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Kahn Brothers 13F holdings, Q1 2016

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2016-03-31, filed 2016-05-09

Kahn Brothers disclosed 37 US equity positions worth $533.9m in its Q1 2016 13F filing. Its largest position is MERCK at 9.8% of the reported book, followed by NYT and CITIGROUP. Versus Q4 2015 it opened 0 new positions, added to 7, reduced 20 and exited 1.

$534m
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.
9.8%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
78.1%
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 Q4 2015: 0 new, 7 added, 20 reduced, 1 exited

37 rows
MERCK no ticker–9.8%$52.1m985,419−2.5%reduced
NYT NEW YORK TIMES COCommunication Services9.1%$48.4m3.89m−1.0%reduced
CITIGROUP no ticker–8.9%$47.5m1.14m+1.3%added
HO1 HOLOGIC INC–8.6%$45.8m1.33m−1.8%reduced
NYCBEUR NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC–8.1%$43.2m2.71m−1.4%reduced
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare8.0%$42.8m1.44m−8.1%reduced
MBI MBIA INCFinancial Services7.3%$38.8m4.39m−0.5%held
BP PLC no ticker–7.1%$37.9m1.25m+15%added
BB BLACKBERRY LTDTechnology6.1%$32.3m4.00m+5.1%added
SEB SEABOARD CORP DELIndustrials5.3%$28.4m9,459−0.5%reduced
NAM TAI PPTY INC no ticker–4.2%$22.3m3.64m−0.3%held
PTEN PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INCEnergy3.5%$18.8m1.07m−0.2%held
STL STERLING BANCORP DEL–3.0%$16.2m1.02m−0.8%reduced
VOXXGUSD VOXX INTL CORP–1.6%$8.3m1.85m+1.3%added
IDT CORP CL B no ticker–1.5%$7.8m499,080−0.8%reduced
STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATNS I no ticker–1.4%$7.5m243,254−0.6%reduced
TPHS TRINITY PL HLDGS INCReal Estate1.4%$7.3m1.06m0.0%held
GLAXOSMITHKLINE no ticker–1.0%$5.4m131,950+56%added
ORI OLD REP INTL CORPFinancial Services0.8%$4.0m219,934−73%reduced
GENIE ENERGY no ticker–0.6%$3.3m434,532−0.7%reduced
NAVI NAVIENT CORPORATIONFinancial Services0.4%$2.2m187,471−2.1%reduced
NVS NOVARTIS AGHealthcare0.4%$2.0m27,6430.0%held
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare0.3%$1.8m28,583+1.9%added
IDW MEDIA no ticker–0.3%$1.6m83,410−0.5%reduced
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP–0.3%$1.5m17,4340.0%held
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWCommunication Services0.2%$1.3m20,595+0.2%held
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSTechnology0.2%$1.1m7,358+2.8%added
MONSANTO no ticker–0.1%$679k7,742−5.3%reduced
FIRST NIAGARA FINL GP INC no ticker–0.1%$536k55,405−56%reduced
BANK OF AMERICA no ticker–0.10%$526k38,942−2.1%reduced
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.09%$477k15,0000.0%held
CVX CHEVRON CORPORATIONEnergy0.09%$466k4,8880.0%held
AMERICAN TEL & TEL no ticker–0.08%$436k11,122−4.6%reduced
LANDMARK SAVINGS BANK no ticker–0.07%$377k15,085−47%reduced
SLM CORP no ticker–0.06%$335k52,650−1.8%reduced
ASTORIA FINANCIAL no ticker–0.05%$280k17,6850.0%held
KEY KEYCORPFinancial Services0.02%$119k10,749−21%reduced

Exited since Q4 2015

1 row
VOLVO no ticker0.02%$93.8k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified56.8%
  • Communication Services9.3%
  • Healthcare8.7%
  • Financial Services8.5%
  • Technology6.3%
  • Industrials5.4%
  • Energy3.6%
  • Real Estate1.4%

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