Concentration, discount, Europe, global, Mining, Quality, Upside, value
Azvalor focuses on finding good businesses well-managed by trustworthy teams that the market offers at attractive prices due to clouds hanging over their short-term outlook. Their portfolios trade at around a 50% discount to broader markets with significant upside potential across all funds. Azvalor built significant positions in gold and silver mining companies when they were largely ignored by the market and have now exited these investments entirely, crystallizing substantial capital gains from all of them as latest arrivals show signs of intoxication. The portfolios remain highly concentrated with top holdings representing 53-57% of assets in a limited number of high-conviction investments that are companies they know in depth and have followed closely for many years.
Concentration, Leverage, Options, risk management, SaaS, technology, value
Manager learned hard lessons about position sizing and concentration risk after Kneat position at 30% of portfolio caused significant drawdown. Establishing strict rules around maximum position sizing regardless of conviction level. Used long-dated deep in-the-money options for leverage on Wix and Clearwater Analytics positions but found the inherent leverage made it difficult to hold positions through volatility. Planning to use options more sparingly going forward. Kneat remains largest holding despite poor Q2/Q3 results with net new ARR below expectations due to macro headwinds and deal delays. Company ended 2025 with highest number of new strategic customer wins in history, setting up for growth in 2026-2027.
This report provides a detailed summary of investor holdings for a
specified stock ticker, highlighting key metrics such as fund
name, total assets under management (AUM), invested value,
portfolio weight, and shares owned. It also tracks changes in
share ownership during the last quarter, including the percentage
of shares bought or sold and the percentage of outstanding shares
owned. The data is generated using an API that processes investor
holdings and calculates these values for each fund. This report
helps investors and analysts monitor the stock positions of major
funds, identify investment trends, and assess the influence of
large investors on individual stocks.