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| Ticker | Company | Sector | Industry | Pitches | Stance |
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| Fund / Manager | Thesis Excerpt | Stance | Period / Date | Action |
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Warden Capital Hawkins Entrekin | “We invested in SPWH in Q1 and early Q2, at an average basis of $1.68/share - now it trades at ~$3.5 due to strong Q1 results (although very volatile!). The investment here was fairly simple - Sportman's is a sporting goods & hunting retailer with a large focus on firearms, which has suffered from a covid demand pull forward hangover, over expansion, & mismanagement. Same store sales had been negative for several years now, but a new CEO was brought in and seemed to be making progress turning it around. At our investment price, the stock was dirt cheap if the turnaround was successful - a mere 3x stabilized EBITDA (which would itself be well below pre-covid margin and store level sales). The turnaround is certainly not done, but they posted positive same store sales in Q1 for the first time in a long time, and continue to reduce costs and improve margins, triggering a big rally. Critically for me, the category feels like it has real legs, as competitors Dick's and Bass Pro were doing fairly well, and the store base is actually quite new and nice. The main downside here (thus far) is this was a relatively smaller position, so the overall fund impact isn't enormous. Still - if we have a recession Sportsman's may be put into a difficult position of seeing sales fall again before their turnaround is complete, so there is real macro risk here beyond the execution risk. BSD Analysis: Sportsman's Warehouse is a deep-value, high-risk specialty retailer whose stock is an asymmetric recovery bet on its successful turnaround in the outdoor sports and recreation market. The core thesis is driven by the company's aggressive focus on cost reduction and inventory optimization to improve its operating leverage. The stock is currently trading at a steep discount, penalized by volatile consumer spending and high debt. However, a slight improvement in consumer discretionary spending could lead to a massive earnings inflection due to the company's aggressive cost-cutting. The stock is a leveraged play on the eventual recovery of consumer spending in its niche market.” | BULL | Q2 2025 Jul 9, 2025 | View Pitch |
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