Old West Investment Management 13F annual report

Old West Investment Management is an investment fund managing more than $227 billion ran by Chad Cook. There are currently 57 companies in Mr. Cook’s portfolio. The largest investments include Limoneira Co and Virtu Finl Inc, together worth $30.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$227 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 2nd August 2024, Old West Investment Management’s top holding is 746,406 shares of Limoneira Co currently worth over $15.5 billion and making up 6.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Limoneira Co, Old West Investment Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 681,441 shares of Virtu Finl Inc worth $15.3 billion. The third-largest holding is Enovix Corporation worth $12.9 billion and the next is Cameco worth $12.6 billion, with 255,488 shares owned.

Currently, Old West Investment Management's portfolio is worth at least $227 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 Old West Investment Management

The Old West Investment Management office and employees reside in Los Angeles, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Chad Cook serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Old West Investment Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Old West Investment Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Alamos Gold and bought 437,764 shares worth $6.86 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Alamos Gold makes up 12.5% of the fund's Materials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 48.6% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Virtu Finl Inc by buying 28,199 additional shares. This makes their stake in Virtu Finl Inc total 681,441 shares worth $15.3 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Old West Investment Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Old West Investment Management closed its position in Peabody on 9th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 150,000 shares for $3.64 billion. Chad Cook also disclosed a decreased stake in Limoneira Co by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $15.5 billion and 746,406 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Old West Investment Management are Oxler Private Wealth and Philosmith Capital Corp. They manage $227 billion and $227 billion respectively.


Chad Cook investment strategy

Old West Investment Management’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Materials — making up 24.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 45.6% 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 19% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $126 billion.

The complete list of Old West Investment Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 9th 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
Limoneira Co
2.04%
746,406
$15,532,708,000 6.85%
Virtu Finl Inc
4.32%
681,441
$15,298,350,000 6.75%
Enovix Corporation
47.59%
835,386
$12,915,067,000 5.70%
Cameco Corp.
3.36%
255,488
$12,570,009,000 5.54%
Bunge Global SA
3.91%
112,554
$12,017,390,000 5.30%
Barrick Gold Corp.
32.08%
710,050
$11,843,634,000 5.22%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
4.11%
24,990
$11,672,829,000 5.15%
SmartRent Inc
4.95%
4,676,165
$11,176,034,000 4.93%
Globus Med Inc
7.96%
122,196
$8,369,204,000 3.69%
Cadre Holdings, Inc.
59.91%
220,211
$7,390,281,000 3.26%
Canadian Nat Res Ltd
116.32%
204,746
$7,288,957,000 3.21%
U-Haul Holding Company
9.46%
112,804
$6,963,390,000 3.07%
Alamos Gold Inc.
Opened
437,764
$6,864,139,000 3.03%
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc
7.86%
692,628
$6,732,344,000 2.97%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
6.97%
14,997
$6,100,779,000 2.69%
Ferroglobe Plc
880.41%
1,127,477
$6,043,276,000 2.67%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
No change
89,999
$5,885,999,000 2.60%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc
11.38%
93,891
$5,884,148,000 2.60%
NexGen Energy Ltd
6.27%
708,358
$4,944,338,000 2.18%
St. Joe Co.
14.15%
75,544
$4,132,256,000 1.82%
Peabody Energy Corp.
Closed
150,000
$3,639,000,000
MP Materials Corp.
Closed
250,000
$3,575,000,000
New York Cmnty Bancorp Inc
No change
1,100,000
$3,542,000,000 1.56%
East West Bancorp, Inc.
Opened
47,795
$3,500,027,000 1.54%
Denison Mines Corp
1.24%
1,437,886
$2,861,393,000 1.26%
Bank America Corp
233.87%
71,534
$2,844,907,000 1.25%
Apple Inc
8.52%
13,414
$2,825,256,000 1.25%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
21.86%
50,416
$2,450,217,000 1.08%
Warrior Met Coal Inc
2.70%
38,000
$2,385,260,000 1.05%
Genie Energy Ltd
No change
160,600
$2,347,972,000 1.04%
Hudbay Minerals Inc.
No change
225,000
$2,036,250,000 0.90%
Abbott Labs
21.74%
18,976
$1,971,796,000 0.87%
Sigma Lithium Corporation
Closed
135,000
$1,749,600,000
Ero Copper Corp
No change
80,000
$1,710,400,000 0.75%
Vertiv Holdings Co
23.98%
19,689
$1,704,476,000 0.75%
Trilogy Metals Inc
54.63%
3,098,931
$1,549,465,000 0.68%
Ivanhoe Electric Inc
2.16%
159,332
$1,494,534,000 0.66%
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
4,458
$1,484,959,000 0.65%
Coeur Mng Inc
Opened
250,000
$1,405,000,000 0.62%
New Gold Inc Cda
Opened
700,000
$1,365,000,000 0.60%
Centerra Gold Inc
Opened
200,000
$1,344,000,000 0.59%
Arch Resources Inc
Closed
8,000
$1,286,320,000
Tmc The Metals Company Inc
No change
796,615
$1,075,430,000 0.47%
Clarus Corp
8.24%
115,652
$778,337,000 0.34%
Alpha Metallurgical Resour I
71.46%
2,325
$652,232,000 0.29%
Triumph Group Inc.
11.81%
41,861
$645,078,000 0.28%
Cibus Inc
3.64%
53,247
$524,482,000 0.23%
Seabridge Gold, Inc.
6.75%
36,858
$504,586,000 0.22%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
8,037
$477,317,000 0.21%
Amicus Therapeutics Inc
Opened
47,465
$470,852,000 0.21%
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc
17.70%
66,452
$433,267,000 0.19%
Centrus Energy Corp
3.30%
9,889
$422,754,000 0.19%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
Opened
1,952
$416,439,000 0.18%
Lowes Cos Inc
No change
1,334
$294,093,000 0.13%
Ford Mtr Co Del
No change
22,660
$284,156,000 0.13%
Alphabet Inc
No change
2,800
$511,798,000 0.23%
Boeing Co.
Opened
1,289
$234,610,000 0.10%
Lithium Amers Corp New
Closed
43,447
$234,179,000
Spdr Gold Tr
No change
1,000
$215,010,000 0.09%
Rafael Holdings Inc
101.98%
101,732
$146,494,000 0.06%
Lithium Americas Argentina C
18.20%
33,386
$106,835,000 0.05%
ARC Document Solutions Inc
No change
30,623
$80,844,000 0.04%
No transactions found
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