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Giverny Capital (François Rochon) 13F holdings, Q1 2019

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2019-03-31, filed 2019-05-14

Giverny Capital (François Rochon) disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $871.7m in its Q1 2019 13F filing. Its largest position is BRK/B at 19.2% of the reported book, followed by KMX and AME. Versus Q4 2018 it opened 5 new positions, added to 17, reduced 9 and exited 1.

$872m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
39
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
19.2%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
66.4%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
14
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 Q4 2018: 5 new, 17 added, 9 reduced, 1 exited

39 rows
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–19.2%$167m832,125+3.0%added
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical9.5%$83.0m1.19m+2.9%added
AME AMETEK INCIndustrials7.3%$63.3m762,627−0.4%held
V VISA INCFinancial Services5.4%$47.2m302,505+1.6%added
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services4.6%$40.3m34,346+0.4%held
HEI/A HEICO CORP NEW–4.6%$39.7m472,577+3.5%added
NVR NVR INCConsumer Cyclical4.4%$38.0m13,719+2.4%added
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancial Services4.2%$36.4m36,523+6.1%added
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancial Services3.7%$32.2m318,115+5.3%added
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services3.6%$31.5m737,124+11%added
FBIN FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS IIndustrials3.3%$28.4m596,993+2.1%added
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCConsumer Cyclical3.2%$28.0m221,909−0.9%reduced
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services3.1%$27.4m164,573+41%added
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials3.0%$26.2m156,810−19%reduced
EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPHealthcare2.7%$23.7m123,923+1.4%added
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services2.4%$21.1m189,856−0.9%reduced
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services2.4%$20.6m746,916–new
OZK BANK OZK LITTLE ROCK ARKFinancial Services2.3%$20.1m694,672+3.4%added
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services2.3%$19.9m126,443+2.2%added
LFUS LITTELFUSE INCTechnology2.3%$19.9m108,790+7.4%added
LKQ LKQ CORPConsumer Cyclical1.4%$11.8m417,276−3.6%reduced
ORLY OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer Cyclical1.3%$11.2m28,811−43%reduced
KEYS KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology1.2%$10.1m116,090–new
HCSG HEALTHCARE SVCS GROUP INCHealthcare1.1%$9.5m287,334+3001%added
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services0.8%$7.0m5,966+5.8%added
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust–0.2%$1.5m5,2950.0%held
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL no ticker–0.1%$920k26,246−96%reduced
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–0.1%$904k30.0%held
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA INCConsumer Cyclical0.09%$761k4,645+1.0%added
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC no ticker–0.07%$604k12,9380.0%held
TJX TJX COS INC NEWConsumer Cyclical0.06%$497k9,341−15%reduced
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.06%$480k2,039−1.7%reduced
FIVE FIVE BELOW INCConsumer Cyclical0.05%$447k3,5960.0%held
ROP ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology0.05%$426k1,245–new
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.05%$404k2,127−2.3%reduced
ODFL OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INIndustrials0.04%$372k2,577–new
FAST FASTENAL COIndustrials0.03%$262k4,0770.0%held
KNX KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSN HLDGS INIndustrials0.03%$253k7,743–new
LUV Southwest Airlines Co.Industrials0.02%$206k3,9610.0%held

Exited since Q4 2018

1 row
BCPC BALCHEM CORP0.02%$178k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified24.2%
  • Financial Services23.9%
  • Consumer Cyclical19.9%
  • Industrials13.7%
  • Communication Services11.0%
  • Healthcare3.8%
  • Technology3.5%

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