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Wallace Weitz Weitz Investment Management

AUM $1.44B
1-Year Est. Return 3.53%
 

Wallace Weitz founded Weitz Investment Management and built a long career as a patient, research-driven value investor. The firm is known for concentrated equity portfolios, conservative balance-sheet analysis, and multi-year holding periods. Weitz’s letters and process notes are frequently recommended to investors learning classic U.S. value management.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.92%
1 Year Est. Return
+3.53%
3 Year Est. Return
+36.06%
5 Year Est. Return
+41.29%
10 Year Est. Return
+224.48%
AUM
$3.58B
AUM Growth
+$183M
Cap. Flow
+$30M
Cap. Flow %
0.84%
Top 10 Hldgs %
43.19%
Holding
76
New
12
Increased
29
Reduced
20
Closed
6

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
PXD
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
+$74.2M
2
MSI icon
Motorola Solutions
MSI
+$64.9M
3
DISCK
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
+$62.5M
4
RRC icon
Range Resources
RRC
+$60.5M
5
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband Class C
LBRDK
+$59.2M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
DTV
DIRECTV COM STK (DE)
DTV
+$117M
2
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$65.9M
3
APA icon
APA Corp
APA
+$51.3M
4
BHC icon
Bausch Health
BHC
+$42.1M
5
TXN icon
Texas Instruments
TXN
+$40.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 24.95%
2 Healthcare 14.19%
3 Financials 13.6%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.58%
5 Technology 9.45%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
CMLS
51
DELISTED
Cumulus Media Inc. Class A Common Stock
CMLS
$15M 0.42%
444,175
+30,555
+7% +$909K
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52
Diageo
DEO
$52.6B
$15M 0.42%
131,595
– –
ACIW icon
53
ACI Worldwide
ACIW
$5.24B
$15M 0.42%
743,000
+100,000
+16% +$1.91M
ASCMA
54
DELISTED
Ascent Capital Group, Inc. Series A
ASCMA
$7.41M 0.21%
140,000
– –
TFCF
55
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
$7.29M 0.2%
+197,613
New +$6.74M
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56
Post Holdings
POST
$3.65B
$6.07M 0.17%
221,560
-149,744
-40% -$3.7M
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57
Prestige Consumer Healthcare
PBH
$2.43B
$5.55M 0.16%
160,000
– –
CCRD
58
DELISTED
CoreCard
CCRD
$3.65M 0.1%
2,270,000
– –
MSFT icon
59
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.59T
$1.86M 0.05%
40,000
-1,403,400
-97% -$65.9M
DIS icon
60
Walt Disney
DIS
$186B
$1.79M 0.05%
19,000
-264,050
-93% -$23.8M
BUD icon
61
AB InBev
BUD
$155B
$1.46M 0.04%
13,000
– –
MRC
62
DELISTED
MRC Global
MRC
$1.34M 0.04%
+88,470
New +$1.72M
SLCA
63
DELISTED
U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.
SLCA
$771K 0.02%
+30,000
New +$1.19M
EBAY icon
64
eBay
EBAY
$46.3B
$533K 0.01%
22,572
-1,552,692
-99% -$35.2M
CMCSK
65
DELISTED
COMCAST CORP SPL A (NEW)
CMCSK
$374K 0.01%
+6,500
New +$374K
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66
iShares Russell 3000 ETF
IWV
$20.2B
$282K 0.01%
+2,310
New +$276K
MNR
67
DELISTED
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp
MNR
$75K ﹤0.01%
6,800
– –
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68
APA Corp
APA
$15.2B
$65K ﹤0.01%
1,030
-720,378
-100% -$51.3M
CACI icon
69
CACI
CACI
$14.3B
– –
-314,400
Closed -$22.4M
FCN icon
70
FTI Consulting
FCN
$4.3B
– –
-9,000
Closed -$315K
HPQ icon
71
HP
HPQ
$27.2B
– –
-23,121
Closed -$372K
TBF icon
72
ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF
TBF
$107M
– –
-700,000
Closed -$19.4M
LTRPA
73
DELISTED
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. Series A
LTRPA
– –
-430,000
Closed -$14.6M
SAPE
74
DELISTED
SAPIENT CORP
SAPE
– –
-550,100
Closed -$7.7M
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Wallace Weitz's Q4 2014 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2014, Wallace Weitz held 76 positions worth $3.58B, up 5.4% from $3.4B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 43% of the portfolio.

Wallace Weitz's Q4 2014 filing shows 12 new, 29 increased, 20 reduced and 6 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Motorola Solutions: 1,016,270 shares worth $68.2M. The largest sale was DIRECTV COM STK (DE), an estimated $117M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 25% of assets, up from 21% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

  • Wallace Weitz's largest Q4 2014 buy was Motorola Solutions: 1,016,270 shares worth $68.2M.
  • Wallace Weitz added most to Pioneer Natural Resource Co. in Q4 2014, an estimated $74.2M increase.
  • Wallace Weitz's biggest Q4 2014 reduction was DIRECTV COM STK (DE), cutting an estimated $117M.
  • Wallace Weitz fully exited CACI in Q4 2014, selling an estimated $22.4M.
  • Wallace Weitz's ten largest holdings make up 43% of its $3.58B portfolio in Q4 2014.
  • Wallace Weitz opened 12 new positions and closed 6 in Q4 2014.
  • Wallace Weitz's portfolio value rose 5.4% quarter-over-quarter to $3.58B.

Based on Weitz Investment Management's 13F filing for Q4 2014, filed 12 Feb 2015.