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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Airlie Australian Share Fund Emma Fisher & Matt Williams | “The top three relative contributors to gross performance during the quarter were Aristocrat (+37%), BlueScope Steel (+24%) and BHP (+18%). Taking Aristocrat as an example, consensus expectations for USD-denominated earnings were flattish over the last two years. In July 2025, brokers expected Aristocrat to deliver US$1.80 of EPS in September 2026, and as at July 2026 they still expect US$1.80 EPS. However, when we look at AUD-denominated earnings expectations, we can see that earnings expectations declined 7% as the AUD rallied against the USD. Over this period, the Aristocrat share price fell 30%. It has since rebounded 30% from its lows since May, as the AUD peaked with the release of the Federal Budget. Now, we are not suggesting that the appreciation of the local currency alone caused Aristocrat's underperformance during the year; that would be an error of correlation vs causation. We could think of the AUD/USD currency relationship as a shorthand expression of the perceived relative strength of the Aussie vs US economies. To the extent that the USD began to rally in May, it likely reflects improving economic fundamentals and outlook for the USD (certainly vs the Australian outlook) and hence it makes sense that investors should suddenly seek USD-related exposure via Aristocrat. However, we believe the volatility is increasingly exacerbated by the rise in non-fundamental active equities strategies that sell earnings downgrades and buy earnings upgrades. This enhances what we love about active investing: nothing has fundamentally changed for Aristocrat's long-term earnings power within 12 months, yet the share price within the last 12 months ranged from $44 to $78 – a 44% swing! While we maintained a holding in Aristocrat over the full period, we halved our position in the $70s, and added back to our position in the $40s and $50s.” | BULL | Q2 2026 Jul 21, 2026 | View Pitch |
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