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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Aug 20, 2025 | Pershing Square Holdings | - | 15.5% | AMZN, BN CN, CMG, FNMA, GOOG, HHH, HLT, HTZ, NKE, UBER, UMG NA | activism, Capital Allocation, Concentration, Governance, value creation | The commentary focuses on concentrated ownership in high-quality businesses where engagement can unlock operational and strategic value. Management emphasizes disciplined capital allocation, strong balance sheets, and long-duration growth. Activism is positioned as a catalyst for value realization rather than short-term trading. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 11, 2026 | Pershing Square Holdings | -5.4% | 20.9% | AMZN, BN, CMG, FMCC, FNMA, GOOG, HHH, HLT, HTZ, META, NKE, QSR, UBER, UMG.AS | AI, Concentration, growth, megacaps, Performance, Quality, technology, valuation | AI is having a transformative impact across portfolio companies, particularly in search, cloud computing, and digital advertising. Google's AI Overviews reach over 2 billion users globally, while AWS benefits from AI-driven compute demand requiring datacenter capacity doubling through 2027. Meta leverages AI for content recommendation and ad targeting improvements. AWS operates as the leading cloud hyperscaler in a highly concentrated market, growing 20% annually at $140 billion run-rate despite capacity constraints. The planned doubling of datacenter capacity through 2027 is expected to be rapidly absorbed by scaling AI inference workloads. Amazon operates the largest global e-commerce platform enabled by a unique logistics network fulfilling over $700 billion in gross merchandise value annually. The retail business has significant margin expansion opportunity through increasing advertising revenue mix, network density, and automation initiatives. Digital advertising represents a secularly fast-growing space with Meta as the dominant leader serving over 3.5 billion daily active users. AI-driven content recommendation systems and granular consumer behavior visibility enable highly precise ad targeting, making these platforms essential for businesses. Universal Music Group operates as a high-quality, capital-light business benefiting from greater music consumption. Streaming 2.0 deals incorporating wholesale price increases should drive higher subscription revenue growth, while AI partnerships with new platforms create additional monetization opportunities. Uber demonstrates strong momentum with 19% bookings growth and accelerating user engagement reaching new all-time highs. The company is positioned for continued teens-plus bookings growth and 30%+ earnings growth while expanding autonomous vehicle operations across 10+ cities by end of 2026. | CMG HHH QSR HTZ FNMA META GOOG AMZN UBER BN |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2026 | Fund Letters | Bill Ackman | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. | Industrials | Passenger Ground Transportation | Bull | NASDAQ | Autonomous, EBITDA, Fleet, turnaround, Utilization | View Pitch |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Twitter / X | @billackman | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. | Industrials | Specialty Rental & Leasing | Bull | NASDAQ | Car, Car Rental, Depreciation, Fleet, Hertz, Hertz Has, Industry, Vehicle | View Pitch |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Value Investors Club | scrooge833 | Hertz Global Holdings Inc. | Industrials | Ground Transportation (Car Rental) | Bear | NASDAQ | Bankruptcy Optionality, Fleet Depreciation, oligopoly, Rideshare Substitution, Tariff Volatility | View Pitch |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. | Rental & Leasing Services | Neutral | balance sheet management, Bill Ackman, car rental industry, debt offering, financial restructuring, Hertz Global Holdings, Pershing Square Capital, shareholder dilution, tariffs, Tesla investment | 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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