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Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy 2025 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2025 Letter Analysis

Brown Advisory Large-Cap Growth Strategy Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

Annualized+9.7%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

GeographyUS

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Brown Advisory's Large-Cap Growth strategy underperformed in Q3 2025 as markets concentrated around AI momentum plays. While maintaining strategic AI exposure through semiconductors, hyperscalers, and AI-enabled companies, the team avoided speculative positions."

Executive Summary

Brown Advisory's Large-Cap Growth strategy returned -0.88% net in Q3 2025, underperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index as market dynamics shifted toward concentrated AI enthusiasm. While the strategy has meaningful AI exposure through semiconductors like NVIDIA and Marvell, hyperscalers including Google and Microsoft, and AI-enabled companies, the managers avoided speculative momentum plays that drove narrow market leadership. Key contributors included Alphabet, NVIDIA, and West Pharmaceutical Services, while detractors included not owning Apple and pressure on software names like ServiceNow and Intuit from AI disruption concerns. The team completed one swap, adding Samsara and exiting Workday. Despite current headwinds from concentrated market leadership, Brown Advisory remains confident in their disciplined approach of building a diversified portfolio of quality growth companies with strong fundamentals. They believe AI will create long-term value for select companies but view current enthusiasm as creating stretched valuations in parts of the market. The strategy has demonstrated resilience on down days and maintains focus on sustainable growth rather than thematic concentration.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

75%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (75%)

The manager demonstrates high conviction in their investment philosophy and approach, explicitly stating they will not chase momentum or concentrate in thematic winners. They show strong conviction in specific holdings and make decisive portfolio changes while maintaining clear investment criteria.

Growth Outlook

38%

BearishBullish

Neutral (38%)

The manager expresses caution about current market dynamics, noting that investor sentiment has become increasingly concentrated around AI themes and that stretched valuations and speculative behavior exist in parts of the market. However, they maintain a constructive long-term view on AI innovation and digital transformation opportunities.

Risk Appetite

10%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (10%)

The portfolio maintains meaningful exposure to growth themes like AI while deliberately avoiding speculative momentum plays. The team made selective additions and maintained diversification, showing a balanced approach rather than aggressive risk-taking or defensive positioning.

Capital Deployment

20%

De-riskingDeploying

De-risking (20%)

The team made selective capital deployment through one swap (adding Samsara, exiting Workday) and added to Intuitive Surgical on weakness. This represents moderate, selective deployment rather than aggressive capital allocation or significant de-risking.

Forward Guidance

15%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (15%)

The manager expresses confidence in their investment discipline and continues to focus on identifying best-in-breed growth companies. They believe in maintaining diversification and view current market dynamics as temporary, suggesting a cautiously optimistic forward stance.

Language Signal

45%

BearishBullish

Balanced (45%)

Language includes cautionary terms like stretched valuations, speculative behavior, and concentration risk, balanced against positive language about long-term fundamentals, compelling opportunities, and confidence in their approach. The net balance is slightly negative due to market concern themes.

Perceived Risk

65%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (65%)

The manager identifies multiple risk factors including concentrated market leadership around AI themes, stretched valuations, speculative behavior, and the historical pattern that single-theme market leadership rarely persists. These concerns suggest moderate to high perceived risk in current market conditions.

Opportunity Density

60%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (60%)

While acknowledging current market concentration challenges, the manager identifies selective opportunities in AI innovation, digital transformation of physical operations, and quality growth companies trading at reasonable valuations. The opportunity set appears selective but meaningful.

Time Horizon

80%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (80%)

The strategy emphasizes long-term fundamental opportunities, sustainable competitive advantages, and building positions in companies with durable business models. The focus on avoiding short-term momentum plays and maintaining diversification suggests a patient, multi-year investment approach.