Contrarius Investment Management Ltd 13F annual report

Contrarius Investment Management Ltd is an investment fund managing more than $1.6 billion ran by Thomas Perkins. There are currently 48 companies in Mr. Perkins’s portfolio. The largest investments include Tesla Inc and Meta Platforms Inc, together worth $308 million.

$1.6 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 6th August 2024, Contrarius Investment Management Ltd’s top holding is 838,377 shares of Tesla Inc currently worth over $166 million and making up 10.4% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Tesla Inc, Contrarius Investment Management Ltd owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 282,105 shares of Meta Platforms Inc worth $142 million, whose value grew 12.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Paramount Global worth $133 million and the next is Warner Bros.Discovery Inc worth $132 million, with 17,798,694 shares owned.

Currently, Contrarius Investment Management Ltd's portfolio is worth at least $1.6 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Contrarius Investment Management Ltd

The Contrarius Investment Management Ltd office and employees reside in St. Helier, Jersey. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Thomas Perkins serves as the Director at Contrarius Investment Management Ltd.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Contrarius Investment Management Ltd revealed that it had opened a new position in Fox and bought 2,219,225 shares worth $71.1 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Fox makes up 24.8% of the fund's Communication Services sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Tesla Inc by buying 333,535 additional shares. This makes their stake in Tesla Inc total 838,377 shares worth $166 million. Tesla Inc dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Contrarius Investment Management Ltd is getting rid of from its portfolio. Contrarius Investment Management Ltd closed its position in Twilio Inc on 13th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,054,998 shares for $80 million. Thomas Perkins also disclosed a decreased stake in Amazon.com by 0.3%. This leaves the value of the investment at $91.8 million and 474,936 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Contrarius Investment Management Ltd are Bluestein R H & Co and Frontier Investment Mgmt Co. They manage $1.61 billion and $1.61 billion respectively.


Thomas Perkins investment strategy

Contrarius Investment Management Ltd’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 26.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 47.9% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 52% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $93.8 billion.

The complete list of Contrarius Investment Management Ltd trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 13th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Tesla Inc
66.07%
838,377
$165,898,000 10.37%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.18%
282,105
$142,243,000 8.90%
Paramount Global
14.21%
12,841,788
$133,426,000 8.34%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
30.04%
17,798,694
$132,422,000 8.28%
Amazon.com Inc.
27.44%
474,936
$91,781,000 5.74%
Twilio Inc
Closed
1,054,998
$80,043,000
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
3.47%
1,059,881
$76,311,000 4.77%
JD.com Inc
808.61%
2,951,352
$76,263,000 4.77%
Baidu Inc
39.89%
821,832
$71,072,000 4.44%
Fox Corporation
Opened
2,219,225
$71,060,000 4.44%
Intel Corp.
Closed
1,330,054
$66,835,000
WW International Inc
Closed
7,442,814
$65,125,000
Airbnb, Inc.
Opened
383,239
$58,111,000 3.63%
Block Inc
791.61%
877,450
$56,587,000 3.54%
Zoom Video Communications In
23.60%
889,816
$52,668,000 3.29%
Coinbase Global Inc
30.35%
220,029
$48,897,000 3.06%
DraftKings Inc.
32.85%
1,263,944
$48,245,000 3.02%
Barrick Gold Corp.
1,889.55%
2,815,606
$46,964,000 2.94%
Beyond Inc
Closed
1,645,165
$45,555,000
Intellia Therapeutics Inc
793.38%
1,915,410
$42,867,000 2.68%
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
274.86%
685,716
$37,036,000 2.32%
Sea Ltd
19.48%
330,977
$23,638,000 1.48%
Sabre Corp
Closed
5,152,867
$22,673,000
Qurate Retail Inc
No change
35,250,650
$22,208,000 1.39%
Unity Software Inc.
Opened
883,608
$14,367,000 0.90%
Applovin Corp
11.69%
162,534
$13,526,000 0.85%
Pinterest Inc
84.78%
262,109
$11,551,000 0.72%
Caesars Entertainment Inc Ne
1.93%
285,889
$11,361,000 0.71%
Victorias Secret And Co
Closed
412,275
$10,942,000
Seadrill 2021 Ltd
53.59%
200,766
$10,339,000 0.65%
Diamond Offshore Drilling In
65.77%
656,845
$10,175,000 0.64%
PayPal Holdings Inc
Opened
173,596
$10,074,000 0.63%
TripAdvisor Inc.
Closed
457,933
$9,859,000
Noble Corp Plc
41.78%
203,682
$9,094,000 0.57%
MGM Resorts International
Closed
203,198
$9,079,000
Valaris Ltd
66.51%
116,423
$8,674,000 0.54%
Alphabet Inc
2.20%
45,178
$8,229,000 0.51%
Kinross Gold Corp.
Opened
985,881
$8,203,000 0.51%
Match Group Inc.
Opened
265,529
$8,067,000 0.50%
Nabors Industries Ltd
19.72%
112,894
$8,034,000 0.50%
International Business Machs
Opened
45,391
$7,850,000 0.49%
Trip.com Group Ltd
Opened
147,564
$6,936,000 0.43%
Expedia Group Inc
Opened
54,855
$6,911,000 0.43%
PENN Entertainment Inc
61.90%
340,026
$6,581,000 0.41%
IAC Inc
Closed
112,837
$5,910,000
Transocean Ltd
64.49%
1,012,903
$5,419,000 0.34%
Philip Morris International Inc
2.42%
46,709
$4,733,000 0.30%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise C
7.84%
206,817
$4,378,000 0.27%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
Closed
167,171
$4,365,000
Snap Inc
94.93%
241,684
$4,014,000 0.25%
Range Res Corp
15.60%
116,302
$3,900,000 0.24%
Uber Technologies Inc
Closed
60,691
$3,737,000
DocuSign Inc
94.59%
61,930
$3,313,000 0.21%
Disney Walt Co
Opened
33,350
$3,311,000 0.21%
PDD Holdings Inc
90.02%
22,105
$2,939,000 0.18%
Nutrien Ltd
7.44%
51,076
$2,600,000 0.16%
Altria Group Inc.
7.68%
56,956
$2,594,000 0.16%
Mosaic Co New
7.47%
84,285
$2,436,000 0.15%
DoorDash Inc
56.14%
16,366
$1,780,000 0.11%
Tidewater Inc.
Closed
24,574
$1,772,000
Teck Resources Ltd
Closed
41,047
$1,735,000
Bluebird bio Inc
Closed
1,206,506
$1,665,000
Ovintiv Inc
Closed
37,896
$1,664,000
Roku Inc
Closed
17,008
$1,559,000
No transactions found
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