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Hound Partners, LLC 13F holdings, Q4 2007

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Hound Partners, LLC disclosed 37 US equity positions worth $523.1m in its Q4 2007 13F filing. Its largest position is E M C CORP MASS at 13.1% of the reported book, followed by CVA1EUR and GLDD. Versus Q3 2007 it opened 17 new positions, added to 6, reduced 7 and exited 8.

$523m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
37
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
13.1%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
64.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
18
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
83
Quarters on file since Q4 2005
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2007: 17 new, 6 added, 7 reduced, 8 exited

37 rows
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–13.1%$68.3m3.69m+32%added
CVA1EUR COVANTA HLDG CORP–10.0%$52.1m1.88m0.0%held
GLDD GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO–8.0%$41.7m4.78m−8.8%reduced
D DOMTAR CORP no ticker–6.0%$31.5m4.10m0.0%held
D QUANEX CORP no ticker–5.8%$30.5m588,376–new
D KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG I NTL LTD C no ticker–5.6%$29.1m972,080−33%reduced
EDN EMPRESA DIST Y COMERCIAL NOR–4.3%$22.5m1.02m−34%reduced
D ALDABRA 2 ACQUICITIO N CORP W WARRANTS no ticker–4.2%$22.0m6.81m–new
MERC MERCER INTL INCBasic Materials4.2%$22.0m2.81m0.0%held
D ALDABRA 2 ACQUICITIO N CORP no ticker–3.1%$16.1m1.66m–new
CALM CAL MAINE FOODS INCConsumer Defensive3.0%$15.9m600,000–new
D AMERICAN TOWER no ticker–2.9%$15.2m356,7370.0%held
CALGON CARBON CORP no ticker–2.8%$14.7m924,966−34%reduced
BID1EUR SOTHEBYS–2.3%$12.2m320,000–new
KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC no ticker–2.2%$11.5m216,766+92%added
CHIMERA INVT CORP no ticker–2.1%$10.7m600,000–new
D YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HOLD no ticker–2.0%$10.5m271,000–new
D DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOM OTIVE GR no ticker–2.0%$10.5m442,2000.0%held
CCOI COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HLDGSCommunication Services1.9%$10.1m425,0000.0%held
D HQ SUSTAINABLE MARIT IME INDUS no ticker–1.8%$9.6m985,351+194%added
PREMIER EXIBITIONS INC no ticker–1.8%$9.4m855,000–new
D GREAT WOLF RESORTS I NC no ticker–1.7%$9.0m915,225+139%added
JRJCUSD CHINA FIN ONLINE CO LTD–1.4%$7.3m334,246–new
D NOBLE INTL LTD no ticker–1.4%$7.2m440,598–new
TASER INTL INC no ticker–1.3%$6.7m465,000+27%added
D TRAILER BRDG INC no ticker–1.1%$5.6m474,1170.0%held
NUTRI SYS INC NEW no ticker–0.8%$4.4m161,556−31%reduced
GIVEN IMAGING no ticker–0.6%$3.1m135,000–new
D JA SOLAR HLD no ticker–0.5%$2.8m40,000–new
INTEROIL CORP no ticker–0.4%$2.3m118,035–new
DEPOMED INC no ticker–0.4%$2.1m655,507−37%reduced
D CAL MAINE FOODS INC no ticker–0.4%$2.0m75,000–new
ACCO ACCO BRANDS CORPIndustrials0.3%$1.5m96,532−80%reduced
D MILLENNIUM INDIA WTS EXP 7/19 WARRANTS no ticker–0.2%$1.1m552,373–new
D BIDZ.COM INC no ticker–0.2%$987k110,000–new
D ADHEREX TECH INC no ticker–0.1%$624k2.31m+22%added
D INDYMAC BANCORP INC no ticker–0.06%$327k55,000–new

Exited since Q3 2007

8 rows
BLUE NILE INC no ticker2.2%$9.4m
D MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES L TD no ticker1.3%$5.5m
SYXUSD SYSTEMAX INC1.2%$5.1m
LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS INC no ticker1.0%$4.2m
FTEK FUEL TECH INC0.9%$3.9m
BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORP no ticker0.5%$2.3m
D XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker0.1%$574k
IMAX IMAX CORP0.1%$515k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified90.5%
  • Basic Materials4.2%
  • Consumer Defensive3.0%
  • Communication Services1.9%
  • Industrials0.3%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (83)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202632$863m
Q1 202634$792m
Q4 202536$721m
Q3 202530$779m
Q2 202528$740m
Q1 202517$504m
Q4 202418$208m
Q3 202417$400m
Q2 202416$499m
Q1 202415$335m
Q4 202312$321m
Q3 202318$451m
Q2 202316$441m
Q1 202314$397m
Q4 202213$338m
Q3 202216$527m
Q2 202224$1.2bn
Q1 202227$1.5bn
Q4 2021106$1.7bn
Q3 2021206$1.8bn
Q2 2021250$2.0bn
Q1 2021247$2.0bn
Q4 2020124$1.6bn
Q3 202094$1.5bn
Q2 202049$1.1bn
Q1 202036$1.1bn
Q4 201927$1.4bn
Q3 201925$1.6bn
Q2 201929$2.0bn
Q1 201930$2.3bn
Q4 201829$3.1bn
Q3 201832$4.3bn
Q2 201821$4.2bn
Q1 201822$4.0bn
Q4 201721$3.6bn
Q3 201724$4.2bn
Q2 201722$4.0bn
Q1 201724$3.9bn
Q4 201625$4.1bn
Q3 201626$3.4bn
Q2 201619$3.2bn
Q1 201622$3.1bn
Q4 201520$3.7bn
Q3 201521$4.0bn
Q2 201520$4.0bn
Q1 201524$4.0bn
Q4 201420$3.0bn
Q3 201419$2.7bn
Q2 201418$2.3bn
Q1 201418$2.0bn
Q4 201320$1.6bn
Q3 201320$1.6bn
Q2 201324$1.6bn
Q1 201314$1.1bn
Q4 201216$865m
Q3 201213$666m
Q2 201213$675m
Q1 20129$442m
Q4 201113$572m
Q3 201111$324m
Q2 201112$393m
Q1 201111$291m
Q4 201014$263m
Q3 201014$244m
Q2 201015$232m
Q1 201017$311m
Q4 200918$272m
Q3 200920$265m
Q2 200917$199m
Q1 200917$130m
Q4 200817$132m
Q3 200835$233m
Q2 200838$342m
Q1 200835$376m
Q4 200737$523m
Q3 200728$432m
Q2 200725$343m
Q1 200726$328m
Q4 200626$271m
Q3 200627$235m
Q2 200633$177m
Q1 200636$154m
Q4 200532$117m

Where Hound Partners, LLC was early

57 rows
ACCO D ACCO BRANDS CORPQ1 20061 of 714.3%10.9%8Exited by Q1 2008−28%
CROX D CROCS INCQ1 20061 of 1564.1%5.7%4Exited by Q2 2007+88%
TBBK Bancorp Inc/DEQ1 20061 of 761.2%1.3%4Exited by Q1 2007+21%
TREX D TREX CO INCQ1 20061 of 1316.1%6.1%6Exited by Q3 2007−38%
IMAX D IMAX CORP CAD NPV CO M (USD)Q1 20063 of 1161.5%3.1%7Exited by Q4 2007−59%
EDN EMPRESA DIST Y COMERIAL NOR SPONQ2 20071 of 296.0%8.4%6Exited by Q4 2008−68%
GLDD GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COQ2 20071 of 802.8%13.9%13Exited by Q3 2010−37%
CCOI COGENT COMM GROUP INCQ3 20072 of 1262.3%2.8%4Exited by Q3 2008−43%
CALM CAL MAINE FOODS INCQ4 20073 of 1033.0%6.5%9Held at last filing, Q2 2026+507%
ECHO ECHOSTAR CORPQ1 20082 of 2092.5%10.2%15Exited by Q1 2021−11%
GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLDQ1 20097 of 19111.2%11.2%4Exited by Q1 2011+54%
CMP COMPASS MINERALS INTL INCQ3 20103 of 10311.2%11.8%5Exited by Q4 2011−13%
ASCMA ASCENT CAP GROUP INCQ1 20111 of 225.9%8.7%5Exited by Q4 2013+65%
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COQ3 20114 of 1925.3%20.8%6Exited by Q1 2013+107%
GRPN GROUPON INCQ4 20112 of 1281.6%1.9%2Exited by Q2 2012−11%
GM GENERAL MTRS COQ4 20114 of 1694.9%9.0%6Exited by Q2 2013+37%
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRQ4 20119 of 26728.9%28.9%10Exited by Q3 2022+201%
SGI TEMPUR PEDIC INTL INCQ1 20124 of 1916.0%6.0%2Exited by Q3 2012−72%
SBH SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INCQ2 20121 of 1123.4%9.2%5Exited by Q3 2013+21%
HCA HCA HEALTHCARE INCQ2 20124 of 2043.7%17.2%24Exited by Q4 2025+1301%
GLNG GOLAR LNG LTDQ3 20121 of 1679.7%13.5%20Held at last filing, Q2 2026+29%
AIG AMERICAN INTL GROUP INCQ3 20129 of 1552.0%6.2%13Exited by Q1 2016+89%
RGR STURM RUGER & CO INCQ1 20131 of 721.0%1.0%2Exited by Q3 2013−5.3%
MCO MOODYS CORPQ1 201313 of 1762.3%2.3%2Exited by Q3 2013+14%
CRI CARTER INCQ2 20131 of 11912.6%14.9%16Exited by Q2 2017+21%
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCQ2 20133 of 1884.1%6.4%23Exited by Q1 2022+306%
DVA DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS IQ2 20136 of 1333.5%3.9%4Exited by Q2 2014+14%
C CITIGROUP INCQ4 20139 of 2151.8%3.4%11Exited by Q3 2016−19%
S9Q SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HLDGS INCQ1 20147 of 1536.8%17.0%25Exited by Q2 2020−15%
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCQ2 201413 of 2344.0%4.0%5Exited by Q4 2023+329%
ICE INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INQ3 201413 of 2172.4%2.4%5Exited by Q4 2015+20%
LKQ LKQ CORPQ1 20153 of 1511.7%10.7%14Exited by Q4 2019+23%
QSR RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INCQ1 201514 of 1761.0%7.2%18Exited by Q3 2019+81%
ADSK AUTODESK INCQ4 201517 of 2172.7%4.0%6Exited by Q2 2017+42%
SPSC SPS COMM INCQ3 20162 of 1090.6%2.4%8Exited by Q3 2018+0.1%
CACC CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICHQ3 20166 of 1023.0%8.0%15Exited by Q3 2020+108%
FTNT FORTINET INCQ4 20169 of 1624.2%29.1%7Exited by Q4 2024+1187%
OPTU ALTICE USA INCQ2 20175 of 1951.4%4.1%6Exited by Q3 2021+5.7%
EFX EQUIFAX INCQ3 201711 of 1622.9%3.0%2Exited by Q1 2018+11%
JELD JELD-WEN HLDG INCQ4 20175 of 1010.3%5.6%10Exited by Q2 2020−75%
CHRS COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INCQ2 20189 of 1050.3%1.7%8Exited by Q2 2020+16%
CVNA CARVANA COQ2 201815 of 2490.7%4.5%9Exited by Q4 2020+436%
RPM RPM INTL INCQ3 20183 of 1091.9%9.5%8Exited by Q3 2020+16%
CARG CARGURUS INCQ3 20186 of 1414.4%12.4%13Exited by Q4 2021−44%
NBIS NEBIUS GROUP N.V.Q3 201824 of 2490.8%6.4%4Held at last filing, Q2 2026+320%
FOXA FOX CORPQ1 20199 of 1723.5%6.5%8Exited by Q1 2021−21%
FTCHQ FARFETCH LTDQ1 201918 of 1730.4%6.4%11Exited by Q1 2023−82%
W WAYFAIR INCQ3 201921 of 2413.2%7.4%13Exited by Q1 2023−71%
WDAY WORKDAY INCQ4 201923 of 2631.8%10.1%21Exited by Q1 2026+31%
BIO BIO RAD LABS INCQ1 202012 of 1413.6%27.3%23Held at last filing, Q2 2026−16%

Concentration and tenure

15.5%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
81.4%
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
2
Median completed holding, quarters