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Giverny Capital (François Rochon) 13F holdings, Q1 2020

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2020-03-31, filed 2020-05-15

Giverny Capital (François Rochon) disclosed 41 US equity positions worth $785.2m in its Q1 2020 13F filing. Its largest position is BRK/B at 19.3% of the reported book, followed by KMX and AME. Versus Q4 2019 it opened 4 new positions, added to 8, reduced 20 and exited 2.

$785m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
41
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
19.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
67.5%
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 2019: 4 new, 8 added, 20 reduced, 2 exited

41 rows
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–19.3%$152m830,819−6.7%reduced
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical7.6%$59.4m1.10m−5.8%reduced
AME AMETEK INCIndustrials6.7%$52.4m727,694−13%reduced
V VISA INCFinancial Services6.0%$47.3m293,788−6.6%reduced
PGR PROGRESSIVE CORPFinancial Services5.3%$41.7m564,538+26%added
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services5.1%$39.7m34,142−6.5%reduced
MKL MARKEL GROUP INCFinancial Services4.9%$38.2m41,199+5.6%added
NVR NVR INCConsumer Cyclical4.5%$35.7m13,878−8.1%reduced
KEYS KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology4.2%$33.1m395,345−0.7%reduced
HEI/A HEICO CORP NEW–3.9%$30.7m480,490−4.2%reduced
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPFinancial Services3.8%$29.8m887,497−6.8%reduced
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancial Services3.7%$29.1m322,693−5.1%reduced
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services3.6%$28.3m169,415−7.5%reduced
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services3.5%$27.6m1.30m+35%added
EW EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPHealthcare2.8%$22.3m118,426−7.9%reduced
FBIN FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS IIndustrials2.8%$21.8m504,435−20%reduced
FIVE FIVE BELOW INCConsumer Cyclical2.3%$18.4m261,868+7182%added
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services2.3%$17.7m183,610−8.2%reduced
ATHM AUTOHOME INCCommunication Services1.6%$12.3m173,150–new
LFUS LITTELFUSE INCTechnology1.0%$7.8m58,570−50%reduced
GOOGL ALPHABET INCCommunication Services1.0%$7.7m6,627+4.0%added
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials0.9%$7.3m51,978−68%reduced
HCSG HEALTHCARE SVCS GROUP INCHealthcare0.9%$7.0m294,626−7.8%reduced
OZK BANK OZK LITTLE ROCK ARKFinancial Services0.8%$5.9m355,481−8.0%reduced
SNBRQ SLEEP NUMBER CORPConsumer Cyclical0.5%$4.1m216,108–new
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust–0.2%$1.4m5,2950.0%held
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA INCConsumer Cyclical0.1%$880k4,6450.0%held
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–0.1%$816k30.0%held
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.08%$600k2,358+11%added
ODFL OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INIndustrials0.07%$534k4,067+50%added
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.06%$469k1,9410.0%held
TJX TJX COS INC NEWConsumer Cyclical0.05%$425k8,892−0.9%reduced
ROP ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology0.05%$388k1,2450.0%held
SSNC SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HLDGS INCTechnology0.04%$346k7,895–new
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC no ticker–0.04%$343k11,634−10%reduced
LUV Southwest Airlines Co.Industrials0.04%$297k8,3480.0%held
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL no ticker–0.04%$289k10,6300.0%held
FAST FASTENAL COIndustrials0.04%$280k8,954+9.8%added
DAL DELTA AIR LINES INCIndustrials0.03%$265k9,296–new
KNX KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSN HLDGS INIndustrials0.03%$264k8,0460.0%held
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCConsumer Cyclical0.03%$245k3,2180.0%held

Exited since Q4 2019

2 rows
MTB M & T BK CORP2.1%$23.7m
ORLY OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC1.1%$12.1m

Sector mix

  • Financial Services28.0%
  • Unclassified23.6%
  • Consumer Cyclical15.2%
  • Communication Services13.5%
  • Industrials10.6%
  • Technology5.4%
  • Healthcare3.7%

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