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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | 6.9% | 13.3% | AIG, BAB.L, CMCSA, D, ELV, ERIC, FFIV, GEHC, GM, HEIA.AS, JDEP.AS, KHC, NOV, UNH, WDAY | energy, financials, global, healthcare, industrials, technology, value | UK and other European countries are investing more in defense spending, benefiting companies like Babcock International which has 60% of revenue from Ministry of Defense contracts. Revenue growth and profitability should continue as defense investment increases. | KHC NOV ELV JDEP.AS UNH BAB.L |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 27, 2025 | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | 3.4% | 5.3% | AIG, APA, C, CMCSA, D, ERIC, FFIV, GM, KHC, NOV, UNH, WDAY, WFC | AI, energy, financials, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology, value | The portfolio maintains a value-oriented approach with price-to-earnings ratio in line with long-term averages. The manager is willing to pay higher multiples for quality businesses that are well capitalized and managed, noting a valuation dichotomy between value and growth indices that should benefit active investors focused on fundamentals. | KHC NOV APA FFIV C UNH |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Fund | 5.3% | -0.1% | BIO, CNX, EXOR.MI, FDX, FIS, HF, IAC, KHC, MAT, MGM, PVH, REGN | Buybacks, Cash, energy, healthcare, tariffs, value | The fund maintains a low-60s% price-to-value ratio and below 10x price-to-free cash flow multiple while the market trades at well above 20x. They continue to avoid popular favorites and tilt toward where near-term emotions have led to mispricings in their favor. | FDX REGN KHC MGM DINO |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | 10.5% | 8.1% | AMG, ANGI, BIO, CNX, DINO, ERF.PA, EXO.MI, FDX, GLB.L, IAC, KHC, MAT, PHG, PVH, REGN, RKT.L | Buybacks, global, healthcare, Spin-Offs, Trade Policy, undervalued, value | Portfolio trades at high-50s% price-to-value ratio with P/FCF below 10x versus broader market at 20x. Manager continues to avoid popular favorites and tilts toward emotional mispricings. Securities owned have stock-specific undervaluation reasons. | FDX REGN KHC LH.PA GLB.L CANAL.PA CAN LN |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 17, 2024 | ARK Invest | - | - | AMZN, CSCO, HD, KHC, MCD, MMM, NKE, SBUX, TMO, TXN, UPS, XOM | AI, Deflation, Fed policy, innovation, rates, Recession, technology | ARK expects AI and other disruptive technologies to drive broad-based deflation and pull the economy out of recession. The convergence among 14 technologies in ARK's five major platforms should start moving the needle on macro metrics significantly during the next five to ten years. ARK is searching for diversified exposure to the AI revolution, particularly software applications that are underrepresented in broad-based benchmarks. | View | |
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 18, 2026 | ACATIS Investment | - | - | 1810 HK, AIXA.DE, BNTX, CCJ, COP, EQNR, HAL, IFX.DE, KHC, KWS.DE, LYB, NEM, PBR, ROST, SHEL, SU.PA, VIST, WPM, YAR.OL | AI, China, commodities, Fertilizers, geopolitics, Iran War, nuclear, oil, Precious Metals, Value Investing | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | The Sound Shore Fund | 6.7% | 21.1% | BBWI, BKR, BRK-B, CAH, CNC, COF, ELV, FIS, GEHC, GM, HOLX, KHC, KMI, KR, LEN, MRK, OGN, PFE, PRGO, PVH, TEVA, TTE, WFC, WTW | Adaptability, contrarian, energy, large cap, Utilities, value | Sound Shore's contrarian investment process focuses on the adaptability and sustainability of company business models. The fund seeks companies that can best adapt and adjust to changing environments, as exemplified by holdings like Vistra and Constellation Energy that prepared their assets for dynamic markets while maintaining strong balance sheets. | AYI TEVA CEG VST |
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| 2025 Q4 | Mar 1, 2026 | Berkshire Hathaway | - | 10.9% | 8001.T, 8002.T, 8031.T, 8053.T, 8058.T, AAPL, AXP, KHC, KO, MCO, OXY | Capital Allocation, energy, Float, insurance, Quality, Railroads, Underwriting, value | Berkshire's insurance operations generated pre-tax underwriting gains and grew float to $176 billion. The combined ratio of 87.1% across property and casualty businesses was exceptional. However, increased competition and rising claim cost trends may pressure future earnings. BNSF improved operating margin to 34.5% from 32.0% through operational improvements and efficiency gains. The railroad generated $8.1 billion in net operating cash flows and returned $4.4 billion in dividends to Berkshire. BHE operates regulated utilities serving 5.4 million customers and natural gas pipelines. The business faces significant investment needs driven by AI computing demand and wildfire risk mitigation, particularly in the Western U.S. Berkshire maintains its disciplined approach to capital allocation, seeking businesses with durable advantages and long-term economic prospects. The company holds over $370 billion in cash and U.S. Treasury holdings as dry powder for opportunities. The company emphasizes investing in businesses with excellent economics, durable competitive advantages, and high-integrity management. This quality focus is evident in concentrated equity holdings and operating business acquisitions. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 25, 2026 | Semper Augustus | - | 41.4% | AAPL, AMZN, BRK-A, COST, DECK, DG, DLTR, FIVE, GOOGL, KGC, KHC, KO, META, MSFT, NEM, NVDA, TSLA | Artificial Intelligence, Capital discipline, Energy Infrastructure, Intrinsic Value, Valuation risk | The letter emphasizes disciplined value investing amid extreme narrative-driven markets, warning that concentrated enthusiasm around artificial intelligence mirrors past episodes like the 201415 oil collapse where capital overextended beyond fundamentals. While AI represents genuine technological progress, rising energy costs, grid constraints, and capital intensity introduce economic and regulatory frictions that challenge assumptions of frictionless scalability. The strategy prioritizes intrinsic value, balance sheet strength, and resilience, seeking to avoid overpaying for certainty embedded in elevated multiples. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Fund | -3.0% | 9.1% | BAX, CAH, EA, FCNCA, FIS, KHC, LHX, SEE, SSNC, WDC | dividends, financials, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, Quality, value | The fund focuses on finding high-quality businesses with clean balance sheets, good franchises, and savvy management at attractive valuations. The managers emphasize avoiding momentum chasing and maintaining discipline in their value-oriented approach despite market conditions. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Oct 9, 2023 | Artemis US Select Fund | 2.6% | - | BX, CEG, CSX, DXCM, KHC, META, SAIA, TFII | active management, energy, healthcare, large cap, stock selection, technology, Transportation | Meta's significant incremental investment in AI and datacentre infrastructure will lead to meaningful new revenue opportunities both through growing in existing markets and entirely new product categories. Constellation Energy benefits indirectly from the AI wave as energy-intensive data centres are being built in the states that Constellation serves. | ABX TFII AER|AWI|MUSA|NEU|SAIA|WTM CSX DXCM ADI|BDX|FI|FND|HAS|META|MSFT|MSI|ORCL|TMO CEG |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 16, 2024 | ARK Invest | - | - | AMZN, CAT, CSCO, DOW, FDX, KHC, MCD, MMM, NKE, PG, SBUX, TMO, TXN, UPS | AI, Deflation, Fed, innovation, rates, Recession, technology | ARK expects AI and other disruptive technologies to drive productivity growth and create new products and services that replace legacy solutions. The convergence among 14 technologies involved in ARK's five major platforms should start moving the needle on macro metrics significantly during the next five to ten years. ARK is searching for diversified exposure to the AI revolution, particularly among software applications that are underrepresented in broad-based benchmarks. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | MacNicol & Associates Asset Management | - | - | AAPL, AMZN, BABA, BIDU, DAL, GIS, GOOGL, KHC, LYV, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA | AI, Concentration, gold, Passive, risk management, technology, Valuations | Artificial intelligence revolution is driving unprecedented market concentration, with Nvidia becoming the poster child at $4.53 trillion market cap. The company's GPUs power data centers, cloud computing, and generative AI models, including a landmark $100 billion OpenAI partnership. However, this dominance brings geopolitical risks from export restrictions and growing domestic competition. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Fund | -0.3% | -0.4% | ACI, ANGI, BIO, CNX, EXOR.MI, FDX, FIS, H, HFC, IAC, KHC, MAT, MGM, PCH, PVH, REGN, RYN | AI, Bubble, Buybacks, FCF, spinoffs, undervalued, value | Fund focuses on companies trading at significant discounts to intrinsic value with P/V ratio in low-60s%. Manager emphasizes buying undervalued assets with growing free cash flow per share while avoiding overvalued market segments. | BIO REGN PCH RYN ACI FDX MGM IAC KHC MAT CNX |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | 2.6% | 10.9% | 4613.T, ACI, CANAL.PA, CNX, DHER.DE, EXOR.MI, GLB.L, IAC, KHC, MAT, MGM, PCH, PHG, PVH, RYN | AI, Buybacks, consumer, energy, FCF, global, Timberland, value | Fund focuses on investments grounded in real assets and brands producing growing free cash flow, trading at less than 10x FCF today with potential to reach mid-teens FCF multiples. Portfolio P/V ratio in high-50s% indicates significant discount to intrinsic value estimates. | PVH 4613 JP |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Longleaf Partners Fund | -0.3% | -0.4% | ACI, AMG, ANGI, AVTR, CNX, DINO, DIS, EXO.MI, FDX, H, IAC, KHC, MAT, MGM, PCH, PVH, PYPL, REGN, RTX, RYN | Buybacks, Cash, Defensive, Leverage, Quality, value | Fund focuses on undervalued companies trading below intrinsic value with P/V ratio in low-60s%. Manager emphasizes buying quality companies at discounts and waiting for market recognition of value. Multiple portfolio companies engaged in significant share repurchases including Mattel ($600M), Regeneron, MGM (40% over 5 years), and PVH. Manager views buybacks as value-creating at current discounted prices. Holdings include Mattel with strong IP portfolio (Hot Wheels, Barbie, UNO) and upcoming movie releases, plus IAC's digital assets. Focus on companies with valuable content and intellectual property. | ANGI PVH PYPL MGM IAC REGN MAT DINO KHC |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | 5.3% | 16.7% | ANGI, AVTR, BIO, CNH, CNX, DHER.DE, EXOR.MI, F, FI, GLAN.L, GRUMA.MX, IAC, JFC.PS, KHC, MAT, MGM, PHG, REGN, STLA, TIGO, UNH | Buybacks, FCF, global, Holdings, Media, Quality, value | The fund maintains a concentrated portfolio of undervalued stocks trading at low P/V ratios in the low-60s%. Management emphasizes finding defensive growers like consumer staples and timberland companies at better prices, similar to their successful positioning in 1999. They focus on companies with strong free cash flow generation and quality management partners. Multiple portfolio companies are actively repurchasing shares at attractive prices. MGM has repurchased over 40% of shares in five years, Glanbia added to buyback programs, and Exor executed efficient share repurchases via Dutch auction. The fund views these as value-creating capital allocation moves. Canal+ renewed exclusive UEFA Champions League rights for 2027-2031 at better economics than feared, reinforcing subscriber base quality. The company made operational progress across European and African platforms following the MultiChoice merger, though remains underfollowed as a French media company on London Stock Exchange. | AVTR BIO ANGI MGM KHC IAC TIGO GLB LN CAN LN |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Mairs & Power - Growth Fund | 0.0% | 19.0% | AAPL, FI, GOOGL, JPM, KHC, LFUS, MSI, NVDA, ROK, TTC, UNH, WK | AI, healthcare, industrials, interest rates, small caps, technology, Valuations | More than 40% of S&P 500 companies cited AI in Q2 earnings calls. The fund remains excited about AI prospects but has been trimming positions due to lofty valuations. UnitedHealth Group is working on multiple AI use cases that could save billions in efficiencies, including call center automation. | KHC TTC UNH |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Fund | 7.8% | 12.5% | BAX, CAH, CVS, FCNCA, FIS, KHC, LHX, SEE, SSNC, WDC | dividends, financials, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, value | The fund invests in mid-capitalization companies that pay attractive, sustainable and growing dividends with the aim of providing mid-capitalization equity returns with less volatility. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | The Sound Shore Fund | 6.7% | 21.1% | AVTR, BBWI, BKR, BRK-B, COF, CTRA, DIS, FDX, FIS, GM, Gold, KHC, KMI, KR, LEN, NXPI, PEG, PVH, PYPL, WFC | healthcare, Mining, nuclear, semiconductors, Utilities, value | Sound Shore focuses on attractively priced, out-of-favor stocks where managements are building value not yet recognized by Wall Street. The portfolio trades at a forward P/E of 11.5 times versus 21.5 times for the S&P 500, representing a meaningful discount despite strong balance sheets and free cash flow. | PEG AVTR Gold |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Fund | 7.8% | 12.5% | BAX, CAH, FCNCA, FIS, GM, KHC, LHX, SEE, SSNC, WDC | dividends, healthcare, industrials, materials, mid cap, value | Value earnings growth is underappreciated and may offer an attractive risk-return skew given differences in expectations. Valuations look stretched due to large technology companies pulling indexes and portfolios to be more growth-oriented. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Feb 23, 2024 | Semper Augustus | 0.0% | 10.8% | AAPL, AMZN, AXP, BAC, BRK-A, COST, CVX, DG, GOOGL, KHC, KO, META, MSFT, NVDA, OXY, TSLA | Berkshire, Buybacks, China, energy, inflation, value | Portfolio trades at 10.3x earnings versus S&P 500's 22.3x multiple, representing significant undervaluation. Manager emphasizes buying quality businesses at discounts to intrinsic value as core investment philosophy. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Feb 22, 2025 | Berkshire Hathaway | - | 25.5% | 0700.HK, 7203.T, AAPL, AMZN, AXP, BAC, BHP.AX, BP.L, CVX, HSBA.L, KHC, KO, MC.PA, MCO, MSFT, OXY, RELIANCE.NS, SAP.DE, SHOP.TO, TSLA | energy, insurance, long-term, Manufacturing, Railroads, value | Insurance remains Berkshire's core business with significant underwriting profits and float generation. GEICO showed spectacular improvement under Todd Combs' leadership, while property-casualty pricing strengthened due to climate-related damage increases. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | The Kraft Heinz Company | Food Products | Packaged Foods | Bull | NASDAQ Stock Market | dividend, EV/EBITDA, food industry, Kraft Heinz, market adaptation, new CEO, profitability, shareholder returns, strategic focus, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Food Products | Bull | NASDAQ | consumer staples, defensive, dividend, Equity, Food & Beverage, M&A, share repurchase, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Hotchkis & Wiley Global Value Fund | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Food Products | Bull | NASDAQ | Bolt-on Acquisitions, consumer staples, defensive, dividend yield, EPS growth, Food & Beverage, share repurchases | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Longleaf Partners Fund | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Food Products | Bull | NASDAQ | Berkshire Hathaway, brand portfolio, Bull, Food Products, premium brands, Quality Mix Shift, strategic alternatives | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods & Meats | Bull | NASDAQ | Berkshire Hathaway, contrarian, Food & Beverage, Portfolio Mix, premium brands, strategic alternatives | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Mairs & Power - Growth Fund | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods & Meats | Bull | NASDAQ | consumer staples, dividend yield, Free Cash Flow, Iconic Brands, Operational Transformation, Packaged Foods, turnaround, Value | View Pitch |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ross Glotzbach | The Kraft Heinz Company | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bull | NASDAQ | management, Packagedfoods, Split, valuation | View Pitch |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ross Glotzbach | The Kraft Heinz Company | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bull | NASDAQ | management, Packagedfoods, Split, turnaround, valuation | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Ross Glotzbach | The Kraft Heinz Company | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods & Meats | Bull | NASDAQ | Branded-foods, capital allocation, Catalysts, EBITDA, multiple expansion, Portfolio-separation, valuation | View Pitch |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | TQP Research | The Kraft Heinz Company | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bear | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Substack | The Finance Corner | Kraft Heinz | Consumer Staples | Packaged Foods | Bull | NASDAQ | — | 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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