Check Capital Management 13F, Q4 2024

Steven Check · quarter ending 31 December 2024 · filed 30 January 2025 · SEC CIK 1032814

$1.51B
Filed US book
53
Positions
33.1%
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, Q4 2024

The 25 largest of 53 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q3 2024 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q3 2024
Berkshire HathawayBRK/B$499.49M33.1%unchanged
Brookfield Corp.BN$172.18M11.4%unchanged
Alphabet$140.20M9.3%-2% shares
MarkelMKL$133.20M8.8%unchanged
AerCap Holdings$82.57M5.5%unchanged
First CitizensFCNCA$71.00M4.7%+20% shares
SuncorSU$60.72M4.0%unchanged
LKQ CorpLKQ$58.43M3.9%unchanged
FedEx$52.61M3.5%unchanged
CarMaxKMX$50.09M3.3%unchanged
Disney (Walt)DIS$48.88M3.2%+13386% shares
Hershey FoodsHSY$31.26M2.1%+34% shares
Sirius XMSIRI$26.12M1.7%+598% shares
Cimpress$25.05M1.7%unchanged
Berkshire Hathaway 'A'BRK/A$20.43M1.4%unchanged
Wayfair$7.30M0.5%-18% shares
AppleAAPL$6.96M0.5%-12% shares
Bank of AmericaBAC$4.09M0.3%-6% shares
Biglari Cl A$2.95M0.2%-3% shares
MicrosoftMSFT$2.53M0.2%unchanged
Trupanion Inc.TRUP$1.97M0.1%unchanged
Tesla Motors$1.00M0.1%unchanged
AmgenAMGN$989.1K0.1%unchanged
IShares Exponential TechnologiXT$742.8K0.1%unchanged
Goldman Sachs$704.3K0.1%unchanged

What changed since Q3 2024

Against the Q3 2024 filing, Check Capital Management opened 5 new positions, added to 6, trimmed 10, left 32 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

  • JPMorgan Chase$225.5K
  • BA$220.4K
  • Nvidia$214.9K
  • CFG$205.7K
  • OKE$200.8K

Exited

  • TSNwas $253.1K
  • Metro Bank Holdingswas $9.1K

Added to

  • FCNCA+20%$71.00M
  • DIS+13386%$48.88M
  • HSY+34%$31.26M
  • SIRI+598%$26.12M
  • SCHG+300%$273.1K
  • CDLXEUR+11%$208.5K

Trimmed

  • Alphabet-2%$140.20M
  • Wayfair-18%$7.30M
  • AAPL-12%$6.96M
  • BAC-6%$4.09M
  • Biglari Cl A-3%$2.95M
  • Alphabet Class A-3%$645.7K
  • BAM-78%$625.1K
  • Verizon-11%$231.4K

and 2 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001032814-25-000002, 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.