Stocks/Funds/CIK 1115373

SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1115373
Assets
$777M
+28.8% YoY
Holdings
43
Lifetime alpha vs market
+5.76% annual
Average hold time
5.2 yr
median 4.8 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +90% vs S&P +52% · α +38% lifetimeAUM $777M · peak $829MFlow $-88M (-11%)2016-062017-122019-062020-122022-062023-122025-062026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
+9.48%
adds when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
+0.73%
steady accumulation
Rally response
-5.06%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.$121M15.6%10.5 yr
BRK-ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.$83M10.7%10.5 yr
DGDollar General Corporati$77M9.9%+37.3%9.3 yr
DECKDeckers Outdoor Corporat$66M8.5%-10.5%1.0 yr
ALKAlaska Air Group, Inc.$62M8.0%-25.3%6.3 yr
DLTRDollar Tree, Inc.$56M7.2%+45.9%4.8 yr
NEMNewmont Corporation$52M6.7%+127.1%10.5 yr
KGCKinross Gold Corporation$46M5.9%+143.6%10.5 yr
FIVEFive Below, Inc.$44M5.7%+204.9%2.0 yr
SBUXStarbucks Corporation$23M2.9%-6.1%8.0 yr
DINOHF Sinclair Corporation$23M2.9%+98.2%4.3 yr
CMICummins Inc.$21M2.7%+74.8%7.8 yr
BLDRBuilders FirstSource, In$19M2.4%-34.1%0.3 yr
DISThe Walt Disney Company$15M1.9%-1.3%8.0 yr
VLOValero Energy Corporatio$11M1.4%+92.6%5.5 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Insurance - Diversified26.3%-10.2pp$205M
Discount Stores23.2%+2.2pp$181M
Gold12.6%-2.1pp$98M
Apparel - Footwear & Accessories8.5%+8.1pp$66M
Airlines, Airports & Air Services8.0%+5.2pp$62M
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing4.3%-1.5pp$34M
Restaurants2.9%-0.9pp$23M
Industrial - Machinery2.7%+0.7pp$21M
Entertainment2.7%-2.8pp$21M
Oil & Gas Integrated2.4%-1.1pp$19M
Country
US92.6%+4.7pp
CA6.0%-3.5pp
NO1.0%-1.2pp
NL0.3%-0.1pp
GB0.1%-0.0pp
SG0.0%
Top 5: 52.8% · Top 10: 81.2% · Top 25: 98.5%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
KGC$57M+0.08B143.6%
NEM$32M+0.04B127.1%
DG$80M+0.03B37.3%
VLO$25M+0.02B92.6%
DLTR$37M+0.02B45.9%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
ALK$17M-0.00B-25.3%
SBUX$23M-0.00B-6.1%
DIS$14M-0.00B-1.3%

Top buys this quarter · 14

ALK Alaska Air Group, Inc.+$47M
BLDR Builders FirstSource, Inc.new+$19M
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corporation+$66M
SBUX Starbucks Corporation+$1M
GOOG Alphabet Inc.new+$1M
DIS The Walt Disney Company+$15M
MA Mastercard Incorporatednew+$0M
PM Philip Morris International Innew+$0M
NFLX Netflix, Inc.new+$0M
DINO HF Sinclair Corporation+$0M

Top sells this quarter · 14

VLO Valero Energy Corporation$38M
DG Dollar General Corporation$33M
NEM Newmont Corporation$20M
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation$18M
EQNR Equinor ASA$18M
FIVE Five Below, Inc.$17M
OVV Ovintiv Inc.exit$1M
CMI Cummins Inc.$20M
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation$3M
CVX Chevron Corporation$1M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$777M43+56.76%+17.59%+39.17%-0.09B
2025-12-31$829M38+61.35%+17.72%+43.63%-0.02B
2025-09-30$753M37+36.78%+17.52%+19.26%-0.03B
2025-06-30$695M36+24.49%+14.94%+9.55%-0.02B
2025-03-31$603M35+3.54%+8.30%-4.76%+0.02B
2024-12-31$540M36+10.72%+24.89%-14.16%-0.00B
2024-09-30$566M36+36.35%+36.04%+0.31%+0.02B
2024-06-30$534M38+23.51%+24.49%-0.98%+0.03B
2024-03-31$517M35+22.53%+29.62%-7.09%-0.00B
2023-12-31$451M34+8.99%+26.18%-17.19%-0.01B
2023-09-30$392M32+3.86%+21.57%-17.71%+0.03B
2023-06-30$396M32+7.64%+19.42%-11.79%+0.04B
2023-03-31$361M33-4.27%-7.82%+3.55%+0.02B
2022-12-31$333M32+12.76%+7.56%+5.20%-0.01B
2022-09-30$303M33-4.24%-4.93%+0.69%+0.01B
2022-06-30$311M31-13.26%-16.11%+2.85%+0.00B