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Clifford Sosin CAS Investment Partners

AUM $1.88B
1-Year Est. Return 2.5%
 

Clifford Sosin is the founder of CAS Investment Partners, known for an extremely concentrated portfolio and multi-year holding periods. The firm’s approach prioritizes a small number of businesses where it believes it has deep insight rather than broad diversification. CAS filings are frequently studied by investors interested in high-conviction, low-turnover equity management.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-16.38%
1 Year Est. Return
+2.5%
3 Year Est. Return
+526.82%
5 Year Est. Return
+243.18%
10 Year Est. Return
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AUM
$264M
AUM Growth
-$65.5M
Cap. Flow
+$4.78M
Cap. Flow %
1.81%
Top 10 Hldgs %
100%
Holding
5
New
–
Increased
2
Reduced
–
Closed
–

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
CVNA icon
Carvana
CVNA
+$4.7M
2
WRLD icon
World Acceptance Corp
WRLD
+$82.5K

Top Sells

No sells this quarter

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 40.62%
2 Consumer Discretionary 26.9%
3 Consumer Staples 25.29%
4 Industrials 7.18%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CVNA icon
1
Carvana
CVNA
$76.9B
$70.9M 26.91%
10,838,830
+558,035
+5% +$4.7M
HLF icon
2
Herbalife
HLF
$1.33B
$66.6M 25.29%
1,130,482
– –
WRLD icon
3
World Acceptance Corp
WRLD
$878M
$65.8M 24.98%
643,802
+802
+0.1% +$82.5K
CACC icon
4
Credit Acceptance
CACC
$6.24B
$41.2M 15.64%
108,000
– –
CMPR icon
5
Cimpress
CMPR
$2.13B
$18.9M 7.18%
183,085
– –

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Clifford Sosin's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, Clifford Sosin held 5 positions worth $264M, down 20% from $329M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 100% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2018: portfolio turnover was 0%. Clifford Sosin opened no new positions and made no exits, leaving the 5-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 41% of assets, up from 37% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples.

  • Clifford Sosin added most to Carvana in Q4 2018, an estimated $4.7M increase.
  • Clifford Sosin's ten largest holdings make up 100% of its $264M portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • Clifford Sosin opened 0 new positions and closed 0 in Q4 2018.
  • Clifford Sosin's portfolio value fell 20% quarter-over-quarter to $264M.

Based on CAS Investment Partners's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 14 Feb 2019.