Saban Capital 13F annual report

Saban Capital is an investment fund managing more than $59.5 million ran by Adam Chesnoff. There are currently 18 companies in Mr. Chesnoff’s portfolio. The largest investments include Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd and Amazon.com, together worth $17.1 million.

$59.5 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Saban Capital’s top holding is 52,110 shares of Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd currently worth over $8.71 million and making up 14.6% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 4,811 shares of Amazon.com worth $8.35 million, whose value grew 50.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Ishares Tr worth $8.12 million and the next is Alphabet worth $6.41 million, with 5,246 shares owned.

Currently, Saban Capital's portfolio is worth at least $59.5 million. 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 Saban Capital

The Saban Capital office and employees reside in Los Angeles, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Adam Chesnoff serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Saban Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Saban Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in Apollo Global Mgmt Llc and bought 51,060 shares worth $1.93 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd by buying 6,800 additional shares. This makes their stake in Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd total 52,110 shares worth $8.71 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Saban Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Saban Capital closed its position in Take-two Interactive Softwar on 13th November 2019. It sold the previously owned 23,712 shares for $2.69 million. Adam Chesnoff also disclosed a decreased stake in Palo Alto Networks by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $1.16 million and 5,677 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Saban Capital are Technology Crossover Management Vi, L.L.C and Banta Asset Management L.P.. They manage $59.6 million and $59.4 million respectively.


Adam Chesnoff investment strategy

Saban Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 4 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 34.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.0% 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 56% 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 $454 billion.

The complete list of Saban Capital trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on November 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
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
15.01%
52,110
$8,714,000 14.64%
Amazon.com, Inc.
20.55%
4,811
$8,351,000 14.03%
Ishares Tr
No change
49,350
$8,120,000 13.64%
Alphabet, Inc.
No change
5,246
$6,406,000 10.76%
Facebook, Inc.
9.94%
30,185
$5,375,000 9.03%
salesforce.com, inc.
49.00%
31,111
$4,618,000 7.76%
Netflix, Inc.
No change
14,165
$3,791,000 6.37%
Sony Corp.
No change
60,300
$3,566,000 5.99%
Take-two Interactive Softwar
Closed
23,712
$2,692,000
Apollo Global Mgmt Llc
Closed
62,860
$2,156,000
Apollo Global Mgmt Llc
Opened
51,060
$1,931,000 3.24%
Microsoft Corp.
39.19%
12,786
$1,778,000 2.99%
Ishares Inc
No change
29,750
$1,458,000 2.45%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
17.78%
5,677
$1,157,000 1.94%
Lions Gate Entmnt Corp
No change
107,700
$996,000 1.67%
Spotify Technology S A
No change
7,167
$817,000 1.37%
Farfetch Ltd.
Opened
90,100
$778,000 1.31%
Tableau Software Inc
Closed
4,380
$727,000
Autodesk, Inc.
Opened
4,100
$606,000 1.02%
Lyft, Inc.
Opened
14,345
$586,000 0.98%
MercadoLibre, Inc.
Opened
890
$491,000 0.82%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Closed
1,750
$427,000
Adobe, Inc.
Closed
1,030
$303,000
HDFC Bank Ltd.
Closed
2,180
$283,000
No transactions found
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