Prospector Partners LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed November 13, 2024), Prospector Partners LLC reported 84 stock positions worth $927.6 million. Its top holding was Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B) at 3.9% of the portfolio, followed by Brown & Brown (BRO, 3.2%) and Progressive (PGR, 3.2%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 5 new positions, sold out of 3, added to 48 and reduced 15. The biggest buy was a new position in Fortune Brands Innovations I (FBIN) and the biggest sale Dentsply Sirona (XRAY, shares −60%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q4 2025
- Location
- GUILFORD, CT
- CIK
- 0001080380
- Portfolio Value
- $927.6M (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001398344-24-020566 ↗ filed Nov 13, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 84 stocks · $927.6M
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 3.89% | 78,310 | $36.0M | No change |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | 3.18% | 284,474 | $29.5M | Add +0.3% |
| PGR Progressive Corp. | 3.16% | 115,404 | $29.3M | Add +0.4% |
| CW Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 3.09% | 87,146 | $28.6M | Reduce -0.3% |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | 2.75% | 156,552 | $25.5M | Reduce -28.4% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 2.65% | 215,975 | $24.6M | Add +20.5% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 2.65% | 74,260 | $24.6M | Add +1.9% |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. filed as GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO | 2.46% | 80,964 | $22.8M | Add +0.3% |
| GL Globe Life Inc. | 2.43% | 212,958 | $22.6M | Add +0.4% |
| TRMB Trimble Inc. | 2.39% | 356,972 | $22.2M | Add +1.1% |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 2.38% | 274,795 | $22.1M | Add +0.3% |
| LFUS Littelfuse Inc. | 2.35% | 82,311 | $21.8M | Add +14.4% |
| PRI Primerica Inc. | 2.20% | 77,055 | $20.4M | Add +0.3% |
| PPG PPG Industries Inc. | 2.07% | 144,651 | $19.2M | Add +6.1% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 1.99% | 162,848 | $18.5M | Add +0.5% |
| SSB Southstate Bank Corp. | 1.94% | 185,250 | $18.0M | Add +52.8% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.91% | 150,765 | $17.7M | Reduce -26.6% |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1.87% | 167,116 | $17.3M | Reduce -4.8% |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | 1.84% | 43,501 | $17.0M | Add +0.5% |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 1.83% | 91,780 | $17.0M | Add +18.7% |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | 1.82% | 228,641 | $16.8M | Add +0.4% |
| PB Prosperity Bancshares Inc. | 1.78% | 228,992 | $16.5M | Add +24.6% |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | 1.72% | 152,683 | $16.0M | Add +0.5% |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 1.66% | 246,635 | $15.4M | Reduce -6.7% |
| PNR Pentair PLC | 1.54% | 145,718 | $14.2M | Add +0.5% |
| CI The Cigna Group | 1.53% | 41,018 | $14.2M | Add +0.4% |
| ABCB Ameris Bancorp | 1.46% | 217,415 | $13.6M | Add +2.9% |
| OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp. | 1.44% | 128,815 | $13.4M | Add +4.0% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 1.42% | 32,499 | $13.2M | Add +0.4% |
| FIS Fidelity National Info Serv | 1.41% | 156,422 | $13.1M | Add +0.5% |
| VOYA Voya Financial Inc. | 1.36% | 159,418 | $12.6M | Add +37.9% |
| HHH Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. | 1.36% | 162,401 | $12.6M | Add +4.6% |
| FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations I | 1.29% | 133,508 | $12.0M | New |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | 1.24% | 77,693 | $11.5M | Add +4.4% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 1.22% | 55,430 | $11.4M | Add +0.3% |
| HOLX Hologic Inc. | 1.17% | 132,705 | $10.8M | Add +3.2% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.16% | 66,647 | $10.8M | Add +0.8% |
| DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. | 1.16% | 65,278 | $10.7M | Add +4.1% |
| SLB SLB Ltd. filed as SCHLUMBERGER LTD | 1.14% | 252,290 | $10.6M | Add +13.5% |
| MUR Murphy Oil Corp. | 1.12% | 307,092 | $10.4M | Add +50.5% |
| KEY Keycorp | 1.04% | 574,914 | $9.6M | New |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse Inc. | 1.03% | 54,299 | $9.6M | Reduce -20.0% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 1.02% | 78,372 | $9.5M | Reduce 0.0% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.02% | 22,065 | $9.5M | Add +0.7% |
| APTV Aptiv Irish Holdings Ltd. filed as APTIV PLC | 0.99% | 127,164 | $9.2M | Add +4.2% |
| TER Teradyne Inc. | 0.95% | 65,930 | $8.8M | Add +0.3% |
| AME Ametek Inc. | 0.95% | 51,300 | $8.8M | New |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | 0.92% | 22,930 | $8.5M | Add +0.3% |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | 0.91% | 93,933 | $8.4M | Add +1.9% |
| PLGO Pelagos Insurance Capital LT filed as FIDELIS INSURANCE HOLDINGS L | 0.90% | 461,947 | $8.3M | Reduce -20.0% |
| PJT PJT Partners Inc. Class A | 0.89% | 61,840 | $8.2M | No change |
| HES Hess Corp. | 0.88% | 59,983 | $8.1M | Add +0.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.87% | 48,896 | $8.1M | Add +0.2% |
| XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. | 0.79% | 272,475 | $7.4M | Reduce -59.6% |
| WTM White Mountains Insurance GP | 0.70% | 3,855 | $6.5M | Add +17.2% |
| FAF First American Financial | 0.63% | 89,225 | $5.9M | Add +0.5% |
| VVX V2X Inc. | 0.63% | 105,310 | $5.9M | Add +15.3% |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | 0.58% | 145,425 | $5.4M | No change |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.58% | 30,895 | $5.4M | Reduce -19.1% |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | 0.57% | 17,640 | $5.3M | Reduce -28.6% |
| CUBE Cubesmart | 0.56% | 97,106 | $5.2M | Add +0.6% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.53% | 36,877 | $4.9M | Add +0.5% |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 0.53% | 92,450 | $4.9M | No change |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 0.51% | 59,032 | $4.8M | No change |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 0.49% | 124,800 | $4.5M | No change |
| NBBK NB Bancorp Inc. | 0.48% | 242,272 | $4.5M | No change |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.43% | 8,110 | $4.0M | Reduce -49.7% |
| NTB Bank of N.T. Butterfield&son | 0.38% | 95,675 | $3.5M | No change |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | 0.35% | 50,125 | $3.3M | Reduce -9.4% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 0.35% | 81,930 | $3.2M | Add +20.3% |
| TGLS Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. | 0.28% | 38,505 | $2.6M | Reduce -15.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.26% | 81,755 | $2.4M | No change |
| CCBG Capital City Bank Group Inc. | 0.12% | 32,685 | $1.2M | No change |
| SPFI South Plains Financial Inc. | 0.12% | 33,340 | $1.1M | No change |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.11% | 6,225 | $1.0M | No change |
| WMPN William Penn Bancorp | 0.09% | 65,200 | $799K | No change |
| EVTC Evertec Inc. | 0.08% | 22,000 | $746K | No change |
| HMN Horace Mann Educators | 0.07% | 18,220 | $637K | No change |
| FCPT Four Corners Property Trust | 0.06% | 19,563 | $573K | Add +5.4% |
| TSBK Timberland Bancorp Inc. | 0.06% | 18,672 | $565K | New |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | 0.06% | 5,140 | $552K | Reduce -1.6% |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | 0.06% | 7,055 | $550K | Add +5.3% |
| ST Sensata Technologies Holdplc | 0.06% | 14,900 | $534K | No change |
| HG Hamilton Insurance Grou Class B | 0.05% | 22,800 | $441K | New |
Options reported separately and not counted above: POST puts ($8.3M), PRU puts ($4.8M), WFC puts ($4.5M), KNSL puts ($1.1M).
Other holdings (9): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $9.5M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS IN (HALO 1 08/15/28) | NOTE 1.000% 8/1 · principal | 1,200,000 | $1.4M | No change |
| DROPBOX INC (DBX 0 03/01/28) | NOTE 3/0 · principal | 1,400,000 | $1.4M | Add +7.7% |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC (AKAM 0.375 09/01/27) | NOTE 0.375% 9/0 · principal | 1,300,000 | $1.3M | Add +8.3% |
| ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (ON 0.5 03/01/29) | NOTE 0.500% 3/0 · principal | 1,100,000 | $1.1M | New |
| VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY (VSH 2.25 06/15/25) | NOTE 2.250% 6/1 · principal | 1,100,000 | $1.1M | No change |
| BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL (BMRN 1.25 05/15/27) | NOTE 1.250% 5/1 · principal | 1,000,000 | $951K | New |
| VERINT SYSTEMS INC (VRNT 0.25 04/15/26) | NOTE 0.250% 4/1 · principal | 1,000,000 | $930K | Reduce -9.1% |
| ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES INC (ARRY 1 12/01/28) | NOTE 1.000%12/0 · principal | 1,000,000 | $742K | No change |
| MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD 1 09/01/25) | NOTE 1.000% 9/0 · principal | 500,000 | $583K | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $937.2M.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. | Reduce -59.6% | 0.79% | −1.20 |
| FBP First Bancorp Puerto Rico | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.06 |
| LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc. | Reduce -28.4% | 2.75% | −1.03 |
| FHI Federated Hermes Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.94 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -26.6% | 1.91% | −0.90 |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.88 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -49.7% | 0.43% | −0.43 |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse Inc. | Reduce -20.0% | 1.03% | −0.35 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Reduce -6.7% | 1.66% | −0.32 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Reduce -28.6% | 0.57% | −0.27 |
| PLGO Pelagos Insurance Capital LT | Reduce -20.0% | 0.90% | −0.22 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -19.1% | 0.58% | −0.17 |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Reduce -4.8% | 1.87% | −0.15 |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | Reduce -9.4% | 0.35% | −0.00 |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.06% | +0.01 |
| TGLS Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. | Reduce -15.0% | 0.28% | +0.02 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce 0.0% | 1.02% | +0.09 |
| CW Curtiss-Wright Corp. | Reduce -0.3% | 3.09% | +0.28 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations I | New | 1.29% | +1.29 |
| KEY Keycorp | New | 1.04% | +1.04 |
| AME Ametek Inc. | New | 0.95% | +0.95 |
| SSB Southstate Bank Corp. | Add +52.8% | 1.94% | +0.84 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Add +20.5% | 2.65% | +0.45 |
| PB Prosperity Bancshares Inc. | Add +24.6% | 1.78% | +0.45 |
| PNC PNC Financial Services Group | Add +18.7% | 1.83% | +0.40 |
| VOYA Voya Financial Inc. | Add +37.9% | 1.36% | +0.39 |
| GL Globe Life Inc. | Add +0.4% | 2.43% | +0.36 |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | Add +0.3% | 2.38% | +0.34 |
| PGR Progressive Corp. | Add +0.4% | 3.16% | +0.33 |
| PNR Pentair PLC | Add +0.5% | 1.54% | +0.22 |
| ABCB Ameris Bancorp | Add +2.9% | 1.46% | +0.20 |
| LFUS Littelfuse Inc. | Add +14.4% | 2.35% | +0.18 |
| BRO Brown & Brown Inc. | Add +0.3% | 3.18% | +0.17 |
| HHH Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. | Add +4.6% | 1.36% | +0.16 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Add +4.4% | 1.24% | +0.13 |
| MUR Murphy Oil Corp. | Add +50.5% | 1.12% | +0.12 |
| VVX V2X Inc. | Add +15.3% | 0.63% | +0.12 |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | Add +0.3% | 1.22% | +0.11 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +0.4% | 1.42% | +0.10 |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | Add +0.3% | 0.92% | +0.08 |
| FAF First American Financial | Add +0.5% | 0.63% | +0.07 |
| TSBK Timberland Bancorp Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Add +0.4% | 1.82% | +0.05 |
| TRMB Trimble Inc. | Add +1.1% | 2.39% | +0.05 |
| PRI Primerica Inc. | Add +0.3% | 2.20% | +0.05 |
| HG Hamilton Insurance Grou Class B | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| CUBE Cubesmart | Add +0.6% | 0.56% | +0.05 |
| HOLX Hologic Inc. | Add +3.2% | 1.17% | +0.03 |
| PPG PPG Industries Inc. | Add +6.1% | 2.07% | +0.03 |
| DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. | Add +4.1% | 1.16% | +0.03 |
| OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp. | Add +4.0% | 1.44% | +0.03 |
| FIS Fidelity National Info Serv | Add +0.5% | 1.41% | +0.02 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +0.8% | 1.16% | +0.02 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Add +0.5% | 0.53% | +0.02 |
| FCPT Four Corners Property Trust | Add +5.4% | 0.06% | +0.01 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | Add +5.3% | 0.06% | −0.00 |
| WTM White Mountains Insurance GP | Add +17.2% | 0.70% | −0.00 |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | Add +0.3% | 2.46% | −0.02 |
| APTV Aptiv Irish Holdings Ltd. | Add +4.2% | 0.99% | −0.03 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Add +20.3% | 0.35% | −0.04 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Add +1.9% | 2.65% | −0.05 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Add +0.4% | 1.53% | −0.07 |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | Add +1.9% | 0.91% | −0.09 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Add +13.5% | 1.14% | −0.10 |
| EG Everest Group Ltd. | Add +0.5% | 1.84% | −0.12 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +0.7% | 1.02% | −0.14 |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | Add +0.5% | 1.72% | −0.14 |
| HES Hess Corp. | Add +0.7% | 0.88% | −0.16 |
Options Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | put | Sold out | 164,000 | $11.0Mbefore exit |
| POST Post Holdings Inc. | put | Reduce -54.7% | 71,500 | $8.3M |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | put | Sold out | 160,000 | $6.4Mbefore exit |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | put | New | 79,200 | $4.5M |
| LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. | put | Sold out | 8,500 | $1.9Mbefore exit |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| DROPBOX INC (DBX 0 03/01/28) | NOTE 3/0 · principal | Add +7.7% | 1,400,000 | $1.4M |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC (AKAM 0.375 09/01/27) | NOTE 0.375% 9/0 · principal | Add +8.3% | 1,300,000 | $1.3M |
| BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL (BMRN 0.599 08/01/24) | NOTE 0.599% 8/0 · principal | Sold out | 1,200,000 | $1.2Mbefore exit |
| ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (ON 0.5 03/01/29) | NOTE 0.500% 3/0 · principal | New | 1,100,000 | $1.1M |
| BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL (BMRN 1.25 05/15/27) | NOTE 1.250% 5/1 · principal | New | 1,000,000 | $951K |
| VERINT SYSTEMS INC (VRNT 0.25 04/15/26) | NOTE 0.250% 4/1 · principal | Reduce -9.1% | 1,000,000 | $930K |
| NUVASIVE INC (GMED 0.375 03/15/25) | NOTE 0.375% 3/1 · principal | Sold out | 600,000 | $576Kbefore exit |
| CHART INDUSTRIES INC (GTLS 1 11/15/24) | NOTE 1.000%11/1 · principal | Sold out | 100,000 | $246Kbefore exit |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 16 | $46.7M | XOM, PGR, MSFT, BRK.B, PJT |
| Q3 2025 | 81 | $820.3M | BRK.B, GL, BRO, PNC, ETN |
| Q2 2025 | 82 | $853.1M | BRK.B, BRO, GL, AJG, PNC |
| Q1 2025 | 80 | $865.8M | BRO, BRK.B, GL, AJG, ABT |
| Q4 2024 | 83 | $873.6M | BRK.B, BRO, ABT, GL, ETN |
| Q3 2024 | 84 | $927.6M | BRK.B, BRO, PGR, CW, LDOS |
| Q2 2024 | 82 | $844.1M | LDOS, BRK.B, BRO, PGR, CW |
| Q1 2024 | 83 | $855.0M | BRK.B, LDOS, BRO, GL, CW |