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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 3, 2024 | LVS Advisory – Event Driven | 0.0% | 7.5% | BAH, CACI | AI, Consulting, cybersecurity, defense, Government IT, Quality, technology, value | Booz Allen Hamilton represents a compelling investment in government technology consulting, leveraging deep relationships and proprietary technology to serve mission-critical programs. The company has cornered the market on skilled labor with government security clearances in AI and cybersecurity. Government contractors benefit from incumbency bias and sustainable competitive advantages through their understanding of legacy IT systems. | BAH |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 3, 2024 | LVS Advisory – Growth | 0.0% | 36.7% | BAH, CACI | AI, Consulting, cybersecurity, defense, Government IT, Quality, technology, value | Manager highlights Booz Allen Hamilton as a technology consulting firm specializing in government contracting with deep moat from incumbency bias and security clearance requirements. The company is the #1 provider of artificial intelligence to the US Federal Government with nearly 200 government AI contracts. Booz Allen has cornered the market on skilled labor with relevant government clearances in AI and cybersecurity niches. | BAH |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 3, 2024 | Templeton & Phillips Capital Management | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, AMZN, BAH, CACI, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, PANW, TSLA | AI, Cloud, cybersecurity, defense, small caps, technology, value | Generative AI is in early stages of impacting the broader economy beyond obvious tech players. Amazon takes a holistic approach to AI across cloud services, e-commerce, and operations. AI tools are being adopted for nefarious purposes including state-sponsored cyberattacks. | CACI AMZN |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 22, 2025 | Polen Capital – Global SMID Company Growth | -5.0% | -5.0% | 8136.T, AXSB.NS, BAH, ELF, GLOB, GSHD, KLYJ.NS, SAIA, TTEK | Beauty, gaming, global, growth, international, Quality, small caps, SMID Cap | Polen Capital focuses on resilient businesses that can self-fund growth and execute across various economic backdrops. The quality growth investment style underperformed during the quarter as value outperformed growth. | SAIA KLYJ.NS ELF GLOB LOTTO.MI GSHD 8136.T |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 22, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | -12.7% | -12.7% | ALGN, BAH, CRL, ELF, ENTG, ETSY, FIX, GLOB, GSHD, MANH, NSIT, PAYC, PGNY, RMBS, ROAD, RVLV, SAIA, TREX, WING, YETI | Construction, consumer discretionary, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, software, tariffs, volatility | Market volatility driven by Trump administration's tariff policies and trade uncertainty. Managers stress-testing portfolios across various tariff scenarios and exiting positions vulnerable to tariff impacts like Yeti and Align Technology due to China/Mexico manufacturing exposure. | MANH WING FIX ROAD SAIA |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 4, 2026 | Baron Asset Fund | 7.9% | 8.2% | ACGL, APH, AXON, BAH, BIRK, CSGP, DAY, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, IEX, IT, MTD, RPGN, SPOT, TTD, VEEV, VRSK, WELL | AI, Biotechnology, growth, healthcare, mid cap, software, Space, technology | The fund benefits from AI-related investments including SpaceX's Starlink expansion and xAI's rapid development of Grok AI model with massive GPU deployments. Amphenol maintains significant market share in interconnect solutions within NVIDIA's AI server racks with content expected to increase as speeds and system complexity rise. SpaceX represents the fund's largest position at 12.5% of net assets, generating significant value through rapid expansion of Starlink broadband service and establishing itself as a leading launch provider with reusable technology. The company is making tremendous progress on Starship, the largest most powerful rocket ever flown. Guidewire's cloud migration is largely complete with annual recurring revenue benefiting from new customer wins and migrations to InsuranceSuite Cloud product. The landmark 10-year agreement with Liberty Mutual should help drive adoption among other Tier 1 P&C carriers. Repligen operates in fast-growing end markets including monoclonal antibodies and cell and gene therapies, with strong track record of scientific innovation. The company has opportunity to embed differentiated systems into new drug manufacturing processes as biosimilars come to market. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Renaissance Investment Management – Large Cap Growth | - | - | ABNB, AMAT, AMZN, APO, APP, AVGO, BAH, CAH, CI, CSL, HCA, ICLR, JBL, KLAC, LRCX, NFLX, PINS, RCL, UBER, WEX | AI, defense, growth, healthcare, large cap, technology | Enthusiasm for stocks with exposure to artificial intelligence remains unabated, driving returns for mega-cap technology stocks. AppLovin's data-driven improvements are generating exponential increases in data accumulation integral to AI model development and refinement. Broadcom benefits from its dominant position in artificial intelligence application-specific chipsets. | PINS BAH HCA AVGO APP |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 18, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 8.8% | -1.3% | AIT, ALIT, BAH, BLD, CWAN, DOCS, ELF, FIVE, GSHD, HLNE, MKTX, MPWR, PGNY, POOL, REVL, RGEN, RH, SITM, TTEK, TYL | Concentration, earnings, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, value, volatility | elf Beauty represents a discount beauty company focused on cosmetics and skincare with impressive track record for growth, margins, and returns on capital. The company is uniquely positioned due to its reputation for quality, innovation, and prices well below other mass cosmetics brands, with significant room for growth in brand awareness, shelf space expansion, and international markets. | BAH AIT BLD ELF PGNY HLNE RVLV GSHD |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 1.2% | 8.5% | AMH, ARE, BAH, CCS, CIEN, CUBE, GIS, GTES, HII, HLIO, IAC, LEA, PRGO, SBAC, UDR, WCC, WIX, WLK, WNS | defense, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, real estate, small cap, technology, value | The portfolio faced headwinds from AI-driven market exuberance creating momentum-driven rallies favoring lower-quality businesses. However, some holdings like Ciena benefited from hyperscaler and AI-related demand optimism. The managers express caution about AI bubble concerns emerging in December. WESCO International's data center business reached nearly 20% of total revenue and drove better-than-expected organic growth. The rapid expansion of this segment was a key contributor to the company's outperformance during the quarter. Huntington Ingalls Industries benefited from strong execution, new frigate contract awards, and discussion of a potential Trump-class battleship. Booz Allen Hamilton faced pressure from Department of Government Efficiency initiatives but remains well-positioned given differentiated technology capabilities and sustained government demand. The portfolio includes exposure to various real estate segments including self-storage (CubeSmart facing occupancy pressures), wireless tower infrastructure (SBA Communications), life sciences real estate (Alexandria Real Estate), and single-family rentals (Invitation Homes). The sector faces headwinds from higher interest rates and housing market challenges. | INVH ARE BAH SBAC CUBE GTES HII WCC CIEN ZTS HII |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Upslope Capital Management | 2.0% | 14.8% | 6954.T, 8697.T, BAH, BIO, CCK, CME, DPLM.L, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSIC, HSY, INTC, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, STE, TDY | AI, Automation, defense, healthcare, industrials, Japan, Long/Short, mid cap | Manager exited European defense stocks for the first time since early 2022, citing full valuations and expectations that the Ukraine conflict may wind down. However, maintains exposure through Booz Allen Hamilton and Korea Defense ETF, noting long-term secular tailwinds from rising geopolitical risks and defense spending. AI is described as everywhere, particularly on buyside analyst desktops, contributing to faster market pace and gambling-like behavior. Manager sees AI moving into the physical world as a catalyst for industrial automation companies like Fanuc, which is positioned to benefit from AI's expansion beyond digital applications. Fanuc holds ~50% market share in CNCs and is a leading factory robotics player, positioned to benefit from AI moving into the physical world and rising trade barriers boosting global reshoring. The company serves general industrial, automotive, electronics, and aerospace end markets with global diversification. Portfolio includes Japan Exchange Group benefiting from ongoing Japanese equity market structure reforms and corporate governance improvements. Fanuc represents exposure to leading Japanese industrials with fortress balance sheets and global market leadership in automation. | HSIC 6954 JP CCK BAH |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | ACGL, ANSYS, AXON, AZPN, BAH, CSGP, FDS, FICO, GWRE, IDXX, ILMN, IT, MKTX, MORN, MTD, MTN, ONON, PWR, SBAC, VRSK, ZI | analytics, growth, insurance, mid cap, software, technology | The fund benefits from cloud-based software implementations, particularly through Guidewire's 17 deals for cloud software with Tier 1 insurance carriers. Cloud adoption continues to drive growth for portfolio companies. | ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK ONON ACGL ACGL|CHH|FDS|GWRE|IBKR|IDXX|MTN|SPOT|TSLA ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Asset Fund | 8.3% | 10.6% | AAPL, ACGL, AMZN, BAH, CSGP, DDAY, FDS, FICO, GOOGL, GWRE, IDXX, IT, META, MSFT, MTD, MTN, NVDA, PCOR, RGEN, ROP, SPOT, TROW, TSLA, VMC, VRSK, VRSN | AI, growth, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, insurance, mid cap, technology | The Fund participated in X.AI Corp's Series B fundraising round, founded by Elon Musk to develop AI to understand the true nature of the universe. X.AI has unique access to X.com's data representing one of the largest repositories of real-time, multimodal human interaction data with nearly 600 million monthly users. The company plans to deploy one of the world's largest computing clusters with 100,000 GPUs and aims for 300,000 stronger GPUs by summer 2025. | VMC XAI FICO GWRE VRSK |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 6.9% | 2.7% | AAON, APPF, BAH, CACI, CNMD, DECK, FIVE, FND, FSS, GKOS, HEI, INSP, ITCI, JNJ, LGIH, LII, MANH, MEDP, NBIX, PODD, POOL, PRCT, RBC, RGEN, RXST, SPSC, SSD, TARS, TREX, TXRH, VERX, XPEL, ZBRA | AI, Defense Spending, growth, healthcare, small caps, software, technology | Artificial intelligence continues to drive outperformance in technology-related businesses. The portfolio benefits from AI tailwinds through utilities and telecommunications sectors. AAON's recent BASX Solutions acquisition provides exposure to datacenter infrastructure builds driven by AI needs. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 23, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 2.7% | 1.4% | ALRM, AZPN, BAH, BLD, BROS, BSY, CWAN, EEFT, ENTG, FND, FOXF, GSHD, HLI, HLNE, NSIT, PAYC, PSTG, RMBS, RVLV, TREX, TYL, WRBY, WSC | AI, growth, Quality, semiconductors, SMID Cap, software, technology, value | The market was dominated by crowded AI trades in 2024, with high-beta AI-adjacent growth companies outperforming. While Polen did not own these lower-quality AI stocks, they believe their portfolio is well-positioned to benefit from GenAI-driven transformation in a more sustainable, long-term manner. | BROS WSC PSTG NSIT BSY ENTG RMBS GSHD WRBY RVLV |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 17, 2025 | Carillon Eagle Mid Cap Growth Fund | - | - | APP, ARES, AXON, BAH, BKR, COR, ENTG, FND, GWW, LPLA, MPWR, MRVL, RBA, RCL, TTD, WAB, WING | AI, consumer, financials, growth, healthcare, mid cap, semiconductors, technology | AI investment theme drove significant market returns in 2024, with one major chip designer's data center revenues expected to represent 15% of total US capital spending in 2025. Hyperscalers need to generate $400 billion in revenue from AI to justify current spending levels, though user surveys suggest GenAI applications are meeting or exceeding expectations across industries. | MRVL AXON APP |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | LVS Advisory - Event Driven | Booz Allen Hamilton | Commercial & Professional Services | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber security, Defense, Equity, government contracting, growth, IT services, Moat, Technology Consulting, US | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | LVS Advisory - Growth | Booz Allen Hamilton | Software & Services | IT Consulting & Other Services | Bull | NYSE | Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, Defense, government contracting, It consulting, Moat, organic growth, Security Clearances, Technology Services | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. SMID Company Growth | Booz Allen Hamilton | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | Classified Work, Defense, Government Consulting, Intelligence, Low-Teens Growth, Mid-Teens Returns, Narrow Range of Outcomes | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Renaissance Investment Management - Large Cap Growth | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation Class A | Industrials | Professional Services | Bull | NYSE | AI applications, cybersecurity, Defense Contractor, Government Efficiency, Government Services, professional services, technology infrastructure | View Pitch |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Fund Letters | Chris Welch | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | Industrials | IT Consulting & Other Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, cybersecurity, Defense Services, Government Spending, valuation | View Pitch |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | George K. Livadas | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, Consulting, cybersecurity, Defense, valuation | View Pitch |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | Consulting | Government Contracting | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | austerity measures, Booz Allen Hamilton, civilian contracts, consulting services, cybersecurity, Data Analytics, defense budget, Dept. of Government Efficiency, EPS growth, government contracting | View Pitch |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Value Investors Club | Paradox | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp | Industrials | Professional Services | — | NYSE | Austerity cycle, DOGE, GSA review, leverage | View Pitch |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Short Thesis | Auren Hoffman | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co | Industrials | IT Consulting & Other Services | Bear | NYSE | Competition, Consulting, Federal budget, GovCon, Margins | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
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