The St. Joe Company (“St. Joe”) (NYSE:JOE) comprises 12.8% of Fund assets. Today, St. Joe stands well capitalized and focused on future developments in Florida’s Bay and Walton Counties. The company is entitled to develop 170,000 residential units and 22 million square feet of retail, commercial, and industrial facilities on 110,500 acres of nearly contiguous land on the “Emerald Coast.” We believe that the intrinsic value of St. Joe’s current entitlements and other assets is substantially higher than its recent market price, and were pleased that the company repurchased almost 17 million shares of its common stock (over 18% of the outstanding public float) at $18 per share in 2015.
From Bruce Berkowitz (Trades, Portfolio)'s 2015 Annual Letter for the Fairholme Fund.
