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Wedgewood Partners 2026 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2026 Letter Analysis

Wedgewood Partners Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+2.5%

YTD+5.1%

Annualized+11.8%

Positioning StanceCONSTRUCTIVE

Market CapLarge Cap

GeographyUS

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Driven by strong operational results across mega-cap holdings Meta, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon, while selectively initiating TJX Companies and trimming top performers."

Executive Summary

Wedgewood Partners Composite generated a net return of +2.5% in the third quarter of 2026 and +5.1% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500 Index (+2.3%) and Russell 1000 Growth Index (+0.9%) for the quarter, though lagging the Russell 1000 Value Index (+2.6%). Long-term annualized composite net returns remain sound, logging 14.0% over 10 years and 11.8% over 30 years. Portfolio activity was disciplined and selective, marked by initiating a position in TJX Companies, entirely exiting Copart, scaling allocations in Amazon and Hermès, and taking partial profits in Meta Platforms and Taiwan Semiconductor. The manager’s macro analysis centers on tightening financial conditions, persistent inflationary pressures, and energy spikes exacerbated by geopolitical conflict. Benchmark 10-year and 30-year Treasury yields escalated to 5.35% and 5.70%, respectively, severely punishing interest-rate-sensitive assets. This yield spike triggered acute divergence across equities, creating the widest gap between equal-weighted and market-cap-weighted indices in over two decades. While market breadth deteriorated markedly—with only 30% of individual equities outperforming the broader market—mega-cap technology leaders leveraged to artificial intelligence sustained high-margin earnings growth and productivity enhancements. Portfolio performance was driven by outsized contributions from core technology compounders, including Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Motorola Solutions. In contrast, cyclical and interest-rate-sensitive holdings faced technical headwinds, with Old Dominion Freight Line, Toll Brothers, Hermès, United Rentals, and TSMC detracting from quarterly returns. Wedgewood views these pullbacks as attractive mispricings driven by macro factor compression rather than structural business impairment, systematically deploying capital into resilient franchises with robust pricing power, entrenched competitive moats, and durable returns on invested capital.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

85%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (85%)

Wedgewood runs an exceptionally focused, large-cap portfolio where top individual holdings like Meta Platforms (8.34%), TSMC (8.25%), Amazon (7.99%), Apple (7.60%), and Microsoft (7.50%) each command significant capital. The managers demonstrate high conviction by maintaining strict holding discipline, trimming top names only as they near 10% internal limits while aggressively adding to underperforming quality compounders like Hermès. Positions detracted by macro interest-rate headwinds are maintained without dilution of thesis.

Growth Outlook

40%

BearishBullish

Neutral (40%)

The manager expresses pronounced caution regarding the macroeconomic backdrop, titled 'Bad Moon Rising', highlighting the 10-year Treasury yield's climb to 5.35% and sticky inflation driven by geopolitical oil spikes. The letter warns that broad equity market participation has collapsed, with 89% of stocks correcting more than 10% since June. However, this caution is balanced by sustained bullishness on mega-cap enterprise AI leaders whose pricing power insulates them from higher capital costs.

Risk Appetite

65%

DefensiveAggressive

Balanced (65%)

Capital remains predominantly deployed into concentrated, high-beta equity compounders rather than defensive cash equivalents or systematic hedges. While the team trimmed richly valued multi-year winners like Meta Platforms and TSMC, proceeds were immediately reinvested into new long ideas such as TJX Companies and expanding positions in Hermès and Amazon. Portfolio positioning remains oriented toward growth compounders despite high benchmark rates.

Capital Deployment

65%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (65%)

Capital deployment was moderately active during the quarter, featuring full liquidation of Copart alongside new capital deployment into TJX Companies. The fund also deployed capital by increasing existing allocations in Amazon and Hermès while reallocating capital trimmed from top performer Taiwan Semiconductor. Reinvestment of capital into high-conviction names indicates a steady deployment bias.

Forward Guidance

70%

CautiousExpansionary

Expansionary (70%)

Wedgewood intends to remain an active buyer of high-quality businesses experiencing valuation multiple compression caused by headline macro fears. The managers explicitly declare that they 'will continue to shop for new ideas,' citing fresh allocations to Toll Brothers, Hermès, and TJX Companies as clear evidence of their deployment intentions. Sizable cash flows from winners are systematically channeled into attractively priced opportunities.

Language Signal

55%

BearishBullish

Balanced (55%)

The letter balances sharp macro warnings—such as 'bad times today,' 'crushed countless interest-rate-sensitive stocks,' and 'stagnant non-AI industrial economy'—with glowing fundamental vocabulary regarding core portfolio franchises. Holdings are repeatedly described through positive terms like 'spectacular,' 'excellent business,' 'dominant market leader,' and 'home run, or even grand slam.' The resulting tone is fundamentally selective, distinguishing macro turbulence from specific enterprise quality.

Perceived Risk

75%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (75%)

Wedgewood assigns a high level of risk to the broader macroeconomic and market environment, detailing severe breadth deterioration where only 30% of stocks beat the S&P 500. The letter explicitly emphasizes sticky war-driven oil inflation, elevated long-duration capital costs, two active hot wars, and potential federal government shutdown threats as formidable systemic headwinds for ordinary businesses.

Opportunity Density

60%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (60%)

Investable opportunities are bifurcated rather than abundant across the entire index, requiring intense selectivity in identifying mispriced franchises. While the broad equity market is constrained by high borrowing costs and earnings stagnation, the manager sees rich pockets of value among neglected industrial leaders, luxury franchises at the low end of historical multiples, and mission-critical tech suppliers.

Time Horizon

80%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (80%)

The managers maintain a multi-year to decade-long compounding perspective, explicitly evaluating holding periods spanning 5 to 10 years, as demonstrated in their detailed review of Motorola Solutions held since May 2019. They deliberately look past cyclical mortgage rate headwinds and quarterly free cash flow dips, focusing on normalized ROIC over extended enterprise investment cycles.