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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 4, 2025 | Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund | 3.2% | -1.5% | ALE, AZEK, COLB, CRI, DLB, FLWS, HAE, HGV, JHX, KNX, MRCY, MTSI, OGS, REI, RRC, SUPN, WNC | consumer, industrials, Recovery, small caps, valuation | The fund emphasized high-conviction small-cap holdings with strong fundamentals and improving earnings visibility amid an easing policy backdrop. Despite market volatility, management sees opportunities in niche industrials, regional banks, and select consumer firms poised for recovery. Small-cap valuations remain historically attractive, supported by resilient demand and renewed investor risk appetite. | COLB MTSI MRCY SUPN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | Pzena US Focused Value Strategy | 2.5% | 7.3% | BAX, C, CTSH, DAL, DG, DOX, FMC, KNX, MDT, PPG, QRVO, RHI, SWKS, WFC | Buybacks, Capital markets, earnings, Freight, Trade Down, value | Dollar General delivered strong same-store sales and margin improvement as customers traded down from grocery and pharmacy channels. This trade-down behavior provided a tailwind to margins that are expected to persist into 2026. Knight-Swift operates in a prolonged freight downturn with excess capacity added during the 2021 profit peak persisting despite weaker demand, pressuring rates and earnings. The company's scale and network efficiency should drive profitability recovery as conditions normalize. Citigroup rose amid strong capital markets activity and benign credit conditions. The company continued to repurchase stock and return capital to shareholders while transformation-related expenses are expected to decline next year. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | NCG Small Cap Growth Strategy | 4.2% | 8.3% | ADPT, ATEC, AVPT, AXGN, BETA, BLND, CCB, CELH, COHR, ELF, KNX, KVYO, MTSI, PCOR, PEGA, PI, PRCH, QTWO, TOL, TTAN, UTI, WAL, WULF | active management, growth, healthcare, industrials, Outperformance, Quality, small caps, technology | The manager emphasizes investing in high-quality growth companies with proven business models and sustainable growth drivers. They note that quality factors worked against active managers in 2025, with low-quality stocks significantly outperforming. The S&P 600 Growth Index, which requires profitability, underperformed broader small cap indexes that included unprofitable companies. Biotech was a significant area of outperformance in small cap indexes during 2025, contributing approximately 8 points to the Russell Microcap Growth Index return. The manager has maintained low or no exposure to biotech, which contributed to relative underperformance. They continue to view many biotech business models as unproven despite strong recent performance. The portfolio includes holdings in AI infrastructure companies as part of their technology sector overweight. The manager sees strong growth prospects in AI-related investments and believes these companies are trading at attractive valuations within their diversified technology holdings. Nuclear energy was identified as one of the specific areas of outsized strength in small cap markets during 2025. The portfolio maintains exposure to the nuclear energy market through one company in their energy allocation, reflecting their focus on emerging energy themes. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | Fund Letters | Daniel L. Babkes | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. | Industrials | Road & Rail Transportation | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Cyclicals, Freight, Logistics, operating leverage, Trucking | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Daniel Javier | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. | Industrials | Trucking | Bull | NYSE | — | 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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