13F-HR 1 eqsf13f.txt FORM 13F FORM 13F UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F-HR Form 13F-HR COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 29, 2000 Check here if Amendment: ||; Amendment Number: ___ This Amendment (Check only one): |_| is a restatement. |_| adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: EQSF Advisers, Inc. Address: 767 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Form 13F File Number: 028-03399 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Martin J. Whitman Title: Chairman Phone: 212-888-6865 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Martin J. Whitman New York, New York February 13, 2001 Report Type (Check one only): [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 115 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,738,759 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file nember(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE PAGE 1
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ------------------ -------------- -------- -------- ------------------- ---------- -------- -------------------- VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------ -------------- -------- -------- ------- --- ---- ---------- -------- ---- ------ ---- Acmat Corp.- Class A COM 004616207 1,430 200,678 SH SOLE 200,678 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ace Ltd. Ord. COM G0070K103 3,694 87,035 SH SOLE 87,035 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aegis Realty Inc. COM 00760P104 857 84,600 SH SOLE 84,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alamo Group, Inc. COM 011311107 18,264 1,398,200 SH SOLE 1,398,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alcoa Inc. COM 013817101 888 26,500 SH SOLE 26,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. COM 014482103 36,199 1,379,000 SH SOLE 1,379,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alico, Inc. COM 016230104 5,829 353,300 SH SOLE 353,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ambac Financial Group COM 023139108 17,494 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ American Land Lease Inc. COM 027118108 797 80,698 SH SOLE 80,698 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ American Power Conversion COM 029066107 22,643 1,829,700 SH SOLE 1,829,700 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 211 21,500 SH SOLE 21,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Analogic Corp. COM 032657207 13,280 298,000 SH SOLE 298,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthracite Capital Inc. COM 037023108 585 75,500 SH SOLE 75,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Applied Materials, Inc. COM 038222105 7,638 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arch Capital Group Ltd. COM G0450A105 11,796 786,400 SH SOLE 786,400 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Astoria Financial Corp. COM 046265104 2,879 53,000 SH SOLE 53,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta Sosnoff Cap Corp COM 046499109 110 10,000 SH SOLE 10,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avatar Holdings Inc. COM 053494100 4,576 216,600 SH SOLE 216,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AVX, Corp. COM 002444107 99,960 6,104,400 SH SOLE 6,104,400 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Banknorth Group Inc. COM 06646R107 1,387 69,566 SH SOLE 69,566 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bel Fuse Cl A COM 077347201 27 800 SH SOLE 800 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bel Fuse CL B COM 077347300 6,178 181,700 SH SOLE 181,700 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brooks Automation COM 11434A100 5,534 197,200 SH SOLE 197,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Burnham Pacific Property COM 12232C108 1,268 274,200 SH SOLE 274,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.P. Clare Corporation COM 12615K107 5,585 1,489,300 SH SOLE 1,489,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cabot Industrial Trust COM 127072106 2,435 126,900 SH SOLE 126,900 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Capital Southwest COM 140501107 6,840 129,970 SH SOLE 129,970 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Captec Net Lease Realty COM 140724105 896 80,100 SH SOLE 80,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Carver Bancorp, Inc. COM 146875109 2,130 218,500 SH SOLE 218,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattelus Development Corp. COM 149111106 10,747 614,100 SH SOLE 614,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centex Corp. COM 152312104 920 24,500 SH SOLE 24,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Century Aluminum COM 156431108 2,240 196,900 SH SOLE 196,900 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIT Group COM 125577106 11,914 592,000 SH SOLE 592,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clarent Corp. COM 180461105 101 8,941 SH SOLE 8,941 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial Federal Corp. COM 201647104 1,196 61,543 SH SOLE 61,543 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cons Tomaka Land Co. COM 210226106 723 60,900 SH SOLE 60,900 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credence Systems Corp COM 225302108 3,462 150,500 SH SOLE 150,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CSX Corp COM 126408103 275 10,600 SH SOLE 10,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cummins Engine Co., Inc COM 231021106 8,783 231,500 SH SOLE 231,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danielson Holding Corp. COM 236274106 3,667 803,669 SH SOLE 803,669 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Datascope Corp. COM 238113104 11,724 342,300 SH SOLE 342,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deltic Timber COM 247850100 8,461 354,400 SH SOLE 354,400 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D R Horton Inc. Com COM 23331A109 32,295 1,321,516 SH SOLE 1,321,516 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electroglas Inc. COM 285324109 48,911 3,194,200 SH SOLE 3,194,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electro Sci Ind Inc. COM 285229100 44,173 1,577,600 SH SOLE 1,577,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enhance Fin Serv Corp COM 293310108 52,257 3,385,050 SH SOLE 3,385,050 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESG Reinsurance/ESREF COM G31215109 222 118,449 SH SOLE 118,449 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FBL Financial Group, Inc. COM 30239F106 1,738 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First American Financial COM 318522307 106,420 3,237,100 SH SOLE 3,237,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Florida East Coast Ind. COM 340632207 3,059 89,465 SH SOLE 89,465 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest City Ent. Cl B COM 345550305 303 7,500 SH SOLE 7,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forest City Ent. Cl A COM 345550107 25,233 643,700 SH SOLE 643,700 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FSI International, Inc. COM 302633102 34,712 4,144,700 SH SOLE 4,144,700 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gasonics, Intl. Corp COM 367278108 10,529 573,000 SH SOLE 573,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden State Bancorp, Inc COM 381197102 7,884 250,787 SH SOLE 250,787 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden State - Litig. Wt COM 381197136 298 250,787 SH SOLE 250,787 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Homefed Corp. COM 43739D208 415 487,671 SH SOLE 487,671 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hypercom Corp. COM 44913M105 854 273,300 SH SOLE 273,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Innovative Clinical Sol. COM 45767E305 2,877 5,416,740 SH SOLE 5,416,740 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investment Technology Grp COM 46145F105 9,335 223,600 SH SOLE 223,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jefferies Group COM 472319102 6,988 223,600 SH SOLE 223,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J&J Snack Foods Corp COM 466032109 8,322 495,000 SH SOLE 495,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Nuveen Co. - Cl A COM 478035108 9,390 163,300 SH SOLE 163,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kla-tencor Corp. COM 482480100 3,369 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kemet Corp COM 488360108 33,789 2,234,000 SH SOLE 2,234,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kendle International COM 48880L107 10,963 1,103,200 SH SOLE 1,103,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Koger Equity COM 500228101 23,540 1,512,636 SH SOLE 1,512,636 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LNR Property Co. COM 501940100 2,620 119,100 SH SOLE 119,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Legg Mason Inc. COM 524901105 48,687 893,332 SH SOLE 893,332 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leucadia National Corp. COM 527288104 1,800 50,800 SH SOLE 50,800 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Liberty Financial Co, Inc. COM 530512102 59,313 1,331,000 SH SOLE 1,331,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Liberty Homes Class A COM 530582204 417 89,000 SH SOLE 89,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Liberty Homes Class B COM 530582303 203 40,000 SH SOLE 40,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lindsay Manufacturing Co. COM 535555106 5,907 261,073 SH SOLE 261,073 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MBIA Inc. COM 55262C100 90,801 1,224,973 SH SOLE 1,224,973 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mestek Inc. COM 590829107 5,582 334,500 SH SOLE 334,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NCR Corporation COM 62886E108 865 17,600 SH SOLE 17,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nabors Industries COM 629568106 31,764 537,000 SH SOLE 537,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paccar, Inc. COM 693718108 17,508 355,500 SH SOLE 355,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parexel International Corp COM 699462107 15,713 1,453,200 SH SOLE 1,453,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pharmaceutical Product COM 717124101 25,549 514,200 SH SOLE 514,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photronics Inc. COM 719405102 7,031 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Planar Systems Inc. COM 726900103 9,191 369,500 SH SOLE 369,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prime Group Realty Trust COM 74158J103 2,092 145,500 SH SOLE 145,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prime Medical Services Inc. COM 74156D108 2,890 577,950 SH SOLE 577,950 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Storage, Inc. COM 74460D109 21 846 SH SOLE 846 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond James Financial COM 754730109 37,883 1,086,250 SH SOLE 1,086,250 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Security Capital Group B COM 81413P204 512 25,500 SH SOLE 25,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Silicon Valley Group, Inc. COM 827066101 125,508 4,365,500 SH SOLE 4,365,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simone Central Holdings COM 828654301 5 1,499 SH SOLE 1,499 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skyline Corporation COM 830830105 3,490 184,300 SH SOLE 184,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speedfam International Inc. COM 847705100 1,184 195,300 SH SOLE 195,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ St. Joe Corp COM 790148100 8,417 382,600 SH SOLE 382,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Standex International Corp COM 854231107 9,910 480,500 SH SOLE 480,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stewart Information Svcs. COM 860372101 46,858 2,111,900 SH SOLE 2,111,900 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ St. Jude Medical Inc. COM 790849103 5,575 90,750 SH SOLE 90,750 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Com Corp COM 885535104 850 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tejon Ranch Co. COM 879080109 63,965 3,324,608 SH SOLE 3,324,608 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tejon Ranch Co. Rights RIGHTS 879080117 103 3,289,609 SH SOLE 3,289,609 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tecumseh Products Co-Cl A COM 878895200 17,115 408,100 SH SOLE 408,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tecumseh Products Co-Cl B COM 878895101 22,080 573,500 SH SOLE 573,500 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tompkins Cnty Trustco Inc. COM 890110109 1,151 41,100 SH SOLE 41,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. ADR 889090403 88,897 1,559,600 SH SOLE 1,559,600 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trenwick Group Inc COM G9032C109 14,992 604,217 SH SOLE 604,217 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trinity Industries COM 896522109 29,858 1,194,300 SH SOLE 1,194,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United Investors Rlty Trst COM 910741107 458 107,700 SH SOLE 107,700 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USG Corporation COM 903293405 39,245 1,744,200 SH SOLE 1,744,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Value City Dpt Stores Inc. COM 920387107 6,816 1,298,200 SH SOLE 1,298,200 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Valuevision International COM 92047K107 1,515 120,000 SH SOLE 120,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Veeco Instruments, Inc. COM 922417100 20,063 500,000 SH SOLE 500,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vishay Intertechnology COM 928298108 10,588 700,000 SH SOLE 700,000 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weis Markets Inc. COM 948849104 4,180 109,100 SH SOLE 109,100 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wellsford Real Properties COM 950240200 2,266 143,850 SH SOLE 143,850 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ White Mountains Ins Group COM G9618E107 18,598 58,300 SH SOLE 58,300 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Woronoco Bancorp COM 981630106 5,236 402,800 SH SOLE 402,800 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------