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Forager International Shares Fund 2026 Q1 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q1 2026 Letter Analysis

Forager International Shares Fund Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD-13%

YTD-13%

Annualized+12.3%

Positioning StanceNEUTRAL

Market CapSMID Cap

GeographyGlobal

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Forager is aggressively deploying cash into the software sector selloff, targeting high-quality businesses with defensive moats trading at attractive valuations."

Executive Summary

Forager is aggressively deploying cash into the software sector selloff, targeting high-quality businesses with defensive moats trading at attractive valuations. The 'Saaspocalypse' has created opportunities in companies like Sage Group and Japanese software providers that offer essential services with high switching costs. AI disruption risks are real but overstated for quality incumbents.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

High conviction evidenced by concentrated portfolio with named, sized holdings and specific investment criteria. The fund has clear frameworks for software investments, names specific positions like Sage Group as top-five holdings, and demonstrates willingness to increase exposure to Japanese software despite volatility. The detailed analysis of individual companies and explicit position sizing indicates strong conviction in selected investments.

Growth Outlook

25%

BearishBullish

Bearish (25%)

The manager acknowledges significant market challenges including AI disruption fears, geopolitical tensions, and economic slowdown, but frames these as creating opportunities. The outlook is cautiously constructive, viewing current pessimism as potentially overdone.

Risk Appetite

40%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (40%)

The fund is actively deploying cash from high levels (20%) into beaten-down opportunities, demonstrating moderate risk appetite. However, the deployment is selective and focused on quality businesses with defensive characteristics rather than aggressive risk-taking.

Capital Deployment

65%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (65%)

Significant deployment activity with cash levels falling from nearly 20% to 7.9% in the Australian Fund. The fund deployed additional cash into existing holdings, repurchased previously sold investments, and made new investments including Sage Group and Auto Trader. This represents meaningful capital deployment during market volatility.

Forward Guidance

30%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (30%)

The manager expresses readiness to continue deploying capital into attractive opportunities as they arise, with specific framework for software investments. The bias is toward selective deployment rather than aggressive scaling, with confidence dependent on lower prices and improved shareholder returns.

Language Signal

15%

BearishBullish

Bearish (15%)

Language is balanced between opportunity recognition and risk acknowledgment. Terms like 'Saaspocalypse,' 'significant selldown,' and 'disruption' are prominent, but framed as creating 'attractive investment opportunities' and chances to 'make the most of' volatility.

Perceived Risk

70%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (70%)

The manager identifies multiple significant risks including AI disruption to software businesses, geopolitical tensions affecting oil markets, broad market selloffs from passive flows, and economic growth concerns. These risks are discussed in detail with specific examples and potential impacts, indicating high perceived environmental risk.

Opportunity Density

75%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (75%)

The manager sees abundant opportunities created by the software sector selloff, describing it as a 'prospective foraging environment for new investments.' Multiple specific opportunities are identified across Japanese software, UK platforms, and Australian technology stocks, with detailed frameworks for additional investments.

Time Horizon

70%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (70%)

The fund focuses on businesses that can return substantial portions of market value through cash flows over the next decade, indicating a medium to long-term investment horizon. The emphasis on companies like Sage and Auto Trader returning value over 10-year periods suggests a multi-year thesis with some catalyst dependency but not urgent near-term expectations.