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Kahn Brothers 13F holdings, Q3 2020

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2020-09-30, filed 2020-11-06

Kahn Brothers disclosed 42 US equity positions worth $527.5m in its Q3 2020 13F filing. Its largest position is MERCK at 12.6% of the reported book, followed by BMY and GSK PLC. Versus Q2 2020 it opened 2 new positions, added to 4, reduced 30 and exited 7.

$528m
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.
12.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
77.6%
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 2020: 2 new, 4 added, 30 reduced, 7 exited

42 rows
MERCK no ticker–12.6%$66.6m802,809−13%reduced
BMY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COHealthcare10.7%$56.4m935,977−7.9%reduced
GSK PLC no ticker–10.0%$52.9m1.41m−7.3%reduced
NYCBEUR NEW YORK CMNTY BANCORP INC–7.5%$39.8m4.81m−6.6%reduced
CITIGROUP no ticker–7.0%$36.7m851,141−8.8%reduced
AGO ASSURED GUARANTY LTDFinancial Services6.7%$35.4m1.65m+6.8%added
BP BP PLCEnergy6.5%$34.5m1.98m+3.5%added
SEB SEABOARD CORP DELIndustrials6.0%$31.7m11,170−10%reduced
MBI MBIA INCFinancial Services5.3%$28.2m4.65m−6.7%reduced
VOXXGUSD VOXX INTL CORP–5.1%$27.2m3.53m−5.5%reduced
PFE PFIZER INCHealthcare4.8%$25.4m692,544−9.4%reduced
BB BLACKBERRY LTDTechnology4.7%$25.0m5.44m−4.8%reduced
PTEN PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INCEnergy3.7%$19.3m6.78m+16%added
NAM TAI PPTY INC no ticker–3.1%$16.1m1.72m−8.5%reduced
RFL RAFAEL HLDGS INCReal Estate1.2%$6.4m395,741−5.8%reduced
IDT CORP CL B no ticker–0.8%$4.4m667,672−2.1%reduced
GENIE ENERGY no ticker–0.6%$3.3m410,978−3.1%reduced
STL STERLING BANCORP DEL–0.6%$3.2m301,014−19%reduced
HO1 HOLOGIC INC–0.5%$2.8m42,446−49%reduced
NVS NOVARTIS AGHealthcare0.4%$2.0m22,6980.0%held
TPHS TRINITY PL HLDGS INCReal Estate0.4%$1.9m1.32m−15%reduced
VRAYQ VIEWRAY INCHealthcare0.3%$1.5m428,055−29%reduced
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunication Services0.2%$957k16,094−11%reduced
FIRST NATL BK OF ALASKA no ticker–0.2%$949k4,770−30%reduced
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–0.1%$692k3,250−2.3%reduced
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP–0.1%$622k18,1200.0%held
AMERICAN TEL & TEL no ticker–0.08%$430k15,095−8.5%reduced
IDW MEDIA no ticker–0.07%$367k91,635−2.6%reduced
JP MORGAN CHASE no ticker–0.07%$345k3,581−7.9%reduced
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services0.06%$342k14,207−20%reduced
PFS PROVIDENT FINL SVCS INCFinancial Services0.06%$335k27,472–new
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWCommunication Services0.05%$286k6,181−29%reduced
CVX CHEVRON CORPORATIONEnergy0.05%$284k3,948+34%added
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer Defensive0.05%$277k2,0000.0%held
HOPE HOPE BANCORP INCFinancial Services0.04%$235k31,000−2.9%reduced
ZDGE ZEDGE INC–0.04%$221k151,214−5.2%reduced
NAVI NAVIENT CORPORATIONFinancial Services0.04%$197k23,286−7.9%reduced
KEY KEYCORPFinancial Services0.02%$131k10,973−3.4%reduced
DEUTSCHE BK AG no ticker–0.02%$84.0k10,000–new
PEYTO EXP & DEV no ticker–0.01%$65.3k35,0000.0%held
LWAY LIFEWAY FOODS INCConsumer Defensive0.01%$50.3k10,0000.0%held
CREW ENERGY no ticker–0.01%$47.3k182,0000.0%held

Exited since Q2 2020

7 rows
SB ONE BANCORP no ticker0.07%$399k
OBT ORANGE CNTY BANCORP INC0.07%$390k
COAL CREEK MINING no ticker0.05%$267k
GBCI GLACIER BANCORP INC NEW0.04%$221k
AAPL APPLE INC0.02%$109k
NYT NEW YORK TIMES CO0.01%$63.0k
VHIUSD VALHI INC NEW0.0%$9.1k

Sector mix

  • Unclassified48.7%
  • Healthcare16.2%
  • Financial Services12.3%
  • Energy10.3%
  • Industrials6.0%
  • Technology4.7%
  • Real Estate1.6%
  • Communication Services0.2%
  • Consumer Defensive0.06%

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