20% reduced
34 EXP Eagle Materials Inc Basic Materials 0.9%$2.0m76,308 36% added
35 KMG Chemicals Inc 0.8%$1.7m97,290 39% added
36 FICO Fair Isaac Corp Technology 0.7%$1.6m44,250 14% added
37 VCA Antech Inc 0.7%$1.6m79,134 34% added
38 FFBC First Financial Bancorp Financial Services 0.7%$1.5m92,557 35% added
39 Hallmark Financial Services In 0.7%$1.5m220,084 34% added
40 International Speedway Corp-Cl 0.7%$1.5m57,736 43% added
41 SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Basic Materials 0.6%$1.4m30,889 35% added
42 BA Boeing Co Industrials 0.5%$1.2m16,060 -19% reduced
43 W.P Carey & Co. LLC 0.5%$1.1m27,640 -10% reduced
44 SGU Star Gas Partners L.P 0.5%$1.1m223,350 7% added
45 Accenture plc 0.5%$1.1m20,220 -19% reduced
46 HAL Halliburton Company Energy 0.5%$1.0m30,310 -2% reduced
47 ITT Corp 0.5%$1.0m53,546 -53% reduced
48 Altra Holdings Inc 0.4%$977.0k51,867 -31% reduced
49 Boardwalk Pipeline Partners 0.4%$956.0k34,550 -38% reduced
50 Annaly Capital Mangement Inc 0.3%$773.0k48,450 -22% reduced

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.