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Kahn Brothers 13F holdings, Q4 2013

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2013-12-31, filed 2014-02-04

Kahn Brothers disclosed 42 US equity positions worth $581.0m in its Q4 2013 13F filing. Its largest position is NYT at 11.6% of the reported book, followed by PFE and CITIGROUP. Versus Q3 2013 it opened 1 new position, added to 3, reduced 29 and exited 3.

$581m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
42
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
11.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
73.9%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
15
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
53
Quarters on file since Q2 2013
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2013: 1 new, 3 added, 29 reduced, 3 exited

42 rows
NYT NEW YORK TIMES COCommunication Services11.6%$67.6m4.26m−22%reduced
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare10.0%$58.2m1.90m−24%reduced
CITIGROUP no ticker–9.6%$56.0m1.07m−22%reduced
NYCBEUR NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC–9.5%$55.1m3.27m−21%reduced
ORI OLD REP INTL CORPFinancial Services7.3%$42.5m2.46m−28%reduced
PTEN PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INCEnergy6.1%$35.7m1.41m−29%reduced
MERCK no ticker–5.2%$30.3m2.53m+106%added
HO1 HOLOGIC INC–5.2%$30.2m1.35m−13%reduced
VOXXGUSD VOXX INTL CORP–4.8%$28.0m1.68m−28%reduced
SLM CORP no ticker–4.4%$25.7m979,022−8.1%reduced
MBI MBIA INCFinancial Services4.4%$25.5m2.14m−28%reduced
BP PLC no ticker–4.4%$25.3m520,745+6.4%added
SEB SEABOARD CORP DELIndustrials4.3%$25.1m8,986−33%reduced
NAM TAI ELECTRS INC no ticker–3.4%$19.6m2.75m−27%reduced
STL STERLING BANCORP DEL–2.6%$15.1m1.13m–new
IDT CORP CL B no ticker–1.5%$8.7m485,905−28%reduced
TPHS TRINITY PL HLDGS INCReal Estate1.2%$6.9m1.02m+130%added
GENIE ELECTRIC no ticker–0.8%$4.9m475,656−28%reduced
NVS NOVARTIS AGHealthcare0.4%$2.2m27,368−6.8%reduced
STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATNS I no ticker–0.3%$2.0m244,047−27%reduced
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP–0.3%$1.8m17,9340.0%held
FIRST NIAGARA FINL GP INC no ticker–0.3%$1.6m149,382−0.7%reduced
BB BLACKBERRY LTDTechnology0.3%$1.5m200,000−49%reduced
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare0.3%$1.5m27,650−2.3%reduced
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWCommunication Services0.2%$1.3m24,344−2.3%reduced
MONSANTO no ticker–0.2%$1.0m8,8980.0%held
BANK OF AMERICA no ticker–0.2%$888k57,0210.0%held
CVX CHEVRON CORPORATIONEnergy0.2%$885k7,0880.0%held
ASTEC INDUS no ticker–0.1%$773k20,000−84%reduced
LANDMARK SAVINGS BANK no ticker–0.1%$692k35,282−56%reduced
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSTechnology0.1%$616k3,2830.0%held
AMERICAN TEL & TEL no ticker–0.10%$573k16,297−0.9%reduced
U S G CORP no ticker–0.10%$568k20,000−83%reduced
CTM MEDIA CL A no ticker–0.09%$498k7,668−26%reduced
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.07%$420k15,0000.0%held
QUESTAR CORP no ticker–0.06%$367k15,9500.0%held
NEU NEWMARKET CORPBasic Materials0.06%$334k1,000−8.3%reduced
KEY KEYCORPFinancial Services0.05%$295k21,999−7.5%reduced
PHI INC NON-VOTING no ticker–0.05%$282k6,500−77%reduced
ASTORIA FINANCIAL no ticker–0.04%$245k17,6850.0%held
FL8 FLUSHING FINL CORP–0.04%$230k11,119−30%reduced
VOLVO no ticker–0.02%$131k10,0000.0%held

Exited since Q3 2013

3 rows
PROVIDENT BANCORP no ticker1.8%$12.4m
RSTK TRINITY PLACE HLDGS no ticker0.5%$3.4m
FIRST PLACE FINANCIAL no ticker0.0%$21

Sector mix

  • Unclassified53.5%
  • Communication Services11.9%
  • Financial Services11.8%
  • Healthcare10.6%
  • Energy6.3%
  • Industrials4.4%
  • Real Estate1.2%
  • Technology0.4%
  • Basic Materials0.06%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (53)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202647$633m
Q1 202647$564m
Q4 202553$565m
Q3 202553$532m
Q2 202550$498m
Q1 202554$494m
Q4 202451$460m
Q3 202452$581m
Q2 202451$595m
Q1 202452$674m
Q4 202342$635m
Q3 202343$641m
Q2 202343$682m
Q1 202345$695m
Q4 202245$760m
Q3 202245$642m
Q2 202245$743m
Q1 202246$788m
Q4 202143$728m
Q3 202143$710m
Q2 202143$698m
Q1 202142$646m
Q4 202042$573m
Q3 202042$528m
Q2 202047$592m
Q1 202048$547m
Q4 201947$825m
Q3 201948$798m
Q2 201944$800m
Q1 201932$640m
Q4 201831$555m
Q3 201831$651m
Q2 201831$628m
Q1 201831$628m
Q4 201731$637m
Q3 201734$655m
Q2 201734$656m
Q1 201735$581m
Q4 201635$592m
Q3 201635$552m
Q2 201637$517m
Q1 201637$534m
Q4 201538$560m
Q3 201538$540m
Q2 201540$593m
Q1 201542$592m
Q4 201444$580m
Q3 201444$615m
Q2 201443$687m
Q1 201442$701m
Q4 201342$581m
Q3 201344$687m
Q2 201347$648m

Where Kahn Brothers was early

8 rows
BB BLACKBERRYQ3 20135 of 1100.5%8.2%42Exited by Q1 2024−55%
STL STERLING BANCORPQ4 20132 of 792.6%4.0%33Exited by Q1 2022+29%
NAVI Navient CorpQ2 20142 of 1162.4%3.2%47Exited by Q1 2026−27%
BP BP PLCQ4 20167 of 1268.3%10.7%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026−1.1%
AGO Assured Guaranty LTD FQ1 20179 of 1002.5%12.6%36Exited by Q1 2026+142%
RFL Rafael Holdings Inc Class BQ1 20183 of 370.2%2.3%34Held at last filing, Q2 2026−31%
OGN Organon & CoQ2 202111 of 1470.3%7.5%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026−55%
HLN Haleon PLCQ3 20222 of 741.4%1.6%16Held at last filing, Q2 2026+53%

Concentration and tenure

11.0%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
78.0%
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
9
Median completed holding, quarters