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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | ATO, AWK, CNP, ETR, FTS, MDU, NI, NRG, PEG, PPL, SRE, VST, XEL | Data centers, dividends, energy, infrastructure, Transmission, Utilities | Excitement around data centers and their implications for US electricity demand have been a major driver of utility performance. The requisite power generation and high-voltage transmission needed to deliver that power represents a clear opportunity for utilities to deploy incremental capital and earn regulated returns. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | 7.5% | 8.2% | AAN, AEL, AGCO, ALTM, ARW, AX, CNO, CNXC, CSGS, CSWI, DAR, DCO, DECK, ESGR, FN, GGG, GIII, JBT, LEVI, MDU | Balance Sheet, compounders, Quality, small cap, valuation, value | The fund emphasizes high-quality compounders with strong balance sheets, high returns on capital, and steady margins. Quality has been a large contributor to outperformance during market downturns. The manager prefers companies where earnings will be higher in three to five years. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | -2.5% | -2.5% | AAP, ARW, AX, BAM, CNO, CNXC, CSWI, IDCC, LFUS, MDU, NJR, OSK, PVH, REVG, SCHL, SFM, SYNA, UGI, UPBD, VSH | consumer, Electronics, Quality, small caps, tariffs, Utilities, value | Manager emphasizes that small-caps are extremely cheap relative to large-caps but warns of the relative junkiness of small-cap indices. Quality small companies are still expensive but becoming more attractive from a valuation perspective as the market declines. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund | 2.4% | 10.8% | AAP, AGCO, ALTM, ARW, CNXC, CSGS, CSWI, DAR, DECK, FN, IDCC, JBTM, LEVI, LFUS, MATV, MDU, OSK, QRVO, SAIC, SCHL, SFM, SYNA, UGI, UPBD, VSH | active management, compounders, Quality, Russell 2000, small cap, value | The fund focuses on high quality compounders with strong returns on capital, consistent earnings, and prudent balance sheets. The manager emphasizes that small-cap indices are generally 'junkier' with fewer quality companies than large-cap indices, making active management essential to find quality small companies trading at reasonable valuations. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | AEP, AES, CEG, CNP, ETR, MDU, NEE, NI, PCG, SO, VST | AI, dividends, energy, Power, rates, regulation, Utilities | Data center and artificial intelligence trends are driving growing electricity demand, benefiting power producers like Vistra Corp. The company was the second-best performing name in the S&P 500 this year as a key beneficiary of these trends. Entergy also increased guidance due to META's plans to build a $10B AI data center in northeast Louisiana. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | - | - | ATO, AWK, CNP, ETR, FTS, MDU, NI, NRG, PEG, PPL, SRE, VST, XEL | AI, Data centers, dividends, Electrification, energy, infrastructure, Transmission, Utilities | Excitement around data centers and their implications for US electricity demand have been a major driver of utility performance. The requisite power generation and high-voltage transmission needed to deliver that power represents a clear opportunity for utilities to deploy incremental capital and earn regulated returns. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | -2.4% | 14.2% | AEP, BKH, CEG, DTE, MDU, NEE, PEG, PPL, SO, SRE, VST, XEL | Capital Expenditure, Data centers, dividends, earnings growth, Grid Infrastructure, nuclear, Power Markets, Utilities | US electricity demand continues to grow driven by data center proliferation. Utilities are deploying accelerating capital into grid infrastructure to bridge the gap between existing capacity and rising future demand. Companies like NextEra Energy and Black Hills are benefiting from their ability to serve data centers with diversified offerings. Utilities are deploying ever-accelerating amounts of capital into grid infrastructure to meet rising electricity demand. S&P 500 Utility Index capex forecasts for 2026 and 2027 increased by 16% and 15% respectively. Higher levels of capital deployed within the regulated utility framework are lifting utility growth profiles. This quarter, 10 of the 32 holdings announced dividend increases with an average increase of 15.3%. An enhanced earnings profile should strengthen utilities' ability to provide high and rising income to investors. The portfolio focuses on generating total returns with a high and rising stream of income. NextEra Energy signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Google to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear plant. Constellation Energy benefited from a FERC ruling on co-location that was viewed as positive for Independent Power Producer development and from PJM Interconnection capacity auction pricing. Tightening power markets for independent power producers lifted utility growth profiles. Constellation Energy benefited from FERC ruling on co-location viewed as positive for IPP development. The company also benefited from PJM Interconnection capacity auction where pricing came in at the top of the collar range. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Riverwater Sustainable Value Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | ADEA, CIEN, CNK, DGX, EXEL, HAE, JLL, LMNR, LOPE, MDU, SNV, TGLS | AI, Banking, Quality, semiconductors, small caps, technology, value | The manager emphasizes focus on quality factors including profitability, strong returns on capital, solid balance sheets, and attractive valuations. Notes this has been one of the most challenging environments for quality-focused investors, with quality factors underperforming similar to the internet bubble period of 1999-2000. Strategy focuses on identifying high-quality companies at reasonable valuations. The manager notes periods favoring low-quality assets typically last only a few quarters and expects quality will ultimately reassert itself. The strategy targets small-cap equities with the Russell 2500 Value Index as benchmark. Manager is increasingly constructive on small-cap equities broadly for 2026, expecting a rotation back toward fundamentals with quality small-cap stocks outperforming lower-quality peers. CIEN benefited from AI datacenter network deployment as networking became a key bottleneck for deploying AI widely. ADEA's media IP portfolio includes AI technologies and computer vision capabilities. | MRX CNK ADEA SNV LMNR LOPE CIEN HAE |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | 0.0% | 0.0% | ATO, AWK, BKH, CEG, CNP, DUK, ETR, MDU, MSFT, NEE, NEP, NI, PCG, VST | Data centers, dividends, income, nuclear, Power, rates, Utilities | Rising electricity demand from datacenter trends remained at the forefront of investors' minds and drove independent power producer performance. Constellation Energy's 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island nuclear unit created a catalyst for the group. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Infrastructure | 0.0% | 0.0% | AES, AM, BCE, BK, CAG, CAH, CHRD, CNP, CSCO, D, DCP, EMN, ENB, EPD, EXR, GS, HCA, JNJ, JPM, KEY, KNF, LBRT, LNG, LYB, MDU, MPC, MSFT, MSM, NGG, NVDA, OMAB, POR, PPL, PSX, RRC, RY, SBAC, SO, SUN, UGI, VLO, VST, WMB | dividends, energy, infrastructure, interest rates, Recession, small caps, technology, Utilities | The letter extensively analyzes dividend-paying tech stocks versus non-payers, finding high-dividend tech stocks outperformed when excluding the internet bubble period. Miller/Howard focuses on companies with strong dividend growth prospects and views regular dividends as management confidence signals. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 3.6% | 0.0% | AES, AGO, AGRO, AM, BCC, BCE, BK, CAG, CAH, CHRD, CNP, CSCO, D, DCP, EME, EMN, ENB, ENLC, EPD, ETD, EVR, EXR, FFBC, FULT, GS, HCA, JHG, JNJ, JPM, KEY, KFY, KNF, LBRT, LNG, LYB, MATX, MDU, MED, MEI, MPC, MSFT, MSM, NGG, NSP, NVDA, OMAB, OMF, POR, PPL, PSX, QCRH, RRC, RY, SBAC, SLP, SO, SUN, UGI, UHT, VLO, VST, WINA, WMB | dividends, energy, income, technology, Utilities, value, volatility | The letter extensively analyzes dividend-paying tech stocks versus non-payers, finding high-dividend tech stocks outperformed when excluding the internet bubble period. Miller/Howard focuses on companies with strong dividend coverage and growth potential, with their Income-Equity strategies yielding 3.5-3.7% and positioned for dividend growth throughout market cycles. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments MLP Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | AES, AM, BCE, BK, CAG, CAH, CHRD, CNP, CSCO, D, DCP, EMN, ENB, EPD, EXR, GS, HCA, JNJ, JPM, KEY, KNF, LBRT, LNG, LYB, MDU, MPC, MSFT, MSM, NGG, NVDA, OMAB, POR, PPL, PSX, RRC, RY, SBAC, SO, SUN, UGI, VLO, VST, WMB | dividends, energy, income, infrastructure, technology, Utilities, value | The letter extensively analyzes dividend-paying tech stocks versus non-payers, finding high-dividend tech stocks outperformed when excluding the internet bubble period. Miller/Howard emphasizes dividend growth as a key investment criterion across all strategies, with multiple holdings announcing dividend increases during the quarter. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Miller Howard Investments Utilities Plus | 0.0% | 0.0% | AES, AM, BCE, BK, CAG, CAH, CHRD, CNP, CSCO, D, DCP, EMN, ENB, EPD, EXR, GS, HCA, JNJ, JPM, KEY, KNF, LBRT, LNG, LYB, MDU, MPC, MSFT, MSM, NGG, NVDA, OMAB, POR, PPL, PSX, RRC, RY, SBAC, SO, SUN, UGI, VLO, VST, WMB | dividends, energy, income, infrastructure, Recession, technology, Utilities, volatility | The letter extensively analyzes dividend-paying tech stocks versus non-payers, finding high-dividend tech stocks outperformed when excluding the internet bubble period. During recessions, dividend increases still outnumber decreases by 3-to-1, with companies having lower leverage and stronger fundamentals more likely to maintain dividend growth. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 13, 2025 | 13D Activist Fund | 0.8% | 1.7% | ALV, APD, AZTA, BBWI, ENV, EXEL, FTR, HR, JHG, LW, MDU, MRCY, NSIT, PSO, RIOT, RPD, SWX, THS, TWLO, VSTS | activism, Bitcoin, Corporate Governance, Data centers, M&A, Proxy Fights, SMID Cap, value | 2024 was a record year for shareholder activism with 128 new initiations in North America. Success rates continue to soar with activists achieving 96% success rate in 2023 and 86% in 2024 versus high 60s historically. Shareholder activism is becoming more mainstream with 40 non-activists launching new campaigns in 2024. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $6.9M | 0.00% | 353,559 | -773,350 | -68.63% | 0.1575% |
| David Siegel & John Overdeck | Two Sigma Investments | $67.5B | $3.9M | 0.01% | 199,114 | +173,055 | +664.09% | 0.0887% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $11.1M | 0.01% | 567,133 | -247,959 | -30.42% | 0.2527% |
| Mario Gabelli | GAMCO Investors | $10.4B | $3.7M | 0.04% | 188,002 | -9,995 | -5.05% | 0.0838% |
| Cory Martin | Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss | $30.0B | $251.7M | 0.84% | 12,894,945 | +3,766,737 | +41.26% | 5.7446% |
| Kevin M. Keeley | Keeley-Teton Advisors, LLC | $824.8M | $8.2M | 1.00% | 487,449 | +66,708 | +15.85% | 0.1881% |
| Rich Handler | Jefferies | $19.3B | $485,911 | 0.00% | 24,893 | +24,893 | +100.00% | 0.0111% |
| Richard Kayne & John Anderson | Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management | $37.3B | $586 | 0.00% | 30 | +0 | +0.00% | 0.0000% |