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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | Feb 25, 2026 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 2.6% | 5.4% | AEIS, BOOT, CSW, CXT, DAR, DORM, DY, EXTR, KAI, LPX, TKR, USPH | AI, energy, fundamentals, risk, small caps, valuation, value | Manager draws extensive parallels between today's AI-driven market environment and the 2014-15 oil collapse, warning that AI has become a macroeconomic assumption embedded in capital expenditure plans and valuation models. AI infrastructure faces energy constraints with data centers becoming massive electricity consumers, while rising power costs and grid limitations challenge assumptions of frictionless scalability. Markets may be conflating transformational potential with near-term certainty, creating valuation risk similar to past cycles. Energy plays a central role in the manager's analysis, both as a historical lesson from 2014-15 oil collapse and as a current constraint on AI infrastructure. Data centers have become massive electricity consumers with economics highly sensitive to power pricing and grid reliability. Rising electricity prices in data-center-heavy regions and utility challenges in expanding capacity create physical constraints that complicate AI scalability assumptions. The portfolio focuses on small-cap businesses that are performing well fundamentally with strong balance sheets, resilient cash flows, and improved competitive positions. The manager emphasizes owning businesses that can compound value over time rather than speculation, though acknowledges markets don't always reward fundamentals on a linear schedule. Portfolio positioning reflects discipline in finding mispriced companies relative to long-term intrinsic value. | TKR DY DORM KAI CSW DAR AEIS |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga SMid Cap Composite | -0.7% | 11.4% | AXON, BFAM, CGNX, DSGX, EXPO, HLMN, KAI, MTN, NCNO, NOVT, PCOR, QTWO, ROAD, TFX, WK | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Conestoga Small Cap Composite | 1.7% | 9.6% | ALTR, CXT, EXPO, FOXF, KAI, NCNO, NEOG, NOVT, QTCO, ROAD, SITE, SSD, VERX, WK | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | Michael Cook | Kadant Inc. | Industrials | Industrial Machinery | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Acquisitions, Bolt-On, Free Cash Flow, Industrials, Pricing power, recurring revenue | View Pitch |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Value Investors Club | bearclaw | Kadant Inc. | Industrials | Industrial Machinery | Bear | NYSE | Insider selling, Pulp & paper | 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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