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Hound Partners, LLC 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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Hound Partners, LLC disclosed 17 US equity positions worth $132.3m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC at 22.3% of the reported book, followed by GOODRICH PETE CORP and GLDD. Versus Q3 2008 it opened 1 new position, added to 4, reduced 11 and exited 19.

$132m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
17
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
22.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
93.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
8
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 2008: 1 new, 4 added, 11 reduced, 19 exited

17 rows
KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC no ticker–22.3%$29.5m738,784−14%reduced
GOODRICH PETE CORP no ticker–16.6%$21.9m731,875−20%reduced
GLDD GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO–13.9%$18.4m4.44m−11%reduced
CVA1EUR COVANTA HLDG CORP–13.7%$18.1m825,869+24%added
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT no ticker–9.4%$12.4m710,000–new
HQ SUSTAINABLE MARITIM IND I no ticker–4.7%$6.2m785,915−18%reduced
AMERICAN TOWER CORP no ticker–4.6%$6.1m206,542−48%reduced
STAR SCIENTIFIC INC no ticker–2.9%$3.8m1.00m−18%reduced
HECKMANN CORP *W EXP 11/09/201 no ticker–2.7%$3.5m3.09m+63%added
CYPRESS BIOSCIENCES INC no ticker–2.4%$3.2m472,469+51%added
HECKMANN CORP no ticker–2.3%$3.0m532,900+12%added
ARABIAN AMERN DEV CO no ticker–1.6%$2.1m1.34m−11%reduced
TRAILER BRIDGE no ticker–1.5%$2.0m534,107−6.5%reduced
MILLENNIUM INDIA ACQS no ticker–0.6%$850k850,2860.0%held
GREAT WOLF RESORTS INC no ticker–0.6%$819k531,990−42%reduced
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN no ticker–0.2%$211k277,200−50%reduced
FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP no ticker–0.05%$60.0k82,500−50%reduced

Exited since Q3 2008

19 rows
INTEROIL CORP no ticker8.9%$20.8m
CALM CAL MAINE FOODS INC5.7%$13.4m
THERMADYNE HLDGS CORP NEW no ticker2.4%$5.7m
CHIMERA INVT CORP no ticker1.8%$4.2m
BOISE INC no ticker1.5%$3.4m
EDN EMPRESA DIST Y COMERCIAL NOR0.9%$2.0m
MERC MERCER INTL INC0.5%$1.3m
SAPPHIRE INDUSTRIALS CORP *W EXP 01/17/201 no ticker0.4%$829k
TRIAN ACQUISITION I CORP *W EXP 01/23/201 no ticker0.3%$614k
MILLENNIUM INDIA ACQS no ticker0.2%$398k
STREAM GLOBAL SVCS INC *W EXP 10/17/201 no ticker0.09%$212k
MBF HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION C *W EXP 04/16/201 no ticker0.08%$184k
ADHEREX TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker0.07%$173k
ENERGY SVCS OF AMERICA CORP *W EXP 08/29/201 no ticker0.07%$154k
NTR ACQUISITION CO *W EXP 06/28/201 no ticker0.06%$149k
TAILWIND FINL INC *W EXP 04/11/201 no ticker0.04%$102k
GSC ACQUISITION COMPANY *W EXP 06/25/201 no ticker0.04%$88.0k
INDIA GLOBALIZATION CAP INC *W EXP 03/03/201 no ticker0.02%$52.0k
ALYST ACQUISTION CORP *W EXP 06/28/201 no ticker0.01%$18.0k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified100%

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