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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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| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Paul CerroCedar Grove Capital Management | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | Cedar Grove Capital Management - KITS.TO Our biggest detractors were KITS Eyewear (KITS.TO), Sanuwave Health (SNWV), and Evolv Technologies (EVLV). We've been impressed... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jay WarnerArtisan Partners Small Cap Fund | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Artisan Partners Small Cap Fund - SITM SiTime develops silicon-based timing solutions used across communications, data center and industrial applications. We believe the... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | C.T. FitzpatrickVulcan Value Partners - Small Cap | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Vulcan Value Partners Small Cap - ITRN Ituran provides stolen vehicle recovery services, primarily in Israel, Brazil, and other parts of Latin America. Using a device... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jeff KolitchBaron Real Estate Fund | SiteOne Landscape Supply $SITE• NASDAQ | Trading Companies & DistributorsTrading Companies & Distributors | Baron Real Estate Fund - SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. is the largest distributor of wholesale landscape supplies in North America. SiteOne sells irrigation,... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ken Korngiebel, Thomas Bradley, Natalie PesquéWasatch Micro Cap Fund | Vital Farms, Inc. $VITL• NASDAQ | Food ProductsFood Products | Wasatch Micro Cap Fund - VITL Vital Farms, Inc. (VITL) is a provider of specialty eggs sourced from small farms and pasture-raised chickens, with a brand targeting socially conscious consumers who value sustainable agriculture and ethically sourced food. The company's eggs... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Zack BuckleyBuckley Capital | Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureHotels, Restaurants & Leisure | Buckley Capital - BFIT.AS We wrote about Basic-Fit in July 2025, when the market was penalizing the company for one-time expenses relating to the conversion of its gyms in France to staffless and 24/7 operations. The stock is... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | James Callinan, Bryan WongThe Osterweis Opportunity Fund | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | The Osterweis Opportunity Fund - SITM Our best performer within IT was SiTime, which returned 114% in the quarter. The company is... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Richard Beaven, Colin KellySignia Capital Management | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Signia Capital Management - ITRI Itron (ITRI) was a new addition to our Small Cap Value portfolio in Q2 2026. Itron is the... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Adam WilkGreystone Capital | Other Specialty RetailSpecialty Retail | Greystone Capital - KITS.TO KITS continues to build a unique business that is growing fast, is customer focused, and offers price and convenience advantages that are difficult to replicate. The lazy read... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | David Baron, Ron BaronBaron Focused Growth Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Baron Focused Growth Fund - IT Global research and advisory firm Gartner declined 18.5% in the second quarter and hurt performance by 53 bps. The declines were... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Oddbjørn DybvadREQ Global Compounders | Trading Companies & DistributorsTrading Companies & Distributors | REQ Global Compounders - AIT Applied Industrial Technologies is a US-listed value-added distributor and technical solutions provider in industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation, and related maintenance supplies. The company generates... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Neal RosenbergBaron Growth Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Baron Growth Fund - IT Syndicated research provider Gartner, Inc. detracted from performance due to multiple compression driven by rising AI fears. The market has... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ron BaronBaron Partners Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Baron Partners Fund - IT Gartner, Inc. is a provider of syndicated research and technology insights that serves tens of thousands of enterprise clients worldwide. The shares fell... | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Fund Letter | Benedikt BaumannBaumann Capital | WIIT S.p.A. $WIIT.MI• MIL | -- | Baumann Capital - WIIT.MI Born in Italy in 1996, WIIT is a rare breed as Europe's only pure-play specialist for sovereign private cloud solutions. Powered by a... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Thomas J. Mudge III, Osman Akgun, Blaine TownsendBailard Small Cap Value Strategy | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long ITRI (Itron, Inc.) Itron is profiled as an ESG solution provider specializing in energy and water resource management. Its products include... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ken Korngiebel, Thomas Bradley, Natalie PesquéWasatch Micro Cap Fund | Vital Farms, Inc. $VITL• NASDAQ | Food ProductsFood Products | Short VITL (Vital Farms, Inc.) Vital Farms faced intensifying competition, a collapse in egg prices, and concerns over capital expenditure plans for facility expansion. The manager exited... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | C.T. FitzpatrickVulcan Value Partners - Large Cap | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long ITRN (Ituran Location and Control Ltd.) Ituran offers vehicle tracking and recovery subscription services that generate high-margin recurring revenues. The business continues... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Christopher E. HillaryProsper Stars & Stripes | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Short ITRI (Itron) Roubaix L/S has delivered strong short-side performance this year. | BEAR | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | John Brown, Drew JustmanMadison Dividend Income Fund | SiteOne Landscape Supply $SITE• NASDAQ | Trading Companies & DistributorsTrading Companies & Distributors | Long SITE (SiteOne Landscape Supply) We initiated a new investment position in specialty distributor SiteOne Landscape Supply, the largest and only scaled consolidator in the landscape supply industry. | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Pontus DackmoProtean Small Cap | Office Services & SuppliesCommercial Services & Supplies | Long ITAB.ST (ITAB Shop Concept) ITAB has performed strongly, bolstered by a solid first-quarter report and better-than-expected proforma numbers from its recent HMY acquisition. Although short-term margins... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Spheria Asset Management Pty LimitedSpheria Global Opportunities Fund | Commercial Services & SuppliesCommercial Services & Supplies | Long ITRK.L (Intertek Group plc) Intertek (ITRK LN) - is a UK-listed global provider of assurance, testing, inspection and certification (ATIC) services, operating across more than 100 countries and serving over 400,000 customers. | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Bob SharpeVela International Fund | Interparfums SA $ITP.PA• EURONEXT | Household ProductsHousehold Products | Long ITP.PA (Interparfums SA) We added Interparfums SA, a Paris-based luxury fragrance company which is 72% owned by its US-based parent, Interparfums Inc. These companies have carved out a unique niche focusing solely on perfumes | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Stephen E. GrantValue Line Mid Cap Focused Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Short IT (Gartner Inc.) Gartner Inc. was completely sold off and exited from the portfolio during the quarter. | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Greenlight Capital, Inc.Greenlight Capital | Application SoftwareSoftware | Long ALIT (Alight, Inc.) Alight experienced share price weakness due to underperformance in non-core business segments and loss of management credibility following consecutive quarter disappointments. An activist investor... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Joost van der MandeleVan Der Mandele Arar Fund | Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureHotels, Restaurants & Leisure | Long BFIT.AS (Basic-Fit) Basic-Fit experienced a post-earnings decline that the manager views as unjustified, caused primarily by large institutional sellers. Although margins have... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Shreekkanth "Shree" ViswanathanSVN Capital Fund | Industrial Machinery & Supplies & ComponentsMachinery | SVN Capital Fund - TRITURBINE.NS The company primarily makes under-100-megawatt (MW) industrial steam turbines, and it is one of the two largest players in the world in that power category. | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | David F. RidlandCastlebay Investments | Commercial Services & SuppliesCommercial Services & Supplies | Long ITRK.L (Intertek Group plc) Intertek's testing and certification business derives its Process Power from accumulated regulatory accreditation and the depth of expertise that sits behind it. | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Mick Rasmussen, Derrick Tzau, Stuart RigbyWasatch Global Select Strategy | Vital Farms, Inc. $VITL• NASDAQ | Food ProductsFood Products | Short VITL (Vital Farms, Inc.) Vital Farms, Inc. (VITL), a provider of specialty eggs sourced from small farms and pasture-raised chickens, continued to sag in the most recent quarter. | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Neal RosenbergBaron Growth Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Long IT (Gartner, Inc.) Gartner's stock declined due to fears surrounding potential cuts in US federal spending, which accounts for roughly five percent of the firm's total contract value. However, the manager... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | C.T. FitzpatrickVulcan Value Partners - Small Cap | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long ITRN (Ituran Location and Control Ltd.) Ituran provides high-margin, cash-generative vehicle tracking and recovery services primarily in Israel and Brazil. Its subscription-based revenue... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jeremy KokemorRight Tail Capital | Insight Enterprises $NSIT• NASDAQ | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Short NSIT (Insight Enterprises, Inc.) The manager exited Insight Enterprises because the fundamental performance of the underlying business grew unclear. Furthermore, the decision... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Stephen E. GrantValue Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund | Trading Companies & DistributorsTrading Companies & Distributors | Long AIT (Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.) Applied Industrial Technologies saw an increased allocation during the first quarter. The addition reflects... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | Thomas M. ValenzuelaStewart Asset Management | Lumentum Holdings Inc. $LITE• NASDAQ | Communications EquipmentCommunications Equipment | Stewart Asset Management - LITE During the quarter we initiated a small investment in Lumentum, a leader in optical networking — the hardware that moves data between AI chips, servers, and data centers. | NEUTRAL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Fund Letter | VVP Q2 Letter 06.30.26 | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | Long ITRN (Ituran Location and Control Ltd.) Ituran generates highly visible, subscription-based revenue from vehicle tracking and recovery services across Israel and Latin America. Recent multi-year original... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Fund Letter | Thomas M. ValenzuelaStewart Asset Management | Lumentum Holdings Inc. $LITE• NASDAQ | Communications EquipmentCommunications Equipment | Stewart Asset Management – LITE During the quarter we initiated a small investment in Lumentum, a leader in optical networking — the hardware that moves data between AI chips, servers, and data cen... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha ContributorSeeking Alpha | Mitek Systems $MITK• NASDAQ | Application SoftwareSoftware | Mitek Systems, Inc. Mitek Systems, Inc. has demonstrated strong growth in its SaaS and Fraud & Identity segments, with Q3 revenue reaching $54.0 million, an 18% increase year-over-... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Other | Barometer Capital Management | Semiconductors & Semiconductor EquipmentSemiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Barometer Capital Management – SITM Information Technology exposure contributed positively, and the weighting was increased substantially over the quarter. New positions in... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Fund Letter | Royal London Global Equity Diversified Fund | Illinois Tool Works $ITW• NYSE | MachineryMachinery | Royal London Global Equity Diversified Fund 2025 Q4 (ITW) We initiated a position in Illinois Tool Work, a global manufacturer of industrial products and components serving a highly diverse set of end markets. Its decentralised structure... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Shilpa MehraFidelity Growth Strategies Fund | Lumentum Holdings Inc. $LITE• NASDAQ | Communications EquipmentCommunications Equipment | Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund 2025 Q4 (LITE) An overweight in Lumentum Holdings (+127%), a provider of optical and photonic components used in high-speed communications applications, also helped. In early November,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ron BaronBaron Partners Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Baron Partners Fund 2025 Q4 (IT) Gartner, a provider of syndicated research, declined following decelerating contract value growth. We attribute most... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Fund Letter | Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan MuellerInvesco Small Cap Value Fund | Lumentum Holdings Inc. $LITE• NASDAQ | Communications EquipmentCommunications Equipment | Invesco Small Cap Value Fund 2025 Q4 (LITE) Shares of this market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products rallied in the fourth quarter, fueled by apparent investor enthusiasm for its AI-driven growth potential. BSD Analysis: Lumentum... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letter | Ken Squire13D Activist Fund | Integer Holdings $ITGR• NASDAQ | Health Care Equipment & SuppliesHealth Care Equipment & Supplies | 13D Activist Fund 2025 Q4 (ITGR) This is a U.S. activist campaign by Irenic Capital. Integer is the... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letter | The Heartland Investment TeamHeartland Value Fund | Integer Holdings $ITGR• NASDAQ | Health Care Equipment & SuppliesHealth Care Equipment & Supplies | Heartland Value Fund 2025 Q4 (ITGR) An example of a Health Care holding that struggled in the quarter was Integer Holdings Corporation (ITGR), which specializes in the design, development, and production of medical technologies and components. In late October,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letter | David G. Herro, Tony Coniaris, Eric Liu, M. Colin Hudson, John A. SitarzOakmark Global Fund | Gartner, Inc. $IT• NYSE | IT ServicesIT Services | Oakmark Global Fund 2025 Q4 (IT) Gartner is a global leader in research services, with a long history of delivering valuable insights and data to business and technology leaders. In our view,... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Fund Letter | Mark L. YockeyArtisan International Fund | -- | Long AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE-MNC (Monadelphous Group Ltd) In industrials, we increased our position in MNC Solutions, which provides mission-critical power and automation systems supporting defense-related infrastructure and security applications. While the shares... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Fund Letter | Sam Peters, Reed Cassady, Jean YuClearBridge Investment Value Strategy | Fitlife Brands Inc. $FITB• NASDAQ | BanksBanks | ClearBridge Investment Value Strategy 2025 Q4 (FITB) In the fourth quarter, we made several changes within our financials holdings. For example, we... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Fund Letter | Nathan Fredrick, CFARiverwater Partners Small Cap Strategy | Integer Holdings $ITGR• NASDAQ | Health Care Equipment & SuppliesHealth Care Equipment & Supplies | Riverwater Partners Small Cap Strategy 2025 Q4 (ITGR) We sold our position in Integer Holdings Corp. during the quarter. ITGR lowered its... | BEAR | View Pitch → |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letter | Derek IzuelShelton Emerging Markets Fund | IT ServicesIT Services | Shelton Emerging Markets Fund 2025 Q2 (WIT) Wipro significantly lagged the Indian market in the second quarter of 2025 as quarterly results reflected sluggish revenue growth, with IT services revenue flat to declining. Forward guidance remained... | BULL | View Pitch → | |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Fund Letter | Jonathan T. BloomFMI Small Cap Equity | Insight Enterprises $NSIT• NASDAQ | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | FMI Small Cap Equity 2025 Q2 (NSIT) Insight Enterprises is a leading provider of information technology solutions in North America (81% of revenue), Europe (16%), and Asia-Pacific (3%). They provide value... | BULL | View Pitch → |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Fund Letter | Portfolio Management CommitteeFMI Large Cap Equity | Insight Enterprises $NSIT• NASDAQ | Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | FMI Large Cap Equity 2025 Q2 (NSIT) Insight Enterprises is a leading provider of information technology solutions in North America (81% of revenue), Europe (16%), and Asia-Pacific (3%). They provide value... | BULL | View Pitch → |
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