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Cove Street Capital 13F holdings, Q4 2012

Holdings as of December 31, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Cove Street Capital disclosed 52 US equity positions worth $215.4m in its Q4 2012 13F filing. The largest position was White Mountains Insurance Grou at 5.3% of the reported book, followed by RVTY and Alleghany Corp. Against the Q3 2012 filing, it opened 5 new positions, added to 9 and reduced 31 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Cove Street Capital own in Q4 2012? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2012
1 White Mountains Insurance Grou 5.3%$11.5m22,330 -3% reduced
2 RVTY Perkinelmer Inc Healthcare 5.0%$10.8m341,637 -16% reduced
3 Alleghany Corp 4.9%$10.7m31,771 -8% reduced
4 Approach Resources Inc 4.5%$9.6m385,054 45% added
5 WU Western Union Co Financial Services 4.4%$9.4m693,760 72% added
6 CENTA Central Garden & Pet Co Consumer Defensive 4.0%$8.7m828,285 -15% reduced
7 AIG American International Group I Financial Services 3.9%$8.4m237,495 -1% reduced
8 JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co Financial Services 3.8%$8.3m188,082 -13% reduced
9 COF Capital One Financial Corp Financial Services 3.8%$8.3m142,645 -1% reduced
10 L Loews Corp Financial Services 3.8%$8.2m201,980 -6% reduced
11 Liberty Interactive Corp 3.7%$8.1m409,695 -5% reduced
12 NeuStar Inc 2.9%$6.2m147,558 -15% reduced
13 CLGX CoreLogic, Inc 2.8%$6.1m225,664 -3% reduced
14 LYV Live Nation Entertainment Inc Communication Services 2.7%$5.8m622,933 new
15 Sealed Air Corp 2.5%$5.4m308,034 -7% reduced
16 Covidien Plc. Ordinary Shares 2.4%$5.1m87,888 -9% reduced
17 Liberty Media Cap 2.2%$4.8m41,645 new
18 Crosstex Energy Inc 2.2%$4.8m336,536 183% added
19 Pmc-Sierra Inc 2.2%$4.7m900,125 -7% reduced
20 SEIC SEI Investments Co Financial Services 2.2%$4.7m199,632 -9% reduced
21 BNY Bank Of New York Mellon Corp C Financial Services 2.1%$4.5m175,150 0% held
22 Tessera Technologies Inc 2.0%$4.4m267,551 63% added
23 Pioneer Natural Resources Co C 2.0%$4.4m41,270 -5% reduced
24 Jefferies Group Inc 1.9%$4.2m226,050 -24% reduced
25 LOW Lowe's Companies Inc Consumer Cyclical 1.9%$4.0m112,210 -19% reduced
26 EFX Equifax Inc Industrials 1.8%$4.0m73,145 -7% reduced
27 TEL TE Connectivity Ltd Technology 1.8%$3.9m105,459 -4% reduced
28 Hewlett Packard Co 1.8%$3.9m273,820 88% added
29 STT State Street Corp Financial Services 1.7%$3.7m77,680 -13% reduced
30 Chesapeake Energy Corp 1.4%$3.0m182,228 -19% reduced
31 Hallmark Finl Svcs New 0.7%$1.6m167,506 -5% reduced
32 Coinstar Inc 0.7%$1.5m29,787 -4% reduced
33 Johnson Controls Inc 0.7%$1.5m47,875 0% held
34 Greif Inc 0.6%$1.4m27,995 5% added
35 Avid Technology Inc 0.6%$1.3m173,004 350% added
36 Symetra Financial Inc 0.6%$1.3m100,519 -55% reduced
37 IEX Idex Corp Industrials 0.6%$1.3m28,017 -12% reduced
38 Global Cash Access Llc 0.6%$1.3m166,378 -18% reduced
39 Cherokee Inc New 0.6%$1.2m90,444 -0% held
40 Intl Speedway 0.6%$1.2m44,212 -4% reduced
41 Ruby Tuesday Inc 0.6%$1.2m154,655 new
42 TFX Teleflex Incorporated Healthcare 0.6%$1.2m17,037 -25% reduced
43 GLW Corning Inc Technology 0.5%$1.2m92,850 new
44 FICO Fair Isaac Inc Technology 0.5%$1.1m26,752 -12% reduced
45 Avon Products Inc 0.5%$1.1m77,385 0% held
46 Hsn Inc 0.5%$1.1m19,653 -37% reduced
47 FFBC First Finl Bancorp Ohio Financial Services 0.5%$1.1m72,907 6% added
48 BA Boeing Co Industrials 0.5%$1.1m14,150 0% held
49 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc 0.5%$1.0m17,900 new
50 Westell Tech Inc 0.5%$995.0k537,680 37% added

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.