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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 27, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 6.9% | 13.3% | AIG, BAB.L, CMCSA, D, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GEHC, GM, HEIA.AS, JDEP.AS, KHC, NOV, UNH, WDAY | energy, financials, global, healthcare, industrials, technology, value | UK and other European countries are investing more in defense spending, benefiting companies like Babcock International which has 60% of revenue from Ministry of Defense contracts. Revenue growth and profitability should continue as defense investment increases. | KHC NOV ELV JDEP.AS UNH BAB.L |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 3.4% | 5.3% | AIG, APA, C, CMCSA, D, ERIC, FFIV, GM, KHC, NOV, UNH, WDAY, WFC | AI, energy, financials, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The portfolio maintains a value-oriented approach with price-to-earnings ratio in line with long-term averages. The manager is willing to pay higher multiples for quality businesses that are well capitalized and managed, noting a valuation dichotomy between value and growth indices that should benefit active investors focused on fundamentals. | KHC NOV APA FFIV C UNH |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | 3.6% | -2.2% | ADNT, AIG, APA, BPOP, CFG, ERIC, FFIV, FLR, KOS, MGA, OLN, STT | energy, financials, mid cap, Trade Policy, underperformance, value | Energy continues to be the portfolio's largest sector overweight, reflecting conviction in energy stocks trading at low multiples of normalized earnings and their potential to generate strong free cash flow. The fund holds multiple energy positions including offshore exploration and production companies like Kosmos Energy and APA Corp, despite concerns about OPEC+ production increases and slowing demand. | OLN APA KOS BPOP ADNT FLR |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Platinum International Technology Fund | 4.2% | - | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 006400.KS, 0700.HK, 7974.T, BABA, CIEN, CSU.TO, ERIC, GOOGL, IFX.DE, JD, MCHP, META, MU, NFLX, ORCL, TSM | AI, Cloud, growth, semiconductors, software, technology | AI took center stage during the quarter with ChatGPT reaching 100 million users faster than any consumer application to date. Technology companies like Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle are incorporating AI into their platforms, creating significant investment opportunities despite some market excesses. | View | |
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 20, 2026 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | -3.2% | -3.2% | APA, CRM, ERIC, SLB, WDAY, WPP.L | energy, Geopolitical, global, healthcare, software, value | CRM WPP.L WDAY ERIC SLB APA |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | -5.6% | -5.6% | ADNT, AIG, APA, BPOP, CFG, CVS, ERIC, FFIV, FLR, KOS, MGA, OLN, SMR | energy, financials, healthcare, inflation, mid cap, Recession, tariffs, value | The portfolio trades at 6x normal earnings versus Russell Midcap Value at 16x and Russell Midcap Growth at 28x. The fund exhibits an 11% earnings yield, providing attractive valuation particularly considering broad market frothy price multiples. The manager believes fundamentals should drive the market in an environment conducive to their value investment approach. | ADNT FLR KOS FFIV CVS AIG |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 6.0% | 6.0% | AIG, BAB.L, CMCSA, CVS, D, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, FIS, GOOGL, HEINY, SHEL, SIE.DE, WDAY, WPP | Europe, global, healthcare, industrials, Outperformance, technology, valuation, value | Value significantly outperformed growth in Q1 2025, with MSCI World Value returning +4.8% versus -7.8% for growth. The valuation spread between growth and value remains wide at 27x vs 15x price to normal earnings, suggesting promising outlook for value investing. The portfolio trades at an attractive 9x price to normal earnings ratio. | WDAY GOOGL WPP SIE.DE BAB.L CVS |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 2.5% | 2.5% | AIG, APA, C, CMCSA, CVS, D, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GM, GOOGL, MGA.TO, OLN, WFC | earnings, healthcare, large cap, Quality, valuation, value | The fund emphasizes value investing with the portfolio trading at 8x normal earnings versus Russell 1000 Value at 17x. The manager believes value dislocations exist across market segments and expects further correction/normalization, drawing parallels to early 2000s market conditions. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | -0.9% | 12.8% | APA, C, CMCSA, CVS, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GM, MDT, OLN, WFC | Defensive, financials, healthcare, large cap, valuation, value | The fund maintains a value-oriented approach despite challenging market conditions. The portfolio trades very near its long-term average valuation despite passive indices trading well above their historical averages. The fund continues to find attractive risk/return opportunities in a challenging market by focusing on valuation balanced against fundamental risks. | OLN CVS ELV WFC GM FFIV |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | -2.4% | 3.6% | ADNT, APA, BPOP, CFG, CRGY, ERIC, FFIV, FLR, KOS, MGA, OLN, STT | energy, financials, mid cap, underperformance, valuation, value | The portfolio maintains a considerable valuation advantage relative to the benchmark, with wide spreads between growth and value indices creating promising opportunities. The manager believes valuation disparities across the market create an investment environment highly conducive to long-term focused active management. | KOS OLN ADNT |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | -3.0% | 9.4% | 005930.KS, AIG, CMCSA, CVS, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GM, GOOGL, MDT, SIEGY, WDAY, WPP | global, healthcare, industrials, semiconductors, technology, value | The fund maintains a value-oriented approach, noting that value stocks lagged growth for the full year but believing valuation disparities create opportunities for active management. The spread between growth and value indices is wide, suggesting a promising outlook for value investing. | GM FFIV 005930.KS CVS ELV |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 5.3% | 19.2% | AIG, CMCSA, D, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GEHC, GOOGL, HEIA.AS, JDEP.AS, UNH, WBD, WDAY, WPP.L | AI, financials, global, healthcare, Media, technology, value | Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending and structural demand tied to AI drove significant performance in semiconductors and hardware companies. AI capabilities are viewed as key to digital transformation and turnaround plans for companies like WPP. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 6.4% | 12.0% | AIG, APA, C, CMCSA, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GEHC, GM, GOOGL, WBD, WDAY, WPP.L | energy, financials, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The portfolio trades at less than 13x consensus earnings and a little more than 9x normal earnings, in line with its historical average despite the broad market's elevated valuation. The manager emphasizes attractive valuation opportunities in segments of the equity market while noting the S&P 500 is fully valued or overvalued at 25x next year's consensus estimates. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | 7.7% | 5.4% | ADNT, AIG, APA, BPOP, CFG, CNC, ERIC, FFIV, FLR, MGA, OLN, STT, WBD, WPP.L | AI, earnings, energy, mid cap, rates, value | The fund focuses on mid-cap value stocks and outperformed the Russell Midcap Value Index in Q3. The environment is becoming more selective and will likely reward discipline around both valuation and risk. Mid cap value stocks outperformed mid cap growth stocks by a wide margin (+6.2% vs. +2.8%). | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 3.8% | 23.8% | AIG, BNP.PA, CMCSA, CRM, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, FISV, GEHC, GOOGL, UNH, USB, WBD, WDAY | AI, financials, global, healthcare, software, technology, valuation, value | The portfolio trades at 13x forward earnings and less than 10x normal earnings, representing attractive valuations relative to the broad market. The fund focuses on opportunities outside the Magnificent 7 where overall valuations remain near average despite elevated market multiples. The fund views AI as more likely to be a tailwind for application software vendors like Workday as they incorporate AI-powered features into their software suites. Google delivered strong new AI products that appear to be taking material share of Consumer Chatbot activity from OpenAI's ChatGPT. The fund has significant exposure to cloud-based enterprise software companies like Workday and Salesforce, which provide human capital management, financial management, and analytics solutions. These companies benefit from sticky customer bases and recurring revenue models. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 4.5% | 17.1% | AIG, APA, C, CMCSA, CRM, CRWD, CVS, ERIC, FDX, FFIV, FISV, GM, NFLX, PLTR, UNH, WBD, WDAY, WPP | banks, energy, financials, healthcare, large cap, software, valuation, value | The portfolio trades at 13x forward earnings and less than 10x normal earnings, both in line with historical averages. The manager emphasizes attractive valuations outside the Magnificent 7, with the S&P 500 excluding these stocks trading at 18x forward P/E versus a 35-year average of 17.4x. The fund focuses on undervalued quality businesses with strong fundamentals. Software is the portfolio's largest industry exposure on both absolute and relative basis. The manager views prospects of select software companies as highly compelling, citing sticky customer bases, recurring revenues, and predictable businesses. Major purchases included Workday and Salesforce, which trade at discounts to their own history despite being higher quality businesses. The portfolio's banks returned 13% compared to 6% for the index in Q4, with an average weight of 12% that returned nearly 40% for the year. The manager took capital out of the group as valuations increased. Banks were the top contributing industry to relative performance both quarterly and annually. The portfolio remains overweight in healthcare, noting the sector's return is about half that of the rest of the market over the past decade. Healthcare's P/E ratio is less than 80% of the broad market's P/E, trading at a deeper discount only 8% of the time since 1990. The manager views this as an attractive opportunity given the quality of businesses and growth prospects. Energy exposure spans both exploration & production companies as well as oilfield services. While these businesses are not as structurally attractive as software or healthcare, energy remains among the most attractively valued areas of the portfolio. The group trades at less than 7x normal earnings and offers an expected free cash flow yield of 11%. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | 2.4% | 7.9% | ADNT, AIG, APA, BPOP, BTE.TO, CFG, ERIC, FFIV, FLR, HLF, KOS, MGA, OLN | Banking, energy, financials, mid cap, multiples, oil, valuation, value | The portfolio trades at 11x forward earnings and close to 6x normal earnings, both in line with historical averages, while the broad market trades at elevated valuations with the Russell Midcap's forward P/E at nearly 21x. The fund focuses on attractively valued companies with single digit earnings multiples and strong free cash flow yields. The fund maintains notable overweight exposure to oil & gas exploration/production companies that produce free cash flow yields well into the double digits. The managers view the oil market as having structural supply constraints and believe these companies represent a rare opportunity despite temporary oversupply concerns. The portfolio has notable overweight exposure to banks that exhibit attractive valuations, particularly considering their scale advantages and healthy capital ratios. Traditional/regional banks and trust banks performed well during the quarter, helping relative performance. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 0.0% | 0.0% | APA, ERIC, FFIV, GM, NOV, UL | Defensive, energy, financials, healthcare, large cap, value | The portfolio maintains a strong value orientation with 90-93% active share relative to benchmarks. Healthcare positions trade at 12x normal earnings representing attractive valuations. Bank valuations are at a larger-than-normal discount to the market, roughly 2 standard deviations wider than the 30-year average. | GM NOV APA UL ERIC FFIV |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | 6.0% | 6.2% | ADNT, APA, CNO, ERIC, FFIV, KOS | energy, financials, mid cap, rates, technology, Utilities, value | The fund focuses on identifying undervalued assets with attractive valuations relative to expected earnings. The Russell Midcap Value Index outperformed growth during the quarter and trades at a more attractive forward P/E ratio of 16.2x compared to the broader Russell 1000 Index at 20.8x. The investment strategy centers on identifying businesses with durable balance sheets, sustainable return on equity, stable free cash flow, and attractive valuations. | ADNT APA KOS CNO ERIC FFIV |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 5.6% | 12.8% | 005930.KS, AC.PA, CVS, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GOOGL, MDT, QAN.AX, SIE.DE, WDAY, WLN.PA, WPP | energy, financials, global, semiconductors, technology, Utilities, value | The fund focuses on identifying undervalued assets with durable balance sheets, sustainable returns on equity, stable free cash flow, and attractive valuations relative to expected earnings. The strategy centers on effective risk management and seeking better risk-adjusted returns. | GOOGL WLN.PA 005930.KS QAN.AX ERIC FFIV |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 17, 2022 | Laughing Water Capital | 2.5% | 11.1% | APG, CDMO, CTLP, ERIC, HALO, HGV, LFCR, LMB, NN, THRY, VTY.L, XPOF | Biotechnology, contrarian, Franchising, momentum, quantitative, small caps, value | Manager focuses on contrarian investing in businesses trading at single digit multiples of free cash flow, believing good businesses led by incentivized people will not trade at these levels forever. The strategy targets hidden corners of the market with optical, operational, or structural problems that are likely temporary. | XPOF CTLP |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 23, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Communication Equipment | Communications Equipment | Bull | NASDAQ | 5G, Communications Equipment, infrastructure, Share Buyback, Telecom, turnaround, Wireless Networks | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NASDAQ | 5G infrastructure, Hardware, North America, recovery, Software, telecommunications equipment, Wireless Networks | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund | Ericsson | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NASDAQ | 5G, infrastructure, Margin Improvement, North America, telecommunications equipment, Wireless Networks | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | Ericsson | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NASDAQ | 5G infrastructure, Hardware, market leader, North America, Software, telecommunications, Wireless Networks | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | IWA Research | Ericsson | Information Technology | Communication Equipment | Neutral | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Chris Lau | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | Information Technology | Communication Equipment | Bear | NASDAQ | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Balyasny | Balyasny Asset Management | $76.6B | $20.5M | 0.03% | 2,125,063 | +2,111,786 | +15905.60% | 0.0540% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $36.0M | 0.02% | 3,730,009 | +608,869 | +19.51% | 0.0948% |
| Jeremy Grantham | GMO LLC | $39.1B | $2.3M | 0.01% | 235,334 | +75,370 | +47.12% | 0.0060% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $2.1M | 0.00% | 213,694 | +37,201 | +21.08% | 0.0054% |