Great investors · Chris Bloomstran · Q4 2024
What Chris Bloomstran bought and sold in Q4 2024
Semper Augustus 13F portfolio as of Dec 31, 2024: 37 positions worth $560M. Largest: BRK/B, DLTR, DG, KGC. Filed with the SEC on Feb 14, 2025.
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 Q4 2024
- IncreasedDollar TreeDLTR+3.8 pp
- IncreasedValero EnergyVLO+1.5 pp
Sells in Q4 2024
- ReducedDollar GeneralDG−3.2 pp
- ReducedHF SinclairDINO−1.4 pp
- ReducedParamount Skydance−0.9 pp
- ReducedBerkshire HathawayBRK/A−0.8 pp
6 companies with material moves, out of 15 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 Q4 2024 13F lists 37 lines of US-listed securities worth $560M; the largest is BRK/B at 19.3% of the portfolio. It was accepted by the SEC on Feb 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET.
Against the previous quarter, it opened no new positions, closed none, added to 8 (DLTR, VLO, OLN and EQNR and 4 more) and trimmed 7 (DG, DINO, BRK/A and Paramount Skydance and 3 more). 22 lines show the same number of shares.
| # | Company | Shares | Value | Weight | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/B | 238,053 | $108M | 19.3% | no change |
| 2 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/A | 120 | $81.7M | 14.6% | −5.5% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree DLTR | 783,822 | $58.7M | 10.5% | +62% |
| 4 | Dollar General DG | 611,529 | $46.4M | 8.29% | −29% |
| 5 | Kinross Gold KGC | 4.6 M | $42.7M | 7.63% | no change |
| 6 | Newmont NEM | 656,823 | $24.4M | 4.37% | no change |
| 7 | Valero Energy VLO | 189,019 | $23.2M | 4.14% | +61% |
| 8 | Alaska Air Group ALK | 350,075 | $22.7M | 4.05% | no change |
| 9 | Starbucks SBUX | 233,742 | $21.3M | 3.81% | no change |
| 10 | Olin OLN | 585,493 | $19.8M | 3.54% | +11% |
| 11 | Walt Disney DIS | 140,063 | $15.6M | 2.79% | no change |
| 12 | Cummins CMI | 40,456 | $14.1M | 2.52% | no change |
| 13 | Paramount Skydance | 1.2 M | $12.3M | 2.21% | −30% |
| 14 | Equinor ASA EQNR | 490,140 | $11.6M | 2.08% | +2.3% |
| 15 | HF Sinclair DINO | 292,909 | $10.3M | 1.83% | −45% |
| 16 | Five Below FIVE | 76,357 | $8.0M | 1.43% | +3% |
| 17 | Exxon Mobil XOM | 56,431 | $6.1M | 1.08% | no change |
| 18 | Travelers Companies TRV | 20,155 | $4.9M | 0.87% | no change |
| 19 | Merck MRK | 44,443 | $4.4M | 0.79% | no change |
| 20 | Costco Wholesale COST | 4,350 | $4.0M | 0.71% | no change |
| 21 | NXP Semiconductors NXPI | 13,688 | $2.8M | 0.51% | −1.4% |
| 22 | Nike NKE | 35,600 | $2.7M | 0.48% | +2.1% |
| 23 | Mercury General MCY | 26,805 | $1.8M | 0.32% | −55% |
| 24 | GE Aerospace GE | 9,842 | $1.6M | 0.29% | no change |
| 25 | SEACOR Marine Holdings SMHI | 211,480 | $1.4M | 0.25% | no change |
| 26 | Coca-Cola KO | 22,273 | $1.4M | 0.25% | +1.2% |
| 27 | GE Vernova GEV | 4,138 | $1.4M | 0.24% | no change |
| 28 | American Express AXP | 4,432 | $1.3M | 0.24% | no change |
| 29 | Apple AAPL | 4,140 | $1.0M | 0.19% | no change |
| 30 | Chevron CVX | 6,163 | $893K | 0.16% | no change |
| 31 | SPDR Gold Minishares Trust ETF GLDM | 14,365 | $747K | 0.13% | +15% |
| 32 | Ovintiv OVV | 16,487 | $668K | 0.12% | no change |
| 33 | Sprott Asset Management PHYS | 23,869 | $481K | 0.09% | no change |
| 34 | GE Healthcare Technologies GEHC | 4,581 | $358K | 0.06% | no change |
| 35 | Shell SHEL | 4,968 | $311K | 0.06% | no change |
| 36 | Synchrony Financial SYF | 4,437 | $288K | 0.05% | no change |
| 37 | Amazon.com AMZN | 960 | $211K | 0.04% | −25% |
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.