Check Capital Management 13F, Q1 2024

Steven Check · quarter ending 31 March 2024 · filed 19 April 2024 · SEC CIK 1032814

$1.36B
Filed US book
49
Positions
37.1%
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, Q1 2024

The 25 largest of 49 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q3 2023 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q3 2023
Berkshire HathawayBRK/B$506.05M37.1%-13% shares
Brookfield Corp.BN$127.19M9.3%unchanged
MarkelMKL$117.47M8.6%+7% shares
Alphabet$116.92M8.6%unchanged
AerCap Holdings$75.78M5.5%unchanged
LKQ CorpLKQ$65.94M4.8%+4% shares
SuncorSU$63.52M4.7%-4% shares
FedEx$54.48M4.0%unchanged
CarMaxKMX$53.33M3.9%unchanged
First CitizensFCNCA$45.46M3.3%+40% shares
Cimpress$29.88M2.2%-8% shares
Hershey FoodsHSY$25.01M1.8%new
Berkshire Hathaway 'A'BRK/A$19.03M1.4%-25% shares
Quest Diagnostics$18.03M1.3%-19% shares
Wayfair$11.05M0.8%+3% shares
Liberty Media SiriusXM$5.97M0.4%new
AppleAAPL$5.55M0.4%-5% shares
Bank of AmericaBAC$5.13M0.4%-14% shares
MicrosoftMSFT$2.42M0.2%-2% shares
Brookfield Asset ManagementBAM$2.26M0.2%-4% shares
Biglari Cl A$2.21M0.2%unchanged
AmgenAMGN$1.06M0.1%unchanged
Trupanion Inc.TRUP$893.3K0.1%+41% shares
IShares Exponential TechnologiXT$742.3K0.1%+48% shares
CardlyticsCDLXEUR$615.5K0.1%+109% shares

What changed since Q3 2023

Against the Q3 2023 filing, the previous 13F we hold for this fund, Check Capital Management opened 6 new positions, added to 8, trimmed 19, left 16 unchanged and exited 2. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

  • HSY$25.01M
  • Liberty Media SiriusXM$5.97M
  • Biglari Holdings$241.8K
  • SCHG$227.2K
  • Taylor Morrison Home$211.4K
  • PG$210.9K

Exited

Added to

  • MKL+7%$117.47M
  • LKQ+4%$65.94M
  • FCNCA+40%$45.46M
  • Wayfair+3%$11.05M
  • TRUP+41%$893.3K
  • XT+48%$742.3K
  • CDLXEUR+109%$615.5K
  • SPDR S&P 500+18%$504.8K

Trimmed

  • BRK/B-13%$506.05M
  • SU-4%$63.52M
  • Cimpress-8%$29.88M
  • BRK/A-25%$19.03M
  • Quest Diagnostics-19%$18.03M
  • AAPL-5%$5.55M
  • BAC-14%$5.13M
  • MSFT-2%$2.42M

and 11 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001032814-24-000007, 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.