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Hound Partners, LLC 13F holdings, Q4 2018

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Hound Partners, LLC disclosed 29 US equity positions worth $3.1bn in its Q4 2018 13F filing. Its largest position is TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC at 13.9% of the reported book, followed by S9Q and META. Versus Q3 2018 it opened 9 new positions, added to 7, reduced 11 and exited 12.

$3.1bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
29
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
13.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
76.7%
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.
83
Quarters on file since Q4 2005
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2018: 9 new, 7 added, 11 reduced, 12 exited

29 rows
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–13.9%$432m8.98m−56%reduced
S9Q SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HLDGS INC–11.4%$353m4.90m−4.9%reduced
META META PLATFORMS INCCommunication Services9.3%$289m2.21m+0.3%held
HLT HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INCConsumer Cyclical9.0%$281m3.91m−13%reduced
RPM RPM INTL INCBasic Materials6.1%$190m3.23m+157%added
CARG CARGURUS INCCommunication Services6.0%$187m5.53m+61%added
NXST NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INCCommunication Services5.7%$178m2.27m−29%reduced
PCG PG&E CORPUtilities5.7%$177m7.44m+12%added
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology5.1%$160m1.57m+22%added
LKQ LKQ CORPConsumer Cyclical4.5%$141m5.92m+2.1%added
QSR RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INCConsumer Cyclical3.7%$115m2.19m−5.3%reduced
NBIS NEBIUS GROUP N.V.Communication Services3.7%$114m4.16m+317%added
JELD JELD-WEN HLDG INCIndustrials3.3%$102m7.18m−13%reduced
CACC CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICHFinancial Services2.8%$87.9m230,319−19%reduced
GOOG ALPHABET INCCommunication Services2.2%$69.8m67,403−10%reduced
MHK MOHAWK INDS INCConsumer Cyclical1.9%$59.7m510,126−11%reduced
8L8C LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP–1.9%$58.3m808,689−59%reduced
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer Cyclical1.4%$43.5m1.33m–new
DOORUSD MASONITE INTL CORP–1.0%$30.4m677,515+85%added
LBRDAEUR LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP–0.6%$18.5m257,789−12%reduced
CHRS COHERUS ONCOLOGY INCHealthcare0.6%$18.3m2.02m+0.3%held
TME TENCENT MUSIC ENTMT GROUPCommunication Services0.1%$3.4m260,000–new
PIVOTAL SOFTWARE INC no ticker–0.07%$2.2m132,764–new
TOCAGEN INC no ticker–0.03%$871k106,100–new
MFIC APOLLO INVT CORP–0.02%$620k50,000–new
GMREUSD GLOBAL MED REIT INC–0.01%$436k49,000–new
AXOVANT SCIENCES LTD no ticker–0.01%$398k400,000–new
PIRSEUR PIERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC–0.01%$266k100,000–new
GV1EUR GOLDFIELD CORP–0.01%$226k100,000–new

Exited since Q3 2018

12 rows
CHTR CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC1.0%$42.1m
DLR DIGITAL RLTY TR INC0.2%$7.3m
BJ BJS WHSL CLUB HLDGS INC0.05%$2.0m
ENTASIS THERAPEUTICS HLDGS I no ticker0.03%$1.1m
FOAMIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD no ticker0.03%$1.1m
CTKEUR COOTEK CAYMAN INC0.02%$708k
ROSEUSD ROSEHILL RES INC0.01%$583k
OXFORD IMMUNOTEC GLOBAL PLC no ticker0.01%$524k
PGTIUSD PGT INNOVATIONS INC0.01%$499k
ARCO PLATFORM LTD no ticker0.01%$329k
ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC no ticker0.0%$129k
VERU VERU INC0.0%$119k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified28.8%
  • Communication Services27.0%
  • Consumer Cyclical20.5%
  • Basic Materials6.1%
  • Utilities5.7%
  • Technology5.1%
  • Industrials3.3%
  • Financial Services2.8%
  • Healthcare0.6%

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