| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 3.6% | - | ABBV, BK, C, CAG, CMCSA, COP, ELS, EMN, GSK, HRL, JNJ, ORI, PAYX, TTE, TXN | AI, cash flow, dividends, financials, value | Income-Equity portfolios outperformed on dividend strength from financials and healthcare while contrasting AI-driven spending by large-cap tech firms. The strategy emphasizes high and growing income from undervalued cash-generative companies, avoiding speculative AI capex cycles. | TTE HRL ELS COP |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 15.6% | 15.6% | ABBV, C, COP, CSCO, EMN, ETR, GILD, GPS, GSK, HRB, HRL, JEF, JNJ, JPM, MPLX, MTB, PAYX, RF, STT, VICI, VZ | AI, dividends, income, productivity, value | AI represents a transformative technology that could drive step-change improvements in economic productivity. The manager believes AI's greatest impact will come from companies using it as an input to improve operations rather than those selling AI products. Many dividend-paying companies in labor-intensive industries could benefit significantly from AI adoption through process automation and efficiency gains. The portfolio focuses on high dividend yields approximately 3x the S&P 500, with strong dividend coverage ratios and projected dividend growth. Six companies increased dividends in the quarter, led by MPLX with a 13% increase. The strategy emphasizes collecting high and rising dividends while compounding real cash returns through disciplined reinvestment. The portfolio trades at significant discounts to the broad market, with P/E ratios 40-42% below the S&P 500. The manager believes many steady-growing companies are overlooked by markets focused on AI winners, creating opportunities in businesses with lower assumed margins and productivity that could benefit from AI adoption. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Mairs & Power – Balanced Fund | 0.0% | 6.6% | AMZN, CASY, ENTG, FI, GOOG, HD, HON, HRL, JPM, LLY, MSI, NEOG, PFG, RHHBY, ROK, TECH, TGT, TRV, TXN, UNH, USB, WEC, WFC | AI, Balanced, earnings, financials, healthcare, rates, technology | AI and increasing market concentration took center stage in 2025, with the rate of investment in technology and AI infrastructure spending driving market narrative. McKinsey projects nearly $7 trillion in capital expenditures will be needed worldwide by 2030 to build up AI infrastructure. The Fund believes we are entering a transition period for AI, moving into a higher risk phase with flood of capital and unusual financing structures. The consistency of corporate earnings is a major reason for continued stock market strength. The S&P 500 is projected to deliver 12% earnings growth in 2025, while small cap companies are showing their first signs of earnings growth recovery after three years of contraction, posting 13% growth in 2025. The Federal Reserve began cutting rates in the fourth quarter with cooling inflation giving policymakers confidence. Lower interest rates are expected to continue into 2026, which typically takes around a year to feel effects through the economy and would likely support small business hiring and consumer confidence. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Mairs & Power – Growth Fund | 2.7% | 10.5% | FI, HRL, ISRG, JPM, MSFT, MSI, NVDA, NVT, RHHBY, TECH, UNH, ZTS | AI, growth, healthcare, large cap, technology, valuation | AI and increasing market concentration took center stage in 2025, driving market narrative with valuations pushing higher and corporate spending accelerating. The fund believes we are entering a transition period for AI with signals the cycle is moving into a higher risk phase given the flood of capital and unusual financing structures. AI-related companies continue to command premium valuations while other sectors remain reasonably priced. This valuation divide continues to guide investment activity, with the fund remaining wary of companies trading at exceedingly high valuations that imply exceptional multi-year earnings growth. The fund added Zoetis focusing on animal health pharmaceuticals with AI integration in R&D processes, and Intuitive Surgical leveraging AI to enhance robotic surgical systems. Both companies represent opportunities to harness AI for long-term competitive advantages in healthcare. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Adam Fackler | Hormel Foods Corporation | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods & Meats | Bull | NYSE | consumer, dividends, inflation, Margins, Protein, stability, Staples | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Mark Bern, CFA | Hormel Foods Corporation | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Dividend Power | Hormel Foods Corporation | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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