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Francis Chou - Chou Associates

As of Q2 2026, Francis Chou reported 31 long-equity positions worth $216.59M in aggregate.

Copy-investor backtest

Latest quarter
+2.05%
1-year
+14.32%
3-year
+44.37%
5-year
+26.27%
3-year vs S&P 500
-28.02%
5-year vs S&P 500
-46.96%
5-year top 5
+34.71%

Return from mechanically copying the disclosed 13F equity portfolio after each filing and rebalancing at the next. The vs S&P 500 figures subtract SPY over that manager's own rebalance dates, so both sides cover the same days; both are price return, excluding dividends. Method & limitations.

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Updated 2026-09-19 from SEC 13F data.

Live quotes available for 16 of 20 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.

1RFPRESOLUTE FST PRODS INC28.10%Reduce -13.6%3,940,460$48.07MNo quoteNo quote
2BHCBAUSCH HEALTH COS INC25.62%-1,495,000$43.83M$29.3252w: $14.86 - $34.80; reported $29.32
3BRK-ABERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL24.47%-100$41.86M$418600.0052w: $266357.00 - $445000.00; reported $418600.00
4WFCWELLS FARGO CO NEW4.49%-169,542$7.68M$45.2952w: $20.76 - $48.13; reported $45.29
5MBIMBIA INC3.85%-599,530$6.6M$11.0052w: $5.52 - $11.18; reported $11.00
6JPMJPMORGAN CHASE & CO3.12%-34,275$5.33M$155.5452w: $90.78 - $167.44; reported $155.54
7BBBLACKBERRY LTD2.86%-400,000$4.89M$12.2252w: $4.37 - $28.77; reported $12.22
8CCITIGROUP INC2.39%Reduce -14.8%57,695$4.08M$70.7552w: $40.49 - $80.29; reported $70.75
9GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC1.58%Reduce -49.3%7,100$2.7M$379.5852w: $185.52 - $393.26; reported $379.58
10MGAMAGNA INTL INC1.08%-20,000$1.85M$92.6552w: $43.08 - $104.28; reported $92.65
11PKXPOSCO0.94%-21,000$1.61MNo quoteNo quote
12CYDCHINA YUCHAI INTL LTD0.69%-73,364$1.18M$16.0452w: $13.01 - $20.49; reported $16.04
13STLASTELLANTIS0.35%-30,000$591K$19.7052w: $9.72 - $21.39; reported $19.70
14RYAAYRYANAIR HLDGS PLC0.29%-4,575$495K$108.2052w: $25.55 - $48.67; reported $108.20
15LBTYALIBERTY GLOBAL PLC0.19%-12,000$326K$27.1752w: $9.65 - $14.98; reported $27.17
16BACBANK AMER CORP-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote

Options positions

Put = right to sell at strike (a bearish bet). Call = right to buy at strike (bullish via leverage). The notional column shows the underlying market value reported to the SEC, not the option premium paid - these don't add to the long-equity % portfolio above.

1RFPRESOLUTE FST PRODS INCCALLCALLAdd +21.4%2,518,500$30.73M
2BHCBAUSCH HEALTH COS INCCALLCALL-600,000$17.59M
3BBBLACKBERRY LTDCALLCALL-400,000$4.89M
4MBIMBIA INCCALLCALL-400,000$4.4M