Great investors · Chris Bloomstran · Q3 2024
What Chris Bloomstran bought and sold in Q3 2024
Semper Augustus 13F portfolio as of Sep 30, 2024: 37 positions worth $592M. Largest: BRK/B, DG, KGC, NEM. Filed with the SEC on Nov 14, 2024.
The 13F is filed by Semper Augustus, not by Chris Bloomstran personally: these are the whole firm's positions. A “position” is a distinct security in the filing (by CUSIP); share classes of the same company are shown added together.
Buys in Q3 2024
- IncreasedDollar GeneralDG+6.0 pp
- IncreasedDollar TreeDLTR+4.6 pp
- IncreasedHF SinclairDINO+1.9 pp
- IncreasedValero EnergyVLO+1.8 pp
- IncreasedEquinor ASAEQNR+0.9 pp
Sells in Q3 2024
- ReducedMercury GeneralMCY−12.5 pp
6 companies with material moves, out of 23 positions with a change. Only moves of 0.5 points of the portfolio or more are listed, measured as “traded weight” (what was bought or sold, excluding price effects). Smaller changes exist and are not listed: a position may have gone up or down without appearing above.
The full 13F, line by line
Semper Augustus's Q3 2024 13F lists 37 lines of US-listed securities worth $592M; the largest is BRK/B at 18.5% of the portfolio. It was accepted by the SEC on Nov 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM ET.
Against the previous quarter, it opened 2 positions (GLDM and AMZN), closed 4 (WAFD, MCHP, GOOGL and PSX), added to 11 (DLTR, DG, VLO and DINO and 7 more) and trimmed 6 (MCY, AAPL, GE and KO and 2 more). 18 lines show the same number of shares.
| # | Company | Shares | Value | Weight | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/B | 237,820 | $109M | 18.5% | no change |
| 2 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/A | 127 | $87.8M | 14.8% | no change |
| 3 | Dollar General DG | 861,192 | $72.8M | 12.3% | +96% |
| 4 | Kinross Gold KGC | 4.6 M | $43.2M | 7.31% | no change |
| 5 | Newmont NEM | 651,314 | $34.8M | 5.88% | no change |
| 6 | Dollar Tree DLTR | 483,438 | $34.0M | 5.75% | +398% |
| 7 | Olin OLN | 527,442 | $25.3M | 4.28% | no change |
| 8 | HF Sinclair DINO | 530,949 | $23.7M | 4.00% | +95% |
| 9 | Starbucks SBUX | 233,517 | $22.8M | 3.85% | +1.6% |
| 10 | Paramount Skydance | 1.7 M | $18.0M | 3.04% | no change |
| 11 | Valero Energy VLO | 117,046 | $15.8M | 2.67% | +211% |
| 12 | Alaska Air Group ALK | 347,864 | $15.7M | 2.66% | +1.8% |
| 13 | Walt Disney DIS | 139,424 | $13.4M | 2.27% | +2% |
| 14 | Cummins CMI | 40,844 | $13.2M | 2.24% | no change |
| 15 | Equinor ASA EQNR | 479,192 | $12.1M | 2.05% | +77% |
| 16 | Exxon Mobil XOM | 56,431 | $6.6M | 1.12% | no change |
| 17 | Five Below FIVE | 74,143 | $6.6M | 1.11% | +12% |
| 18 | Merck MRK | 44,443 | $5.0M | 0.85% | no change |
| 19 | Travelers Companies TRV | 20,155 | $4.7M | 0.80% | no change |
| 20 | Costco Wholesale COST | 4,330 | $3.8M | 0.65% | no change |
| 21 | Mercury General MCY | 59,525 | $3.7M | 0.63% | −96% |
| 22 | NXP Semiconductors NXPI | 13,876 | $3.3M | 0.56% | no change |
| 23 | Nike NKE | 34,874 | $3.1M | 0.52% | +5.1% |
| 24 | SEACOR Marine Holdings SMHI | 211,480 | $2.0M | 0.34% | −1.4% |
| 25 | GE Aerospace GE | 9,842 | $1.9M | 0.31% | −24% |
| 26 | Coca-Cola KO | 22,000 | $1.6M | 0.27% | −1.9% |
| 27 | American Express AXP | 4,454 | $1.2M | 0.20% | −1.4% |
| 28 | GE Vernova GEV | 4,138 | $1.1M | 0.18% | no change |
| 29 | Apple AAPL | 4,140 | $965K | 0.16% | −67% |
| 30 | Chevron CVX | 6,163 | $908K | 0.15% | +2.1% |
| 31 | SPDR Gold Minishares Trust ETF GLDM | 12,460 | $650K | 0.11% | new |
| 32 | Ovintiv OVV | 16,487 | $632K | 0.11% | no change |
| 33 | Sprott Asset Management PHYS | 23,869 | $486K | 0.08% | no change |
| 34 | GE Healthcare Technologies GEHC | 4,581 | $430K | 0.07% | no change |
| 35 | Shell SHEL | 4,968 | $328K | 0.06% | no change |
| 36 | Amazon.com AMZN | 1,272 | $237K | 0.04% | new |
| 37 | Synchrony Financial SYF | 4,437 | $221K | 0.04% | no change |
Positions it closed (4)
- WaFd WAFDwas 0.14% · 27,072 shares
- Microchip Technology MCHPwas 0.04% · 2,418 shares
- Alphabet GOOGLwas 0.04% · 1,160 shares
- Phillips 66 PSXwas 0.04% · 1,472 shares
One row per line of the filing (by CUSIP): share classes of the same company are listed separately here. “Change in shares” compares the count with the previous quarter, split-adjusted; the value is the one reported in the 13F at quarter end, not today's price.
Original documents: Semper Augustus's 13F filings on EDGAR (SEC) ↗
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Source: 13F filings with the SEC. A 13F shows the portfolio at quarter-end and is filed up to 45 days later: these are not real-time positions. Not investment advice.