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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | -11.5% | -11.5% | AVNS, CIVI, COOP, FA, HLIO, LOB, TFIN, TGB, TTAM, UGI, WDAY | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Conestoga Small Cap Composite | 10.1% | 7.8% | AAON, ALTR, DGII, DSGX, FOXF, HLIO, PYCR, SSD, STVN, TREX | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 13, 2025 | Conestoga Small Cap Composite | -1.4% | -8.4% | AAON, CWST, DSGX, HLIO, HLMN, MIR, MRCY, NOVT, ROAD, SLP, SPSC, VERX | Beta, Earnings Cycle, quality growth, small caps, valuation | The letter highlights that speculative rallies in low-quality, unprofitable, and high-beta small-cap stocks drove index gains, while Conestogas focus on profitable, high-quality businesses lagged. Management remains confident that when market leadership rotates back to fundamentals, quality stocks will outperform again. The environment reflects the early phase of a new small-cap cycle, supported by earnings acceleration and valuation discounts. | ROAD US HLIO US MRCY US |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | 0.5% | 8.8% | ARCB, ARQT, ATEC, ATZ.TO, AZZ, CARG, CORT, ELF, HLIO, ITGR, LRN, LZB, OSW, PI, REVG, SUPN, TRNO, VIAV | healthcare, industrials, infrastructure, Quality, small caps, technology | The fund focuses on US small-cap equities, which rose over the quarter but lagged broader US equities. The manager emphasizes higher-quality small-cap businesses that offer resilience against macroeconomic headwinds while benefiting from secular trends. The manager sees compelling opportunities from increased infrastructure investment as a secular trend. New position AZZ is positioned to benefit from grid modernization and domestic manufacturing reshoring. Reshoring of supply chains presents compelling opportunities for smaller companies. AZZ is positioned to benefit from domestic manufacturing reshoring trends, while the broader strategy targets companies that can capitalize on this shift. The fund initiated a position in AZZ, which is positioned to benefit from accelerating data-center development. This reflects the manager's view on the growth potential in data center infrastructure. | CORT |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 1.2% | 8.5% | AMH, ARE, BAH, CCS, CIEN, CUBE, GIS, GTES, HII, HLIO, IAC, LEA, PRGO, SBAC, UDR, WCC, WIX, WLK, WNS | defense, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, real estate, small cap, technology, value | The portfolio faced headwinds from AI-driven market exuberance creating momentum-driven rallies favoring lower-quality businesses. However, some holdings like Ciena benefited from hyperscaler and AI-related demand optimism. The managers express caution about AI bubble concerns emerging in December. WESCO International's data center business reached nearly 20% of total revenue and drove better-than-expected organic growth. The rapid expansion of this segment was a key contributor to the company's outperformance during the quarter. Huntington Ingalls Industries benefited from strong execution, new frigate contract awards, and discussion of a potential Trump-class battleship. Booz Allen Hamilton faced pressure from Department of Government Efficiency initiatives but remains well-positioned given differentiated technology capabilities and sustained government demand. The portfolio includes exposure to various real estate segments including self-storage (CubeSmart facing occupancy pressures), wireless tower infrastructure (SBA Communications), life sciences real estate (Alexandria Real Estate), and single-family rentals (Invitation Homes). The sector faces headwinds from higher interest rates and housing market challenges. | INVH ARE BAH SBAC CUBE GTES HII WCC CIEN ZTS HII |
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