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Wedgewood Partners 2024 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2024 Letter Analysis

Wedgewood Partners Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+5.8%

Annualized+11.8%

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Meta, and UnitedHealth. The fund targets high-quality businesses with competitive moats at attractive valuations, focusing on AI monetization, e-commerce expansion, and healthcare transformation."

Executive Summary

Wedgewood Partners delivered strong Q3 performance with a 5.8% return, driven by top contributors PayPal, Meta Platforms, UnitedHealth, Motorola Solutions, and Apple. The fund focuses on high-quality businesses with competitive advantages trading at attractive valuations. Key themes include AI monetization through Meta's recommendation systems and Apple's semiconductor capabilities, e-commerce expansion via PayPal's merchant network, and healthcare transformation through UnitedHealth's value-based care model. The portfolio benefited from broadening market performance beyond technology stocks. During the quarter, the manager trimmed Motorola Solutions after strong gains and added to Edwards Lifesciences following weakness. The Fed's 50 basis point rate cut signals monetary easing, though the manager notes corporate profits are at all-time highs both nominally and as a percentage of GDP. Looking forward, the manager sees continued opportunities in secular growth trends while maintaining focus on businesses with durable competitive positioning and attractive long-term growth prospects.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

The manager demonstrates high conviction through concentrated positions in named holdings with detailed thesis explanations, specific performance attribution, and willingness to add to positions during weakness. The extensive Motorola Solutions case study and clear position sizing language indicate strong conviction in their investment approach.

Growth Outlook

25%

BearishBullish

Bearish (25%)

The manager notes positive market conditions with stocks up 23% year-to-date and corporate profits at all-time highs, but expresses some caution about elevated valuations and hopes the Fed will 'take it easy' with policy changes.

Risk Appetite

15%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (15%)

The manager made selective adjustments by trimming a winner (Motorola Solutions) and adding to a position that declined (Edwards Lifesciences), indicating measured risk appetite rather than aggressive deployment.

Capital Deployment

5%

De-riskingDeploying

De-risking (5%)

The manager engaged in rotation activity by trimming Motorola Solutions and adding to Edwards Lifesciences, but no evidence of net cash deployment or significant changes in overall exposure levels.

Forward Guidance

10%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (10%)

The manager expresses cautious optimism about continued corporate profit growth and notes broadening market performance, but emphasizes patience and selectivity rather than aggressive deployment.

Language Signal

20%

BearishBullish

Bearish (20%)

Language is balanced with positive terms like 'strong positioning,' 'attractive valuations,' and 'secular expansion' offset by cautionary notes about elevated profit levels and hopes for Fed restraint.

Perceived Risk

45%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (45%)

The manager acknowledges some risks including the Fed's historical tendency to be behind the curve and corporate profits being at all-time highs, but these concerns are mentioned briefly without detailed elaboration on downside scenarios.

Opportunity Density

60%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (60%)

The manager sees selective opportunities in secular growth themes like AI, e-commerce, and value-based healthcare, with specific examples of attractive valuations in individual holdings, indicating moderate opportunity density.

Time Horizon

75%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (75%)

The manager emphasizes long-term secular trends, multi-year investment themes, and mentions holding Motorola Solutions for over five years and previously holding Berkshire Hathaway for 20 years, indicating a patient, multi-year investment horizon.