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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Financials
Sub Industry
Asset Management & Custody Banks

Pitch Summary:
Brookfield Corp.'s forward growth prospects were called into question as market volatility heightened early in the second quarter, driven by escalating global tariff tensions. In this environment, we anticipate the potential of a prolonged slowdown in capital markets activity, which we believe would delay both monetization and fundraising efforts. Given these headwinds, we made the decision to exit the position.

BSD Analysis:
Broo...

  • Capital markets
  • exit
  • Fundraising
  • monetization
  • tariffs
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
Semiconductors

Pitch Summary:
Marvell Technology had been one of the prime beneficiaries of the Al capex buildout... Market expectations had reached unattainable levels entering the company's FY4Q earnings results, which started a drawdown in the share price, despite the company meeting its guidance. The company has since faced incremental competitive pressure on two key segments of its business. We viewed the competitive risks as overwhelming to the long-term ...

  • AI
  • Competition
  • consolidation
  • exit
  • valuation
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Industrials
Sub Industry
Industrial Conglomerates

Pitch Summary:
Addtionally, we initiated a position in Hitachi Ltd., one of Japan's largest industrial groups, which has been streamlining its vast portfolio of businesses to focus on the highest return segments. Its energy segment is the largest grid equipment player globally and is benefiting from the energy transition and replacement demand from an aging infrastructure. The company is also one of Japan's leading nuclear players, benefiting fro...

  • energy transition
  • Grid
  • Nuclear
  • restructuring
  • Software
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Financials
Sub Industry
Diversified Banks

Pitch Summary:
During the quarter, we initiated four new positions in Commerzbank AG... Commerzbank is a leading German bank with a strong presence in retail banking, corporate finance, and international trade services. After years of restructuring and underperformance, the bank is undergoing a strategic transformation with a renewed focus on profitability, digitalization, and efficiency. Supported by a robust recovery in the German economy and e...

  • Germany
  • profitability
  • Rates
  • restructuring
  • turnaround
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Health Care
Sub Industry
Managed Health Care

Pitch Summary:
We initiated a position in UnitedHealth Group early in the second quarter... However, United Health reported Q1 earnings with a significant increase in medical loss ratio, and they sharply lowered 2025 guidance. Given the extent of the uncertainty in forward guidance and risk of continued mis-execution in insurance pricing, we decided to exit the position. Subsequently, there was a change in CEO, removal of 2025 guidance, and a pot...

  • Execution
  • exit
  • guidance
  • Investigation
  • Medical Loss Ratio
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
Semiconductors

Pitch Summary:
Taiwan Semiconductor's dominance in leading edge semiconductor manufacturing continues to expand, as shortfalls at Samsung and Intel in the quarter reinforced a current state of monopoly, driving multiple expansion in the back half of the quarter. Beyond its widening lead vs. competition, TSMC posted incredibly robust monthly sales results in April and May, to levels that all but guarantee a 2Q sales beat and upward revisions on ea...

  • AI
  • Demand
  • Foundry
  • manufacturing
  • Monopoly
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Health Care
Sub Industry
Pharmaceuticals

Pitch Summary:
Eli Lilly shares fell during the quarter due to concerns on Zepbound share loss, after Novo Nordisk and CVS Caremark announced Wegovy as the preferred GLP-1 on Caremark's formularies. Despite this, GLP-1 market growth remains at 30%, and Zepbound's share continues to increase. Additionally, data at the American Diabetes Association conference indicated that Eli Lilly is well positioned across their obesity portfolio due to strong c...

  • Diabetes
  • Formulary
  • GLP-1
  • Obesity
  • pipeline
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Health Care
Sub Industry
Biotechnology

Pitch Summary:
Vertex shares struggled after the company reported a Q1 top-line miss, driven by the one-time impact of a counterfeit version of their cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta in Russia. We do not expect that 100% of Russia will become counterfeit, nor do we expect any leakage beyond Russia. Additionally, Alyftrek, Vertex's next generation cystic fibrosis drug, has launched, but the transition from to Alyftrek to Trikafta has been slower than...

  • Counterfeit
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Margins
  • Royalty
  • Transition
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Communication Services
Sub Industry
Wireless Telecommunication Services

Pitch Summary:
Within Communication Services, T-Mobile US, Inc. was the main driver of underperformance. While T-Mobile's financial results were solid, the stock price fell after 1Q net subscriber adds came in just shy of expectations, disappointing a market that has come conditioned to expecting positive surprises from the company. However, we continue to see historically low churn and strong average revenue per user growth as reasons to remain ...

  • acquisition
  • ARPU
  • Churn
  • Subscribers
  • Wireless
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Consumer Discretionary
Sub Industry
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

Pitch Summary:
MercadoLibre continues to demonstrate its scale and leadership across Latin America, with its 1Q earnings results buoyed by a strong recovery in high-margin Argentina, offsetting investments in its credit card expansion, and logistics build in Brazil and Mexico. MercadoLibre is reinforcing its commerce and fintech ecosystem proposition by announcing a rebranding of the Mercado Pago fintech platform to a single, consolidated platfor...

  • consolidation
  • ecommerce
  • Fintech
  • Latin America
  • Penetration
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Industrials
Sub Industry
Aerospace & Defense

Pitch Summary:
Shares in Rheinmetall outperformed as the company pre-released a positive set of Q1 results during the quarter, highlighting both top-line growth and margin expansion that were above expectations. Meanwhile, order flow remained robust as Europe looks to rearm. While there are concerns about the politics of European defense spending, we believe that there is further upside to spending targets and that European defense contractors wi...

  • Ammunition
  • backlog
  • Defense
  • Europe
  • Rearmament
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Industrials
Sub Industry
Aerospace & Defense

Pitch Summary:
Howmet shares continued to outperform in Q2, after the company announced a Q1 beat, despite elevated expectations. In particular, the company continues to execute strongly, with margins exceeding internal targets. We recently met with the CEO, who highlighted his increasing confidence in improving narrowbody production rates, which is corroborated by recent data. He also highlighted ongoing strength in the aftermarket, as many airl...

  • Aerospace
  • aftermarket
  • Margins
  • Pricing power
  • Production
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Cassandra A. Hardman
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
Application Software

Pitch Summary:
Atlassian continues to deliver robust earnings growth, but its valuation has come under pressure throughout the quarter due to structural risks to the number of developers due to generative Al innovation. Generative Al is proliferating across the workforce, with new tools saving developers significant time on generic programming tasks. This has raised questions about the continued growth of this workforce, which has historically be...

  • AI
  • Developers
  • productivity
  • Software
  • valuation
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Christopher Mack
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
Systems Software

Pitch Summary:
An area of cybersecurity that may see greater demand because of AI is a niche known as identity and access management, which is Israel-based CyberArk’s specialty. Humans who access an organization’s computer systems are assigned digital identities, which include their login credentials and define what parts of the system they have permission to access. Computer hardware and software also have digital identities—called “machine iden...

  • AI
  • Identity
  • Privilege
  • Recurring
  • Security
  • Software
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Christopher Mack
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
IT Consulting & Other Services

Pitch Summary:
The portfolio’s broad exposure to the IT-services industry underscores the many differences among these firms, which are sometimes overlooked by markets. Each has distinct strengths in certain regions, end markets, or areas of technological expertise. For example, while Alten is focused on engineering services for the auto industry (a factor that has contributed to recent pressure on the stock), Reply is strong in Europe and indust...

  • AI
  • cloud
  • Consulting
  • Digital
  • Smallcaps
  • Subscription
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Chip Rewey
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Health Care
Sub Industry
Medical Devices

Pitch Summary:
In 2Q25, we increased our position in Orthofix Medical, Inc. (OFIX) following a 45.6% decline from its February high and a 36.1% drop from its 2024 close. We view this as a compelling valuation opportunity, supported by recent insider purchases by its CEO and also by its top shareholder, a 13D filer. We believe Orthofix’s strong financial position should continue to improve throughout 2025, as it is largely complete with the integr...

  • Activism
  • Insiderbuying
  • Marginexpansion
  • Medtech
  • turnaround
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Chip Rewey
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Consumer Discretionary
Sub Industry
Safety Apparel

Pitch Summary:
Lakeland Industries was our weakest performer in 2Q25, declining 31.40% following a soft FY1Q26 report with revenue and earnings below expectations due to delayed orders and tariff disruptions. We believe the market overreacted and remain optimistic about LAKE’s prospects. The company is in the early stages of transitioning to a full-service provider of firefighter gear and is expected to improve margins through the integration of ...

  • Industrial
  • Margins
  • restructuring
  • Safety
  • tariffs
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Chip Rewey
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Industrials
Sub Industry
Aerospace & Defense

Pitch Summary:
Ducommun, highlighted in our 1Q25 letter, was our top performer in 2Q25, rising 42.39%. Our thesis on DCO and the Commercial Aerospace & Defense sector remains intact, supported by strong order flows and production from Boeing and Airbus. Additionally, European NATO countries have committed to increasing military spending to 5% of GDP over time. Ducommun also continues to improve margins, progressing toward its Vision 2027 targets ...

  • Aerospace
  • backlog
  • Defense
  • Margins
  • Upcycle
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Andrew Clifford
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Information Technology
Sub Industry
Semiconductor Equipment

Pitch Summary:
KLA plays a critical role in advanced semiconductor manufacturing by enabling yield optimisation. Increasing chip complexity drives higher demand for inspection and metrology tools. The company benefits from high switching costs and recurring service revenue. We see strong long-term growth as semiconductor investment remains elevated.

BSD Analysis:
KLA dominates semiconductor process control — the inspection and metrology tools es...

  • Capital Spending
  • Cycle
  • Equipment
  • process control
  • semiconductors
  • technology
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Nikola Dvornak
Jul 17, 2025
Bull Bull
Industry
Health Care
Sub Industry
Health Care Equipment

Pitch Summary:
IDEXX benefits from secular growth in companion animal healthcare and increasing diagnostic penetration. Its installed base creates recurring consumables revenue with high margins. Innovation and switching costs support pricing power. We view IDEXX as a high-quality compounder with long-term earnings visibility.

BSD Analysis:
IDEXX is the undisputed leader in veterinary diagnostics, riding the secular rise of pet healthcare spendi...

  • Compounders
  • diagnostics
  • healthcare
  • innovation
  • Recurring
  • Veterinary
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