Weitz Investment Management 13F, Q3 2023

Wallace Weitz · quarter ending 30 September 2023 · filed 13 November 2023 · SEC CIK 883965

$1.82B
Filed US book
53
Positions
7.1%
Largest position

Common stock only: shares the fund reported owning at the quarter end, valued as filed.

Largest positions, Q3 2023

The 25 largest of 53 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q2 2023 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q2 2023
ALPHABET INCGOOG$129.63M7.1%-5% shares
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/B$126.79M7.0%-3% shares
VISA INCV$86.07M4.7%unchanged
MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDMA$84.47M4.7%unchanged
DANAHER CORPORATIONDHR$81.32M4.5%+6% shares
COSTAR GROUP INCCSGP$72.81M4.0%-11% shares
META PLATFORMS INCMETA$69.43M3.8%-8% shares
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCTMO$63.31M3.5%+21% shares
VULCAN MATLS COVMC$61.17M3.4%unchanged
LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPLBRDK$60.77M3.3%-17% shares
LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS$56.97M3.1%+6% shares
CARMAX INCKMX$50.89M2.8%-5% shares
AMAZON COM INCAMZN$50.21M2.8%-8% shares
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INCROP$49.54M2.7%unchanged
GARTNER INCIT$48.12M2.6%unchanged
AON PLC$46.90M2.6%unchanged
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL$45.52M2.5%new
MARKEL CORPMKL$42.98M2.4%-11% shares
ANALOG DEVICES INCADI$42.06M2.3%unchanged
ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND$31.33M1.7%unchanged
ORACLE CORPORCL$30.24M1.7%unchanged
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCADBE$29.32M1.6%-4% shares
FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVFIS$27.72M1.5%-25% shares
TEXAS INSTRS INCTXN$27.05M1.5%unchanged
EQUIFAX INCEFX$26.74M1.5%new

What changed since Q2 2023

Against the Q2 2023 filing, Weitz Investment Management opened 6 new positions, added to 7, trimmed 14, left 26 unchanged and exited 4. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL$45.52M
  • EFX$26.74M
  • MCHP$20.26M
  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL$15.73M
  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL$7.89M
  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEL$2.47M

Exited

  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELwas $58.52M
  • BLACK KNIGHT INCwas $18.60M
  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELwas $10.17M
  • REDWOOD TR INCwas $849.0K

Added to

  • DHR+6%$81.32M
  • TMO+21%$63.31M
  • LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS+6%$56.97M
  • CHTR+16%$22.47M
  • PERIMETER SOLUTIONS SA+13%$16.50M
  • ACIW+22%$6.43M
  • DEO+19%$2.61M

Trimmed

and 6 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001821268-23-000212, filed by WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.. 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.