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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 22, 2025 | Baron Real Estate Fund | 3.6% | -3.5% | ABNB, AMH, AMT, AVB, BAM, BN, BXP, CBRE, CHDN, CSGP, EQIX, EQR, EXR, GDS, IRT, JLL, LPX, PLD, SITE, SPG, TOL, WELL, WYNN | Data centers, Homebuilders, real estate, Recovery, REITs, Travel, Valuations | Fund invests across REITs and non-REIT real estate categories with focus on demand exceeding supply dynamics. Manager sees compelling valuations with many properties trading below replacement cost and expects transaction market recovery. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | SouthernSun Small Cap | 9.7% | - | AEIS, BOOT, DAR, DY, EPAC, EXTR, LPX, MSA, MUSA, OXM, SAM | Agriculture, Capital discipline, Housing, Operational Discipline, small caps, tariffs, technology, value | Tariffs have re-emerged as a significant cost driver, prompting companies to explore reshoring, leaner inventories, and domestic sourcing. Companies are developing mitigation plans including meaningful supply chain moves away from China. The impact varies significantly by company, with some facing material negative impacts while others may benefit from domestic sourcing advantages. | MSA SAM OXM DY BOOT MSA SAM DY BOOT |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 17, 2025 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 10.3% | - | APG, BOOT, DAR, DY, LPX, MOD, MSA, MUSA, SAM, TREX, WSO | Agriculture, Building Products, Resilience, Safety, SMID Cap, tariffs, technology, value | Companies demonstrated operational discipline through cost consciousness, margin stewardship, and capital discipline. Management teams acknowledged macroeconomic uncertainties while maintaining steady execution and preparing deliberately for challenges. | MSA SAM WSO BOOT APG MSA SAM WSO BOOT APG |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy | - | - | CIEN, COOP, ECG, EXEL, GFF, HAE, LMNR, LNTH, LOPE, LPX, MSA, NCMI, PNW, VECO | Construction, healthcare, infrastructure, Safety, small cap, technology, value | ECG benefits from exponential power demand from AI and data centers, exemplifying Jevons Paradox where efficiency gains are overwhelmed by usage growth. The company's backlog has grown over 40% driven primarily by data center and high-tech infrastructure projects. | MSA GFF ECG MSA GFF LMNR ECG |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 13, 2024 | Greenhaven Road Capital | 15.0% | 12.0% | ALTG, BUR.L, CLBT, IWG.L, JHX, KKR, LPX, PAR | Litigation Finance, private equity, real estate, SaaS, small cap, technology, value | PAR Technology is transitioning to a recurring revenue model with dramatic growth in ARR per share, from $1.04 in 2018 to expected $10+ in 2025. The company benefits from low churn rates and is adding new products like table service POS and online ordering. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 1, 2024 | Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Unhedged) | 5.5% | 5.4% | AER, CME, DHR, EUFI.PA, FER.MC, FERG.L, GEHC, HDB, IBKR, LBRDK, LPX, LSEG.L, TSM, URI, YUMC | AI, cyclicals, financials, global, growth, industrials, Stalwarts, value | The AI theme is beginning to display hallmarks of a 'new paradigm' with parabolic growth forecasts and investment banks rushing to put out baskets of AI beneficiaries. AI-enabled data centres are due to account for 75% of the increase in load growth with those locations incredibly energy intense compared to standard data centres. Next-Gen AI data centres are planned or under construction in the Atlanta area that will soak up over 1,000MW. | LP AER CME |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 16, 2026 | Longleaf Partners Fund | -4.5% | -4.5% | AVTR, CNH, DIS, EXOR.MI, FBIN, FDX, LPX, MAT, PYPL, RYN | Agriculture, Buybacks, Logistics, private credit, Timberland, value | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy | -0.6% | 7.9% | ATKR, AZZ, CROX, HDSN, ICFI, IRDM, LECO, LMNR, LPX, MOD, NYCB, PLXS, QCOM, TALO, WAL | AI, Data centers, Electrical, Energy Transition, industrials, Quality, small caps, value | Small-caps continued what appears to be a new bull market since hitting bottom last October. Small-caps still have significant ground to cover, having last peaked in 2021, while large-caps have continued to hit record highs. The manager believes they're in the 9th inning of large-cap outperformance and the next five and ten-year outlook for small versus large appears highly enticing. | ATKR |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 12, 2026 | FMI All Cap Equity | - | - | BKNG, CARR, FBHS, FERG, FLR.MC, HAYW, HURN, HWDN.L, IMCD.AS, LPX, MAS | AI, Cyclical, defense, energy, Geopolitical, Housing, Quality, value | IMCD.AS BKNG HURN |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 12, 2026 | FMI International Equity | - | - | BKNG, CARR, FBHS, FERG, FLU.MC, HAYW, HURN, HWDN.L, LPX, MAS | AI, Consulting, defense, energy, Geopolitical, Housing, Quality, value | IMCD.AS BKNG HURN |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 12, 2026 | FMI Large Cap Equity | - | - | BKNG, CARR, FBHS, FERG, FLR.MC, HAYW, HURN, HWDN.L, IMCD.AS, LPX, MAS | AI, Building Materials, defense, energy, Geopolitical, Quality, Travel, value | IMCD.AS BKNG HURN |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 12, 2026 | FMI Small Cap Equity | - | - | BKNG, CARR, FBHS, FERG, FLR.PA, HAYW, HURN, HWDN.L, IMCD.AS, LPX, MAS | AI, contrarian, defense, energy, Geopolitical, Housing, Quality, value | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | 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 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | APG, BOOT, GNRC, IDXX, LPX, NGVT, USPH | - | 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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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | BCO, BDC, BR, DAR, DY, LPX, MUSA, SAM, TKR, USPH | Biofuels, Convenience Stores, self-help, SMID Cap, Telecommunications, value | Murphy USA benefits from its position as a low-cost, high-volume fuel retailer with advantaged locations on Walmart outparcels. The company continues to grow same-store sales and sees opportunities for new store additions while maintaining capital discipline through share repurchases. | ALDAR.AD ABDY.L AER|AWI|MUSA|NEU|SAIA|WTM SAM |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Unhedged) | 5.5% | 5.4% | ACN, AER, BKNG, CDW, CRM, ERF.PA, FER.MC, FERG.L, GEHC, GOOGL, HDB, LPX, LSEG.L, REL.L, ROL, RTO.L, SONY, TSM, ULTA, YUMC | AI, global, growth, Quality, semiconductors, value | Portfolio has 10% exposure through TSMC and Alphabet, with TSMC positioned to extract more value from AI profit pools and Alphabet leveraging AI across search, YouTube, and cloud. Manager sees AI revolution making companies with unique datasets more valuable as it permanently improves business models, citing examples like RELX's LexisNexis Legal business and GE Healthcare's diagnostic imaging. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy | -0.6% | 7.9% | AMKR, ATKR, CRL, DOX, EVTC, HDSN, LMNR, LPX, MOD, NYCB, VECO | Agriculture, AI, semiconductors, small caps, sustainability, technology, value | The manager sees tremendous opportunity for companies to use AI to improve productivity and growth, though most management teams are unprepared to implement it effectively. Three of their best performers provide picks and shovels to make AI happen: Amkor Technologies, Modine Manufacturing, and Veeco Instruments. | LMNR VECO |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 30, 2023 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | AGCO, BCO, BOOT, CLH, CR, DAR, LPX, MUSA, TKR, TREX, WRK, WSO | Building Products, HVAC, Industrial, M&A, packaging, SMID Cap, value | Manager initiated position in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a leading producer of oriented strand board and siding. The company has transformed from commodity OSB focus to value-add building solutions with superior growth profile and barriers to entry in siding business. | LPX WRK ALDAR.AD BCO WSO |
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| 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 | Feb 15, 2024 | SouthernSun SMID Cap | 8.8% | 13.9% | AWI, BCO, BDC, BOOT, BR, DY, FND, LPX, MGPI, PII, SAM | Construction, consumer, industrials, Onshoring, SMID Cap, Telecommunications, value | Companies continue 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 aggressively evaluating and adjusting their strategies to ensure competitive advantages. | ADI|BDX|FI|FND|HAS|META|MSFT|MSI|ORCL|TMO SAM BBDC4.SA AER|AWI|MUSA|NEU|SAIA|WTM ABDY.L |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | SouthernSun SMID Cap | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Materials | Paper & Forest Products | Bull | NYSE | Building Products, Engineered Wood, Housing, market share, OSB, Siding, transformation, Value Added | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | SouthernSun Small Cap | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Materials | Forest Products | Bull | NYSE | Building materials, construction, Engineered Wood, Housing, manufacturing, market share gains, OSB, Siding | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Second Level Thinking | Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Industrials | Building Products & Equipment | 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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