Institutional ticker directory tracking stock mentions, long/short ideas, and high-conviction pitches extracted from quarterly hedge fund letters.
| Ticker | Company | Sector | Industry | Pitches | Stance |
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| Fund / Manager | Thesis Excerpt | Stance | Period / Date | Action |
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Cedar Creek Partners Tim Eriksen | “Community Banks We noted in our last letter that the fund has been building up a basket of what it sees as attractively priced community banks. At year end, 20% of the fund was in bank stocks. This included First IC mentioned above, which was just over 6% of the fund, as well as a few ECIP banks we re-entered into in Q4 as prices fell, Skyline Bankshares (otc: SLBK) which we profiled in our Q1 2025 letter, and the basket of smaller banks we have been building. The basket is mainly modestly growing community banks trading at less than six times earnings, which we believe should trade at higher valuations, and would be attractive acquisition candidates. While the ECIP banks have underperformed in the recent year or so, we think they will screen better once they can repurchase the outstanding preferred stock at a deep discount. Some will be trading at half of book value and around six times earnings. If they do not make acquisitions or improve their valuations via increased dividends or share repurchases, they will likely become targets for acquisition. BSD Analysis: Skyline is a small regional bank whose value is defined by local deposit relationships and balance-sheet conservatism. Growth is modest, but funding stability matters more than loan velocity in this environment. Credit quality and underwriting discipline are the real differentiators, not market share. Investors tend to ignore banks of this size until stress exposes who funded responsibly. Net interest margins benefit from rate normalization, even as growth stays contained. The franchise is simple, not engineered. This is banking as utility, not ambition. Returns come from patience and capital preservation.” | BULL | Q4 2025 Jan 21, 2026 | View Pitch |
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