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Giverny Capital (François Rochon) 13F holdings, Q3 2019

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2019-09-30, filed 2019-11-14

Giverny Capital (François Rochon) disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $1.0bn in its Q3 2019 13F filing. Its largest position is BRK/B at 18.1% of the reported book, followed by KMX and AME. Versus Q2 2019 it opened 1 new position, added to 13, reduced 3 and exited 1.

$1.0bn
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.
18.1%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
68.2%
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 Q2 2019: 1 new, 13 added, 3 reduced, 1 exited

39 rows
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–18.1%$181m870,968+0.8%added
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical10.7%$108m1.22m+0.2%held
AME AMETEK INCIndustrials7.3%$73.2m797,424+0.6%added
NVR NVR INCConsumer Cyclical5.4%$53.8m14,460+1.0%added
V VISA INCFinancial Services5.3%$53.2m309,533−0.1%held
HEI/A HEICO CORP NEW–4.7%$47.2m485,174−0.3%held
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancial Services4.5%$45.3m38,312+1.1%added
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services4.3%$43.4m35,627+1.5%added
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancial Services4.0%$39.8m337,782+1.1%added
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services3.9%$39.2m936,161+0.9%added
FBIN FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS IIndustrials3.4%$34.0m620,746+0.3%held
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services3.1%$31.5m176,952+2.1%added
KEYS KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology2.9%$29.2m300,068+5.8%added
EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPHealthcare2.8%$28.0m127,233+0.2%held
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services2.8%$27.6m945,735+7.3%added
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials2.6%$25.9m160,011+0.5%held
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services2.6%$25.6m196,7240.0%held
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services2.2%$21.8m138,067+1.8%added
PGR PROGRESSIVE CORPFinancial Services2.1%$20.7m268,243–new
LFUS LITTELFUSE INCTechnology2.0%$20.3m114,671+0.5%held
OZK BANK OZK LITTLE ROCK ARKFinancial Services2.0%$20.0m732,756+0.2%held
ORLY OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INCConsumer Cyclical1.1%$11.1m27,911+2.2%added
HCSG HEALTHCARE SVCS GROUP INCHealthcare0.8%$7.7m315,908+0.7%added
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services0.7%$7.1m5,776−1.5%reduced
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust–0.2%$1.6m5,2950.0%held
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–0.09%$935k30.0%held
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA INCConsumer Cyclical0.09%$894k4,6450.0%held
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC no ticker–0.07%$687k12,9380.0%held
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCConsumer Cyclical0.06%$616k4,961−97%reduced
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.06%$554k2,0390.0%held
TJX TJX COS INC NEWConsumer Cyclical0.05%$506k9,082−2.8%reduced
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.05%$476k2,1270.0%held
ODFL OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INIndustrials0.05%$461k2,7120.0%held
FIVE FIVE BELOW INCConsumer Cyclical0.05%$453k3,5960.0%held
ROP ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology0.04%$444k1,2450.0%held
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL no ticker–0.04%$442k10,6300.0%held
KNX KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSN HLDGS INIndustrials0.03%$292k8,0460.0%held
FAST FASTENAL COIndustrials0.03%$266k8,1540.0%held
LUV Southwest Airlines Co.Industrials0.02%$234k4,3340.0%held

Exited since Q2 2019

1 row
LKQ LKQ CORP0.0%$6.0k

Sector mix

  • Financial Services26.7%
  • Unclassified23.1%
  • Consumer Cyclical17.4%
  • Industrials13.4%
  • Communication Services10.7%
  • Technology5.0%
  • Healthcare3.6%

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