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Giverny Capital (François Rochon) 13F holdings, Q4 2015

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2015-12-31, filed 2016-02-11

Giverny Capital (François Rochon) disclosed 25 US equity positions worth $502.4m in its Q4 2015 13F filing. Its largest position is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY at 15.9% of the reported book, followed by BANK OF THE OZARKS INC and DIS. Versus Q3 2015 it opened 0 new positions, added to 16, reduced 2 and exited 1.

$502m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
25
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
15.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
70.3%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
15
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
46
Quarters on file since Q1 2015
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2015: 0 new, 16 added, 2 reduced, 1 exited

25 rows
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY no ticker–15.9%$79.9m605,048+2.8%added
BANK OF THE OZARKS INC no ticker–9.1%$45.6m922,885+0.1%held
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services7.5%$37.5m356,870+1.5%added
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical7.3%$36.7m680,667+4.3%added
LKQ LKQ CORPConsumer Cyclical7.0%$35.1m1.18m+3.7%added
WFC WELLS FARGO & COFinancial Services6.2%$31.4m577,053+2.1%added
V VISA INCFinancial Services4.6%$22.9m295,159+0.7%added
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancial Services4.5%$22.4m25,310+1.5%added
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services4.3%$21.6m178,194+1.0%added
ORLY OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer Cyclical4.0%$19.9m78,484−1.1%reduced
AMETEK INC no ticker–3.7%$18.8m350,207+6.7%added
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials3.7%$18.4m235,037+1.1%added
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCConsumer Cyclical3.2%$16.0m84,629+1.7%added
KNIGHT TRANSN INC no ticker–3.0%$15.1m623,409+4.5%added
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSTechnology2.6%$13.2m96,001−0.7%reduced
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL no ticker–2.6%$13.0m127,735+1.9%added
BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC no ticker–2.3%$11.5m72,152+0.7%added
FAST FASTENAL COIndustrials2.1%$10.5m258,134+0.3%held
GOOGLE INC no ticker–2.0%$10.0m13,128−0.1%held
SRCLEUR STERICYCLE INC–1.9%$9.4m77,713+1750%added
PRAA PRA GROUP INCFinancial Services1.3%$6.7m193,637+0.5%added
GOOGLE INC no ticker–1.0%$4.8m6,213−0.3%held
STN STANTEC INCIndustrials0.3%$1.4m56,3520.0%held
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC no ticker–0.09%$439k13,9140.0%held
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.03%$146k1,5040.0%held

Exited since Q3 2015

1 row
CABELAS INC no ticker2.2%$10.9m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified41.5%
  • Consumer Cyclical21.4%
  • Financial Services20.9%
  • Communication Services7.5%
  • Industrials6.0%
  • Technology2.6%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (46)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202651$3.0bn
Q1 202651$2.7bn
Q4 202550$3.0bn
Q3 202552$3.0bn
Q2 202555$2.9bn
Q1 202554$2.7bn
Q4 202462$2.7bn
Q3 202452$2.6bn
Q2 202450$2.4bn
Q1 202453$2.5bn
Q4 202359$2.1bn
Q3 202359$1.8bn
Q2 202359$1.9bn
Q1 202360$1.7bn
Q4 202266$1.6bn
Q3 202263$1.5bn
Q2 202263$1.5bn
Q1 202263$1.8bn
Q4 202164$1.9bn
Q3 202159$1.7bn
Q2 202157$1.6bn
Q1 202153$1.5bn
Q4 202053$1.3bn
Q3 202054$1.1bn
Q2 202049$1.0bn
Q1 202041$785m
Q4 201939$1.1bn
Q3 201939$1.0bn
Q2 201939$990m
Q1 201939$872m
Q4 201835$759m
Q3 201836$883m
Q2 201836$769m
Q1 201835$747m
Q4 201735$729m
Q3 201731$684m
Q2 201727$619m
Q1 201726$602m
Q4 201626$591m
Q3 201626$537m
Q2 201625$515m
Q1 201624$509m
Q4 201525$502m
Q3 201526$497m
Q2 201526$500m
Q1 201524$457m

Where Giverny Capital (François Rochon) was early

13 rows
FBIN FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SEC INQ1 20169 of 1322.0%4.0%36Exited by Q1 2025+43%
HEI/A HEICO CORP NEWQ3 20163 of 931.2%6.7%40Held at last filing, Q2 2026+732%
AME AMETEK INCQ4 20165 of 1306.5%7.6%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+398%
FIVE FIVE BELOW INCQ1 201717 of 1740.04%7.5%38Held at last filing, Q2 2026+315%
LFUS LITTELFUSE INCQ4 20171 of 1140.04%2.7%35Held at last filing, Q2 2026+130%
CACC CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICHQ4 20179 of 1022.6%2.8%25Exited by Q4 2025+44%
EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPQ4 201710 of 1492.5%3.6%29Exited by Q1 2025+97%
HCSG HEALTHCARE SVCS GROUP INCQ3 20181 of 890.04%1.1%13Exited by Q4 2021−38%
NVR NVR INCQ3 201810 of 1452.0%5.4%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+176%
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPQ3 201823 of 2212.8%6.4%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+88%
OZK BANK OZK LITTLE ROCK ARKQ4 20182 of 1132.0%2.3%31Held at last filing, Q2 2026+128%
KEYS KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INCQ1 20196 of 1641.2%5.0%30Held at last filing, Q2 2026+301%
PGR PROGRESSIVE CORPQ3 201919 of 1942.1%5.5%28Held at last filing, Q2 2026+183%

Concentration and tenure

12.8%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
62.6%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
6
Median completed holding, quarters