Bruce Berkowitz’s Latest Stock Buys And His Full Portfolio Holdings

Bruce Berkowitz’s Fund Portfolio Strategies originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Bruce Berkowitz is also a well known guru investor. He is a hedge fund manager who cares about $7.69 billion in his asset management vehicle Fairholme Capital Management.

Within the recent quarter, Bruce made nine asset transactions of which six pay dividends. Four of the stock moves are attributable to the long side and five are on the short side.

In total, Bruce owns now only 13 share positions of which two were completely new (Lincoln National and Hartford Financial). In addition, he sold-out three stocks within the recent quarter. 

Financial stocks dominate his asset strategy. Around 68 percent of his total assets have a relationship to the financial sector.

The biggest position is his portfolio is reasonable to the insurer, AIG who represents around 50 percent of his full portfolio.

Nothing changed much in sum. Bruce made no big changes within the recent quarter. The highest trade impact on the long side had the 4.53 percent position increase of Sears Holdings.

Bruce Berkowitz Biggest Dividend Stock Buys

The latest dividend stock buys from Bruce Berkowitz and his biggest portfolio holdings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Bruce Berkowitz is a successful asset manager. He manages around USD 7.9 billion in assets in his management company Fairholme Capital Management. Within the recent quarter, Bruce had only 21 stocks of which 3 are new.

Today I like to show you the top stock holdings from Bruce Berkowitz as well as his latest and most influential dividend stock buys.

His biggest acquisition was Chesapeake Energy. The company was completely new in his portfolio and had an impact of 3.5 percent. The current yield of CHK is 1.66 percent. Only seven of his 20 biggest stock acquisitions pay dividends. Berkowitz is no classical dividend investors. He loves the financial sector. Around 64.3 percent of his portfolio stock holdings have a relationship to financials.

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Portfolio Q4/2011

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Bruce Berkowitz’s - Fairholme - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (November 30, 2011). In total, he held 13 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 6,789,120,000.

Best Yielding Stock Of Investment Guru Bruce Berkowitz (Fairholme Fund)

Best Yielding Stocks Of Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of the best yielding stocks at Bruce Berkowitz fund portfolio as of Q3/2011 (August 31, 2011). In total, he has 17 stocks with a portfolio worth of USD 9,824,377,000. 7 of them pay dividends. Here are the results:

Winthrop Realty Trust (NYSE:FUR) has a market capitalization of $284.48 million. The company employs people, generates revenues of $55.37 million and has a net income of $18.48 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35.18 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 63.55 percent (operating margin 34.98 percent and the net profit margin finally 33.38 percent).


The total debt representing 41.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 79.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 7.09 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.82 of which $0.65 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.55, Price/Sales 5.37 and Price/Book ratio 0.82. Dividend Yield: 7.22 percent. The beta ratio is 0.96.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Winthrop Realty Trust (Click to enlarge)

Jefferies Group (NYSE:JEF) has a market capitalization of $2.04Billion. The company employs 3,842 people, generates revenues of $2,797.35 million and has a net income of $240.27 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $431.97 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.44 percent (operating margin 14.18 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.59 percent).


The total debt representing 11.61 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 172.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.03 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.37 of which $0.30 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.42, Price/Sales 0.73 and Price/Book ratio 0.70. Dividend Yield: 2.95 percent. The beta ratio is 1.61.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Jefferies Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) has a market capitalization of $16.48 billion. The company employs 18,000 people, generates revenues of $13,623.00 million and has a net income of $3,195.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,303.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 24.25 percent (operating margin 24.48 percent and the net profit margin finally 23.45 percent).


The total debt representing 41.05 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 221.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 11.21 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $3.89 of which $0.52 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.85, Price/Sales 2.44 and Price/Book ratio 1.22. Dividend Yield: 1.92 percent. The beta ratio is 1.46.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Brookfield Asset Manag... (Click to enlarge)

Also look at Bruce Berkowitz's latest portfolio update as of Q3/2011.

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Portfolio Q3/2011

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Bruce Berkowitz’s - Fairholme - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (August 31, 2011). In total, he held 17 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 9,824,377,000.

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme’s fund positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

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Related Stock Ticker of Bruce Berkowitz's - Fairholme Fund Portfolio:

AIG, AAIGF, SHLD, BAM, BAC, C, CIT, CHPXF, BRK.A, BRK.B, JOE, RF, LUK, MBI, JZEOF, JEF, FUR