SEC 13F Intelligence

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DSC Advisors, L.P.

CIK 0001299434 · 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 1600, CHICAGO, IL, 60611 · (312) 915-2485

Reported Value
$149M
Q3 2020
Positions
49
Filings on Record
24
2019–present window
Filed
Nov 16, 2020
original filing

Summary

Dsc Advisors, L.P. reported $149M in U.S.-listed holdings across 49 positions for Q3 2020.

Its largest position, GOOG, represents 10.9% of the portfolio.

Compared with Q2 2020, the fund opened 17 new positions and exited 5.

Portfolio Metrics

Turnover
+21.6%
vs prior filed quarter
Top-10 Concentration
+45.1%
share of reported value
Largest Position
+10.9%
Alphabet
New / Exited
17 / 5
positions this quarter

Methodology: turnover is min(value bought, value sold) ÷ average reported value across the two quarters — value-based, so market moves inflate it slightly versus a share-based measure. Concentration and largest position are shares of the filing’s total reported value, options excluded, with multiple share classes and repeated sub-manager rows for the same issuer combined into one position — the same rule the holdings table uses by default. New/exited counts compare against the prior filed quarter. All figures derive solely from the fund’s 13F filings.

Reported Value by Quarter

13F Reported Value
Q4 ’18: $826MQ4 ’18Q1 ’19: $544MQ2 ’19: $569MQ3 ’19: $506MQ3 ’19Q4 ’19: $209MQ1 ’20: $102MQ2 ’20: $91MQ2 ’20Q3 ’20: $149MQ4 ’20: $121MQ1 ’21: $161MQ1 ’21Q2 ’21: $138MQ3 ’21: $98MQ4 ’21: $129MQ4 ’21Q1 ’22: $290MQ2 ’22: $100MQ3 ’22: $97MQ3 ’22Q4 ’22: $44MQ1 ’23: $115MQ2 ’23: $67MQ2 ’23Q3 ’23: $78MQ4 ’23: $61MQ1 ’24: $63MQ1 ’24Q2 ’24: $30MQ3 ’24: $11Mfilingsflow.com

Portfolio Composition

By security type
Common Stock: 54.9%ETP: 37.5%Other: 7.6%
  • Common Stock · 54.9% · $82M
  • ETP · 37.5% · $56M
  • Other · 7.6% · $11M

Quarter-over-Quarter Changes full breakdown →

vs Q2 2020 (amended baseline)

IssuerMoveShare ΔShares nowValue ΔValue now
QQQINVESCO QQQ TRNEW+200.0K200.0K+$56M$56M
VYNE THERAPEUTICS INCNEW+4.15M4.15M+$7M$7M
HRLHORMEL FOODS CORPNEW+25.0K25.0K+$1M$1M
VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INCNEW+37.5K37.5K+$721,000$721,000
HMSYHMS HLDGS CORPNEW+25.0K25.0K+$599,000$599,000
SLVISHARES SILVER TRNEW+25.0K25.0K+$541,000$541,000
AMZNAMAZON COM INCNEW+104104+$327,000$327,000
XYZSQUARE INCNEW+1.9K1.9K+$307,000$307,000

Value changes conflate price moves with buying and selling — share changes are the real signal. Share counts are not split-adjusted.

Holdings — Q3 2020

38 positions
#IssuerClass% PortfolioValueShares
1GOOGALPHABET INCCAP STK CL C · CAP STK CL A10.86%$16M11.1K
2ATHENE HOLDING LTDCL A7.59%$11M333.0K
3MSMORGAN STANLEYhistory →COM NEW6.22%$9M192.4K
4ALXNALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INChistory →COM5.28%$8M69.0K
5CVSCVS HEALTH CORPhistory →COM5.18%$8M132.6K
6VYNE THERAPEUTICS INCCOM NEW4.61%$7M4.15M
7BMYBRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COhistory →COM2.81%$4M310.4K
8DVADAVITA INChistory →COM1.09%$2M19.0K
9MSFTMICROSOFT CORPCOM0.76%$1M5.4K
10METAFACEBOOK INCCL A0.71%$1M4.0K
11VVISA INCCOM CL A0.66%$988,0004.9K
12MAMASTERCARD INCORPORATEDCL A0.66%$979,0002.9K
13PYPLPAYPAL HLDGS INCCOM0.65%$964,0004.9K
14ADBEADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATEDCOM0.64%$957,0002.0K
15NFLXNETFLIX INCCOM0.63%$937,0001.9K
16CRMSALESFORCE COM INCCOM0.61%$918,0003.7K
17ACNACCENTURE PLC IRELANDSHS CLASS A0.60%$896,0004.0K
18ORCLORACLE CORPCOM0.50%$752,00012.6K
19AAPLAPPLE INCCOM0.47%$695,0006.0K
20IBMINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSCOM0.43%$636,0005.2K
21HMSYHMS HLDGS CORPCOM0.40%$599,00025.0K
22SLVISHARES SILVER TRISHARES0.36%$541,00025.0K
23NOWSERVICENOW INCCOM0.32%$472,000973
24INTUINTUITCOM0.31%$456,0001.4K
25ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INCOM0.24%$357,0002.6K
26UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCCOM0.23%$342,0001.1K
27AMZNAMAZON COM INCCOM0.22%$327,000104
28XYZSQUARE INCCL A0.21%$307,0001.9K
29ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INCCOM0.18%$274,0003.4K
30ADSKAUTODESK INCCOM0.18%$266,0001.2K
31PGPROCTER AND GAMBLE COCOM0.17%$254,0001.8K
32UBERUBER TECHNOLOGIES INCCOM0.16%$246,0006.8K
33VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INCCOM0.16%$240,00012.5K
34EBAYEBAY INC.COM0.15%$229,0004.4K
35ABTABBOTT LABSCOM0.15%$221,0002.0K
36TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCCOM0.15%$218,000493
37MELIMERCADOLIBRE INCCOM0.14%$214,000198
38CTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIOCL A0.14%$212,0003.0K

Filing History

QuarterReported ValuePositionsFiledTypeLinks
Q3 2024$11M19Nov 14, 202413F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2024$30M24Aug 14, 202413F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2024$63M34May 15, 202413F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2023$61M32Feb 14, 202413F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q3 2023$78M33Nov 14, 202313F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2023$67M31Aug 14, 202313F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2023$115M24May 15, 202313F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2022$44M17Feb 14, 202313F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q3 2022$97M97Nov 14, 202213F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2022$100M113Aug 15, 202213F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2022$290M132May 16, 202213F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2021$129M72Feb 14, 202213F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q3 2021$98M74Nov 15, 202113F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2021$138M74Aug 16, 202113F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2021$161M85May 14, 202113F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2020$121M51Feb 16, 202113F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q3 2020$149M49Nov 16, 202013F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2020$91M37Aug 14, 202013F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2020$102M35May 15, 202013F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2019$209M88Feb 14, 202013F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q3 2019$506M97Nov 14, 201913F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q2 2019$569M85Aug 14, 201913F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q1 2019$544M81May 15, 201913F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗
Q4 2018$826M78Feb 14, 201913F-HRchanges · EDGAR ↗

Other Included Managers

This filing reports holdings on behalf of 1 additional manager.

  • DSCQG PR LLC028-18129

13F filings are due up to 45 days after quarter end, so holdings shown here lag the fund’s current book. Source: original SEC filing on EDGAR ↗.