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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 18, 2025 | Optimist Fund | 39.2% | 32.4% | CVNA, DASH, FA, FVRR, HFG, MNDY, RVLV, TDUP, UBER, W | Compounding, E-Commerce, growth, Long/Short, mid cap, value | The fund holds multiple e-commerce companies including ThredUp, Carvana, Wayfair, and Revolve. ThredUp is undergoing a significant inflection point with strong Q1 results and raised guidance. Wayfair appears to be finally seeing revenue growth inflect after more than two years of waiting, with strong demand trends cited at recent investor conferences. | RVLV W CVNA TDUP W CVNA TDUP |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 9, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 8.8% | -1.3% | BMBL, CNM, CWA, DAVA, ETSY, EXLS, GLOB, GNRC, HLI, MKTX, PGNY, RVLV, SITM, TECH, TREX, WING, YETI | consumer, growth, Quality, Restaurants, SMID Cap, technology, Water Infrastructure | Polen emphasizes investing in high-quality businesses with robust free cash flow, persistent growth, and high returns on capital. They consistently aim to own companies that are undervalued relative to their long-term compounding potential and favor businesses with robust balance sheets and the ability to reinvest in any environment. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 23, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. Small Company Growth | -10.8% | -10.8% | AAON, AIT, BROS, ELF, EXLS, FOXF, GLOB, GSHD, MEDP, MODG, NSIT, PCTY, PGNY, RMBS, RVLV, TECH, TREX, WRBY, YETI | consumer discretionary, growth, Portfolio Management, Quality, small caps, tariffs, volatility | The first quarter was marked by heightened volatility due to concerns about the Trump administration's emerging trade policies and global tariff imposition. The managers stress-tested their businesses across various tariff policy scenarios and made portfolio adjustments, particularly exiting Consumer Discretionary positions vulnerable to tariff uncertainty. | TECH RVLV ELF GLOB GSHD EXLS BROS |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 22, 2025 | Optimist Fund | -4.9% | -4.9% | CVNA, DASH, FA, FVRR, HFG.DE, LIDR, MNDY, RVLV, TDUP, UBER, W | consumer, E-Commerce, growth, long-term, profitability, Recovery, technology | Multiple e-commerce companies featured prominently including ThredUp (secondhand fashion marketplace), Revolve (fashion e-commerce), and Wayfair (home goods e-commerce). Manager views short-term pressure on consumer discretionary as noise and remains focused on long-term fundamentals. | FA W REVL HFG UBER CVNA TDUP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 22, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | -12.7% | -12.7% | ALGN, BAH, CRL, ELF, ENTG, ETSY, FIX, GLOB, GSHD, MANH, NSIT, PAYC, PGNY, RMBS, ROAD, RVLV, SAIA, TREX, WING, YETI | Construction, consumer discretionary, growth, Quality, SMID Cap, software, tariffs, volatility | Market volatility driven by Trump administration's tariff policies and trade uncertainty. Managers stress-testing portfolios across various tariff scenarios and exiting positions vulnerable to tariff impacts like Yeti and Align Technology due to China/Mexico manufacturing exposure. | MANH WING FIX ROAD SAIA |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | The London Company Small Cap | -7.1% | -7.1% | ACIW, ATKR, CNNE, DV, MC, NGVT, RVLV, THG, UNF | Defensive, Quality, Recession, small caps, tariffs, value | The portfolio maintains a defensive, lower volatility posture focused on Quality factors. Quality factors have historically posted their best relative returns during periods of decelerating growth and through recessions, typically lagging in early recovery but keeping pace during mid-cycle years. | NGVT UNF ATKR RVLV MC DV SGI THG ACIW |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 13, 2026 | The London Company Small Cap | -2.0% | -2.0% | CCC, CERT, GOLF, HAE, HWKN, MATX, MC, NGVT, RVLV, UNF | energy, Geopolitical, healthcare, industrials, Quality, small cap, value, water | HWKN |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 23, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. Small Company Growth | 7.4% | -0.9% | AIT, ALIT, ALRM, APPF, BROS, DOCS, ELF, GSHD, HL, IBP, NSIT, NVEE, PCTY, PGNY, RGEN, RH, RMBS, ROAD, RVLV, SITM | growth, healthcare, Quality, small cap, technology, volatility | The fund focuses exclusively on U.S. small cap growth companies, noting that high-quality small cap companies have great latent potential for growth and are trading at significantly below-average valuations. The managers believe the highest quality small cap companies are more likely to take advantage of strong balance sheets and reinvestment to enhance their competitive position. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 22, 2025 | Optimist Fund | 9.1% | 44.5% | CVNA, DASH, FADU, FVRR, HFG.DE, MEDP, MNDY, RVLV, SWIM, TDUP, UBER, W | Biotech, Cyclical, E-Commerce, growth, mid cap, Recovery, technology | The fund sees acceleration in cyclical e-commerce holdings like Wayfair and ThredUp that have been in multi-year downswings. Wayfair delivered strong growth with revenue up 5-6% and expanding margins, while ThredUp posted 16% revenue growth with strong operating leverage. | MEDP CVNA TDUP W MEDP CVNA TDUP W |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 2, 2024 | The London Company Small Cap | 7.0% | 8.9% | ACIW, CERT, INVX, PLUS, RVLV, VNT, WTM | Balance Sheet, Quality, rates, real estate, small caps, technology, value | The fund focuses on balance sheet strength and quality companies, which became a temporary headwind during Q3 as lower-quality, highly leveraged companies rallied most from rate relief. The manager emphasizes profitable, financially stable companies that generate free cash flow and high returns on capital. | CERT VNT WTM PLUS ACIW RVLV |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 7, 2025 | The London Company Small Cap | 2.3% | 11.4% | ACIW, AUB, AWI, EPRT, LSTR, MATX, MC, RVLV, TPX, WTM | concentrated, downside protection, Quality, small caps, value | The fund focuses on high-quality companies with sustainably high and improving returns on capital and strong balance sheets. Portfolio companies demonstrate superior financial metrics with 13.5% pre-tax ROC versus 6.2% for the Russell 2000 and lower leverage at 1.5x net debt/EBITDA versus 3.8x for the benchmark. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | The London Company Small Cap | 2.5% | -1.0% | AWI, CCC, CERT, DV, GTES, HAE, NEU, RVLV, WTM | Disciplined, Outperformance, Quality, Russell 2000, small caps, stock selection, value | The Small Cap portfolio outperformed the Russell 2000 Index in Q4, finishing 2025 on a high note with strong stock selection. The high beta rally that drove much of the index's 2025 gains showed signs of exhaustion in Q4, creating opportunities for disciplined stock pickers focused on quality companies. Value factors were the primary driver of returns during the quarter, led by stocks trading at lower prices relative to sales and book value. The portfolio's focus on companies trading at significant discounts to intrinsic value aligned well with this market environment. Quality factors were headwinds during the quarter, though the portfolio maintains its tilt toward profitable, financially stable companies that consistently generate free cash flow and high returns on unleveraged operating capital. This positioning is expected to provide resilience through shifting market regimes. | DV CCC GTES CERT NEU HAE |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Small Cap Fund | -0.4% | -6.9% | AAON, AMPL, CCOI, CFLT, CIEN, EHC, ENTG, FORM, GTLB, MIR, POWI, PRMB, RVLV, SMG, VCEL, VFC, VIAV, WAL, ZION | AI, Consumer Staples, Quality, Risk Appetite, small caps, software, Speculation, underperformance | The AI capital spending boom drove strong performance in select technology stocks like Ciena and Confluent. However, the manager questions how long the AI capital spending cycle will last and whether investors will begin asking for returns on this investment. The fund avoided most speculative AI-related opportunities due to quality parameters. Software stocks faced significant pressure as investors feared AI-powered solutions would displace traditional applications. The manager fundamentally rejects this thesis, believing enterprises won't migrate mission-critical data to language models generating errors at 60% rates. They used the selloff to add GitLab and Amplitude at attractive valuations. Consumer Staples was the epicenter of underperformance as investors showed no appetite for defensive businesses in a pro-cyclical, speculative bull market. The sector now trades at historically steep discounts despite facing perceived challenges including input cost inflation, GLP-1 impacts, and tariff supply chain effects. The market demonstrated insatiable appetite for risk, with the best performing stocks being the most speculative companies with no profits or revenue but thematic AI linkage. This extended to biotechs, meme stocks, crypto, and mining stocks, while defensive businesses were deeply out of favor. Small caps continued underperforming large caps despite a strong year for the Russell 2000. The fund significantly underperformed due to the speculative nature of the rally favoring companies without profits or revenue. Quality businesses with durable moats can now be found at attractive prices again. | AAON GTLB VIAV AMPL VCEL MIR CIEN CCOI WAL |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 24, 2024 | Polen Capital – Global SMID Company Growth | 7.4% | -2.4% | 0700.HK, 4480.T, ALIT, BMBL, CWAN, DATA.L, DLO, FIVE, MPWR, PAYC, PGNY, PME.AX, RVLV, TECH | AI, global, healthcare, quality growth, semiconductors, SMID Cap, technology, volatility | The letter discusses AI beneficiaries experiencing considerable hype and crowding, with Monolithic Power Systems specifically benefiting from AI-driven cloud-based CPU server applications in its enterprise data segment. The company saw compelling fundamentals largely due to growth in enterprise data driven by AI applications. | 4480.T DATA.L ALIT PGNY DLO MPWR PME.AX TME |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 24, 2024 | Polen Capital – U.S. Small Company Growth | 7.4% | -0.9% | AAON, AIT, ALIT, APPF, BL, CCCS, DAVA, DOXI, HELE, HLNE, IBP, OPCH, PGNY, RGEN, RH, ROAD, RVLV, SITM, SMCI, WING, WRBY, XPEL | growth, healthcare, Quality, rates, small caps, technology, volatility | The performance gap between small caps and large caps continued to widen during Q2, with small cap investors retreating to lower-volatility sectors. Small cap continues to be highly sensitive to shifting rate expectations, while leadership in large cap remains narrow and driven by momentum. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 16, 2024 | Optimist Fund | 27.8% | 49.2% | ACVA, CIGI, CVNA, DASH, HFG, MNDY, RVLV, SMAR, TDUP, UBER, W | Concentration, E-Commerce, growth, mid cap, SaaS, technology | The fund holds multiple e-commerce leaders including Carvana (fastest growing automotive dealer in North America), Wayfair (waiting for home goods market stabilization), and ThredUp (second-hand consignment marketplace). These companies are positioned to benefit from continued digital transformation and market share gains. | MNDY CVNA |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Madison Small Cap Fund | -9.0% | -9.0% | AXS, BOX, CFLT, CMCO, CSL, EHC, HQY, OPCH, POWI, PRMB, RVLV, SHAK, SMG, SMPL, WK | Construction, consumer, financials, healthcare, small cap, tariffs, technology | Industrial economic activity remains depressed and the back half recovery expected in residential and non-residential construction now seems in jeopardy due to stubbornly high interest rates. The managers believe companies with depressed construction exposure are attractively valued but acknowledge these stocks may take longer to inflect upwards than previously anticipated. They continue to see opportunities in construction-related industries due to this unique cycle where many companies have strong balance sheets and higher than normal margin profiles. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 23, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. Small Company Growth | 4.7% | 3.8% | AIT, ALRM, AMN, BDC, BROS, CWAN, EEFT, FN, GSHD, HLI, IBP, NSIT, NVEE, OPCH, PCTY, RMBS, RVLV, SITE, TREX, WRBY, WSC | AI, growth, Quality, small cap, technology, value | The market was dominated by crowded AI trades and high beta AI-adjacent growth companies that outperformed significantly. While Polen did not own these lower-quality AI stocks, they believe their portfolio is well-positioned to benefit from Gen AI-driven transformation in a more sustainable, long-term manner. | BDC FN TREX WSC BROS RVLV WRBY |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 23, 2025 | Polen Capital – U.S. SMID Company Growth | 2.7% | 1.4% | ALRM, AZPN, BAH, BLD, BROS, BSY, CWAN, EEFT, ENTG, FND, FOXF, GSHD, HLI, HLNE, NSIT, PAYC, PSTG, RMBS, RVLV, TREX, TYL, WRBY, WSC | AI, growth, Quality, semiconductors, SMID Cap, software, technology, value | The market was dominated by crowded AI trades in 2024, with high-beta AI-adjacent growth companies outperforming. While Polen did not own these lower-quality AI stocks, they believe their portfolio is well-positioned to benefit from GenAI-driven transformation in a more sustainable, long-term manner. | BROS WSC PSTG NSIT BSY ENTG RMBS GSHD WRBY RVLV |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 23, 2024 | The London Company Small Cap | 7.0% | 8.9% | AUB, AWI, CABO, DOOR, LIVN, MUSA, PLUS, QLYS, RVLV, TPX, WTM | Banking, industrials, Quality, small cap, technology, value | The portfolio maintains a positive tilt toward Quality factors, focusing on companies with sustainably high returns on capital and balance sheet strength. This Quality-orientation provided relative advantage for the full year despite being a headwind in Q4. | RVLV PLUS |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | The London Company Small Cap | Revolve Group Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | e-commerce, Fashion retail, Gen Z, high-ROIC, Millennial, net cash, online retail, premium brands, share repurchase | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. Small Company Growth | Revolve Group Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Consumer Discretionary, Data-Driven, digital marketing, e-commerce, fashion, Gen Z, Millennials, online retail, Premium Fashion | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Optimist Fund | Revolve Group Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Adding Position, e-commerce, Fashion retail, Revenue Growth, tariffs, valuation | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | The London Company Small Cap | Revolve Group, Inc | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | E-commerce Fashion, margin expansion, Millennial, online retail, Premium Retail, Tariff Pass-through | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Optimist Fund | Revolve Group, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Consumer Discretionary, digital platform, e-commerce, margin expansion, Online Fashion Retail, Revenue Growth Acceleration | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. Small Company Growth | Revolve Group | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Consumer Discretionary, e-commerce, Fashion retail, Gen Z, international expansion, Millennial, Online Apparel | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. SMID Company Growth | Revolve Group | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Apparel, Consumer Discretionary, Digital Native, e-commerce, fashion, Gen Z, Millennial, online retail | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | The London Company Small Cap | Revolve Group, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NASDAQ | Consumer Discretionary, e-commerce, Fashion retail, margin expansion, Millennial Consumer, online retail, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Polen Capital - U.S. SMID Company Growth | Revolve Group | Consumer Discretionary | Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | Bull | NYSE | Cost efficiency, earnings growth, Gen Z, international expansion, Millennial, online retail | View Pitch |
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