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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | 7.5% | 8.2% | AAN, AEL, AGCO, ALTM, ARW, AX, CNO, CNXC, CSGS, CSWI, DAR, DCO, DECK, ESGR, FN, GGG, GIII, JBT, LEVI, MDU | Balance Sheet, compounders, Quality, small cap, valuation, value | The fund emphasizes high-quality compounders with strong balance sheets, high returns on capital, and steady margins. Quality has been a large contributor to outperformance during market downturns. The manager prefers companies where earnings will be higher in three to five years. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 5, 2026 | Baron Small Cap Fund | -1.6% | -0.7% | CGNX, CWA, FROG, GWRE, HLI, ICLR, IT, JBT, KNSL, KTOS, MTD, NEPT, NOVT, ODD, PLNT, RBC, RRR, SITE, TDG, VRT | AI, Data centers, defense, growth, Quality, small caps, technology | AI infrastructure buildout drove strong performance in holdings like Vertiv and Legence. JFrog benefited as customers leveraged generative AI to improve developer productivity, driving increased binary creation and platform usage. The manager expects corporations to show continued productivity gains as AI is adopted to reduce costs and open new revenue opportunities. Data center activity was a key driver for several holdings. Vertiv Holdings benefited from robust data center infrastructure demand with 29% organic revenue growth. Legence Corp, an engineering and maintenance services company, was a strong contributor due to robust data center activity. Aerospace and defense players were among the best performers in 2025, including Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Karman Holdings, and RBC Bearings. The manager notes heightened aerospace and defense spending and improving margins in this sector. The manager expects small-cap companies to grow faster than large caps going forward, which is not typical of recent years. Better growth ahead for small caps could lead to market broadening and leadership change. Small caps have historically grown more slowly than large caps, contributing to extended underperformance. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga SMid Cap Composite | -0.7% | 11.4% | AAPL, AMZN, EXPO, FOXF, GOOG, JBT, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, PRO, ROAD, SITE, SLP, SMCI, SPSC, SSD, TRNS, TSLA, VCEL | AI, infrastructure, small cap, SMID Cap, software, valuation | Enthusiasm for all things related to Artificial Intelligence created what the firm believes to be a more speculative investing environment, which proved challenging for Conestoga's investment strategies. The lack of exposure to computer hardware industry, which surged over 100% in the Russell 2000 Growth Index on enthusiasm surrounding demand for AI-related hardware, was a key source of underperformance. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga Mid Cap Composite | -4.6% | 4.4% | AAPL, AMZN, EXPO, FOXF, GOOG, JBT, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, PRO, ROAD, SITE, SLP, SMCI, SPSC, SSD, TRNS, TSLA, VCEL | AI, growth, mid cap, small cap, technology, valuation | Enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence created a speculative investing environment that proved challenging for Conestoga's strategies. AI-related hardware demand drove computer hardware industry surge over 100% in Russell 2000 Growth Index. Conestoga's lack of exposure to AI hardware was a key source of underperformance. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga Micro Cap Composite | 9.9% | 13.5% | AAPL, AMZN, EXPO, FOXF, GOOG, JBT, META, MSFT, NEOG, NOVT, NVDA, QTWO, ROAD, SITE, SSD, TRNS, TSLA, VCEL, VERX, WK | Attribution, growth, healthcare, industrials, Micro Cap, Performance, technology | Enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence created a more speculative investing environment that proved challenging for Conestoga's investment strategies. AI is a key technology unlocking the true potential of Planet Labs and its vast data engine. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga Small Cap Composite | 1.7% | 9.6% | AAPL, AMZN, EXPO, FOXF, GOOG, JBT, META, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, PRO, ROAD, SITE, SLP, SMCI, SPSC, SSD, TRNS, TSLA, VCEL | AI, growth, infrastructure, small cap, software, technology, valuation | Enthusiasm for all things related to Artificial Intelligence created what Conestoga believes to be a more speculative investing environment, which proved challenging for their investment strategies. The lack of exposure to computer hardware industry, which surged over 100% in the Russell 2000 Growth Index on AI-related hardware enthusiasm, was a key source of underperformance. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mairs & Power – Small Cap Fund | - | 7.3% | ALTR, AZEK, CASY, CLFD, CTLT, CVRX, CWAN, DOC, FUL, JBT, KNF, LFUS, LTH, MCS, MGPI, PIPR, PLXS, THRM, TNC, WTFC | financials, industrials, infrastructure, Manufacturing, small caps, value | Small cap stocks trade at a 29% discount to the S&P 500 despite earnings growth estimates outpacing large caps. The fund sees great opportunities in small companies with above-average growth prospects trading at favorable valuations. Management notes potential for small caps to narrow the gap with large caps given less regulation and increased small business confidence. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Small Cap Fund | -1.1% | 13.3% | ALTR, ASGN, AZPN, BFAM, BLD, CAKE, DRVN, FOXF, FROG, GDYN, GTLS, GWRE, HLI, HQY, IBP, ICLR, INTA, IT, JBT, KNSL, NEOG, NPO, PLNT, RRR, TDG, VRT | AI, Data centers, growth, industrials, long-term, small caps, technology | AI-related data center buildout is driving extraordinary demand for Vertiv's power and cooling solutions. The company raised organic sales guidance to 12-14% CAGR for the next five years, benefiting from enormous capital investment in data centers to enable AI applications. JFrog is also positioned to benefit as generative AI adoption accelerates, driving the need to manage new binary types and increasing overall application complexity. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Artisan Partners Small Cap Fund | 0.6% | 14.7% | ABMD.CO, ALAB, COCO, CROX, FLS, GTLB, HALO, INSM, ITGR, JBT, LSCC, MTSI, NOVT, ONTO, PSN, RGEN, SDHC, SN, STVN, VCYT, VSEC | AI, Biotechnology, energy, healthcare, semiconductors, small cap, technology | Data centers are energy-intensive and with AI expansion, energy consumption is projected to grow exponentially. Portfolio companies like Astera Labs and MACOM are benefiting from growing AI datacenter spending. Cloud software franchises are making steady progress introducing AI functionality into their leading solution suites. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Conestoga SMid Cap Composite | 12.9% | 12.1% | ALTR, CCCS, CWST, DSGX, EXPO, FICO, FSV, IT, JBT, MSA, MTN, PYCR, RBC, ROAD, ROL, SITE, SPSC, SSD, STVN, TREX, WSO, WST | growth, healthcare, industrials, Quality, small cap, technology | The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is creating significant demand for maintenance and capacity increase related road projects, which benefits companies like Construction Partners in the Southeast United States. This has led to strong backlog growth for 12 consecutive quarters. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Mairs & Power – Small Cap Fund | 0.0% | 9.0% | AZEK, CASY, CFR, CLFD, CTLT, CVRX, DOC, ENTG, JBT, KNF, LTH, MCS, MGPI, PIPR, QCRH, THRM, TNC, TTC, WK, WTFC | banks, Fed, growth, rates, small caps, Valuations | Small cap stocks currently trade at a 29% discount to the broader market and 6% discount to their long-term average, despite analysts expecting small cap earnings growth to outpace large caps. The fund sees great opportunities in small companies with above-average growth prospects at favorable valuations. Lower interest rates should disproportionately benefit smaller companies over time. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 23, 2024 | Mairs & Power – Small Cap Fund | 0.0% | 9.0% | ALRS, ASB, AZEK, CASY, CFR, CLFD, CVRX, GBCI, HUBG, INSP, JBT, KNF, MEDP, MGPI, NVT, PIPR, QCRH, TNC, WK, WTFC | healthcare, interest rates, Regional Banks, small caps, technology, value | Small cap stocks currently trade at a 40% discount to the broader market as measured by the S&P 500, a 13% discount to the S&P 500 Equal-Weighted Index, and at a 15% discount to small cap stocks' long-term average. Analysts' earnings growth estimates for small cap companies outpace large cap companies for the next several years. The fund continues to see great opportunities to invest in small companies with above-average growth prospects that are trading at favorable valuations. | View |
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