Check Capital Management 13F, Q2 2023

Steven Check · quarter ending 30 June 2023 · filed 31 January 2024 · SEC CIK 1032814

$1.19B
Filed US book
40
Positions
39.0%
Largest position

Common stock only: shares the fund reported owning at the quarter end, valued as filed. The filing also lists 1 put and call lines, reported at the value of the underlying shares; they are not ownership and are not in these totals.

Largest positions, Q2 2023

The 25 largest of 40 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q4 2022 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q4 2022
Berkshire HathawayBRK/B$463.84M39.0%+19% shares
Brookfield Corp.BN$101.38M8.5%+12% shares
MarkelMKL$99.59M8.4%+34% shares
Alphabet$93.86M7.9%-3% shares
LKQ CorpLKQ$69.57M5.8%-5% shares
SuncorSU$53.24M4.5%-4% shares
AerCap Holdings$52.96M4.5%-3% shares
CarMaxKMX$52.13M4.4%+18% shares
FedEx$49.30M4.1%-3% shares
Wells FargoWFC$32.52M2.7%-3% shares
Quest Diagnostics$25.03M2.1%unchanged
Berkshire Hathaway 'A'BRK/A$23.82M2.0%unchanged
Cimpress$22.59M1.9%-10% shares
First CitizensFCNCA$13.08M1.1%new
Wayfair$10.56M0.9%-12% shares
AppleAAPL$6.61M0.6%unchanged
Bank of AmericaBAC$4.53M0.4%+34% shares
Disney (Walt)DIS$3.26M0.3%-6% shares
Biglari Cl A$2.22M0.2%unchanged
MicrosoftMSFT$1.98M0.2%-2% shares
Brookfield Asset ManagementBAM$1.83M0.1%+462% shares
AmgenAMGN$825.9K0.1%unchanged
Alphabet Class A$488.6K0.0%+26% shares
IShares Exponential TechnologiXT$467.0K0.0%unchanged
Caterpillar TractorCAT$422.5K0.0%unchanged

What changed since Q4 2022

Against the Q4 2022 filing, the previous 13F we hold for this fund, Check Capital Management opened 5 new positions, added to 10, trimmed 12, left 13 unchanged and exited 3. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

  • FCNCA$13.08M
  • Tesla Motors$413.9K
  • SRE$276.5K
  • UBER$224.5K
  • Metro Bank Holdings$64.3K

Exited

  • Advance Auto Partswas $27.28M
  • BFHwas $14.44M
  • Metro Bank PLCwas $61.9K

Added to

  • BRK/B+19%$463.84M
  • BN+12%$101.38M
  • MKL+34%$99.59M
  • KMX+18%$52.13M
  • BAC+34%$4.53M
  • BAM+462%$1.83M
  • Alphabet Class A+26%$488.6K
  • TRUP+13%$341.4K

and 2 more

Trimmed

  • Alphabet-3%$93.86M
  • LKQ-5%$69.57M
  • SU-4%$53.24M
  • AerCap Holdings-3%$52.96M
  • FedEx-3%$49.30M
  • WFC-3%$32.52M
  • Cimpress-10%$22.59M
  • Wayfair-12%$10.56M

and 4 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001032814-24-000003, filed by CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA. Values are as filed and cover US-listed positions only; a 13F does not show short positions or holdings outside the US. A 13F may be filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends, so the fund may have traded since. Educational information, not financial advice.