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Explore thousands of hedge fund pitches, high-conviction equity research memos, and portfolio manager commentary extracted from quarterly letters.
Explore thousands of hedge fund pitches, high-conviction equity research memos, and portfolio manager commentary extracted from quarterly letters.
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| Pitch Type | Author | Industry | Pitch Thesis & Key Summary | Bull/Bear | Action | ||
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| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jack McPherson and Dave AdamsAristotle Small/Mid Cap Equity | -- | Long WFRD (Weatherford International plc) Weatherford International (WFRD), is a global oilfield services and equipment provider that helps energy producers optimize drilling, well construction, production, and asset performance through a combination of engineering expertise, advanced technologies, and digital solutions. The company has... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Nathan Fredrick, CFARiverwater Partners Small Cap Strategy | PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long PDFS (PDF Solutions, Inc.) PDF Solutions (PDFS) also weighed on results, declining nearly 30%. Its August results... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jeff HelfrichPenn Davis McFarland | Consumer Staples Merchandise RetailConsumer Staples Merchandise Retail | Long SFM (Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.) We have owned Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) in some accounts since 2019 and used recent weakness to add it to selected accounts this quarter, after CEO Jack Sinclair said he will step down in January and become Executive Chairman. We see this... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ariel Investments, LLCAriel Focus Fund | Investment Banking & BrokerageCapital Markets | Long FDS (FactSet Research Systems Inc.) Leading provider of information and analytics to the global financial services industry, FactSet Research Systems (FDS), rose following an earnings beat resulting from continued strength in annual subscriptions. Strong client retention,... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ariel Small Cap Value Tax-Exempt Composite | MachineryMachinery | Long MFP (Midera Food Processing) Additionally, we received shares of global provider of food processing technology and automation, Midera Food Processing, Inc. (MFP), following its spin-off from our existing holding, Middleby Corporation (MIDD). The company's equipment... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | John W. Rogers, Jr.Ariel Fund | MachineryMachinery | Short MFP (Midera Food Processing) Also during the quarter, we received shares of ADI Global Distribution, Inc. (ADIG) and Midera Food Processing, Inc. (MFP) following their respective separations from our existing holdings, Resideo Technologies, Inc. (REZI) and Middleby Corporation (MIDD). While both companies... | BEAR | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ariel Investments, LLCAriel Global Fund | First Solar, Inc. $FSLR• NASDAQ | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Long FSLR (First Solar, Inc.) Lastly, First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) fell during the quarter as higher long-term interest rates weighed on renewable energy stocks and investor sentiment weakened following the company's decision to pursue patent claims in federal court rather than through the International Trade Commission. Despite these concerns,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Matt Kamm, Jason White, Jim Hamel, Angela Wu, Jay WarnerArtisan Mid Cap Fund | US Foods Holding Corp $USFD• NASDAQ | Food DistributorsConsumer Staples Merchandise Retail | Long USFD (US Foods Holding Corp) US Foods is the second-largest food distributor in the US, serving independent restaurants, national chains, health care providers and hospitality venues. Recent results improved,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Matt Kamm, Jason White, Jim Hamel, Angela Wu, Jay WarnerArtisan Mid Cap Fund | FTAI Aviation Ltd. $FTAI• NASDAQ | Aerospace & DefenseAerospace & Defense | Short FTAI (FTAI Aviation Ltd) FTAI Aviation owns and maintains commercial jet engines, with a focus on the maintenance, repair and exchange of CFM56 and V2500 engines. We exited the... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Andrew Choi & Shivani VohraParnassus Growth Equity Fund | Construction & EngineeringConstruction & Engineering | Long FIX (Comfort Systems USA Inc) Comfort Systems USA, a provider of electrical and plumbing systems, also found its shares pressured by the political backlash to data centers. We remain confident... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Cole SmeadSmead International Value Fund | -- | Long WFG (West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.) We will continue to ask what it is that Mr. Market does not understand in new investments. Autotrader (AUTO), Burberry... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Ground TransportationGround Transportation | Long ODFL (Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.) Old Dominion detracted from portfolio performance in the 3rd quarter despite reporting 10% revenue growth and 32% earnings-per-share growth. As we mentioned... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | David A. Rolfe, Michael X. Quigley, Christopher T. JersanWedgewood Partners | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft was a top contributor to third-quarter outperformance. The Company grew... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Consumer Staples Merchandise RetailConsumer Staples Merchandise Retail | Long SFM (Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.) Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) is a supermarket chain focusing on fresh, natural, and organic products. The company has... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS• NASDAQ | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long LFUS (Littelfuse, Inc.) Littelfuse (LFUS) manufactures niche electrical components including fuses, sensors, passives, and semiconductors that are sold into a broad array of end markets. The company is... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | FTI Consulting, Inc. $FCN• NYSE | Professional ServicesProfessional Services | Long FCN (FTI Consulting, Inc.) FTI Consulting (FCN) is a very high value add consultant. Most of the... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Health Care Equipment & SuppliesHealth Care Equipment & Supplies | Long TFX (Teleflex Incorporated) Teleflex (TFX) manufactures a portfolio of medical consumables - mostly a range of catheters along with other surgical devices. The company's recent... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Adrian CourtenayGreen Ash Partners | Filtronic plc $FTC.L• LSE | Communications EquipmentCommunications Equipment | Long FTC.L (Filtronic plc) Filtronic delivered the most notable newsflow of the month. Early in September... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | David F. RidlandCastlebay Investments | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Short MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) It would be wrong to say AI has produced no revenue. Google Cloud grew... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | David SteinthalL1 Capital International Fund | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft has also been a core Fund holding for an extended period. While it is... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Hamish ChamberlayneJanus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Fund | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft reported a revenue increase of 18% to $90 billion. Azure growth reported... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund | Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. $GPAGF• NASDAQ | -- | Long GPAGF (Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V.) Gruma - Global tortilla and corn flour company Gruma continued to face the same headwinds we have seen over the last year, as the US government's anti-immigration policies have reduced demand from certain segments of Gruma's customer base. Thus, the company... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ross GlotzbachLongleaf Partners Global Fund | Building ProductsBuilding Products | Long FBIN (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.) Building products company FBIN saw its stock price decline in Q3, retracing Q2's positive move related to excitement over Jesse Singh's appointment as CEO. In August, Singh... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.Longleaf Partners Fund | Building ProductsBuilding Products | Long FBIN (Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.) Building products company FBIN saw its stock price decline in Q3, retracing Q2's positive move related to excitement over Jesse Singh's appointment as CEO. In August, Singh... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Fund Letter | Tony ConiarisOakmark International Fund | -- | Long FBK.MI (FinecoBank S.p.A.) FinecoBank is a leading Italian fintech bank that combines banking, brokerage, and financial advisory services within a single-account platform. The company has... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Emerald Wealth Partners Focused Equity Strategy | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft (1.9 pp) and ServiceNow (1.4 pp) were among the main contributors to performance as their shares rose 37.8% and 35.0% respectively. Earlier this year,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve JohnsonForager Australian Shares Fund | OFX Group Ltd $OFX.AX• ASX | -- | Long OFX.AX (OFX Group Ltd) OFX Group (ASX:OFX), a foreign exchange provider, announced in July that it had agreed to an all-cash takeover proposal from UK-based Equals Group at $1.00 per share. But Equals needed... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel ShvartsmanMiddle Coast Investing | Life & Health InsuranceInsurance | Long FG (F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.) F&G's earnings was more on the meh or perplexing side. The company went... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel ShvartsmanMiddle Coast Investing | Commodity ChemicalsChemicals | Long CF (CF Industries Holdings, Inc.) CF Industries is a U.S. based fertilizer producer, especially of nitrogen-based fertilizer and ammonia. This is relevant... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Cassandra A. HardmanHardman Johnston International Equity | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Long IFX.DE (Infineon Technologies AG) Within Information Technology, STMicroelectronics NV and Infineon Technologies AG were the largest detractors. STMicroelectronics and Infineon... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Fund Letter | Cassandra A. HardmanHardman Johnston Global Equity | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Long IFX.DE (Infineon Technologies AG) Within Information Technology, Infineon Technologies AG and STMicroelectronics NV were the largest detractors. Infineon and STMicroelectronics... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 11, 2026 | Fund Letter | Federico TorreTorre Financial | Construction & EngineeringConstruction & Engineering | Short FIX (Comfort Systems USA, Inc.) We sold Comfort Systems (FIX), the book's best performer of the year, after a quarter in which revenue grew 50% and earnings 92%. The tailwind is... | BEAR | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Fund Letter | FPA Crescent Portfolio ManagersFPA Crescent Fund | Investment Banking & BrokerageCapital Markets | Long JEF (Jefferies Financial Group Inc.) Jefferies Financial Group detracted from performance despite continued momentum in its core investment banking and capital markets businesses. The company reported... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Fund Letter | Silas Myers and Brian MasseyMar Vista U.S. Quality Premier | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft (MSFT) shares advanced during the quarter as Azure revenue growth accelerated and Microsoft 365 Copilot continued to deliver positive adoption trends. Management guided to... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Fund Letter | Silas Myers, Brian MasseyMar Vista US Quality | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) Microsoft (MSFT) shares advanced during the quarter as Azure revenue growth accelerated and Microsoft 365 Copilot continued to deliver positive adoption trends. Management guided to... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Fund Letter | David BastianKingdom Capital Advisors KCA Value Composite | United Natural Foods, Inc. $UNFI• NASDAQ | Consumer Staples Merchandise RetailConsumer Staples Merchandise Retail | Long UNFI (United Natural Foods, Inc.) United Natural Foods (UNFI) and Magnera (MAGN) continue to execute their business plans and trade at cheap valuations despite being the largest players in each of their niches. We expect them... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Fund Letter | David DirankoDiranko Capital | Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. $LFCR• NASDAQ | PharmaceuticalsPharmaceuticals | Short LFCR (Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.) LFCR is a US-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). What is quite... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Fund Letter | Daniel GladišVltava Fund | -- | Short JFN.SW (Jungfraubahn Holding AG) We sold our shares in Jungfraubahn and bought shares in Auto Trader. Our investment in... | BEAR | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Fund Letter | Dr. Hendrik LeberACATIS Investment | IndustrialsIndustrials | Short PCRFY (Panasonic Holdings Corporation) This Japanese classic is known mostly for its batteries, entertainment electronics and cameras. More recently, the... | BEAR | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 4, 2026 | Fund Letter | Mohnish PabraiPabrai Wagons Fund | -- | Long ODFL.OL (Odfjell Drilling) We have 4 positions in offshore oil services. Offshore accounts for... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ameya ShindeMultiples Capital | Amerigo Resources Ltd. $ARREF• NASDAQ | -- | Long ARREF (Amerigo Resources Ltd.) Amerigo Resources (ARREF) was up 42% in the quarter. For readers new... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ben Pirie & Nicholas CortellucciAtrium Research | -- | Long FISH.V (Sailfish Royalty Corp.) On August 26th, Sailfish Royalty (FISH:TSXV, SROYF:OTC, BUY $7.25 Target) reported Q2 revenue of US$1.3M (+87% YoY), below our expectations due to Mako mining outside the original San Albino area and one-time bonus payments. Following the US$168M... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ben Pirie & Nicholas CortellucciAtrium Research | iFabric Corp. $IFA.TO• TSX | -- | Long IFA.TO (iFabric Corp.) On July 13th, iFabric Corp. (IFA:TSX, IFABF:OTC, BUY $7.75 Target) announced that its IFTNA division is launching Aura, a new performance medical scrubs line, at Target across ~400 U.S. stores and Target's e-commerce platform. This makes Target... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ben Pirie & Nicholas CortellucciAtrium Research | -- | Long MFG.V (Mayfair Gold Corp.) On August 24th, we initiated coverage on Mayfair Gold Corp. (MFG:TSXV, BUY $8.25 Target), a gold developer advancing its 100%-owned Fenn-Gib Project in Ontario's Timmins Gold Camp, which hosts a 4.3Moz Indicated resource at 0.74 g/t. The 2026 PFS... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ben Pirie & Nicholas CortellucciAtrium Research | -- | Long GFTA.V (GRAFTA Nanotech Corp.) On August 19th, we initiated coverage on GRAFTA Nanotech Corp. (GFTA:TSXV, BUY $0.35 Target), a Canadian clean technology company developing graphene-based filtration solutions for industrial wastewater and environmental remediation. GRAFTA has developed... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jayme WigginsPalm Valley Capital Management | Flowers Foods, Inc. $FLO• NYSE | Food ProductsFood Products | Long FLO (Flowers Foods, Inc.) The three positions contributing most negatively to the Fund's Q3 performance were Rayonier (ticker: RYN), Flowers Foods (ticker: FLO), and Reynolds Consumer Products (ticker: REYN). Flowers Foods, a... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jayme WigginsPalm Valley Capital Management | Smithfield Foods $SFD• NYSE | -- | Long SFD (Smithfield Foods) Toward the end of the quarter, we initiated small positions in Avista Corporation (ticker: AVA) and Smithfield Foods (ticker: SFD). Smithfield Foods is... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | Delaware Management Company (now part of Nomura Asset Management)Nomura Large Cap Growth Fund | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long MSFT (Microsoft Corp.) Our positions in Microsoft Corp. and Veeva Systems Inc., and not owning Tesla Inc., were the greatest individual contributors. Microsoft was up... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Fund Letter | BDL Capital | Microsoft Corp. $MSFT• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Short MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) It has been less than four years since ChatGPT was unveiled to the public, yet it feels like an eternity when you look at the shift in financial dynamics at the five major “hyperscalers” (Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Oracle). The chart below... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Fund Letter | Diego B. MilanoQuercus Fund Ltd. | -- | Long FPH.PS (First Philippine Holdings Corporation) First Philippine Holdings and Lopez Holdings If a random question is given about an economic ranking - let's say, geothermal energy production -, the most likely answer for the top of the ranking would be China and USA. But few people... | BULL | View Pitch → |
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