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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
-8.89%
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
$3.23B
AUM Growth
-$337M
Cap. Flow
-$5.56M
Cap. Flow %
-0.17%
Top 10 Hldgs %
40.92%
Holding
72
New
6
Increased
34
Reduced
19
Closed
5

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
WBD icon
Warner Bros
WBD
+$85.1M
2
AGN
Allergan plc
AGN
+$57.6M
3
RRC icon
Range Resources
RRC
+$22.8M
4
EOG icon
EOG Resources
EOG
+$22.3M
5
FOSL icon
Fossil Group
FOSL
+$20.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MLM icon
Martin Marietta Materials
MLM
+$99.2M
2
DISCK
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
+$73.1M
3
CTRX
CATAMARAN CORP COM STK (CDA)
CTRX
+$38.5M
4
POST icon
Post Holdings
POST
+$23.2M
5
BHC icon
Bausch Health
BHC
+$20.2M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Communication Services 28.75%
2 Financials 16.26%
3 Healthcare 12.3%
4 Consumer Discretionary 11.99%
5 Industrials 9.63%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
LBTYK icon
1
Liberty Global Class C
LBTYK
$3.55B
$217M 6.71%
6,081,758
-275,809
-4% -$11.1M
BRK.B icon
2
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.06T
$206M 6.39%
1,581,357
+109,208
+7% +$15M
FWONK icon
3
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$26.3B
$163M 5.06%
6,689,676
+637,629
+11% +$16.3M
QVCGA
4
DELISTED
QVC Group Inc Series A
QVCGA
$120M 3.73%
94,404
-11,715
-11% -$16M
BHC icon
5
Bausch Health
BHC
$2.41B
$112M 3.48%
630,155
-86,575
-12% -$20.2M
GOOG icon
6
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.18T
$109M 3.39%
3,542,640
-18,420
-0.5% -$566K
TDG icon
7
TransDigm Group
TDG
$66.4B
$102M 3.16%
480,357
-76,863
-14% -$17.6M
BRK.A icon
8
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.06T
$102M 3.15%
520
-2
-0.4% -$412K
PCP
9
DELISTED
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP
PCP
$101M 3.14%
440,563
+44,039
+11% +$9.45M
RRC icon
10
Range Resources
RRC
$9.59B
$87.9M 2.72%
2,735,346
+584,757
+27% +$22.8M
ESRX
11
DELISTED
Express Scripts Holding Company
ESRX
$86.3M 2.68%
1,066,089
-61,430
-5% -$5.35M
LBRDK
12
DELISTED
Liberty Broadband Class C
LBRDK
$85.8M 2.66%
1,676,680
+67,907
+4% +$3.62M
RWT
13
Redwood Trust
RWT
$603M
$84.1M 2.61%
6,077,504
+360,725
+6% +$5.42M
LH icon
14
Labcorp
LH
$27.3B
$79.8M 2.47%
856,389
+17,321
+2% +$1.79M
WBD icon
15
Warner Bros
WBD
$71.6B
$74.8M 2.32%
+2,875,000
New +$85.1M
MSI icon
16
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$79.5B
$74.7M 2.32%
1,092,813
+33,569
+3% +$2.12M
ENDP
17
DELISTED
Endo International plc
ENDP
$67.4M 2.09%
972,478
+11,343
+1% +$908K
FOSL icon
18
Fossil Group
FOSL
$332M
$64.7M 2.01%
1,157,741
+322,258
+39% +$20.4M
WFC icon
19
Wells Fargo
WFC
$254B
$61.9M 1.92%
1,204,763
-29,637
-2% -$1.63M
TFCF
20
DELISTED
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B
TFCF
$59.4M 1.84%
2,195,011
-273,442
-11% -$8.11M
AON icon
21
Aon
AON
$75.3B
$58.6M 1.82%
661,513
+15,400
+2% +$1.49M
ILG
22
DELISTED
ILG, Inc Common Stock
ILG
$55.2M 1.71%
3,006,342
+499,406
+20% +$10.3M
PXD
23
DELISTED
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
PXD
$54.9M 1.7%
450,988
-37,895
-8% -$4.72M
ORCL icon
24
Oracle
ORCL
$422B
$51.4M 1.59%
1,421,882
+49,565
+4% +$1.91M
AGN
25
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$51M 1.58%
+187,607
New +$57.6M
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Wallace Weitz's Q3 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2015, Wallace Weitz held 72 positions worth $3.23B, down 9.5% from $3.56B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 41% of the portfolio.

Wallace Weitz's Q3 2015 filing shows 6 new, 34 increased, 19 reduced and 5 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Warner Bros: 2,875,000 shares worth $74.8M. The largest sale was Martin Marietta Materials, an estimated $99.2M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Communication Services at 29% of assets, up from 27% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

  • Wallace Weitz's largest Q3 2015 buy was Warner Bros: 2,875,000 shares worth $74.8M.
  • Wallace Weitz added most to Range Resources in Q3 2015, an estimated $22.8M increase.
  • Wallace Weitz's biggest Q3 2015 reduction was Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock, cutting an estimated $73.1M.
  • Wallace Weitz fully exited Martin Marietta Materials in Q3 2015, selling an estimated $99.2M.
  • Wallace Weitz's ten largest holdings make up 41% of its $3.23B portfolio in Q3 2015.
  • Wallace Weitz opened 6 new positions and closed 5 in Q3 2015.
  • Wallace Weitz's portfolio value fell 9.5% quarter-over-quarter to $3.23B.

Based on Weitz Investment Management's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 13 Nov 2015.