Check Capital Management 13F, Q3 2024

Steven Check · quarter ending 30 September 2024 · filed 6 November 2024 · SEC CIK 1032814

$1.40B
Filed US book
50
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, Q3 2024

The 25 largest of 50 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q2 2024 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q2 2024
Berkshire HathawayBRK/B$512.94M36.5%-9% shares
Brookfield Corp.BN$161.30M11.5%unchanged
Alphabet$126.15M9.0%unchanged
MarkelMKL$121.33M8.6%unchanged
AerCap Holdings$82.84M5.9%unchanged
LKQ CorpLKQ$64.62M4.6%unchanged
SuncorSU$63.15M4.5%unchanged
First CitizensFCNCA$51.54M3.7%unchanged
FedEx$51.19M3.6%unchanged
CarMaxKMX$47.56M3.4%unchanged
Cimpress$28.21M2.0%unchanged
Hershey FoodsHSY$26.40M1.9%unchanged
Berkshire Hathaway 'A'BRK/A$20.74M1.5%unchanged
Wayfair$11.20M0.8%unchanged
AppleAAPL$7.36M0.5%-5% shares
Bank of AmericaBAC$3.93M0.3%-3% shares
Sirius XMSIRI$3.88M0.3%new
MicrosoftMSFT$2.58M0.2%+3% shares
Brookfield Asset ManagementBAM$2.48M0.2%unchanged
Biglari Cl A$1.99M0.1%unchanged
Trupanion Inc.TRUP$1.74M0.1%+3% shares
AmgenAMGN$1.22M0.1%+2% shares
IShares Exponential TechnologiXT$758.0K0.1%unchanged
Caterpillar TractorCAT$671.6K0.1%unchanged
Tesla Motors$648.3K0.1%unchanged

What changed since Q2 2024

Against the Q2 2024 filing, Check Capital Management opened 4 new positions, added to 9, trimmed 6, left 31 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

  • SIRI$3.88M
  • GEV$251.9K
  • Taylor Morrison Home$238.9K
  • GLW$228.0K

Exited

  • Liberty Media SiriusXMwas $4.43M
  • MATXwas $431.7K
  • BAwas $223.9K

Added to

  • MSFT+3%$2.58M
  • TRUP+3%$1.74M
  • AMGN+2%$1.22M
  • Alphabet Class A+5%$585.6K
  • AMZN+15%$540.9K
  • DIS+3%$313.1K
  • Verizon+20%$290.6K
  • Biglari Holdings+5%$230.5K

and 1 more

Trimmed

  • BRK/B-9%$512.94M
  • AAPL-5%$7.36M
  • BAC-3%$3.93M
  • Conocophillips-2%$351.0K
  • UBER-7%$263.1K
  • Quest Diagnostics-25%$222.8K

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001032814-24-000011, 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.