Great investors · Chris Bloomstran · Q1 2025
What Chris Bloomstran bought and sold in Q1 2025
Semper Augustus 13F portfolio as of Mar 31, 2025: 36 positions worth $620M. Largest: BRK/B, DG, KGC, DLTR. Filed with the SEC on May 15, 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 Q1 2025
- IncreasedDollar GeneralDG+4.2 pp
- IncreasedParamount Skydance+0.9 pp
Sells in Q1 2025
- ReducedDollar TreeDLTR−3.5 pp
- ReducedBerkshire HathawayBRK/A−0.5 pp
4 companies with material moves, out of 18 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 Q1 2025 13F lists 36 lines of US-listed securities worth $620M; the largest is BRK/B at 20.5% of the portfolio. It was accepted by the SEC on May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM ET.
Against the previous quarter, it opened 1 position (SGOV), closed 2 (MCY and AMZN), added to 7 (DG, Paramount Skydance, OLN and DINO and 3 more) and trimmed 8 (DLTR, BRK/A, KGC and ALK and 4 more). 20 lines show the same number of shares.
| # | Company | Shares | Value | Weight | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/B | 239,349 | $127M | 20.5% | no change |
| 2 | Berkshire Hathaway BRK/A | 116 | $92.6M | 14.9% | −3.3% |
| 3 | Dollar General DG | 907,179 | $79.8M | 12.9% | +48% |
| 4 | Kinross Gold KGC | 4.5 M | $56.8M | 9.16% | −2.2% |
| 5 | Dollar Tree DLTR | 493,386 | $37.0M | 5.97% | −37% |
| 6 | Newmont NEM | 662,556 | $32.0M | 5.16% | no change |
| 7 | Valero Energy VLO | 190,494 | $25.2M | 4.06% | no change |
| 8 | Starbucks SBUX | 231,702 | $22.7M | 3.66% | no change |
| 9 | Paramount Skydance | 1.6 M | $19.5M | 3.15% | +38% |
| 10 | Olin OLN | 702,466 | $17.0M | 2.74% | +20% |
| 11 | Alaska Air Group ALK | 344,834 | $17.0M | 2.74% | −1.5% |
| 12 | Walt Disney DIS | 139,801 | $13.8M | 2.22% | no change |
| 13 | Equinor ASA EQNR | 490,166 | $13.0M | 2.09% | no change |
| 14 | Cummins CMI | 40,039 | $12.5M | 2.02% | −1% |
| 15 | HF Sinclair DINO | 299,281 | $9.8M | 1.59% | +2.2% |
| 16 | Exxon Mobil XOM | 56,272 | $6.7M | 1.08% | no change |
| 17 | Five Below FIVE | 78,664 | $5.9M | 0.95% | +3% |
| 18 | Travelers Companies TRV | 20,155 | $5.3M | 0.86% | no change |
| 19 | Costco Wholesale COST | 4,245 | $4.0M | 0.65% | −2.4% |
| 20 | Merck MRK | 44,443 | $4.0M | 0.64% | no change |
| 21 | NXP Semiconductors NXPI | 13,558 | $2.6M | 0.42% | no change |
| 22 | Nike NKE | 36,550 | $2.3M | 0.37% | +2.7% |
| 23 | GE Aerospace GE | 9,842 | $2.0M | 0.32% | no change |
| 24 | Coca-Cola KO | 22,000 | $1.6M | 0.25% | −1.2% |
| 25 | American Express AXP | 4,432 | $1.2M | 0.19% | no change |
| 26 | GE Vernova GEV | 3,738 | $1.1M | 0.18% | −9.7% |
| 27 | SEACOR Marine Holdings SMHI | 211,480 | $1.1M | 0.17% | no change |
| 28 | iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B ETF SGOV | 10,600 | $1.1M | 0.17% | new |
| 29 | Chevron CVX | 6,163 | $1.0M | 0.17% | no change |
| 30 | SPDR Gold Minishares Trust ETF GLDM | 16,219 | $1.0M | 0.16% | +13% |
| 31 | Apple AAPL | 4,140 | $920K | 0.15% | no change |
| 32 | Ovintiv OVV | 16,487 | $706K | 0.11% | no change |
| 33 | Sprott Asset Management PHYS | 23,869 | $574K | 0.09% | no change |
| 34 | GE Healthcare Technologies GEHC | 4,581 | $370K | 0.06% | no change |
| 35 | Shell SHEL | 4,968 | $364K | 0.06% | no change |
| 36 | Synchrony Financial SYF | 4,437 | $235K | 0.04% | no change |
Positions it closed (2)
- Mercury General MCYwas 0.32% · 26,805 shares
- Amazon.com AMZNwas 0.04% · 960 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.