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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | -4.5% | -4.5% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Facilities Management, real estate, small cap, tariffs, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities for the firm to execute their dual investment discipline. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to purchase stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. Price to value ratios improved across all strategies during the quarter. | SODEXO.PA GOOGL MSFT AMZN CRM PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | -2.1% | -2.1% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | healthcare, large cap, real estate, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities to execute dual investment discipline by purchasing stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to improve price to value ratios across all strategies. | SODEXO.PA GOOGL MSFT AMZN CRM PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | -4.1% | -4.1% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Asset Management, real estate, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities for the firm to execute their dual investment discipline. The manager welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to purchase stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. Price to value ratios improved across all strategies during the quarter. | SW PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | -5.8% | -5.8% | AMZN, CRM, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, MEDP, MSFT, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | AI, Capital Allocation, Cloud, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities to execute dual investment discipline and purchase stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to reallocate capital and improve price to value ratios across all strategies. | SODP.PA SWKS ITRN ISS JLL TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | -6.0% | -6.0% | ABT, AM, AMZN, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Cloud, concentrated, large cap, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities to execute dual investment discipline by purchasing stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to improve price-to-value ratios across all strategies. | SODEXO.PA SWKS PRG ITRN ISS JLL TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2024 Q4 | Mar 1, 2025 | Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund | -1.6% | 15.5% | ABBV, APO, AVGO, BAC, CSCO, CVS, CVX, GRMN, GS, HD, IBM, JNJ, JPM, KO, MRK, SWK, TPG, VST, WFC, XOM | AI, dividends, financials, large cap, semiconductors, value | The fund invests in companies that have historically paid consistent and increasing dividends. Dividend-paying companies lagged considerably in Q4 due to missing out on growth stock rallies and pressure from rising bond yields. The fund's dividend focus creates compelling relative values across the investment universe. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Feb 10, 2025 | Smoak Capital Management | - | 32.4% | FILA.MI, HD, NWL, QEPC, SWK | brands, consumer, M&A, small caps, Tools, turnaround, value | Manager focuses on undervalued companies trading below intrinsic value, particularly small and underfollowed companies where significant changes create pricing inefficiencies. FILA trades at only 3.2x core EBITDA when assigning reasonable valuation to DOMS subsidiary. QEP trades at 4.5x EV/EBIT despite improved operations after divestitures. | QEPC FILA.MI |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | -0.5% | 6.3% | AAPL, AMZN, CG, GOOGL, GS, IPG, META, MSFT, MSGE, NTRS, NVDA, OMC, SWK, TSLA, WBA | Deregulation, discount, Election, financials, mid cap, value | The fund focuses on investing in companies trading at significant discounts to private market value estimates. Multiple holdings including MSGE and CG are described as trading at healthy discounts to intrinsic value. | WBA IPG MSGE SWK CG NTRS GS |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 17, 2025 | Appleseed Fund | - | - | AER, AGNC, CAG, CC, CCJ, CCNE, DEA, DSX, EL, GXO, LULU, NICE, RHHBY, SONY, SSNC, STAN.L, SWK, TWO, WCC, WMMVY | commodities, Dollar, global, gold, inflation, value | Gold has risen 60% year-to-date with the price touching $4,250/ounce. The fund expects continued outperformance through the balance of this decade driven by foreign central bank purchases, persistent inflation, declining U.S. relative power, and gold's role as a neutral reserve asset. Physical gold stores in the West are declining while debt-to-GDP ratios worldwide have never been higher. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 21, 2025 | Hardman Johnston Large Cap Equity | 6.0% | 9.6% | 7269.T, AAPL, ADBE, ADP, AEIS, ALB, AMZN, ASML, AZN, BDX, CMCSA, CTVA, CW, EL, EW, FMC, GOOGL, HWM, HXL, IBN, ILMN, IQV, MA, MDT, META, MMC, MRVL, MSFT, NVDA, OLED, PRY.MI, PYPL, SCHW, SLB, SN, SWK, TMUS, UBER, VRT, VRTX | aerospace, AI, healthcare, industrials, large cap, technology, value | The firm is debating how far artificial intelligence has to run and whether AI-related holdings are bargains, over-extended, or fairly valued. They believe they are at the beginning of a new productivity revolution and suspect current forecasts are too low for companies enabling this revolution. Both Vertiv and Advanced Energy sell power conditioning and management tools into the computing sector and are seeing a surge in business related to the AI buildout. | CTVA VRT PRY AEIS |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | 9.9% | 0.0% | CBRE, CLB, LAZ, NOV, SCHW, SRCL, SWK, WBA | Buybacks, earnings, free cash flow, interest rates, mid cap, value | Stanley Black & Decker delivered robust quarterly earnings with positive organic revenue growth in Tools and Outdoor segment for the first time since late 2021. The company's transformation initiatives remain on track with margin expansion from sourcing initiatives and productivity improvements. | SCHW CLB NOV CBRE LAZ SWK |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund | 9.5% | 0.0% | ABBV, BAC, BBY, BX, BXP, CSCO, CVX, F, GS, IBM, JNJ, JPM, K, KO, MMM, MRK, SWK, VST, WFC, XOM | AI, dividends, large cap, rates, Utilities, value | The fund focuses on companies with historically consistent and increasing dividends. The improving interest rate outlook helped fuel robust gains for dividend payers. The manager remains optimistic about dividend stock prospects given steady economic growth and falling interest rates. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 30, 2024 | Schroders Value Perspective Global | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5991.T, 6995.T, 9404.T, BMY, LZB, MHK, PFE, SBH, SWK | Concentration, Cyclical, global, Japan, Midcaps, underperformance, Valuations, value | The fund maintains a concentrated value approach despite recent underperformance relative to growth stocks. The manager emphasizes that valuations matter over longer time horizons and believes the cheapest part of the market is meaningfully undervalued versus its long-term history. They expect value to outperform in the coming decade as market concentration reverses. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | 9.9% | 0.0% | CAH, CBRE, CCL, CG, CRL, GS, IPG, KMT, KMX, LABH, LESL, MAT, MSGE, NCLH, NTRS, PARA, RCL, SCHW, SPHR, SWK | contrarian, Cruises, mid cap, real estate, Recovery, value | Cruise operators are posting record revenues and bookings as cruising is seen as a high-value alternative to land travel for retirees and younger people alike. The vacation and leisure spaces are booming in direct response to the isolating Covid lock downs, with memories having more value than goods for many consumers. | View | |
| 2022 Q2 | Jun 30, 2022 | Coho Relative Value Equity | 0.0% | 6.1% | MCHP, ROST, SWK | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 25, 2023 | Appleseed Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | 005930.KS, ADS.DE, AER, ALL, ARDX, BEI.UN.TO, CCNE, CF, ITRN, MDT, MOS, MRC, PSLV, RKLY, SNV, SONY, SWK | Banking, Consumer Staples, Defensive, gold, healthcare, inflation, Recession, value | Inflation is hitting consumers hard with prices rising at mid-to-high single-digit rates since 2021, reducing purchasing power and quality of living. Consumer savings rates have fallen while credit card debt spiked to record $931 billion, forcing reliance on expensive credit for necessities. | SNV SWK MDT |
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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 | Appleseed Fund | Stanley Black & Decker | Capital Goods | Industrial Machinery | Bull | NYSE | Construction Market, Cyclical Recovery, deep value, distressed valuation, Industrial Equipment, inventory management, market leader, supply chain, Tools | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Small Cap | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Machinery | Bull | NYSE | brands, Consumer Discretionary, Cyclical, Housing, manufacturing, restructuring, Tools | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Large Cap | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Machinery | Bull | NYSE | brands, Cyclical, Equity, Housing, manufacturing, restructuring, Tools, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - All Cap | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Machinery | Bull | NYSE | brands, Consumer Discretionary, Cyclical, Housing, Industrial, manufacturing, restructuring, Tools | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Focus | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Machinery | Bull | NYSE | brands, Cyclical, Equity, Housing, Industrial, manufacturing, restructuring, Tools | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Vulcan Value Partners - Focus Plus | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Machinery | Bull | NYSE | Cyclical, Housing, Industrial, manufacturing, restructuring, Tools, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ariel Appreciation Fund | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | Industrials | Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components | Bull | NYSE | consumer demand, Cost Reduction, Cyclical Recovery, industrial tools, margin expansion, operational efficiency, transformation | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ariel Appreciation Fund | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Industrial Machinery | Bull | NYSE | consumer demand, Industrial, manufacturing, margin expansion, Outdoor Equipment, Tools, transformation | View Pitch |
| Nov 27, 2025 | Value Investors Club | moonstream | Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Tools & Equipment / Branded Durable Goods | — | NYSE | Brand Revival, Tool Supercycle, Margin Rebuild, Supply-Chain Reset, Pro Loyalty, Housing Snapback, Cost Takeout, Turnaround Alpha | 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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