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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
-3.53%
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
$3.56B
AUM Growth
-$141M
Cap. Flow
-$34.2M
Cap. Flow %
-0.96%
Top 10 Hldgs %
40.91%
Holding
69
New
5
Increased
30
Reduced
21
Closed
4

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$64.9M
2
TFCF
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
+$39.3M
3
MON
Monsanto Co
MON
+$26.4M
4
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
EQC
+$22.1M
5
ENDP
Endo International plc
ENDP
+$18.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
BHC icon
Bausch Health
BHC
+$44.5M
2
FIS icon
Fidelity National Information Services
FIS
+$40M
3
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$34M
4
LYV icon
Live Nation Entertainment
LYV
+$33M
5
CTRX
CATAMARAN CORP COM STK (CDA)
CTRX
+$32.9M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 27.32%
2 Financials 15.11%
3 Healthcare 12.09%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.83%
5 Industrials 8.87%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LBTYK icon
1
Liberty Global Class C
LBTYK
$3.55B
$260M 7.31%
6,357,567
+64,201
+1% +$2.66M
BRK.B icon
2
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$200M 5.62%
1,472,149
+22,716
+2% +$3.24M
BHC icon
3
Bausch Health
BHC
$2.41B
$159M 4.47%
716,730
-200,531
-22% -$44.5M
FWONK icon
4
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$26.3B
$154M 4.32%
6,052,047
+380,216
+7% +$10.2M
QVCGA
5
DELISTED
QVC Group Inc Series A
QVCGA
$143M 4.01%
106,119
+1,245
+1% +$1.73M
TDG icon
6
TransDigm Group
TDG
$66.4B
$125M 3.51%
557,220
+3,628
+0.7% +$813K
BRK.A icon
7
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.06T
$107M 3%
522
-1
-0.2% -$215K
RRC icon
8
Range Resources
RRC
$9.59B
$106M 2.98%
2,150,589
+14,459
+0.7% +$825K
DISCK
9
DELISTED
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
$103M 2.88%
3,303,594
+59,530
+2% +$1.84M
ESRX
10
DELISTED
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
$100M 2.81%
1,127,519
-302,183
-21% -$26.4M
MLM icon
11
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
$32.1B
$99.2M 2.78%
700,680
-72,436
-9% -$10.6M
GOOG icon
12
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.18T
$93.7M 2.63%
3,561,060
+356,285
+11% +$9.54M
RWT
13
Redwood Trust
RWT
$603M
$89.8M 2.52%
5,716,779
+188,325
+3% +$3.2M
LH icon
14
Labcorp
LH
$27.3B
$87.4M 2.45%
839,068
-29,576
-3% -$3.08M
LBRDK
15
DELISTED
Liberty Broadband Class C
LBRDK
$82.3M 2.31%
1,608,773
+43,881
+3% +$2.34M
TFCF
16
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
$79.5M 2.23%
2,468,453
+1,184,220
+92% +$39.3M
PCP
17
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$79.3M 2.22%
396,524
+18,672
+5% +$3.92M
ENDP
18
DELISTED
Endo International plc
ENDP
$76.6M 2.15%
961,135
+213,605
+29% +$18.4M
ICON
19
DELISTED
Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
ICON
$70.5M 1.98%
282,444
+42,968
+18% +$12M
WFC icon
20
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$69.4M 1.95%
1,234,400
-609,867
-33% -$34M
PXD
21
DELISTED
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
$67.8M 1.9%
488,883
-38,428
-7% -$6.09M
AON icon
22
Aon
AON
$75.3B
$64.4M 1.81%
646,113
-19,032
-3% -$1.9M
MSI icon
23
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$79.5B
$60.7M 1.7%
1,059,244
+231,520
+28% +$13.9M
FOSL icon
24
Fossil Group
FOSL
$332M
$57.9M 1.63%
+835,483
New +$64.9M
ILG
25
DELISTED
ILG, Inc Common Stock
ILG
$57.3M 1.61%
2,506,936
-122,065
-5% -$3.09M
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Wallace Weitz's Q2 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2015, Wallace Weitz held 69 positions worth $3.56B, down 3.8% from $3.7B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 41% of the portfolio.

Wallace Weitz's Q2 2015 filing shows 5 new, 30 increased, 21 reduced and 4 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Fossil Group: 835,483 shares worth $57.9M. The largest sale was Bausch Health, an estimated $44.5M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 27% of assets, up from 26% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

  • Wallace Weitz's largest Q2 2015 buy was Fossil Group: 835,483 shares worth $57.9M.
  • Wallace Weitz added most to Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B in Q2 2015, an estimated $39.3M increase.
  • Wallace Weitz's biggest Q2 2015 reduction was Bausch Health, cutting an estimated $44.5M.
  • Wallace Weitz fully exited Fidelity National Information Services in Q2 2015, selling an estimated $40M.
  • Wallace Weitz's ten largest holdings make up 41% of its $3.56B portfolio in Q2 2015.
  • Wallace Weitz opened 5 new positions and closed 4 in Q2 2015.
  • Wallace Weitz's portfolio value fell 3.8% quarter-over-quarter to $3.56B.

Based on Weitz Investment Management's 13F filing for Q2 2015, filed 14 Aug 2015.