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Norbury Capital 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Norbury Capital Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

YTD+12.7%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapSmallCap

GeographyEurope

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Bringing year-to-date net performance to +12.7% and outperforming European small-cap benchmarks."

Executive Summary

The Norbury Capital Fund generated a net return of +1.8% in September 2026, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI Europe Small-Cap index, which declined -2.6%. Year-to-date, the fund has advanced +12.7% net of fees compared to +8.2% for the index, and has delivered +54.2% net of fees since inception in August 2024. Monthly performance was driven by gains in top contributors Zegona, Everplay, and Technogym, the latter two of which were initiated during the month, offset by detractions from D'ieteren, Adyen, and Games Workshop. During September, the fund established a new position in Swedish distributor Beijer Ref, based on the structural transition of air conditioning from a luxury to an essential utility across Northern Europe following historic summer heatwaves. Portfolio positioning remains oriented toward asset-light, cash-generative compounders with pricing power and regulatory tailwinds, despite near-term macro noise and elevated short interest across European small-cap equities.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

Decisive, specific fundamental thesis framing on newly initiated names and explicit long-term commitment, but is balanced by the manager's acknowledgment that the Beijer Ref allocation was initiated as a small position without disclosed portfolio weightings.

Growth Outlook

65%

BearishBullish

Bullish (65%)

Constructive optimism regarding secular small-cap winners and European structural growth themes, while noting near-term market preoccupation with short-term earnings and elevated market short interest.

Risk Appetite

75%

DefensiveAggressive

Aggressive (75%)

Norbury demonstrated an active risk-on stance by initiating three new long positions during September (Everplay, Technogym, and Beijer Ref), taking advantage of benchmark weakness.

Capital Deployment

78%

De-riskingDeploying

Deploying (78%)

Capital deployment is active, evidenced by entering two new holdings during the month (Everplay and Technogym) alongside initiating a new position in Beijer Ref.

Forward Guidance

75%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (75%)

The team exhibits a clear bias toward capital deployment into structurally growing, cash-generative compounders with multi-year secular tailwinds rather than retreating amid broad European small-cap pullbacks.

Language Signal

78%

BearishBullish

Bullish (78%)

The commentary uses heavily constructive language such as 'structural demand drivers,' 'asset-light, cash-generative,' 'scale buys better terms,' and long-term decade compounding, offset only briefly by referencing short interest and near-term market myopia.

Perceived Risk

35%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (35%)

The managers view macro and environmental risks primarily as catalysts for structural demand, seeing elevated short interest and short-term quarterly concerns as market mispricings rather than fundamental hazards.

Opportunity Density

70%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (70%)

Entering three new holdings during a single month demonstrates a favorable, selective opportunity set within European small caps where high-quality roll-ups trade at the lower end of historic valuation bands.

Time Horizon

85%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (85%)

The managers explicitly favor a multi-year to decade-long orientation, asserting that 'the summer is the better guide to the next decade than the next quarter.'