| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2023 Q2 | Aug 1, 2023 | NZS Capital – Growth | - | - | AMZN, ASML, BALL, CDNS, CGNX, CSTM, DHR, FI, GOOGL, ISRG, LIN, LRCX, MSFT, OKTA, PGR, PYPL, RGEN, SUI, TXN, WDAY | AI, Cloud, Digital Economy, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | The manager views AI as creating vast opportunity for change with a wide range of outcomes, similar to the early days of the internet. AI has widened the range of outcomes for all companies and increased disruption risk. The manager believes some AI-themed stocks and large platform companies have become marginally less attractive due to this uncertainty. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 3, 2024 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ALB, BALL, CCI, CHE, CIGI, DECK, DINO, ELS, EXPO, GPN, LAD, NOC, RLI, SSD, TSM, TTC, TXN, WH, XOM | Beta Hedging, Long/Short, quantitative, risk management, Systematic | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 12, 2024 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 7.3% | 13.7% | ALGN, AVGO, BAC, BALL, BAX, BEP, BK, CMCSA, CSCO, GOOGL, GPN, INTC, MSFT, MU, NICE, ORCL, SPGI, SYY, TSM, VZ | AI, financials, healthcare, large cap, semiconductors, technology, value | The fund maintains strategic investments in Information Technology that should benefit from AI advancements. AI-related storylines continued to drive investor focus during the quarter. The fund sees upside from AI infrastructure spend through holdings like Broadcom. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 7, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, BARN.SW, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, HSY, INTC, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TECN.SW | Cocoa, commodities, defense, Hedging, Long/Short, mid cap, value | Unprecedented surge in cocoa prices creating crisis for chocolate industry. Manager sees this as opportunity for large players like Barry Callebaut and Hershey to gain market share from smaller competitors who may be wiped out. Expects cocoa prices to eventually revert like other commodity squeezes in history. | HSY BARN.SW |
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| 2026 Q1 | May 13, 2026 | Broyhill Asset Management | -8.9% | -8.9% | AVTR, BALL, CACI, FMS, FND, IQV, KW, LEG, MAS, MC.PA, MSFT, PM, RKT.L, RTO.L, SHC, SMWT, VVV, WOSG.L | AI, Defensive, Europe, healthcare, Quality, value | FND MAS SW MSFT SHC AVTR IQV RB.L BALL RTO VVV |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 27, 2024 | Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund | 8.6% | 13.3% | A, ADYEN.AS, ANSS, BALL, BMRN, CSGP, EFX, GWRE, KLAC, LRCX, LULU, MELI, NTR, PGR, PTC, SNPS, SQ, TEAM, TT, WDAY | AI, growth, healthcare, mid cap, semiconductors, software, technology | Artificial Intelligence helped lift earnings, particularly among technology stocks. The revolutionary potential of AI may drive a super-cycle in semiconductors, as AI technology will move from the data center to laptops and smartphones. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 27, 2024 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 7.3% | 13.7% | BAC, BALL, BEPC, BIIB, BMRN, CHTR, CMI, DOX, FIS, GILD, INTC, MU, NICE, ORCL, PFE, PGR, SPGI, SYY, VZ, WDC | AI, financials, large cap, semiconductors, technology, value | The artificial intelligence related momentum and optimism that characterized much of 2023's market activity continued in the quarter, especially within the Semiconductor industry. NICE is positioned to benefit as enterprises continue to embrace AI and cloud-based solutions for customer experience software. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 27, 2023 | NZS Capital – Growth | - | - | ABNB, AMZN, ASML, BALL, CDNS, CRM, CSGP, CSTM, DHR, GOOGL, LIN, MELI, MRNA, MU, NEE, NTDOY, NVDA, ORSTED.CO, TSM, WDAY | AI, Digital Transition, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | Generative AI is accelerating innovation and disruption across sectors, with ChatGPT reaching 100M users in two months. Enterprise SaaS companies need AI strategies or risk being left behind by new entrants. The firm adjusted portfolio positioning to favor early AI beneficiaries. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 15, 2023 | Torre Financial | 16.7% | 16.7% | 7741.T, ADSK, ADYEN.AS, AMZN, APH, ASML, BALL, CCJ, CDNS, CMG, DHR, DOXI, FAST, FISV, GOOG, HXGN, LIN, MCHP, MELI, MSFT, NEE, OKTA, PGR, RGEN, WDAY | Adaptability, AI, global, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | AI marks a new wave of productivity advances, potentially more impactful than the last 40 years. The infrastructure for AI is mostly in place, unlike previous innovation cycles. AI will bring substantial changes to business models and could be an important driver for deflation. | ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Parnassus Core Equity Fund | 0.3% | 18.5% | AMZN, AVGO, BAC, BALL, CI, CME, CRM, DE, DHI, FERG, FI, INTC, KLAC, LIN, LLY, O, ORCL, SYY, VRTX, WDAY | Cloud, Esg, healthcare, large cap, materials, Pharmaceuticals, technology, value | AI remained a dominant theme throughout 2024, with companies like Oracle gaining market share in cloud-based training of generative AI models and Broadcom benefiting from AI chip sales. The fund expects the path and continuation of frontier AI model scaling to be a notable driver of investment returns in 2025, along with greater AI usage and workflow integration across consumer and enterprise businesses. | VRTX KLAC WDAY LLY FERG |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | -1.5% | 12.0% | ABNB, ALGN, AMAT, AMZN, AVGO, AZN, BALL, BAX, BIIB, BK, DHI, GOOGL, GPN, INTC, MU, NICE, ORCL, PGR, SCHW, TSM | AI, financials, healthcare, large cap, semiconductors, technology, value | The fund benefited from AI-driven performance in holdings like Broadcom, which achieved record revenues from AI projects and custom chips for AI infrastructure. Oracle gained market share in cloud-based training of generative AI models through strategic partnerships. Applied Materials was added as a leading supplier of wafer fabrication equipment critical for AI semiconductor manufacturing. | V AMAT NVO AZN ABNB |
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| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Platinum Global Fund (Long Only) | 3.2% | 14.3% | 005930.KS, 1928.HK, 6862.T, BALL, BAX, CATL, HEIA.AS, IFX.DE, IGPA.NS, JD.L, MU, PDD, RBI.VI, TCOM, TRU, UBS, UPM.HE, WIZZ.L, ZTO | Beverages, Cautious, E-Commerce, global, Opportunities, semiconductors | After a difficult couple of years, semiconductor company shares are turning up on recovering demand for core chips for PCs and mobile phones but also on the increased demand for the high-end chips required for AI-focused technologies. Broad strength across semiconductor names including Micron, Infineon and Samsung Electronics. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Nov 1, 2023 | NZS Capital – Growth | - | - | ADYEN.AS, APH, ASML, BALL, CCJ, CMG, DHR, DOX, FI, GOOGL, HXGBY, MCHP, NEE, OKTA, PGR, RGEN | AI, Automation, Energy Transition, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | AI marks a new wave of productivity advances, potentially more impactful than the last 40 years. The infrastructure for AI is mostly in place, unlike previous innovation cycles. AI will bring substantial changes to business models and could be an important driver for deflation. | ACGL|APH|COO|CSGP|DKNG|GWRE|IDXX|IOT|IT|LPLA|MSCI|MTD|PCOR|ROP|TECH|VRSK |
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| 2023 Q4 | Nov 1, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, INTC, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TECN.SW | defense, Geopolitical, Long/Short, mid cap, reshoring, technology, value | Manager emphasizes defense stocks as a key investment theme driven by geopolitical tensions in Ukraine, Israel, and China. Specific investments include Chemring (UK defense contractor) and Kongsberg Gruppen (Norwegian defense company), with the manager stating to own defense stocks and broad reshoring winners. | INTC NWC.TO BWXT|CCO CN|NVTS|PACK|QDEL|SG CHG.L |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 28, 2024 | Parnassus Core Equity Fund | 5.5% | 18.2% | ADBE, AMAT, AMZN, BALL, CHTR, CRM, DE, DHI, GOOGL, ICE, INTC, MA, MSFT, MU, NVDA, O, SHW, SNPS, SYK, WM | AI, financials, large cap, materials, Quality, semiconductors, technology | The fund maintains exposure to companies benefiting from the shift away from legacy computing infrastructure to AI infrastructure, including accelerated and cloud computing, semiconductors, software and other companies benefiting from these capabilities. They have a portfolio theme around companies with hyperscale exposure and are monitoring for overinvestment and excessive valuations. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 28, 2024 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 7.3% | 13.7% | AMZN, AXP, BAC, BALL, BIIB, BK, CBRE, CHTR, DE, DHI, GOOGL, INTC, MU, ORCL, PGR, SCHW, SPGI, SYY, UNH, VZ | financials, healthcare, large cap, rates, technology, value | The fund pursues strong risk-adjusted returns by owning a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large cap stocks that are temporarily out of favor relative to their history or peers. Recent additions of UnitedHealth Group and Amazon exemplify purchasing high-quality businesses at discounted valuations during temporary issues. | AMZN UNH |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 2, 2024 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ALGN, AMT, APO, BALL, CAAP, CGNX, CHE, CIGI, COP, DINO, EXPO, FIX, MCK, NOC, PAGS, RLI, SAIA, SSD, TSM | Alpha Generation, Long/Short, quantitative, risk management, Systematic | View | ||
| 2022 Q3 | Oct 18, 2022 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | BALL, BOLSAA MM, BWXT, CACI | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Oct 17, 2023 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, CACI, DPLM.L, EMG.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, KOG.OL, TECN.SW | defensives, Geopolitical, Long/Short, mid cap, rates, value | Markets have become narrowly focused on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as one of two big themes. The crudeness with which markets have responded to perceived exposure to GLP-1 drugs has created opportunities, as companies have been bluntly shoved into winner/loser buckets. Ball Corp faces highly uncertain GLP-1 weight-loss drug impact but this is being priced with certainty. | BALL |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 7.5% | - | ABNB, ABT, BAC, BALL, BK, CBRE, CMI, DE, DHI, GOOGL, HD, JPM, MA, NICE, NVO, ORCL, SPGI, SYK, TSM, WDC | AI, financials, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The AI megatrend is fueling demand for high-capacity, cost-effective storage and driving positive sentiment toward IT holdings. Oracle continues to benefit from the AI megatrend with accelerating cloud growth, while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company benefits from growing demand for AI chips. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Parnassus Core Equity Fund | 1.6% | 11.6% | AAPL, AMAT, AMD, AZO, BALL, BRO, CRM, DHR, EFX, FISV, GOOGL, HD, KLAC, LIN, LLY, MSFT, ORCL, TMO, VRTX, WDAY | AI, growth, healthcare, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | The fund views AI as a generational demand driver creating durable need for faster, more powerful and energy-efficient computing. They are likely in the early stages of a decade-long AI investment cycle, seeking upside capture while managing risks of rapid technological change, rising competition and growing financial leverage. The gap will widen between AI winners versus AI losers, favoring active portfolio management. The fund maintains exposure to semiconductor companies benefiting from AI-driven demand. Applied Materials and KLA gained from sustained AI-driven semiconductor demand with improving customer outlooks. The portfolio includes semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers and chip designers positioned for the AI infrastructure build-out. The fund invests in hyperscalers and cloud infrastructure companies. Alphabet showed improving growth in its cloud segment and renewed confidence in its vertically integrated AI strategy. The portfolio includes companies providing cloud services and infrastructure supporting the AI transformation. The fund holds pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly, which rebounded sharply as concerns around pricing, penetration and competitive dynamics for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs eased following stronger-than-expected demand data. The portfolio favors companies that continue to innovate to improve patient outcomes. The fund invests in life science tools companies such as Danaher and ThermoFisher that provide valuable equipment and services for clinical research. These companies benefited from improving sentiment around life sciences end markets as pharmaceutical customers signaled higher-than-expected spending on research and development. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 5.4% | 19.0% | A, AMD, BAC, BALL, BK, CBRE, CMCSA, CMI, CMS, DE, GOOGL, GPN, HD, JPM, MA, MSFT, MU, NICE, NVO, ORCL, REGN, SCHW, SPGI, SYY, WDC, WM | AI, financials, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The broadening AI megatrend continues to fuel demand across sectors, with AI developments boosting returns particularly in Industrials. The manager believes AI has potential to impact every sector over time, driving productivity gains and business model innovation across a much broader range of industries than currently appreciated by investors. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks in Q4 as high market valuations for growth stocks create attractive risk/reward potential in value stocks. The manager expects the current market environment to continue favoring value stocks given elevated growth stock valuations and relatively benign economic backdrop. Strong growth in distribution and power systems segments driven by data center demand, with companies like Cummins benefiting from robust sales results. Data center demand is supporting performance across multiple portfolio holdings. | WM HD WDC |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Conestoga Mid Cap Composite | 8.4% | 9.4% | BALL, CGNX, CPRT, CSGP, FDS, FTNT, GGG, GNRC, GWRE, HEI.A, IDXX, POOL, RGEN, ROL, ROP, VEEV, VRSK, WCN, WST | growth, healthcare, interest rates, mid cap, Quality, technology | Conestoga emphasizes higher-quality companies with positive earnings, higher margins, higher returns on equity, and lower debt levels. This quality focus is positioned to outperform in an environment facing higher interest rates and potential recession. | OMCL CSWI |
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| 2022 Q3 | Sep 30, 2022 | Aristotle Core Equity Fund | 2.9% | 21.3% | BALL, CMCSA, CTLT, DAR, HAL | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q4 | Sep 2, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 8.2% | 17.6% | ABT, AMAT, AMZN, BALL, GE, META, NICE, SPLK, TDG | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Aug 1, 2024 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ALB, ALGN, BALL, BF-B, CCI, CHE, CIGI, CSWI, DINO, EXPO, GPN, LAD, NOC, PSX, RLI, SSD, TPL, TSM, WH | Defensive, Long/Short, Market Neutral, Quality, risk management, valuation | Manager emphasizes owning high-quality companies that outperformed during December's challenging environment. Portfolio companies are described as firing on all cylinders with strong fundamentals. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Upslope Capital Management | 14.8% | 18.1% | 8697.T, ATR, BALL, BARN.SW, CACI, CHG.L, DPLM.L, FTT.TO, GRMN, HSY, KOG.OL, NVT, NWC.TO, TDY, WPK.TO | defensives, Europe, Long/Short, mid cap, Quality, value | The fund holds multiple defense contractors including Kongsberg Gruppen, Teledyne, and Chemring Group. These companies are positioned to benefit from accelerating sector tailwinds and rising defense spending globally. Teledyne is specifically noted as being positively exposed to rising defense spending trends. | WPK.TO DSFIR.AS TDY |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Parnassus Core Equity Fund | 5.5% | 18.2% | AAPL, ADBE, AMAT, AVGO, BAC, BALL, COST, CRM, DE, FI, GOOGL, INTC, LIN, MA, MSFT, MU, NTR, NVDA, O, ORCL, RHHBY, VRSK | AI, Esg, growth, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | AI-related narratives drove the largest positive and negative contributions to performance. Companies like Alphabet, Applied Materials, and Oracle rose on confidence about AI infrastructure build-out and adoption. The fund continues to focus on companies well positioned to capitalize on emerging AI opportunities. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 28, 2023 | NZS Capital – Select | 15.6% | 15.6% | ABNB, AMZN, ASML, BALL, CDNS, CRM, CSGP, CSTM, DHR, GOOGL, LIN, MELI, MRNA, MU, NEE, NTDOY, NVDA, ORSTED.CO, TSM, WDAY | AI, Digital Transition, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | Generative AI is accelerating innovation and disruption across sectors, with ChatGPT reaching 100M users faster than any app in history. Enterprise SaaS companies must adopt AI strategies or risk being displaced by new entrants. The firm adjusted portfolio positioning to favor early AI beneficiaries and infrastructure providers. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 28, 2023 | NZS Capital – Technology | 19.9% | 19.9% | ABNB, AMZN, ASML, BALL, CDNS, CRM, CSGP, CSTM, DHR, GOOGL, LIN, MELI, MRNA, MU, NEE, NTDOY, NVDA, ORSTED.CO, TSM, WDAY | AI, Digital Transition, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | Generative AI is accelerating innovation and disruption across sectors, with ChatGPT reaching 100M users in two months. Enterprise SaaS companies need AI strategies or risk being displaced by new entrants. The firm adjusted portfolio positioning to favor early AI beneficiaries and infrastructure providers. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Apr 10, 2023 | LRT Capital Management | 0.0% | 15.8% | ABG, ACGL, ALGN, AZPN, BALL, CCI, CHE, DINO, ELS, EME, FIX, JKHY, NOC, RLI, SSD, TPL, TSM, URI, WH, WSM | Hedging, Long/Short, Quality, SMID Cap, Systematic | The fund focuses on high quality, diversified, and liquid companies with economic moats. The strategy emphasizes businesses with strong competitive dynamics that are unlikely to be meaningfully affected by small changes in interest rates. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 16, 2024 | NZS Capital – Growth | 4.0% | 22.0% | ADSK, ADYEN.AS, AMD, AMZN, ANSS, ASML, BALL, CCJ, DHR, GTLS, MRNA, MSFT, NEE, NVDA, RGEN, SHOP, SWAV, TSLA, TT, WDAY | AI, Cloud, Energy Transition, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology | AI will have transformational impact on society and the economy, drawing focus outside of IT including healthcare. The FDA approved the first CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, marking the precipice of curative therapies. AI is boosting digital transformation of scientific research and accelerating innovation in scientific discovery. | 1102 TT |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| May 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Broyhill Asset Management | Ball Corporation | Packaging & Containers | Metal & Glass Containers | Neutral | New York Stock Exchange | Aerospace divestiture, Aluminum containers, capital returns, Packaging, portfolio optimization, profit-taking, Pure-Play | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Upslope Capital Management | Ball Corp | Materials | Metal & Glass Containers | Bull | NYSE | Aluminum cans, Asset Divestiture, Beverage Packaging, consumer staples, defensive, deleveraging, materials, Share Buybacks, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Apr 25, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Ball Corporation | Packaging | Beverage Packaging | Neutral | New York Stock Exchange | aluminum beverage containers, Ball Corporation, cash flow, earnings growth, financial performance, investment thesis, market share, packaging industry, stock valuation, strategic acquisitions | View Pitch |
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