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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 17, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | AWI, BDC, BOOT, DAR, DY, LOB, MBUU, MGPI, SAM, USPH | long-term, retail, small cap, SMID Cap, Spirits, Telecommunications, value | Fiber construction demand remains bright with private equity investment and public funding through ARPA, RDOF, and BEAD programs. The $40 billion BEAD program is expected to begin deployments in 2025, providing multi-year tailwinds. Only 43% of US homes are passed with fiber, indicating a long runway for penetration. | MGPI MBUU BOOT DY |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 25, 2025 | SouthernSun Small Cap | -11.5% | -11.5% | AEIS, AGCO, AWI, BOOT, DANH, EPAC, EXTR, IEX, LOB, MOD, NGVT, OXM, PII, SAM, TKR, USPH | Manufacturing, Quality, Resilience, small caps, tariffs, value | Manager believes small- to mid-cap U.S. companies with strong fundamentals are poised to shine as the market transitions from speculative excess to substance-focused investing. The portfolio focuses on 20-30 fundamentally sound companies with financial backbone and market strongholds. | MOD EXTR LOB BOOT TKR EPAC |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | -11.5% | -11.5% | ALGT, AVNS, CALM, CIVI, COOP, ESGR, FADV, FTAI, HLIO, IGIC, LOB, NSP, SEB, TBK, TKO.TO, TTAN, UGI, WBS | Mortgage, small caps, tariffs, Trade Policy, Utilities, value, volatility | President Trump announced significant tariffs including a 104% tariff on China in response to retaliation, creating widespread uncertainty about global trade relationships. Markets are struggling to digest whether tariffs are negotiation tactics or permanent policy changes that will reshape world trade order. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | -4.2% | -4.2% | ALGT, ALK, BLDR, CIEN, COOP, CTRA, HII, ILMN, INFA, LOB, MGY, RRX, RYN, SXT, TFX, TRU, VRSN, WCC, WNS | defense, mid cap, small cap, tariffs, Trade Policy, value, volatility | President Trump announced significant tariffs including a 104% tariff on China in response to retaliation, creating tremendous uncertainty around trade policy shifts. Markets are struggling to digest whether tariffs are negotiation tactics or permanent reshaping of world trade order. The US-China trade relationship is front and center in this showdown with potential for full-blown trade war. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | ALGT, BHF, BWA, ERII, GNRC, GTES, KEX, LNDC, LOB, POST, PRGO, RRR, RRX, WCC, WNS | Automation, Electrification, energy, industrials, Onshoring, small caps, value | The fund is positioned to benefit from secular tailwinds including increased focus on energy efficiency, automation, re-shoring and electrification. Regal Rexnord is capitalizing on these trends through its industrial powertrain solutions. Generac Holdings is well-positioned for growth as increasing electricity usage and electrical grid instability drive demand for its energy technology solutions. | PRGO GNRC WNS WCC GTES POST LANC RRX RRR |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | DOUG, FTAI, ISRG, LANC, LEU, LOB, OEC, OZK, RRR, SMCI, TKO.TO, UFPT, WNS | materials, rates, Regional Banks, small caps, technology, value | Small cap stocks underperformed large caps in Q1, with the Russell 2000 up 5% versus Russell 1000's 10%. More than one-quarter of the Russell 2000's return came from a single stock, Super Micro Computer. The manager continues to find compelling opportunities in small caps despite challenging valuations. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | -3.7% | -3.7% | AZEK, COHU, CORT, HEES, JHX, LOB, LRN, MWA, REVG, SHOO, URI, VERX, WERN, WK | infrastructure, M&A, Quality, small caps, tariffs, Trade Policy, water | Trump administration announced new trade policy with 10% tariffs on all imports plus additional country-specific tariffs, followed by 90-day moratorium on additional tariffs except China while negotiations proceed. Significant market volatility resulted from concerns about macroeconomic slowdown and higher inflation. | REVG MWA WK SHOO VERX LRN HEES CORT |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 25, 2026 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | -3.9% | 4.5% | APG, BOOT, CXT, DAR, DY, EXTR, FND, GNRC, LOB, MUSA, OSK, TKR, TREX, WSO | AI, energy, infrastructure, Late-cycle, SMID Cap, valuation, value | Artificial intelligence occupies a central role in shaping market expectations and has become a macroeconomic assumption embedded in capital expenditure plans and valuation models. The manager draws parallels between today's AI environment and the 2014-15 oil collapse, noting that AI infrastructure is profoundly energy-intensive and faces physical constraints including rising electricity prices and grid capacity challenges. Energy plays a critical role in AI infrastructure economics, with data centers becoming major electricity consumers. Rising power costs compress margins while grid constraints and regulatory scrutiny influence deployment timelines. The manager emphasizes that unlike software-driven growth, AI compute cannot be scaled independently of physical energy reality. Many AI-exposed companies trade at multiples assuming near-flawless execution, creating valuation risk despite current profitability. The manager notes that when confidence is high, markets forgive delays and cost overruns, but when confidence wanes, these factors can catalyze abrupt repricing. Late-cycle environments show conviction persisting even as marginal buyers grow cautious. | TREX TKR DY EXTR LOB OSK GNRC CXT APG DAR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 1.0% | 13.2% | ALGT, ASH, ASTH, CALM, CMPR, CURB, FIP, GHM, GTES, HAYN, LEU, LOB, MLAB, RCKY, RRR, SANM, USLM, WNS | defense, industrials, infrastructure, nuclear, small caps, value | Growing momentum around building additional nuclear power sources in the United States as immense power needs from AI-related datacenter demand require constant baseload power, which nuclear provides carbon-free. Centrus Energy benefited from this trend. | CURB CMPR MLAB FTAI USLM |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | -7.7% | 4.7% | AEIS, AWI, BCO, DORM, LOB, MGPI, NGVT, OXM, PII, SAM, TKR, USPH | Cyclical, Patience, positioning, Research, small cap, value | Dorman Products represents a leading position in automotive aftermarket parts with unique first-to-aftermarket capabilities. The company has invested heavily in developing proprietary software to break down OE part codes and create matching functionality for complex electronic components. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 24, 2025 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 6.2% | 7.3% | BR, CIEN, COO, COOP, ENOV, EQH, GDDY, HII, KMX, LOB, NVST, OZK, PRGO, PRGS, RHP, RRR, RVTY, TRIN, TTC, WCC | AI, mid cap, Quality, small cap, technology, value | AI-fueled boom in technology continues driving market returns, with sentiment around AI's potential to radically change life remaining high. However, the manager believes sentiment is at least partially disconnected from reality given AI's potential is yet to be fully borne out. Markets are rewarding companies with even minimal AI exposure while punishing those at risk from AI disruption. | RVTY COO TTC HII CIEN HII WCC CIEN |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | ALIT, ASH, ASTH, CIVI, DEI, ENOV, FA, FTAI, IGIC, JLL, LOB, NSP, PAL, PESI, RMNI, USLM | financials, healthcare, industrials, rates, small caps, value | The fund focuses exclusively on small-cap investments, typically companies with market capitalization below $3 billion or within the Russell 2000 Index range. Small-cap stocks outperformed in Q3, with the Russell 2000 Index gaining 9% and value stocks outperforming growth. The manager continues finding compelling new ideas in the small-cap space despite the ongoing bull market. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | ASH, BBWI, CALM, CIVI, COOP, CTRA, CUBE, DEI, FTRE, HII, HLIO, LANC, LOB, NVR, RRX, WWW | defense, energy, Homebuilders, rates, small caps, value | Huntington Ingalls Industries is positioned as a critical supplier to the US Navy and Department of Defense, with high visibility into strong demand over the next 5 to 10 years given the long-cycle nature of defense products and preparation for potential Pacific conflict. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | AGCO, BDC, BOOT, DORM, LOB, LPX, NGVT, SAM, SCL, USPH | Agriculture, AI, infrastructure, Onshoring, Resilience, small cap, technology, value | Global infrastructure market expected to grow at 7.2% CAGR from 2024-2030, driven by public and private sector investments in modernization and sustainability. Geopolitical shifts encouraging re-shoring, onshoring, and near-shoring require substantial infrastructure investment. Governments worldwide seek to bolster economic resilience through infrastructure spending. | NGVT USPH BOOT LPX |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Harding Loevner Global Small Companies | 7.8% | 4.1% | AAON, AAPL, ADTC, ALLE, AMBU.CO, APPF, ATKR, BWA, CGNX, CYBR, DISO.MI, DPLO, ELANCO, ENS, EXPO, FIVE, GLOB, GWRE, HP, IPGP, KXS.TO, LAZ, LOB, LPRO, NCRX, OLLI, PEN, RGA, ROLL, SPLS, WTS, XPEL | AI, Consumer Staples, global, healthcare, industrials, small caps, technology | Artificial intelligence may have profound effects on plenty of industries and companies, but what it won't change are the human needs and desires underpinning demand for food and health-related products. The technology may change the way food and health-care businesses operate, but the demand that fuels their growth is less likely to be affected. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | ALGT, CALM, CIVI, DCO, ENOV, FTAI, HAYN, LANC, LEU, LOB, MLR, PRGS, RMNI, RRR | defense, energy, financials, nuclear, small caps, technology, value | Energy was the best performing sector in Q3 on the back of rising oil prices, notching a positive quarter at 19%. Oil prices rose against a backdrop of OPEC+ production cuts, benefiting holdings like Civitas Resources which saw earnings recover and share price rebound accordingly. | LAS/A CN|MLR|MNRO|NGS|WHGLY|WLY ADCO CALM CIVI |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | BCO, BDC, DAR, DY, LOB, MUSA, SAM, SCL, TKR, USPH | consumer, energy, financials, industrials, infrastructure, small cap, value | Darling Ingredients is building Sustainable Aviation Fuel capacity expected online in Q4 2024, with further SAF expansion being evaluated as growth and incentives provide significant margin expansion and return on investment. The company is the largest publicly traded company turning edible by-products and food waste into sustainable products and a leading producer of renewable energy. | ALDAR.AD ABDY.L AER|AWI|MUSA|NEU|SAIA|WTM SAM |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 26, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | ALGT, ALNC, ASTH, ENOV, FTAI, KEX, LOB, MAMA, MGY, RCKY, RRR, THR, TKO.TO, USLM | Copper, financials, materials, small caps, underperformance, value | Small caps continue to underperform large caps significantly, with year-to-date underperformance of more than 12 percentage points and 10-year underperformance of about 5.5 percentage points annualized. Small caps are trading near historically low valuation premium relative to large caps, creating compelling investment opportunities for resilient, undervalued small companies. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | BOKF, BRBR, CIVI, CRI, ESAB, FIBK, GRBK, ITGR, LOB, LYV, MYFW, OZK, RRR, SAMG, TRS, WBS, WCC | energy, financials, industrials, Regional Banks, small caps, value | Banking sector faced significant stress in Q1 with SVB and Signature Bank failures spreading liquidity fears across regional banks. The fund maintains exposure to several regional banks despite sector weakness, believing the market overreacted and that their holdings are differentiated from failed institutions. | SAMG ESAB WCC |
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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | AAP, ADM, AIG, ALGT, ALK, ALL, ARW, ASH, BHF, BKU, BOKF, BR, BRBR, BRO, BSX, BWA, CALM, CHKP, CIEN, CIVI, COOP, CTRA, CTSH, CUBE, DEI, ENOV, ERII, ESAB, ESGR, FA, FCX, FIBK, FIS, FWONA, GTES, HBI, HIG, ITGR, JLL, KEX, KMX, L, LANC, LOB, MTN, NVR, NXPI, OZK, PH, POST, PRG, RHP, RNR, RRR, RRX, RYN, SANM, SF, SRCL, SSNC, ST, UDR, UGI, VFC, WBS, WCC, WNS, WTW, WWW, WY | financials, industrials, mid cap, small cap, value | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Feb 20, 2024 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 10.6% | 13.5% | AWI, BDC, BOOT, DY, LOB, LPX, MGPI, PII, SAM, SCL | Banking, Elections, infrastructure, Onshoring, small cap, Telecommunications, value | Companies continued to adapt to security of supply, labor, and technology adoption issues through on-shoring, re-shoring, and near-shoring strategies. With escalation of armed regional conflicts impacting shipping and supply chains, companies are expected to aggressively evaluate and adjust their strategies to ensure competitive advantages. | SAM BBDC4.SA ABDY.L ARGX BB|DAVA|DDOG|GLOB|ILMN|LOAR|MELI|NET|NU|NVDA|TSM |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 2, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small-Mid Cap Strategy | 8.4% | 9.2% | BRBR, CIVI, CTRA, CUBE, ERII, FBIN, FHN, FIBK, GDDY, HBI, LOB, NSP, NVST, RRR, SXT, WBS, WCC, WNS | energy, financials, mid cap, real estate, Regional Banks, small cap, technology, value | Regional banks performed well in Q4 as investors interpreted Fed signals as indicating an end to rate hikes and potential pivot to cuts in 2024. The fund initiated a position in First Horizon Corporation, capitalizing on the failed merger with Toronto Dominion, and holds Live Oak Bancshares and Webster Financial which both contributed positively to performance. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 2, 2024 | Diamond Hill Small Cap Fund | 8.5% | 12.2% | ALNT, BBCP, CIVI, CMT, ERII, LOB, MAMA, OZK, RCKY, RHP, RRR, RYN, WNS, WWW | consumer discretionary, energy, financials, industrials, small caps, value | Red Rock Resorts successfully opened its Durango Casino and Resort in December and is already discussing the second phase development. The company controls over half the Las Vegas local market and is positioned to capitalize on Las Vegas economic growth as major sports franchises locate there. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | SouthernSun Small Cap | Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | Financials | Regional Banks | Bull | NASDAQ | Credit cycle, Differentiated Model, floating rate, loan originations, provision expense, Small Business Lending, technology platform | View Pitch |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | Michael Cook | Live Oak Bancshares Inc. | Financials | Regional Banks | Bull | NASDAQ | AI automation, Credit cycle, deposit growth, Fintech Integration, SBA lending, underwriting discipline | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Sheen Bay Research | Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. | Financials | Banks - Regional | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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