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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 29, 2025 | ClearBridge Investments Small Cap Growth Strategy | - | - | BOOT, BWXT, CASH, RYTM, UTI, VOYG, WING | growth, market breadth, scalability, small caps, valuation | The fund discusses improving conditions for small-cap growth as market breadth expands and risk appetite normalizes. Management emphasizes companies with scalable business models and strong competitive positions. Small caps are viewed as offering asymmetric upside from depressed valuations. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund | - | - | AEI, ARIS, ATI, BOOT, BRBR, CLBT, MMSI, SHAK, VNOM, WWD | earnings growth, Recovery, selectivity, small caps, volatility | The commentary emphasizes small-cap recovery potential supported by improving earnings visibility. Management highlights selectivity amid policy and rate uncertainty. Small-cap growth is viewed as attractive for long-term investors. | MMSI BRBR CLBT VNOM ARIS BOOT AVAV ATI WWD SHAK |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 9.7% | - | BOOT, DY, MSA, OXM, SAM | Capital Allocation, Discipline, Margins, Resilience, small caps | The commentary stresses operational and capital discipline among small-cap companies navigating tariffs, inflation, and uneven demand. Management highlights cost control, margin stewardship, and balance-sheet strength as differentiators in a sluggish macro environment. Technology adoption is framed as a productivity enabler rather than a speculative driver. | MSA SAM DY BOOT |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 10.3% | - | APG, BOOT, MSA, SAM, WSO | Capital discipline, cash flow, operations, Resilience, SMID Caps | The letter focuses on resilient SMID-cap businesses adapting to macro uncertainty through pricing discipline, operational efficiency, and prudent capital allocation. Management emphasizes aftermarket revenue, service models, and recurring cash flows as stabilizers. Volatility is framed as manageable for companies with strong execution and balance sheets. | MSA SAM WSO BOOT APG |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 17, 2024 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | BOOT, DY, MGPI, SAM | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | May 17, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | BOOT, DY, MBUU, MGPI | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 25, 2025 | SouthernSun Small Cap | -11.5% | -11.5% | BOOT, EPAC, EXTR, LOB, MOD, PII, TKR | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 25, 2025 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | -8.8% | -8.8% | BOOT, BR, MOD, PII, USPH, WSO | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | 6.2% | 0.0% | ASND, BJ, BOOT, EME, ESAB, FLYW, FROG, KRYS, MTDR, ONTO, PRA, RAPT, SMAR, SWAV, VCTR, VERX, WING, WNS | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | -9.6% | -9.6% | ACVA, ADUS, AZEK, BFAM, BJ, BOOT, CBLL, CHEF, CWST, DAWN, ERJ, FORM, FROG, FRPT, HLNE, INR, INSM, ITCI, KTOS, MGY, MVBF, PAY, PI, RRX, SLNO, TTEK, VERX, VRNA, VVV, WHD | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 3, 2026 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 1.2% | -8.5% | ABT, AFRM, BOOT, BRBR, BROS, BURL, BWXT, CASY, CHDN, COCO, CRDO, CW, DKNG, DT, ELF, EME, EXAS, FOUR, GKOS, KTB, LII, MASI, MNDY, MTSI, PEN, PODD, RGEN, RKLB, TARS, TWLO, ULS, VERX, WAY, WSO | AI, defense, growth, healthcare, mid cap, semiconductors, small cap, technology | The extended federal government shutdown added volatility during what was otherwise a risk-on environment, with a mid-quarter shift in market behavior for AI-related equities as the exuberant narrative evolved to one more balanced in assessing the technology's enormous potential against staggering capital spending plans and high expectations. The team initiated a position in Credo Technology as a more diversified way to gain exposure to strong trends in AI-connectivity. MACOM Technology Solutions rose nearly +40% as the company experienced broad-based demand, similar to many semiconductor companies in 2025. The team exited Astera Labs following industry conference presentations that suggested emerging competitive risks and concerns over single customer concentration, while initiating a position in Credo Technology for AI-connectivity exposure. Healthcare was the strongest relative contributor in the quarter with holdings increasing nearly +16% compared to benchmark returns of roughly +12%. Exact Sciences was acquired for a significant premium by Abbott Laboratories resulting in an +86% return, while other strong performers included Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Glaukos following approval of a new product, Penumbra, and Repligen driven by strong earnings results. The team initiated a position in Curtiss-Wright, believing the company is entering a period where multiple near-term growth drivers are converging, including rising defense budgets, commercial aerospace production ramps, nuclear power plant life extensions and new builds, and submarine production. EMCOR Group was initiated as a new position, viewed as a critical contractor enabling multi-year investment cycles across data centers, semiconductor fabrication, electrification, and broader infrastructure modernization. Its decentralized, cash-generative model, recurring service base, and exposure to structural growth drivers create a profile viewed as more durable than a typical cyclical contractor framework. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 25, 2026 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 2.6% | 5.4% | AEIS, BOOT, CSW, CXT, DAR, DORM, DY, EXTR, KAI, LPX, TKR, USPH | AI, energy, fundamentals, risk, small caps, valuation, value | Manager draws extensive parallels between today's AI-driven market environment and the 2014-15 oil collapse, warning that AI has become a macroeconomic assumption embedded in capital expenditure plans and valuation models. AI infrastructure faces energy constraints with data centers becoming massive electricity consumers, while rising power costs and grid limitations challenge assumptions of frictionless scalability. Markets may be conflating transformational potential with near-term certainty, creating valuation risk similar to past cycles. Energy plays a central role in the manager's analysis, both as a historical lesson from 2014-15 oil collapse and as a current constraint on AI infrastructure. Data centers have become massive electricity consumers with economics highly sensitive to power pricing and grid reliability. Rising electricity prices in data-center-heavy regions and utility challenges in expanding capacity create physical constraints that complicate AI scalability assumptions. The portfolio focuses on small-cap businesses that are performing well fundamentally with strong balance sheets, resilient cash flows, and improved competitive positions. The manager emphasizes owning businesses that can compound value over time rather than speculation, though acknowledges markets don't always reward fundamentals on a linear schedule. Portfolio positioning reflects discipline in finding mispriced companies relative to long-term intrinsic value. | TKR DY DORM KAI CSW DAR AEIS |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 25, 2026 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | -3.9% | 4.5% | APG, BOOT, CXT, DAR, DY, EXTR, FND, GNRC, LOB, MUSA, OSK, TKR, TREX, WSO | AI, energy, infrastructure, Late-cycle, SMID Cap, valuation, value | Artificial intelligence occupies a central role in shaping market expectations and has become a macroeconomic assumption embedded in capital expenditure plans and valuation models. The manager draws parallels between today's AI environment and the 2014-15 oil collapse, noting that AI infrastructure is profoundly energy-intensive and faces physical constraints including rising electricity prices and grid capacity challenges. Energy plays a critical role in AI infrastructure economics, with data centers becoming major electricity consumers. Rising power costs compress margins while grid constraints and regulatory scrutiny influence deployment timelines. The manager emphasizes that unlike software-driven growth, AI compute cannot be scaled independently of physical energy reality. Many AI-exposed companies trade at multiples assuming near-flawless execution, creating valuation risk despite current profitability. The manager notes that when confidence is high, markets forgive delays and cost overruns, but when confidence wanes, these factors can catalyze abrupt repricing. Late-cycle environments show conviction persisting even as marginal buyers grow cautious. | TREX TKR DY EXTR LOB OSK GNRC CXT APG DAR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Wasatch Small Cap Growth Strategy | 1.7% | 15.2% | BOOT, BRBR, PACS, PCTY, ROAD, TMDX | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund | -1.8% | -5.9% | 3064.T, 6146.T, AMS.MC, AUTO.L, BJ, BOOT, CHKP, CNM, COR, CPG.L, DB1.DE, GWW, LPLA, MSCI, ODFL, PCTY, SCI, TSCO, TTC, TTI.HK, VEEV, WKL.AS | global, industrials, Quality, SMID Cap, technology, value | The fund follows a Quality at a Reasonable Price (QARP) approach, focusing on consistently high returning companies with durable growth characteristics. 2025 was challenging for this style as markets favored momentum and sentiment-driven narratives over fundamentals, but the team believes quality investing will reassert itself as markets become more earnings driven. The fund invests in global small and mid cap equities with 30-60 holdings, maintaining benchmark agnostic positioning. The portfolio targets companies with market capitalizations in the SMID cap range, seeking to outperform the MSCI World SMID Cap Index over rolling three-year periods. The fund emphasizes valuation discipline as part of its QARP approach, seeking quality companies at reasonable prices. Many high-quality businesses in the portfolio are trading at compelling valuations, with the portfolio's weighted upside potential sitting at the upper end of historical ranges based on conservative assumptions. | VEEV AUTO LN COR TSCO CNM TTC 3064 JP 6146 JP CPG LN LPLA GWW ODFL |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Bell Global Equities Fund | -1.5% | 0.0% | 3064.T, 6098.T, 8697.T, AAPL, ACN, AMZN, AUTO.L, AVGO, BOOT, GOOGL, GWW, JPM, LPLA, META, MSFT, NVDA, ODFL, SAP.DE, SNPS, TSCO, V | financials, Global Equities, industrials, QARP, Quality, technology | Bell maintains a Quality at a Reasonable Price (QARP) approach despite challenging performance in 2025. The team believes quality investing periods of underperformance often create compelling opportunities to lean in as fundamentals ultimately reassert themselves and valuations matter again. The portfolio benefits from sustained demand from AI-driven data centre investment, with technology companies like NVIDIA representing significant holdings. AI infrastructure continues to drive performance across multiple portfolio positions. | JKHY LPLA GWW TSCO ODFL |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | 3.5% | 5.9% | ABVX.PA, AXGN, BOOT, CBLL, CWST, FROG, LGCE, MTSI, NAMS, NSKE, OLLI, SLNO, STVN, TTEK, UEC, WRBY | Biotechnology, consumer, energy, growth, healthcare, industrials, small caps, technology | The fund holds multiple biotech positions including Abivax SA for ulcerative colitis treatment, NewAmsterdam Pharma for cholesterol inhibitors, and Axogen for peripheral nerve regeneration. Strong clinical trial results and FDA approvals are driving performance, with Abivax rising 58% on acquisition speculation. Focus on value-oriented retailers, franchise models, and premium brands including Boot Barn for western wear, Warby Parker for eyewear, and Ollie's Bargain Outlet for closeouts. Consumer behavior shifts toward lower-priced inventory are impacting performance, with mixed results across positions. Investment in cybersecurity companies like Netskope and JFrog, with JFrog being the portfolio's strongest performer rising 32% due to increased security demand following NPM supply chain attacks. Security add-on products are seeing significant pipeline growth. Position in Uranium Energy as the largest licensed uranium miner in the U.S., positioned to benefit from renewed focus on nuclear power as long-term energy solution and U.S. efforts to strengthen domestic nuclear fuel supply chains for national security. Holdings include Ceribell for portable EEG technology and Stevanato Group for pharmaceutical packaging. Ceribell surged 91% after FDA clearance for neonatal applications, while Stevanato faced conservative guidance despite beating expectations. | FROG AXGN UEC OLLI WRBY BOOT |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | 6.2% | 0.0% | BJ, BOOT, CERT, CWAN, FORM, LOAR, MODG, MTDR, MYRG, OS, PCVX, WH, WHD | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | APG, BOOT, GNRC, IDXX, LPX, NGVT, USPH | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | BOOT, LPX, NGVT, USPH | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 20, 2024 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | BOOT, DAR, DY, USPH | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 20, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | BOOT, DAR, DY, USPH | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | 6.2% | 0.0% | ADUS, ATRC, AZEK, BJ, BOOT, CERT, DRVN, ESAB, EWCZ, HLNE, HXL, IAC, MAX, MRUS, MVBF, NSA, RRX, SILK, SVV, TMCI, TTEK, VCTR, WRBY, WSC | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | -7.5% | -3.2% | ATKR, BOOT, CORT | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Wasatch Small Cap Growth Strategy | - | - | ADUS, BOOT, FIVE, NVMI, RPD, SITE, SPT, TMDX | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Jan 24, 2026 | Fund Letters | Grant R. Babyak | Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Retail | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Margins, retail, Storegrowth, valuation, Westernwear | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letters | Michael Cook | Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Apparel Retail | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Apparel, Balance_Sheet, Margins, retail, Storegrowth | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letters | Michael Cook | Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Stores | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Balancesheet, consumer, expansion, Margins, retail, Samestoresales, specialty | View Pitch |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Fund Letters | Eric Mintz | Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Stores | Bull | NYSE | Apparel, Brand, retail, Store growth, tariffs | View Pitch |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Short Thesis | Spruce Point | Boot Barn Holdings Inc | Consumer Discretionary | Apparel Retail | Bear | NYSE | Apparel, Cyclical, expansion, Margins, retail | View Pitch |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | TimesSquare Capital Management | Boot Barn Holdings Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Apparel Retail | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Hawkinvest | Boot Barn | Consumer Discretionary | Apparel Retail | Bear | NYSE | — | 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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