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Semper Augustus (Chris Bloomstran) 13F holdings, Q4 2022

Long-only investorSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2022-12-31, filed 2023-02-14

Semper Augustus (Chris Bloomstran) disclosed 33 US equity positions worth $367.3m in its Q4 2022 13F filing. Its largest position is BRK/B at 19.3% of the reported book, followed by BRK/A and OLN. Versus Q3 2022 it opened 0 new positions, added to 8, reduced 7 and exited 1.

$367m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
33
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
19.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
73.1%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
12
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
75
Quarters on file since Q4 2007
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2022: 0 new, 8 added, 7 reduced, 1 exited

33 rows
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–19.3%$70.7m229,007+0.4%held
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–13.7%$50.2m107+4.9%added
OLN OLIN CORPBasic Materials9.2%$33.9m640,893−0.1%held
NEM NEWMONT CORPBasic Materials5.9%$21.5m456,046+6.9%added
MCY MERCURY GENL CORP NEWFinancial Services5.6%$20.4m596,485+4.2%added
0VVB PARAMOUNT GLOBAL–4.4%$16.0m947,720−7.6%reduced
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPEnergy4.2%$15.3m120,733−0.8%reduced
DINO HF SINCLAIR CORPEnergy4.0%$14.5m280,212−1.1%reduced
KGC KINROSS GOLD CORPBasic Materials3.9%$14.5m3.54m−5.5%reduced
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP–3.1%$11.3m102,245−16%reduced
DG DOLLAR GEN CORPConsumer Defensive2.9%$10.8m43,997−0.2%held
CMI CUMMINS INCIndustrials2.7%$10.1m41,615+0.1%held
DLTR DOLLAR TREE INCConsumer Defensive2.7%$9.9m69,8790.0%held
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services2.7%$9.8m113,110+68%added
SBUX STARBUCKS CORPConsumer Cyclical2.7%$9.8m98,854−0.1%held
ALK ALASKA AIR GROUP INCIndustrials2.6%$9.6m224,401+7.7%added
EQNR EQUINOR ASAEnergy1.9%$7.0m195,883−0.3%held
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VTechnology1.7%$6.3m39,778+2.7%added
MRK MERCK & CO. INCHealthcare1.3%$4.9m44,4730.0%held
HXL HEXCEL CORP NEWIndustrials1.1%$4.2m71,309−0.1%held
TRV TRAVELERS COMPANIES INCFinancial Services1.0%$3.8m20,155+0.8%added
SMHI SEACOR MARINE HLDGS INC–0.6%$2.3m250,387−0.2%held
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONConsumer Defensive0.6%$2.3m4,969−2.9%reduced
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.4%$1.5m17,8210.0%held
KO COCA COLA COConsumer Defensive0.4%$1.4m22,4250.0%held
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical0.4%$1.3m11,501−0.1%held
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancial Services0.3%$975k6,598+0.1%held
WAFD WAFD INCFinancial Services0.3%$934k27,8470.0%held
CVX CHEVRON CORPORATIONEnergy0.2%$629k3,503−3.0%reduced
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.1%$458k3,525+4.5%added
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer Defensive0.08%$286k1,5820.0%held
SHEL SHELL PLCEnergy0.08%$277k4,8680.0%held
DOW DOW HLDGS INCBasic Materials0.07%$260k5,1690.0%held

Exited since Q3 2022

1 row
YUSD ALLEGHANY CORP DEL2.8%$9.3m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified41.0%
  • Basic Materials19.1%
  • Energy10.3%
  • Financial Services7.1%
  • Industrials6.9%
  • Consumer Defensive6.7%
  • Consumer Cyclical3.0%
  • Communication Services2.7%
  • Technology1.8%
  • Healthcare1.3%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (75)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202650$885m
Q1 202644$837m
Q4 202539$870m
Q3 202538$801m
Q2 202537$711m
Q1 202536$620m
Q4 202437$560m
Q3 202437$592m
Q2 202439$559m
Q1 202436$547m
Q4 202335$478m
Q3 202333$417m
Q2 202333$423m
Q1 202334$391m
Q4 202233$367m
Q3 202234$331m
Q2 202232$338m
Q1 202232$393m
Q4 202133$321m
Q3 202138$309m
Q2 202136$301m
Q1 202130$265m
Q4 202030$229m
Q3 202027$195m
Q2 202027$177m
Q1 202027$159m
Q4 201928$186m
Q3 201928$175m
Q2 201927$169m
Q1 201928$163m
Q4 201828$156m
Q3 201829$173m
Q2 201829$160m
Q1 201826$144m
Q4 201726$134m
Q3 201726$135m
Q2 201728$130m
Q1 201728$134m
Q4 201628$135m
Q3 201630$138m
Q2 201630$138m
Q1 201630$139m
Q4 201532$143m
Q3 201531$143m
Q2 201531$149m
Q1 201531$154m
Q4 201430$157m
Q3 201430$163m
Q2 201429$170m
Q1 201430$174m
Q4 201331$176m
Q3 201330$169m
Q2 201330$169m
Q1 201322$111m
Q4 201222$104m
Q3 201225$109m
Q2 201230$109m
Q1 201231$114m
Q4 201130$110m
Q3 201130$98.5m
Q2 201128$97.5m
Q1 201131$105m
Q4 201041$146m
Q3 201031$93.2m
Q2 201030$86.7m
Q1 201029$86.4m
Q4 200930$80.6m
Q3 200933$80.2m
Q2 200932$71.1m
Q1 200933$66.0m
Q4 200837$81.4m
Q3 200838$96.8m
Q2 200844$102m
Q1 200844$106m
Q4 200747$106m

Where Semper Augustus (Chris Bloomstran) was early

19 rows
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTL INCQ2 200814 of 1690.3%2.3%19Held at last filing, Q2 2026+266%
MRK MERCK & CO INCQ1 20101 of 1955.9%5.9%66Held at last filing, Q2 2026+261%
SNY SANOFIQ4 20102 of 1091.8%3.9%23Exited by Q4 2018+39%
TRV TRAVELERS COMPANIES INCQ4 20102 of 1130.9%2.0%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+493%
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELQ4 20106 of 617.1%19.2%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+522%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELQ4 20108 of 18013.2%26.5%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+525%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPQ4 20109 of 3744.8%4.8%14Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1237%
TGT TARGET CORPQ1 201113 of 1910.9%1.1%5Exited by Q2 2012+17%
PAYX PAYCHEX INCQ3 20112 of 1261.3%2.4%4Held at last filing, Q2 2026+273%
MMM 3M COQ3 20118 of 1651.1%1.4%9Exited by Q4 2013+66%
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COQ1 201515 of 1941.2%2.3%46Held at last filing, Q2 2026+333%
HXL HEXCEL CORP NEWQ2 20164 of 1252.5%3.5%28Exited by Q2 2023+64%
SMHI SEACOR MARINE HLDGS INCQ2 20171 of 441.3%4.8%37Held at last filing, Q2 2026−62%
EQNR EQUINOR ASAQ2 20181 of 821.8%2.1%33Held at last filing, Q2 2026+19%
CMI CUMMINS INCQ3 201813 of 1552.5%3.3%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+388%
SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INCQ1 20199 of 1543.0%3.9%4Exited by Q1 2020+47%
GPC GENUINE PARTS COQ1 20204 of 1311.3%1.5%5Exited by Q2 2021+72%
ALK ALASKA AIR GROUP INCQ1 202012 of 1401.7%10.6%26Held at last filing, Q2 2026+83%
DINO HF SINCLAIR CORPQ1 20225 of 1222.8%4.6%18Held at last filing, Q2 2026+75%

Concentration and tenure

19.2%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
74.3%
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
5
Median completed holding, quarters