| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | Ariel Small Cap Value Strategy | 7.6% | - | CLB, DNB, FAF, LIND, OSW, REZI, WEX, ZBRA | AI, Oil Services, small cap, tariffs, technology, Trade Policy, Travel, value | OneSpaWorld Holdings showed strong demand for spa services and medi-spa treatments despite consumer sentiment concerns. Lindblad Expeditions delivered robust results with improved occupancy and net yield growth, expanding into European river cruises through a new partnership. | ZBRA WEX FAF CLB REZI LIND OSW ZBRA FAF CLB |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 8.1% | 3.6% | AMZN, ARES, CG, DNB, FORT.L, GOOGL, IBST.L, IQV, ISS.CO, LFUS, MC.PA, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, UNH | AI, Alternative Assets, healthcare, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Significant focus on healthcare investments including UnitedHealth Group despite operational challenges and CEO transition. IQVIA Holdings added as largest CRO globally with strong positioning despite industry headwinds. Healthcare represents core value opportunity during market volatility. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 9.5% | 3.2% | AMZN, ARES, CG, DNB, FORT.L, GOOGL, IBST.L, IQV, ISS.CO, LFUS, MC.PA, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, UNH | AI, Alternative Assets, healthcare, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Significant focus on healthcare investments including UnitedHealth Group despite operational challenges and IQVIA Holdings as the largest CRO globally. Healthcare represents both opportunity and risk with government policy exposure but stable underlying business models. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 8.8% | 2.3% | AMZN, ARES, CG, DNB, FORT.L, GOOGL, IBST.L, IQV, ISS.CO, LFUS, MC.PA, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, UNH | AI, Alternative Assets, healthcare, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Significant focus on healthcare investments including UnitedHealth Group despite operational challenges and IQVIA Holdings as the largest CRO globally. Healthcare represents both value opportunities and operational turnaround situations with stable underlying business models. | FORT.L GOOGL AMZN LFUS ISS.CO ARES MSFT IQV UNH UNH |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 7.0% | 4.7% | AMZN, ARES, CG, DNB, FORT.L, GOOGL, IBST.L, IQV, ISS.CO, LFUS, MC.PA, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, UNH | AI, Alternative Assets, healthcare, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Significant focus on healthcare investments including UnitedHealth Group despite operational challenges and IQVIA Holdings as the largest CRO globally. Healthcare represents both value opportunities and operational turnaround situations with stable underlying business models. | FORA.L GOOGL AMZN LFUS ISS.CO ARES MSFT IQV UNH |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 6.7% | 1.9% | AMZN, ARES, CG, DNB, FORT.L, GOOGL, IBST.L, IQV, ISS.CO, LFUS, MC.PA, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, UNH | AI, Alternative Assets, healthcare, private credit, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility related to tariffs increased markedly during the second quarter, creating opportunities to execute investment philosophy. The tariff tantrum and Liberation Day created meaningful stock price declines, followed by moderation of tariff policies that led to rallies in previously discounted companies. | ISS DC MSFT IQV |
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| 2025 Q1 | May 17, 2025 | VH Standard Asset Management | - | - | ALTM, ALTR, APO, AZPN, BECN, BRDG, COF, DFS, DNB, EDR, ESGR, HCP, HEES, HHH, HRI, JNPR, JWN, K, PDCO, PLYA, RDFN, RDUS, SWTX, TURN, WBA | Capital markets, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, risk management, volatility | The manager expects M&A activity to pick up significantly, leading to increased overbids and excess returns. Current environment shows minimal overbids, quiet go-shops, and subdued optimism, but historical patterns suggest this will revert to more competitive conditions similar to the 1980s merger boom. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Ariel Small Cap Value Strategy | 10.1% | 0.0% | CG, DNB, LAZ, LIND, MGPI, NVT, OSW, SPHR | AI, Electrical, Entertainment, small cap, Spirits, Travel, value | Investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence drove broad-based market rally in Q1. AI-themed mega-cap stocks dominated performance, though their concentration and elevated valuations remain influential on overall market performance. | MGPI DNB OSW LIND NVT LAZ SPHR |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 9.1% | 9.4% | CBRE, CIGI, CWK, DNB, IBST.L, JLL, KKR, LYV, MC.PA, PGHN.SW, PLNT, PRG, RE, SBUX, UNH | Commercial real estate, interest rates, real estate, small cap, United Kingdom, value | Multiple holdings in commercial real estate services including Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, and Jones Lang LaSalle. These companies are benefiting from falling interest rates and should see improved transaction volumes as the sector recovers from recent downturns. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 8.2% | 17.6% | CBRE, CIGI, CWK, DNB, EG, IBST.L, JLL, KKR, LYV, MC.PA, PGHN.SW, PLNT, PRG, SBUX, UNH | Alternative Asset Managers, Commercial real estate, interest rates, Luxury, Margin Of Safety, Reinsurance, value | Multiple commercial real estate service providers benefited from falling interest rates and improving transaction volumes. Companies like Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE, Colliers International, and Cushman & Wakefield are positioned to benefit as interest rates decline and real estate markets recover from recent downturns. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 8.1% | 16.5% | CBRE, CIGI, CWK, DNB, EG, IBST.L, JLL, KKR, LYV, MC.PA, PGHN.SW, PLNT, PRG, SBUX, UNH | Alternative Assets, Commercial real estate, interest rates, Luxury, Margin Of Safety, Reinsurance, value | Multiple portfolio companies are commercial real estate service providers benefiting from falling interest rates and recovering transaction volumes. Companies like CBRE, Colliers, and Cushman & Wakefield are positioned for recovery as the industry emerges from a downturn. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 5.6% | 18.6% | CBRE, CIGI, CWK, DNB, EG, IBST.L, JLL, KKR, LYV, MC.PA, PGHN.SW, PLNT, PRG, SBUX, UNH | Alternative Asset Managers, Commercial real estate, interest rates, Luxury, Margin Of Safety, value | Multiple holdings in commercial real estate services including CBRE, Jones Lang LaSalle, Colliers International, and Cushman & Wakefield. These companies are positioned to benefit from falling interest rates and recovery in transaction volumes after weathering an industry downturn. The managers see these businesses as having diversified earnings streams and asset-light models. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 9, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 5.9% | 18.7% | CBRE, CIGI, CWK, DNB, EG, IBST.L, JLL, KKR, LYV, MC.PA, PGHN.SW, PLNT, PRG, SBUX, UNH | Alternative Assets, Commercial real estate, Concentration, interest rates, Luxury, Reinsurance, value | Multiple commercial real estate service providers benefited from falling interest rates and improving transaction volumes. Companies like CBRE, Colliers, and Cushman & Wakefield are positioned to benefit from the recovery in real estate markets as rates decline. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 17, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 5.6% | 18.6% | AMZN, BVS.PA, CBRE, CG, CIGI, CRM, CWK, DEO, DNB, FORT.L, IBTX.L, ISS.CO, JLL, KKR, LFUS, MEDP, MSFT, PK, SDIP.ST, TDG, V, VCP.L, VRTS | AI, Alternative Assets, Cloud, Commercial real estate, Concentration, large cap, value | Vulcan follows a disciplined value approach, investing in companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value with margins of safety. They reallocated capital from companies whose prices rose more rapidly than intrinsic value estimates into companies with larger margins of safety. | DNB LFUS FORT.L IBTX.L DEO |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jul 31, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 8.2% | 17.6% | AMZN, CSGP, CWK, DNB, ELV, ENS, FI, G, GE, GOOGL, MEDP, MLKN, MSFT, PRG, SMRT, SSNC, TDG, UPS | AI, Cloud, free cash flow, large cap, payments, technology, value | Amazon's AWS continues to show strong customer pipeline despite growth deceleration, with significant technology workloads remaining on-premise. Microsoft drives digital cloud growth and benefits from AI wave while generating operating leverage. The managers remain confident in long-term cloud assumptions. | CHKP. ELV ENS PRG MEDP SFR DNB ^GSPC SSNC FISV |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jul 31, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 9.1% | 9.4% | AMZN, CRNC, CSGP, CW, CWK, DNB, ELV, ENS, FI, G, GE, GOOGL, MEDP, MLKN, MSFT, PRG, SMRT, SSNC, TDG, UPS | AI, Cloud, free cash flow, healthcare, payments, small cap, technology, value | AWS growth continues to slow but significant technology workloads remain on-premise with strong new customer pipeline. Microsoft driving digital cloud growth and benefiting from AI wave while generating operating leverage. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 17, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 8.1% | 16.5% | AMZN, CG, CRM, CWK, DNB, GOOGL, KKR, MSFT, TDG | AI, Alternative Assets, Cloud, Concentration, real estate, technology, value | Vulcan follows a disciplined value approach, investing in companies trading at discounts to intrinsic value estimates. They reallocated capital from companies whose prices rose more rapidly than intrinsic value estimates into companies with larger margins of safety. The firm maintains an MVP list of approximately 400 qualifying businesses with sustainable competitive advantages. | DNB LFUS FORT.L IBTX.L DEO |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - All Cap | Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | asset-light, Business Data, Credit assessment, Data Analytics, Free Cash Flow, High retention, risk management | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Focus | Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | asset-light, Business Data, Credit risk, Equity, Free Cash Flow, High retention, proprietary database, SaaS | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Large Cap | Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | asset-light, business intelligence, Data Analytics, high switching costs, proprietary database, recurring revenue | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ariel Small Cap Value Strategy | Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Industrials | Research & Consulting Services | Bull | NYSE | analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Data, Free Cash Flow, Master Data Management, risk management, supply chain, Wide Moat | View Pitch |
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