| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Small Cap Fund | -1.1% | 13.3% | ALTR, ASGN, AZPN, BFAM, BLD, CAKE, DRVN, FOXF, FROG, GDYN, GTLS, GWRE, HLI, HQY, IBP, ICLR, INTA, IT, JBT, KNSL, NEOG, NPO, PLNT, RRR, TDG, VRT | AI, Data centers, growth, industrials, long-term, small caps, technology | AI-related data center buildout is driving extraordinary demand for Vertiv's power and cooling solutions. The company raised organic sales guidance to 12-14% CAGR for the next five years, benefiting from enormous capital investment in data centers to enable AI applications. JFrog is also positioned to benefit as generative AI adoption accelerates, driving the need to manage new binary types and increasing overall application complexity. | View | |
| 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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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 18, 2024 | Polen Capital – Global SMID Company Growth | 7.4% | -2.4% | 8112.HK, ALIT, BLD, CWAN, ELF, EXLS, FEVR.L, FIVE, GSHD, KNSL, MPWR, PGNY, REVG, TECH, TME, TTEK | global, growth, portfolio, Quality, SMID Cap | Polen focuses on high-quality companies with solid fundamentals, competitive advantages, and strong business models. The managers emphasize their disciplined approach to selecting companies that meet high hurdles for growth and returns. They maintain conviction in their quality growth-oriented portfolio despite recent volatility. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 8, 2024 | Artemis US Select Fund | 8.3% | - | AMZN, AVTR, BKR, BLD, BX, DXCM, EXP, HES, MCK, META, NVDA, TMO, WDC, WFC | Cloud, energy, financials, healthcare, Housing, semiconductors, technology | Structural shortage in housing inventory in the US with homeowners reluctant to move from low mortgage rates to high rates, creating demand for new builds. Household formation is picking up due to demographic shifts, favoring housebuilders and building material suppliers. | BLDR AMZN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Artisan Global Discovery | 1.7% | 12.1% | ARGX, ASND.CO, BAB.L, BKR, BLD, CCC, COH, DUOL, FROG, FWONA, INSM, IRTC, LABS, LYV, MOD, MPWR, MTSI, PEN, PSTG, RBC, SAIL, SE, SPOT, TTAN, TXRH, TYL, VRCY, WESCO, WST, WWD | AI, Biotechnology, defense, global, growth, healthcare, SMID Cap, technology | AI-related capital spending remains an area of active debate entering 2026, with investors weighing strong industry momentum against concerns about circular financing dynamics and datacenter construction delays. The team continues to find compelling opportunities among companies positioned to benefit from AI investment strength and gain share of customers' AI spending based on superior technology that improves datacenter performance and efficiency. Healthcare returned as a source of market strength, with the team maintaining relatively high exposure despite several years of industry headwinds. Strong conviction in profit cycle opportunities for biotech companies, with several franchises delivering strong results as product launches gained momentum and investor sentiment toward the sector improved. Aerospace and defense holdings appear well positioned for multiyear growth, with companies capitalizing on rising global defense spending. Commercial aerospace suppliers are positioned to benefit from significant content gains in new planes and growth in recurring aftermarket sales for many years. Several portfolio companies benefit directly from AI-related capital spending, with strong demand from datacenter customers as capacity is added to support high-density computing environments. Companies are seeing increased activity within datacenter-related electrical and communications businesses. | MTSI IRTC IOT NEM GR TTAN SAIL BLD TXRH BAB LN SPOT SE FROG INSM COHR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 23, 2025 | Polen Capital – Global SMID Company Growth | 7.4% | -2.4% | 8112.T, ALIT, BLD, CWAN, ELF, EXLS, FEVR.L, FIVE, GSHD, KNSL, MPWR, PGNY, REVG, TECH, TME, TTEK | global, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, underperformance, volatility | Initiated position in elf Beauty, a cosmetics company with reputation for quality and innovation at considerably lower prices than other mass cosmetics brands. The company has robust growth potential with low brand awareness, expanding shelf space, growing product portfolio, and early international expansion opportunities. | 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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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. SMID Company Growth | TopBuild | Industrials | Building Products | Bull | NYSE | High-Return Business Model, Housing recovery, Insulation, market share gains, residential construction, secular tailwinds | View Pitch |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Fund Letters | Jason L. White | TopBuild Corp. | Industrials | Building Products | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Acquisitions, Building materials, construction, Cyclicality, data centers | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | The Value Investor | TopBuild Corp. | Industrials | Engineering & Construction | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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