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Gymkhana Partners 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Gymkhana Partners Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

YTD-4%

Annualized+11.3%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapSMID Cap

GeographyEmerging markets, Asia

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Substantially outperforming major Indian benchmark indices."

Executive Summary

Gymkhana Partners generated a net-of-fees year-to-date return of approximately -4% in U.S. dollar terms through September 30, 2026, noticeably outperforming Indian equity benchmarks such as the BSE Sensex and MSCI India ETFs, which declined -17% and -14% respectively. The fund's primary strategy relies on identifying high-quality, attractively valued businesses outside India's mega-cap tier by conducting extensive on-the-ground primary research and rigorously evaluating corporate governance reputations. Currently, the portfolio's position size-weighted forward price-to-earnings ratio is roughly 15 times, compared to benchmark indices trading in excess of 20 times, even while Gymkhana's portfolio holdings demonstrate faster earnings expansion. Capital remains virtually fully invested across 40 or more positions, with the top 20 holdings representing 61% of invested capital. During the third quarter, the fund trimmed holdings that surged past underlying fundamentals and fully exited non-core micro-cap names to reallocate into deeply discounted investment holding companies and defensive healthcare and chemical manufacturers. Macro headwinds including regional geopolitical friction and foreign institutional investor outflows are balanced by robust domestic economic growth and resilient domestic institutional capital inflows.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

Gymkhana demonstrates solid portfolio discipline, holding 61% of capital in its top 20 positions and maintaining an active on-the-ground diligence cadence. However, conviction is moderate rather than extreme because the portfolio is spread across more than 40 holdings, and the manager continually rotates out of smaller lower-conviction names.

Growth Outlook

75%

BearishBullish

Bullish (75%)

The manager expresses clear structural optimism regarding India's domestic consumer economy, accelerating 7.8% GDP growth, and robust domestic institutional inflows. This constructive view is tempered only modestly by macro observations regarding Middle East turmoil and foreign investor outflows.

Risk Appetite

85%

DefensiveAggressive

Aggressive (85%)

The fund is virtually fully invested with minimal idle cash, actively reallocating trimmed capital into attractively priced small-cap equities and holding companies. Gymkhana demonstrates an elevated risk tolerance by concentrating its capital outside large-cap benchmark names in less liquid Indian SMID caps.

Capital Deployment

70%

De-riskingDeploying

Deploying (70%)

Gymkhana remains virtually fully invested and actively recycled capital during the quarter by selling out of lower-conviction holdings and trimming extended positions to add directly to existing and undervalued holdings.

Forward Guidance

75%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (75%)

The managers clearly signal continued active capital deployment into undervalued compounders and discounted holding companies, backed by an upcoming multi-state tour to research prospective portfolio investments.

Language Signal

80%

BearishBullish

Bullish (80%)

The letter's language is overwhelmingly positive when describing portfolio earnings growth, attractive forward valuations, and structural tailwinds such as defense localization and record IPO activity, while risk descriptions are kept brief.

Perceived Risk

40%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (40%)

The manager identifies geopolitical disruption in the Middle East and Ukraine, foreign investor outflows, and increased domestic capital gains tax rates, but frames these risks as manageable headwinds against India's strong internal economic resilience.

Opportunity Density

78%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (78%)

The manager highlights an expanding opportunity set powered by a steady domestic IPO pipeline and over 2,000 tracked Indian listed companies, observing that moving down the market cap spectrum readily yields compellingly cheap valuations.

Time Horizon

75%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (75%)

Gymkhana takes a multi-year horizon, noting that 35% of its capital is invested in holdings owned for more than five years, and another 36% in holdings owned between one and five years, reflecting patience and low overall strategy turnover.