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Oakmark International Fund 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Oakmark International Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+0.64%

YTD+1.6%

Annualized+8.69%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapLarge Cap

GeographyEurope, Asia, Emerging markets

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Oakmark International Fund returned 0.64% net in Q3 2026, driven by strength in information technology holdings like SAP, while initiating new positions in Brambles, FinecoBank, Kone, and MercadoLibre."

Executive Summary

Oakmark International Fund (Investor Class) returned 0.64% net of fees in the third quarter of 2026, underperforming the benchmark MSCI World ex USA Index return of 0.89%, while advancing 1.60% net of fees year-to-date compared to 10.16% for the index. Performance across sectors was led by positive contributions from information technology and materials, offset by headwinds in consumer discretionary and consumer staples. Geographic allocation remained anchored in Europe ex U.K. at 62.0%, the U.K. at 13.3%, and Asia ex Japan at 7.7%, with emerging markets representing an 8.8% allocation. Performance benefited from positioning in Germany, Japan, and Sweden, while allocations to Denmark, France, and India detracted. The investment team noted that international markets continue to navigate persistent currency, macroeconomic, and geopolitical crosscurrents. Rather than taking top-down macroeconomic bets, the strategy leverages macro-induced volatility to identify high-quality international franchises that trade at meaningful discounts to intrinsic business value. The managers maintain that patient fundamental capital will benefit as market disconnects normalize over multi-year horizons. During the quarter, the fund initiated new equity positions in Brambles (1.4%), FinecoBank (1.0%), Kone (0.4%), and MercadoLibre (0.2%), while completely eliminating holdings in Bank Mandiri, Fresenius, and Prudential. Top individual contributors included enterprise software provider SAP, supported by accelerating cloud and artificial intelligence demand, alongside Hexagon and Fujitsu. Performance was detracted by European road logistics challenges at DSV, as well as weakness in adidas and LVMH.

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Institutional Meta Strategy

Meta Strategy Gauges

Algorithmic conviction, macroeconomic posture, and risk appetite signals extracted from this quarterly letter with qualitative explanations.

Signal Matrix

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

Market Conviction

The portfolio demonstrates high conviction with sized individual allocations such as SAP at 3.0%, adidas at 2.9%, and DSV at 2.8%, backed by clear fundamental theses. However, overall conviction is slightly tempered by modest initial weights in new positions like MercadoLibre at 0.2% and Kone at 0.4%.

65%

BearishBullish

Bullish (65%)

Growth Outlook

Management recognizes ongoing macro, currency, and geopolitical headwinds across international markets but views these conditions constructively as a driver of attractive valuation discounts in quality businesses.

70%

DefensiveAggressive

Balanced (70%)

Risk Appetite

Positioning reflects a net long, risk-tolerant posture with active deployments into four new equity holdings including higher-beta names like MercadoLibre, maintaining high equity exposure across Europe and emerging markets.

72%

De-riskingDeploying

Deploying (72%)

Capital Deployment

Capital was actively reallocated by establishing four new equity holdings while fully exiting three completed or re-evaluated investments in banking and healthcare.

75%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (75%)

Forward Guidance

The fund actively deployed capital into multiple new positions across diverse sectors and regions during the period, indicating an ongoing bias to capitalize on temporary price-to-value dislocations.

70%

BearishBullish

Bullish (70%)

Language Signal

Commentary regularly features constructive phrasing such as attractive opportunities, meaningful discount to intrinsic value, and structural growth drivers, while candidly acknowledging near-term execution and margin headwinds.

58%

Low RiskElevated

Moderate Risk (58%)

Perceived Risk

The team explicitly notes persistent international headwinds spanning foreign exchange volatility, economic slowdowns, and geopolitical tensions, alongside integration and margin pressures in specific industries.

68%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (68%)

Opportunity Density

The managers view current international volatility as generative of selective, compelling investment ideas, opening positions across European logistics, Australian asset pooling, Italian fintech, and Latin American e-commerce.

80%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (80%)

Time Horizon

The investment approach emphasizes long-term patient capital, explicitly articulating multi-year horizons for synergy realizations in acquisitions like DB Schenker and TK Elevator, as well as digital monetization cycles.