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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jason Wolf, Ryan DobratzThird Avenue Real Estate Value Fund | Financial ServicesFinancial Services | Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund - FNMA Notwithstanding, these gains were slightly offset by detractors during the period, including the Fund's investments in certain residential-centric (Sun Communities, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac) and international (Jardine Matheson and Hang Lung Group) holdings. During the quarter,... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund - FN Fabrinet (FN) is the leading manufacturer of optical networking modules for telecom equipment and data centers. We have written... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | Financial ServicesFinancial Services | Pershing Square Holdings - FNMA Fannie Mae shares declined 39% year-to-date as of June 30, 2026. Shares of both... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Donny, Erwin, Nick, and the Lakehouse TeamLakehouse Small Companies Fund | -- | Long FNS.AX (FINEOS Corporation Holdings PLC) FINEOS serves as a major software provider to global insurers, enjoying high customer retention but previously suffering from long sales cycles and capital-dilutive acquisitions. The firm has... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steven KielArquitos Capital Management | Finch Therapeutics $FNCH• NASDAQ | -- | Long FNCH (Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc.) Finch is executing a strategic Chapter 11 filing to shed lease liabilities and execute a full sale of its assets, including valuable patents and major ongoing litigation claims. The manager believes... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Marc-Lennart BraeutigamHertford Capital | -- | Long FNOX.ST (Fortnox AB) The take-private of Fortnox by EQT at a premium quickly validated the manager's thesis regarding its ERP market leadership and high-margin expansion capabilities. This transaction signals... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steven KielArquitos Capital Management | Finch Therapeutics $FNCHQ• NASDAQ | -- | Arquitos Capital Management - FNCHQ Finch Therapeutics' court-supervised auction and patent litigation yielded a result at the lower end of expectations. Despite these disappointments... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Mike LoebArgosy Investors | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | Long FND (Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.) The manager added to Floor & Decor, disputing market skepticism over the company's long-term growth and margin potential. He expects FND... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long FN (Fabrinet) Fabrinet holds a dominant market position in specialized optical component manufacturing and is benefiting from rapid datacenter sales expansion tied to AI transceivers. Despite recent stock... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | The Bristol Gate Canadian Equity | Diversified Support ServicesCommercial Services & Supplies | Long EFN.TO (Element Fleet Management) Element Fleet returned approximately -15.9% in Q1 on an average portfolio weight of 4.9%, contributing -69 basis points to relative performance. | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Marc-Lennart BraeutigamHertford Capital | -- | Long FNOX.ST (Fortnox AB) Fortnox AB is a dominant provider of cloud-based accounting and financial software for Swedish small and medium enterprises, exhibiting monopoly-like characteristics and exceptionally high operating margins in the 70s. The business features... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Andrew MackenMontaka Global Investments | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | Montaka Global Investments 2025 Q4 (FND) We believe these declines will prove temporary: • As we've discussed in prior letters, we view Floor & Decor like a coiled spring – an advantaged specialty retailer waiting patiently for a rebound in US residential property sales, which remain near GFC lows. Based on our... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Steve ScruggsFPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund 2025 Q4 (FN) We made a significant reduction to our position in Fabrinet (FN). Fabrinet is the... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Strategy 2025 Q4 (FN) Fabrinet also contributed during the quarter. Fabrinet is a... | BULL | View Pitch → | ||
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | William A. AckmanPershing Square Holdings | -- | Long MARKETS-FNMA (Federal National Mortgage Association) Fannie and Freddie shares more than tripled in 2025 as the Trump administration reiterated its commitment to an eventual privatization The administration has repeatedly emphasized three key objectives Enhance home affordability by compressing the spread of mortgages over Treasuries Demonstrate a near-term mark to market for the taxpayers' ownership in the GSEs Maximize long-term value of the taxpayers' interest in Fannie and Freddie Three simple steps can immediately be taken by Treasury and FHFA Account for the repayment of Treasury's Senior Preferred Stock Exercise Treasury's warrants to purchase 79.9% of the common stock of the GSEs Re-list Fannie and Freddie on the New York Stock Exchange Conservatorship would continue until the administration can carefully execute an exit No disruption to the mortgage and MBS markets, GSE operations, degree of government control and oversight, or GSE recapitalization through earnings retention We believe the solution we published in November achieves all three goals We believe YTD share price declines greatly underestimate how quickly President Trump can act to drive a re-rating of shares and unveil a taxpayer asset worth ~$300 billion BSD Analysis: Fannie Mae remains a central pillar of the United States housing market, with its 2026 outlook projecting a significant recovery in mortgage originations as rates trend toward the 6 percent level. The company's Economic... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letter | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | The Bristlemoon Global Fund 2025 Q4 (FND) We have followed Floor & Decor closely since 2017 and began building a position after the stock dropped to around $60. The company operates... | BULL | View Pitch → | ||
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letter | Andrew MackenMontaka Global Investments | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | Montaka Global Investments 2025 Q2 (FND) Back in 2019, we pitched US big-box specialist hard-surface flooring retailer, Floor & Decor, as our stock pick at the Sohn Conference. Since Sohn, Floor... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Fund Letter | Steven KielArquitos Capital Management | Finch Therapeutics $FNCH• NASDAQ | -- | Arquitos Capital Management 2025 Q3 (FNCH) Finch's share price rose to $12.28 at the end of the third quarter, up from $11.30 at the start of the year. As a reminder,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
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