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Kahn Brothers 13F holdings, Q3 2019

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2019-09-30, filed 2019-11-05

Kahn Brothers disclosed 48 US equity positions worth $797.6m in its Q3 2019 13F filing. Its largest position is MERCK at 11.3% of the reported book, followed by CITIGROUP and AGO. Versus Q2 2019 it opened 4 new positions, added to 18, reduced 11 and exited 0.

$798m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
48
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
11.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
78.9%
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.
53
Quarters on file since Q2 2013
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q2 2019: 4 new, 18 added, 11 reduced, 0 exited

48 rows
MERCK no ticker–11.3%$90.1m2.02m−81%reduced
CITIGROUP no ticker–9.2%$73.3m1.06m−3.8%reduced
AGO ASSURED GUARANTY LTDFinancial Services8.8%$70.0m1.57m+0.5%added
NYCBEUR NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC–8.7%$69.6m5.54m+1.4%added
GSK PLC no ticker–8.7%$69.2m1.62m+1.0%added
BP BP PLCEnergy8.0%$63.7m1.68m+0.1%held
SEB SEABOARD CORP DELIndustrials7.3%$57.8m13,221−0.2%held
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare6.8%$54.4m1.07m+5.4%added
MBI MBIA INCFinancial Services6.5%$51.6m5.59m−0.4%held
BB BLACKBERRY LTDTechnology3.7%$29.7m5.66m+1.7%added
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare3.7%$29.2m811,787+0.7%added
PTEN PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INCEnergy2.9%$23.1m2.70m+37%added
NAM TAI PPTY INC no ticker–2.5%$19.8m2.20m−1.6%reduced
VOXXGUSD VOXX INTL CORP–2.4%$19.1m4.07m+2.5%added
HO1 HOLOGIC INC–2.0%$15.6m309,837−8.8%reduced
NYT NEW YORK TIMES COCommunication Services1.2%$9.7m340,826−28%reduced
STL STERLING BANCORP DEL–1.2%$9.4m468,122−10%reduced
RFL RAFAEL HLDGS INCReal Estate1.1%$9.1m434,660+0.6%added
IDT CORP CL B no ticker–0.9%$7.4m706,216−19%reduced
TPHS TRINITY PL HLDGS INCReal Estate0.8%$6.4m1.61m−0.4%held
GENIE ENERGY no ticker–0.4%$3.5m464,704+1.2%added
NVS NOVARTIS AGHealthcare0.3%$2.2m25,7730.0%held
FIRST NATL BK OF ALASKA no ticker–0.2%$1.6m6,8100.0%held
IDW MEDIA no ticker–0.2%$1.4m97,300+0.4%held
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP–0.2%$1.4m19,120+0.8%added
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunication Services0.2%$1.3m21,759+160%added
VRAYQ VIEWRAY INCHealthcare0.1%$985k339,800+202%added
AMERICAN TEL & TEL no ticker–0.09%$696k18,395+22%added
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–0.09%$686k3,300+3.1%added
GBCI GLACIER BANCORP INC NEWFinancial Services0.07%$590k14,571−21%reduced
CVX CHEVRON CORPORATIONEnergy0.07%$519k4,376−4.4%reduced
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services0.07%$519k17,763+25%added
HOPE HOPE BANCORP INCFinancial Services0.06%$458k31,9200.0%held
SB ONE BANCORP no ticker–0.06%$457k20,2450.0%held
OBT ORANGE CNTY BANCORP INC–0.06%$455k16,4000.0%held
COAL CREEK MINING no ticker–0.04%$334k9830.0%held
NAVI NAVIENT CORPORATIONFinancial Services0.04%$326k12,800−50%reduced
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWCommunication Services0.04%$309k6,858+14%added
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer Defensive0.04%$288k2,100–new
ALC ALCON INCHealthcare0.04%$285k4,876−5.3%reduced
ZDGE ZEDGE INC–0.04%$284k170,043+1.0%added
KEY KEYCORPFinancial Services0.03%$220k12,349–new
ED CONSOLIDATED EDISON INCUtilities0.02%$158k1,6740.0%held
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.01%$112k500–new
CREW ENERGY no ticker–0.01%$96.8k189,5000.0%held
PEYTO EXP & DEV no ticker–0.01%$88.3k35,000–new
LWAY LIFEWAY FOODS INCConsumer Defensive0.0%$21.9k10,0000.0%held
VHIUSD VALHI INC NEW–0.0%$19.7k10,3680.0%held

Sector mix

  • Unclassified48.2%
  • Financial Services15.5%
  • Energy10.9%
  • Healthcare10.9%
  • Industrials7.3%
  • Technology3.7%
  • Real Estate1.9%
  • Communication Services1.4%
  • Consumer Defensive0.04%
  • Utilities0.02%

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