Check Capital Management 13F, Q2 2024

Steven Check · quarter ending 30 June 2024 · filed 25 July 2024 · SEC CIK 1032814

$1.37B
Filed US book
49
Positions
36.5%
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 2024

The 25 largest of 49 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q1 2024 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q1 2024
Berkshire HathawayBRK/B$498.89M36.5%unchanged
Alphabet$139.62M10.2%unchanged
Brookfield Corp.BN$126.73M9.3%unchanged
MarkelMKL$121.86M8.9%unchanged
AerCap Holdings$81.20M5.9%unchanged
LKQ CorpLKQ$66.79M4.9%+30% shares
SuncorSU$65.44M4.8%unchanged
FedEx$56.36M4.1%unchanged
First CitizensFCNCA$47.08M3.4%unchanged
CarMaxKMX$45.23M3.3%unchanged
Cimpress$29.87M2.2%unchanged
Hershey FoodsHSY$25.16M1.8%+6% shares
Berkshire Hathaway 'A'BRK/A$18.37M1.3%unchanged
Wayfair$10.56M0.8%+23% shares
AppleAAPL$7.03M0.5%+3% shares
Liberty Media SiriusXM$4.43M0.3%unchanged
Bank of AmericaBAC$4.05M0.3%-25% shares
MicrosoftMSFT$2.61M0.2%unchanged
Biglari Cl A$2.18M0.2%unchanged
Brookfield Asset ManagementBAM$2.04M0.1%unchanged
Trupanion Inc.TRUP$1.19M0.1%+25% shares
AmgenAMGN$1.16M0.1%unchanged
IShares Exponential TechnologiXT$732.4K0.1%unchanged
Alphabet Class A$613.8K0.0%unchanged
Caterpillar TractorCAT$571.9K0.0%+6% shares

What changed since Q1 2024

Against the Q1 2024 filing, Check Capital Management opened 1 new position, added to 8, trimmed 8, left 32 unchanged and exited 1. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

Exited

  • Taylor Morrison Homewas $211.4K

Added to

  • LKQ+30%$66.79M
  • HSY+6%$25.16M
  • Wayfair+23%$10.56M
  • AAPL+3%$7.03M
  • TRUP+25%$1.19M
  • CAT+6%$571.9K
  • CDLXEUR+8%$376.6K
  • TSN+5%$242.8K

Trimmed

  • BAC-25%$4.05M
  • MATX-3%$431.7K
  • DIS-6%$313.8K
  • WFC-3%$291.8K
  • UBER-17%$272.6K
  • Quest Diagnostics-99%$263.2K
  • Verizon-27%$222.7K
  • Metro Bank Holdings-69%$4.7K

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001032814-24-000008, 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.