Chou Associates Management Inc.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001389403
13F-HR · 15 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.16B
Top-10 concentration
95.8%
Chou Associates Management Inc. — $158M AUM allocation strategy
Chou Associates Management Inc. files SEC Form 13F and reports $158M of long US equity value across 15 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Industrials 39.0%, followed by Financials 22.6% and Communication Services 14.7%.
The top 10 holdings account for 96% of reported value — a conviction-weighted book concentrated in its best ideas. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
Chou Associates Management Inc. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$158M
total across 15 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
96% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
None this quarter
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Aerospace & Defense39.0%—
- Interactive Media & Services14.7%—
- Oil & Gas Exploration & Production12.9%—
- Consumer Finance9.6%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals7.4%—
- Diversified Banks6.9%—
- Transaction & Payment Processing Services4.8%—
- Automobile Manufacturers2.4%—
- Other holdings2.3%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $HONA | Honeywell Aerospace Inc | 86 | $61.8M | +0 | 39.0% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 72.4K | $20.8M | +0 | 13.1% |
| $OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 313K | $20.3M | +0 | 12.9% |
| $SYF | Synchrony Financial | 223K | $15.2M | +7.5K | 9.6% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 44K | $11.2M | +0 | 7.1% |
| $PYPL | PayPal Holdings Inc | 167K | $7.57M | +126K | 4.8% |
| $WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | 59.5K | $4.74M | +0 | 3.0% |
| $GM | General Motors Company | 52K | $3.87M | +0 | 2.4% |
| $C | Citigroup Inc | 32.7K | $3.71M | +0 | 2.3% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 27.4K | $2.44M | +0 | 1.5% |
…and 5 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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